Queen For a Day
By The Time You're Hearing This You'll Already Be Gone
"Hi Norma, I am your granddaughter, Iris." I say to the old wrinkly women that is my Grandma, lying in her bed. The walls white and plain besides a few of my mother's paintings.
"I wish I could remember you but I don't. You seem like a very sweet person." Her smile is broken and upset.
"Well let me tell you about me. When I was a child you used to be my favorite person. We would have games of kickball in my basement. We would dance to music you used to listen to when you were a child. We used to talk about your husband Bud, I never got to meet him but you said I would be his favorite grandchild."
"Well I have pictures of some people could you point out to which one is you?" She smiled the wrinkles on her cheek grew more wrinkly. I pointed to one of my elementary school pictures and said,
"That one is me." My smile grew thinking back to me as a child with my Grandma, she was my life.
"Well you turned out well. I hope you are happy, do you have a boyfriend?"
"Well I have a girlfriend at the moment." I lightly hold her hand walking her back to her bed.
"Oh so you like girls? That is alright!" her free hand taped my hand that was holding hers.
"What do you do for a job?" She asked my lightly.
"I work at a store called vans, I sell shoes. But I am studying psychology."
"Oh neat!" Her face light up.
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"It was nice to see you again Grandma!" I hug her kissing her cheek, it is sad to know that toin a few hours she will forget who I am again.
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Ring ring!
"Hello?"
"Hi is this Iris Folding?" the unknown name asks.
"Yes, what can I help you with?"
"Well your grandmother has had to go to the hospital."
"What! Why?" I was shocked to hear that something was wrong with my Grandma.
"Well she fell and broke her hip. I don't think she will make it through the rest of the week." My eyes filled with tears, my breathing becoming heavier and heavier.
"Oh god," I whisper into the phone.
"I am so sorry." The woman said sympathetically. My face becoming soaked from the tears, my breathing slowed down this time. I placed my back on a wall to keep me from collapsing. I slowly slide down it hang up the phone in the process. My hands covered my face hiding the shame in my eyes.
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I took 3 weeks off of work to visit the woman that means more than anything to me, the woman that taught me the best life lessons.
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I arrived the the hospital, I felt a huge weight on my shoulders. I was scared, what was I going to do without her. I finally found the room she was in but the door was closed and there were doctors outside of it.
"Excuse me?"
"Yes?" The nurse said.
"Is this Norma Foldings room?" My hands shaked more than ever.
"Uh, it was are you a relative?" The nurse wrote something on her paper.
"Yes she is my Grandmother. Is there something wrong?"
"Uh I am sorry but she passed away 20 minutes ago." The nurse comforted me.
"May I see her?" I swallowed hard, I was not going to cry for her.
I pulled a chair to the bed beside her.
"Hi Grandma, this is Iris. I am sorry I took so long, but I wish I could be here for when you took your last breath." I took a minute to breath before I started to talk again. "I will not remember you like this. I will remember the fun grandma that used to feed me sugar and buy me toys. The grandma that I used to play kickball with and listen to music too loud. I love you. But you're already gone. But I will always love you." I had to leave the room, her presence was there I could tell.
"Iris wake up! Iris!" Vic shook me out of my dream. "Iris." My eyes bolted open. I saw Mike and Jaime looking at me in concern. We were still in the living room, I was sitting on Vics lap. I went to rub my eyes only to find tears on my face.
"Guys could I talk to her alone?" Vic said quietly trying not to wake up Tony. The tears still falling down my face the memory of my Grandma's passing haunting me.
"Shh Iris, it will be alright." He rocked me back and forth gently in his arms. I put my arms around his neck placing my head below the crook in his neck.
"What is the issue?" He asked quietly.
"I had to live through my Grandmother's passing again." I looked up to see Vic staring at me. His hands planted on my face wiping the tears away.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Sure just not here." I shook my head. His lips kissing my forhead softly, his arms wrapping around my legs. He stood up and carried me up to the bedroom.
