Fireflies

Chapter 3: The funeral

I look at my mom and see her smiling and I smile too. Then I here beeping. No, no no no! This can't be happening, not now. And the doctor isn't back yet. I can here them down the hall coming.
Then my mom motions for me to come closer. I put my ear to here lips and she says, "The fireflies, follow the fireflies........."

She passed away after that. The doctors rushed in and did everything they could, but she was already gone. I'm in tears trying to control myself.

About five minutes after the doctors declare her death Leah and Silvia show up. I see them walking down the hall with sandwiches, drinks, and ice cream from Stewart's. Leah, who is holding the bag of sandwiches, a drink, and an ice cream, sees my face first.

She rushes over as fast as she can without dropping anything. Normally I would be amazed at her skills and congratulate her, but now is not the time. "Kate, what's wrong? What happened? Is everything alright? Why aren't you in there? Did she...no she couldn't, she wouldn't, right?" She is speaking a mile a minute and I have to wait for her to stop talking before I can get out my words.

"She's gone" I finally say and Leah quickly puts everything down on the bench before engulfing me in a hug. I cry into her shoulder and then feel two more arms surround me. I don't even need to look up to see who it is, I already know it's Silvia. "Thanks you guys, I needed that"

(Time skip to-a few hours later)

We've been at the hospital for three hours and it's now 11:30 p.m., and we're all tiered. "Kate you look exhausted maybe we should head home and get some sleep before the fu....thing tomorrow." Leah says trying to take my mind off of momma. "I guess your right, they did say we aren't allowed to stay pass midnight anyway so why not." When I speak it comes out a whisper, this just tells me how tiered and depressed I really am.

We grab our stuff and walk out of the room. As we pass a trash can Leah throws away our dinner trash. Silvia goes to tell a doctor we are leaving and that they can now bring her to the funeral home.

Why? Why did this have to happen to me? Why did you have to leave momma? I already lost daddy! Please come back, please!

I hadn't noticed until now, but Leah has come and sat beside me. Also, apparently I am crying, I hadn't even noticed this either. However, Leah has and she holds a tissue out for me. A "Thanks" barely escapes from my mouth. Silvia walks over just then. "Ready to go?" She asked, Leah and I both nod slowly.

(Time skip to-Leah's house)

"Kate. Kate. Listen I'm not strong enough to carry you and I've already sent my mom in Cuz she's exhausted."
I open my eyes, I must have fallen asleep because I don't remember how I got here or where here is. "Where is here?" "Here is my home. Now get up and let's go to bed, please. You can sleep then."

I obediently get up and follow Leah into her huge house like a lost puppy. We finally reach her bed and fall asleep instantly.

(Time skip to-morning)

I wake up and look at the clock it's noon and the funeral, or thing where I say goodbye to my mom starts at 2. I look around the room and see that Leah's feet are in my face and mine are in hers. She must have heard me move because she's waking up now.

We both sit up and walk out of her room without saying a word. As we walk into the kitchen we smell eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, and toast. "BEST BRUNCH EVER!!!" Screams Leah. I laugh because I know she is quoting tangled, which is an awesome movie!

We all sit down and enjoy our delicious brunch which takes us about an hour to eat. During this time no one talks at all. All you can hear is the clinking of forks against plates. "Thanks for the meal Silvia and Ben (Leah's Dad), it was really good." I say and brake the silence. "Well your very welcome Kaitlyn." Ben says.

I glance around the table. Sitting at it is Leah, Ben, Silvia, Zach (Leah's brother), and me. I then glance over at the clock that reads 1:15. I have finished eating by now and so has Leah. We both excuse ourselves from the table to get dressed. Since I hadn't had time to run home and Leah and I share the same size I just borrowed her clothes.

I decide on a dark purple sun dress with black flip flops and a black and dark purple necklace because my mom's favorite color was purple. Leah being as awesome as she is decides to do something similar. She is wearing the opposite of me, black sun dress with dark purple flip flops and and black and dark purple necklace.

We both walk out of her room at 1:25, we have to leave by 1:30 because it takes that long to get there. When we walk in to the living room the only other person there is Zach. He is wearing a black tuxedo with black dress shoes and a dark purple tie. I guess Leah told him about the purple thing because I don't remember telling him.

"Where's mom and dad?" Leah asks. "Getting dressed, I made sure to tell them to wear something purple as well." replies Zach. "Thanks" I say with a smile. This becomes an awkward moment and everyone is silent. "Oh by the way you too look really sad" Zach says. "Zach be nice. You know better." Silvia says. "And Kaitlyn you look lovely as well as you Leah no matter what Zach tells you." "Thank you Silvia" I say and stick my tongue out at Ben who does the same in return.

After that we all head to the car. Like I said it takes us 30 minutes to reach the funeral home. Once we arrive we all walk up to the doors and walk inside. It's really big on the inside, but it has a look of sadness written all over it. You would think that they would liven it up a bit I mean someone did die and they deserve respect!

There are already a lot of people in the room. Our seats is reserved at the front. Leah, Ben, Silvia, and Zach all take a seat. Me on the other hand I walk pass the coffin and to the podium next to some guy who is speaking about my mom. I wait for him to finish and gesture for me to talk and then step behind the podium.

All eyes are on me and I can feel them. I look down at Leah who mouths the words "good luck" to me. I take one last breath and begin my farewell speech to my dead mom.

"Last night I saw my mom die, right there in front of me. No warning at all she just died. That was my first witness at death and I'll never forget it. She was the greatest mom in the world. I'll never forget her face, the way she talked, and how she just couldn't stay mad at me. I will miss so much of her. Her cooking, singing, smiles, dancing, and most of all her love.

"We always looked out for each other. After my dad was lost she stayed strong and helped me to move on. When she got sick I tried to stay strong for her, but how could I when she was dying right there in front of me." I pause and let a tear drop. "The best thing about my mom was how she loved everything. She saw the glass half full all the time.

"Momma we all love and miss you please have a good after life and don't worry about us too much." Now is when I let all my tears come poring down. Leah walks up to me and we both walk to the coffin. Four men pick it up and start carrying it outside. We follow them.

Leah, me, Zach, Ben, and Silvia are the last to leave the funeral. We wait till they bury her. I leave some flowers on her tombstone and then we walk back to the car.

Once we get to Leah's house we all get out and go in for dinner because it is now 7:30. We decide to order from Pizza Hut. While Silvia and Ben call them up Leah and I sit on the couch in her living room. She pulls me into a hug and I cry again. "Don't worry everything is going to fine.........I'm sure you'll love Florida even if it doesn't come with an awesome best friend named Leah" Leah always knows what to say. I dry my eyes and turn on the TV so that Leah and I have something to do while we wait.

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Hey guys sorry for the wait I hope you like this chapter even though it was really sad. Please leave comments. Thank you so much for reading my story you guys rock!

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