My Yellow

Part 41 - Rose

Time Skip - In the airport in America

"Do you see her?" I ask Maddy as we grab our bags from the bagging claim.

"Ms. Anderson? No I don't," She says huffing as she takes her bag.

"What does she look like?" Nina asks, standing awkwardly next to us.

"Not sure," I say looking around. "We haven't seen her in awhile, but the last time we saw her she had long white hair, big black glass-"

"So her?" Nina cuts me off, pointing to a woman with long white hair smiling at us. I smile ever so slightly.

"That would be her," I nod and head over to her. "Hi Ms. Anderson," I say softly. She says nothing and pulls me into a big hug.

"Please, just call me Anna," She whispers to me and pulls back. "All of you can call me Anna, none of that Ms. Anderson bull crap," She laughs weakly. I study her face. She looks tired, exhausted even. The bags under eyes can be seen from a mile away. Her smile is weak. I feel so bad for her, and my mind races in so many different directions while I look at Anna. If my attempt would have worked, would she be flying to Korea?

"Hi Anna," Nina says snapping me out of my thoughts. "I'm Nina, it's nice to meet you."

"Hi Nina," Anna walks and gives Nicole a hug. Nina is stiff and pats Anna's back carefully. Anna pulls back and looks at Maddy, I see Maddy's eyes starting to swell. I step aside so she can talk to Anna. Maddy walks and gives Anna a huge hug. She whispers something that I can't hear. I shift and look down.

"While you girls are here," Anna says, I feel her eyes on me. I look up at her. "Rose do you want to see your dads grave? I can take you there."

"Let's not focus on that," I shake my head. "We aren't here for him. We're here for you and.." I trail off.

"Diana, I know," Anna whispers. "But I'm sure it's something she would've wanted since you never got to say goodbye."

"We can talk about this later okay Ro?" Maddy says. I look at her. She hasn't called me Ro since we were little, well her and Diana used to call me that. I sniff.

"Yeah, we are here for you Anna," I nod and grab her hand, giving it a squeeze. "Not me okay?"

"Well are you girls hungry? I made some pasta at home," Anna says as she starts to walk to the door. We all follow quickly behind her. "Maddy did you tell your family you were here?"

"I did," Maddy nods. "I'll be staying with them if that's alright with you."

"Of course honey," Anna turns her head to me as she walk to the parking lot. "How about you? Are you going to stay with your mom?"

"No," I say maybe a little too quickly. "No I'm going to stay with you."

"You and Nina?" Anna smiles a little.

"Yes," I nod.

"Okay, that sounds nice." Anna walks a bit ahead of us and unlocks her car. Maddy pulls me behind to her.

"Do you want to stay with me?" She asks. "I'm sure my mom is dying to see you."

"I can come say hi," I whisper. "I wanna stay with Anna, make sure she's okay."