"Summer's Happy"

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Amelia's POV


A week after Aarons seizure, he got sent home. That week, I spent almost every day in the hospital with him, I didn't want him to be there, that's when I realized how I actually felt about him.


I loved the asshole.


Today, I'm visiting my mother in the hospital, she asked to see me actually.


I knock twice before opening her rooms door.


"Hey mom.." I said, walking up to the chair next to her bed and putting a smile on her sick face.


"Hey honey, how are you?" She asks, coughing.


"I'm amazing, how are you?" I ask, having the smile disappear on my face.


"Same here, but I wanted to talk to you about something." My mom asks, looking at me with tears in her eyes.


"Honey, the doctors, they said my cancer isn't going away, I have approximately a month left to live." My mom said and tears formed in mine.


"W-what? Please tell me that's not true. Cant they continue with chemo?" I asked, having my hands shaking and starting to stutter.


"They could, but I don't want to put myself through it, I know its selfish. But I don't want to give everyone false hope." My mom says and tears start going, and going.


"Mom, I don't want you to.." I stop myself from saying the word, hoping it wont come true if I don't say it.


"I know, come here." Mom says, putting her hands out to me.


I cried on her shoulder for full ten minutes, before getting back up.


"Can you come home for your last month?" I suggest, wiping the tears away from my face.


"That will just make my death even more painful, darling." She says.


A little after our conversation mom fell asleep, and I decided it was time to go home, but sometimes, home is a person.


I called Aaron.


"Amie, what's up?" He said, with his loud, cheery voice.


"My mom is dying." I said, with my shaky voice, because it was all I could.


The phone hung up, it didn't have me worried though.


I dropped to the floor and leaned on the wall behind me.


The truth is, even though I wanted to be mad at my mom for not wanting to try chemo, I did. But I didn't want to spend her last month being angry at her.


Twenty minutes later I heard loud stomping and recognized the footsteps immediately.


"Come on, get off the floor." Said Aaron, holding both of his hands out to me.


I let his hands pull me up and wrapped mine around him, crying on, well not his shoulder because I would have to jump up to be able to do that. But his chest.


He runs his fingers through my hair and whispers "Shh.." in my ear.


We have talked about the situation, and we chose to move forward, now Elliot, Jacob and Maddie knew. So it was still a secret relationship.


After a while I calmed myself down, we were stuck in traffic when Aaron mentioned :" I talked to my mom, she said Ill have to go to Greece next month."


"How long?" I asked, my puffy eyes moving towards him.


"Two weeks, I have to go around Halloween, Ill be back for your birthday." He says.


So thoughtful, it makes me smile.


"Oh yes, your favorite day of the year." I giggle and he rolls his eyes.


"It is!" Aaron says and puts his hand on my knee.


I just ignore the intense feeling I had in my stomach when he did and start texting Maddie.


Me : What's up Madeleine??!!

Mads : My name is literally Maddie.

Me : I kind of found out my mom is dying in a month.

Mads : What?!

Me : Exactly my reaction

Mads : What is wrong with you, stop texting me go spend time w your mom!!


Oh, there it was. The guilt setting in.

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