What would you do?

The right people with you

Chapter 11

It's beautiful, we are high up in the air so it is fresh and crisp. We can see out to the city, the sky is a beautiful blue with white little puffy clouds that look like pillows. Its absolutely beautiful. I step closer to Brad and grab his hand and look at him. He looks down at me I can see happiness in his eyes. I go on my tip toes and press my lips into his warm lips. He grabs at my waist as I run my fingers through his hair. I pull away and look into his eyes as he stares back at me. I feel a tear come into my eye as it runs down my face. I take a step back and wipe it away. "What's wrong?" he asks me. "I don't want to lose this, I don't want to lose you." He takes me in his arms running his hands through my hair. "But you won't lose this, you will never lose me no matter what happens." he says gently. I break out of his arms and step closed to the edge of the mountain, I see him tense up. "Stop lying brad you will lose this and lose me because I'm going to die. Have you forgotten? I have a fucking terminal cancer?" I say raising my voice. "I'm gonna lose everything that matters to me, everything." I say even louder. I sink down on the ground and at this point I am almost of the edge of the mountain. Brad pulls me back away from the edge and sits down with me cradling me in his arms. He didn't say anything or try to tell things could get better, cause we both know the truth. Things won't get better. But maybe this was enough, maybe spending time with the ones you love before you die will just be enough for now. And I have to cherish every moment I can get because I am not ready to lose this. Brad breaks the silence by saying "I like the new trail, maybe change is good. But I think the only reason I like it is because you are here." I look up at him and smile.  "That was a lot of walking," he said dramatically wiping sweat off of his forehead. I laugh and say "You are seriously out of shape Brad," rolling my eyes. Brad rolls his shirt sleeves up and flexed his muscles and says "Oh yes Amanda! Veryyy out of shape." Dragging the y to make what he said sarcastic. Then he stands he and picks me up in his arms like a baby and starts to walk down the trail. "Brad you loser! I get it, you aren't out of shape will you put me down now?" He gently puts me down. And gives me a mischievous smile, I laugh at him. He is such a dope sometimes.  We walk back to the car and get in. We look at the time, it is 3:00. School will end soon so we head back. I fell asleep on the way back because Brad was right, the trip was very tiring. We got back to school just in time for carpool, my mom had work today so she said she would pick me up. We snuck back through the door and I got all the homework I need to do from Callie. I walked out to see my moms car waiting in the front, I walk over and get in. "How was school today?" my mom asks. "It was good." I responded then get my phone out. Evan had texted me "where you in social studies" I text him back saying "I ditched, was it boring without me?;)" He responded "Yes it was very boring." I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or not so i just say "You know it was." We get home, I walk inside to find my Grandmother and Granddaddy standing in  the hallway. I had not seen them in forever and I love my Grandad to death. My Granddaddy is the nicest person you'll ever meet. They are my Dad's parents, after dad died they were over a lot  but then they stopped visiting so much after a while. I ran up and jumped into Granddaddy's arms. He took me in a big hug and swung me around. "I missed you pumkin" he said kissing the top of my head. He puts me down and I hug my Grandmother. My Grandmother is not as nice, she doesn't really like our family. The only reason she put up with us is because of dad. But after he died she made it very clear that she didn't want anything to do with us. But Granddaddy wouldn't let that happen, so she comes, but she is not a very pleasant person when she is around us. "This house is absolutely disgusting," she said looking around. "I don't know how you can live here, ugh I feel so bad for you poor people. "That's your opinion Grandmother, Not mine." I say with sass. My grandad started to laugh but she turned around and gave him a death stare. "You people have no respect." She sighed and turned away with her snobby nose turned up. She walked into the kitchen, I looked at my Grandad and we started to laugh at that moment Matthew walked in. He threw his backpack down and looked up. "Matthew, damn you are tall." my Grandad said. I start to laugh and Matthew came and gave Grandad a hug.  Wanna get out of here, it's stuffy. "I think that is the vegetable stew grandmothers making" I say pinching my nose.  Matthew gives a disgusted look, then opens the door and lets me and Grandad go, then shuts it. My Grandad is rich, but he doesn't show off is money, well he almost does not show off his money. He did when it comes to cars, sitting in our driveway was a red Porsche. I have to give it to him it was hella fun to ride in. "Where are we going?" I ask him as I get in the backseat. " I was thinking ice cream if you kids aren't too old for that now." he said. " YES YES YES, I scream, ice cream, we all scream for ice cream." I yell in my most childish voice I could muster. My brother just turns around and looks at me like I am an alien. "Weirdo." he says. I stick out my tongue at him and crinkle my nose. He smirk laughs and turns around. In no time we were at the ice cream store. I hopped out of the car and we went inside. My grandad, brother, and me have always gotten ice cream together, it's like an untraditional tradition. I always get a waffle cone with 2 scoops of mint ice cream. Yes I am aware that I eat like a fatty. We walk outside and sit on the benches since it was a nice sunny day. The bench that we sat on was under a palm tree so the gave us a little shade. I watched as people walked by, some were talking and laughing and others were clearly in a bad mood. How could anyone be in a bad mood on a beautiful day like this? The sun was shining and the sky had no clouds and was a beautiful blue. I love california so much. I feel something cold drop on my hand, I look down and see that my ice cream is melting. I shove my ice cream down my face as fast as I possibly can, I mean it would be a crime to let any ice cream go to waste. I look over at my Grandad and my brother they were nothing staring at me out of dispute. Only then did I realize that I must have looked like a rabid animal and I have ice cream ALL over my face. I wipe the ice cream off my face and give a cheepish smile. My Grandad and brother look at each other at the same time then look at me, "Damn." they say in sync. They look at each other out of surprise. We all burst out laughing, I look over at my Grandad and Matthew laughing together, they look so happy. I smile, maybe happy is possible, even when everything is going wrong. You just need the right people with you.