Still The Good Girl?

Chapter 23

God I hate plane rides sometimes. But I'm here and I am seeing my mom. I can't wait to see her. I take out my phone to see I have one message from Caleb.

Hey I'm here by the baggage claim.

"Caleb is here" I turn to Ryan who is standing with his carry on and on his phone reciting his mom I guess.

"Okay" he says "lead the way" and I do. I follow the signs to the baggage claim. I see Caleb standing there and I run to him.

"Caleb!" I scram while running.

"Clary!" He yells back and I jump into his arms.

"I'm so happy to see you?!" I say.

"So am I!"

"How is mom?" I say while pulling away.

"She is doing well" he says. All of a sudden the caracole states moving and bags come through. I go over and pick my bag when I see it and Ryan gets his also. Caleb leads us to the car.

(•-•)

"Mom!" I yell when I finally see her for the first time in however long. I run over to her and give her a big hung.

"Hi sweetheart" she says, her voice raspy. I pull back and take a good look at her. Her skin is pale, she has bags under her eyes, her hair is thin, and she looks really weak.

"Oh mom! Are you okay?! Please tell me you are okay!" I ramble "if you aren't okay, I don't know what I will do!"

"Honey! Calm down." She says with a weak smile.

"You look so pale! And sickly!" I say "are you sure you are alright?!"

"Yes! I'm fine! It's just the chemo therapy. It can have bad side-effects. Such as loss of hair, vomiting, and all these other crazy things that we don't need to go into detail about" she chuckles slightly.

"Oh mom! You are so brave!" I say "and strong!" All of a sudden the door opens and I hear painting.

"Don't just run off like that Clary! You had me worried that something happened to you!" Ryan says. Oh yea, I may have run off before. I was so excited that as soon as I heard what room my mom was in I ran directly here.

"Oh sorry Ryan! I didn't mean to worry you I was just excited to see my mom." I blush slightly looking down.

"Oh don't be! I would be too if I were in your place." He says with a smile that soon disappears "but I wouldn't run away from the person who is with you and get them worried!"

"I truly am sorry!" I say. "I really didn't mean to worry you!"

"So who is this missy!?" I am cut off by my mom.

"Oh this!" I point to Ryan "is Ryan Greene. He is the son Deb said she had."

"Oh it's nice to meet you!" She says to Ryan.

"And a pleasure to finally meet you too! I have heard so much about you." Ryan says. Boy he can really sugar someone up.

"Oh dear!" My mom laughs finally getting some color into her cheeks.

"So, is he your boyfriend Clary?" Mom asks me and I blush but shake my head, no.

"No he isn't!" I say blushing so much it's probably the color of Erza Scarlet's hair! "Why would you say that?!"

"Oh because you two were acting like a couple being all worried about each other." Mom says with a smile and her hands folded "it's really cute! you two would make the perfect couple!"