"I wish I could remember you but I don't. You seem like a very sweet person." Her smile is broken and upset.
"Well let me tell you about me. When I was a child you used to be my favorite person. We would have games of kickball in my basement. We would dance to music you used to listen to when you were a child. We used to talk about your husband Bud, I never got to meet him but you said I would be his favorite grandchild."
"Well I have pictures of some people could you point out to which one is you?" She smiled the wrinkles on her cheek grew more wrinkly. I pointed to one of my elementary school pictures and said,
"That one is me." My smile grew thinking back to me as a child with my Grandma, she was my life.
"Well you turned out well. I hope you are happy, do you have a boyfriend?"
"Well I have a girlfriend at the moment." I lightly hold her hand walking her back to her bed.
"Oh so you like girls? That is alright!" her free hand taped my hand that was holding hers.
"What do you do for a job?" She asked my lightly.
"I work at a store called vans, I sell shoes. But I am studying psychology."
"Oh neat!" Her face light up.
--
"It was nice to see you again Grandma!" I hug her kissing her cheek, it is sad to know that toin a few hours she will forget who I am again.
--
Ring ring!
"Hello?"
"Hi is this Iris Folding?" the unknown name asks.
"Yes, what can I help you with?"
"Well your grandmother has had to go to the hospital."
"What! Why?" I was shocked to hear that something was wrong with my Grandma.
"Well she fell and broke her hip. I don't think she will make it through the rest of the week." My eyes filled with tears, my breathing becoming heavier and heavier.
"Oh god," I whisper into the phone.
"I am so sorry." The woman said sympathetically. My face becoming soaked from the tears, my breathing slowed down this time. I placed my back on a wall to keep me from collapsing. I slowly slide down it hang up the phone in the process. My hands covered my face hiding the shame in my eyes.
--
I took 3 weeks off of work to visit the woman that means more than anything to me, the woman that taught me the best life lessons.
--
I arrived the the hospital, I felt a huge weight on my shoulders. I was scared, what was I going to do without her. I finally found the room she was in but the door was closed and there were doctors outside of it.
"Excuse me?"
"Yes?" The nurse said.
"Is this Norma Foldings room?" My hands shaked more than ever.
"Uh, it was are you a relative?" The nurse wrote something on her paper.
"Yes she is my Grandmother. Is there something wrong?"
"Uh I am sorry but she passed away 20 minutes ago." The nurse comforted me.
"May I see her?" I swallowed hard, I was not going to cry for her.
I pulled a chair to the bed beside her.
"Hi Grandma, this is Iris. I am sorry I took so long, but I wish I could be here for when you took your last breath." I took a minute to breath before I started to talk again. "I will not remember you like this. I will remember the fun grandma that used to feed me sugar and buy me toys. The grandma that I used to play kickball with and listen to music too loud. I love you. But you're already gone. But I will always love you." I had to leave the room, her presence was there I could tell.
"Iris wake up! Iris!" Vic shook me out of my dream. "Iris." My eyes bolted open. I saw Mike and Jaime looking at me in concern. We were still in the living room, I was sitting on Vics lap. I went to rub my eyes only to find tears on my face.
"Guys could I talk to her alone?" Vic said quietly trying not to wake up Tony. The tears still falling down my face the memory of my Grandma's passing haunting me.
"Shh Iris, it will be alright." He rocked me back and forth gently in his arms. I put my arms around his neck placing my head below the crook in his neck.
"What is the issue?" He asked quietly.
"I had to live through my Grandmother's passing again." I looked up to see Vic staring at me. His hands planted on my face wiping the tears away.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Sure just not here." I shook my head. His lips kissing my forhead softly, his arms wrapping around my legs. He stood up and carried me up to the bedroom.
@Collidewiththesky13
theyres much better ones trust me... check out ' scream in the dark,maybe we're just having too much fun (scream in the dark part two), i introduce the selfish machiene,im the secret, fast times at clairemont high
6/20/15