Within Reach

~Part 10~ ~the ride~

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~part 10 - the ride~ ((YAY, DOUBLE DIGITS!!))

With Sivanna's car all packed and ready, with some help, I scrambled inside, had wheel chair thrown in the back, took one look, and waited, as my 1 month stay in hospital drifted away behind me.
We drove in silence for what must have been 10 or so minutes, before Sivanna leant down slightly to reach for the handle to unwind her window, and started what we both hoped would end the awkward silence.
"um....."
Um, was something I noticed we both said a lot. And 'ah'. I never knew I was saying it until I looked back and watched over conversations. I shrugged it off, must be a mother, daughter thing.

"You know, I think you'll love the house."

She said, fingers dancing in form of a Mexican wave on the material-fading steering wheel.

"It's new and cute. It's got a staircase though, which may be a problem..... But not to worry, I'm all prepared. There's a small 'meant to be guest room' room that I plan to be yours, so that when your up to attempting stairs, you can move up. I hope thats ok with you."

I nodded, absent to the conversation, as I watched bush lands and trees, buildings and houses zip past me in a blurred flash.

"Thank you. Anything is fine."

Out of the corner of my busy eye, I saw her face relax, as tension eases from her young skin. Too young. She looked to young to be a mother. My mother. I felt like maybe I was holding the party part of her back. But mother hood was mother hood, and if she felt the need to be around, I didn't mind having a place to stay.

"So, I got in contact with Nancy."

Chimed sivanna, as if it wasn't really a great deal. Did she know what she was dealing with?

"Oh" I splattered out, just needing something to say to keep her talking.

"And I told her I was taking you. That the hospital contacted me after the incident, my name being the one on your official birth documents."

So that was how she'd arrived. How she's come. How she'd ended up at the side of my bed, weeping as I awoke from a 3 week sleep.

"and what did she say?"

I asked, hoping that the concern that creaked into my voice wasn't to much to notice.

"Well, actually she said she had suspected something like that. For me to come along one day, claiming to be your mother. I think maybe Josh had let on more to her than he told me about."

Fair enough. Nancy wasn't the brightest of people, but better than my Mother so Nancy wasn't a bad change. Of course she didn't care much about what I did, but she didn't force me to do anything, or knifes to my skin, so that was good enough.

"Oh." I repeated, still keeping a careful eye on my window, not wanting anything to happen when I wasn't watching.
It was a pretty familiar view as we drove closer to the central part of where we must have been headed. Trees that were growing more new leaves through the spring, Flowers that sprouted haphazardly along side the roads. I could sense something in Sivanna's movement, that she'd decided not to say anymore on the topic.
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Smoothly, we headed south, as taller buildings began to rise slowly, like a gentle ascend up a steady staircase.
Sivanna's driving, I noticed, was a really amazing skill. Never over the speed limit, never through a red light, never driving over a crossing where people piled up on the sides, waiting hopefully for a chance to scramble across.