Teen Love • Mikey Williams •

Tragedies

"Your mother passed away a few minutes ago ."

I started breathing heavier and faster and before I knew it tears were streaming down my face like a waterfall . What started out like a fairytale of a day , was now a nightmare .

"Whats wrong ?" Mikey asked

"You okay ?" Adrian asked

I couldnt pick myself up to respond to either one of them . Especially Adrian , how am I gonna break the news to them ?

I walked upstairs as regular as I could so I didnt draw attention .

When I reached my bedroom , I closed the door and sat on my floor and nestled up into a ball full of sadness .. I hung up on my dad for the simple fact that I didnt want him to hear me crying like this .

I heard footsteps and then my door opened.

"You okay ?" I heard Riley and Adrian asked

"Please go back downstairs .." is all I managed to say . I heard the door shut and sobbed even harder .

Not soon after , I heard another pair of footsteps . The door opened , and shut .

"Please get out ."

Someone sat next to me and put their arm around me . I didnt bother pulling my head up , I just continued my crying .

Why this was even happening ?

Why couldnt she had gotten better ?

What did we do to deserve this ?

I got into bed thinking I could sleep the pain away but did everything but that . I stared at wall for hours , crying , and thinking about her . After a while of that , i guess my body just forced itself to sleep .

In the morning

I woke up at 9 am , adjusted myself to be on the edge of the bed , with my feet on the ground and looked to my left to see Mikey sleeping peacefully . I stared into space for a while and reflected on what went on the night before . And then it really dawned on me that my mother had passed . I thought maybe I had another one of those wicked dreams, but no . When I checked my fathers last message it still read "Call me back asap please" . Realizing that this was real life and I no longer have a mother on earth I did the only thing I could think of . Cry . Cry and cry . I must've been loud because Mikey woke up and comforted me . He put his arm around me , and lightly pulled me back into bed , and cuddled me . I will admit his presence always helped whatever situation Im in , but as of right now , nothing could fill the hole in my heart ..not even him . I stayed in the bed with him for a little while longer until I calmed down, and I decided to FaceTime my dad . It rung for a few seconds and a image of his face soon popped up .

"Hey daddy ."

"Hey kiddo" he tried to sound and look as calm and collected as he could for the sake of me , but I could tell it was hurting him bad . Puffy eyes , tear crust down his cheek , chapped lips . It hurt me to see him this way .

There was an awkward silence , but not like regular awkward , like we were just embracing each others presence .

" How you holding up ?"