Ruins.

Chapter 6~"mom?"

2:04pm, Thursday. September.
Me and Ron sit and eat our lunch.
"I have to go to work in forty minutes so I'll have to go soon" I take a bit of my poutine.
"No that's alright. Hey I found about three of your shirts at my place" we both laugh.
"I'm sorry. I'll come get them later or you can bring them to me. I don't even have my whole place unpacked" Ron try's to eat his giant burger.

I walk into my apartment. I take off my coat and hang it up. The living rooms medium sized. There's a sofa, a love seat, a tube tv on a crappy tv stand. The kitchens small but will do. The fridge and stove are beside wax other and counters make a square shape but have an entering. There's a medium table with four chairs. The kitchen, dining, and living room are all open and you can see as soon as you walk in the door. I walk down the hallway and in my bedroom. There's a queen sized bed, a dresser, a small closet, and some boxes along the walls. I flop onto my blue comforter that covers the bed.

3:56pm.
I stand at the cash machine wait for customers. I pull out my phone and check the time. I see that my mom texted me twice and I ignore it.
"Hey, your Madeline right?" Who are you? He has blonde hair, a bit of muscle, pale, clear skin, and some facial hair.
"Yeah, you are?" I smile. I catch him looking at my stomach.
"Brent, nice to meet you" he smiles, and shakes my hand.
"Do you want to go get something to eat after this?" We both smile.
"Yeah, sure." We talk for about ten minutes until we see customers walking in.

6:45.
Me and Brent sit at the table eating our dinner and talking. As I pull closer to the table the more my stomach pressed against it.
"You alright?" He asks as I take a bit of my salad. Great I look stupid.
"Yeah" he gives me a weird look. I see a familiar guy walk into the restaurant. I get distracted by the billions of paintings on the wall. I put my hand on my forehead.
"So would your boyfriend be jealous right now?" He laughs.
"Umm....no actually, I don't have a a boyfriend."
"Oh I just assumed because-"
"Yeah I know" I cut him off. We start to talk about the most embarrassing things we have done.

2:00pm. Friday.
I walk in the door to my mom and dads house.
"Hello?" I take off my sneakers and walk into the living room.
"Mom? Dad?" I walk around for a bit and decide to head upstairs. I hear a loud band. I run up the stairs and into my parents room. As I open the door I see my dad dead dead on the ground. I look up and see Chelsea holding my mom by her neck and holding a knife in her free hand.
"PUT HER DOWN!" I scream and she drops my mom to floor. She starts to breathe heavily as she try's to sit up.
"I was always a good friend to you, we did so many great things together, why don't you love me any more?" Chelsea says as she walks closer to me holding up the knife. She's only about a centimeter away from me.
"Chelsea don't" she drops the knife and kisses me. I reject and pull away. I look to my mom and see her struggling to breathe.
"You've never been good to me! You told everyone about my pregnancy! You killed my dad, and you would have killed my mom if I didn't get here fast enough!" I feel my eyes get puffy and feel my throat tighten.

I take my mom to the hospital and they rush her into the er.
"We can't have you in here with her right now" a doctor says to me loudly. I go and sit in the waiting room. I look around and see a parent with her two kids and they won't stop crying. The a guy sitting across from me that looks really worried. There's a small tv on the wall broadcasting the news.

"Madeline?" I stand up and see a doctor stand at a large door that leads to where all the patients are. I walk over and follow the doctor. I see my mom on the bed and the heart monitor, and the Iv.
"Your moms going to be in a lot of pain, their are bruises on her chest, and shoulders. She will be okay but she's going to have to stay here over night" he says it so calmly.
"I love you" I say as I look down at my mom and hold her hand. She's sleeping so she probably can't hear me.
"Her vocal cords are swollen, and she will have a bit of trouble eating and drinking" I look up at the doctor. As I start to speak my phone rings. I answer it.
"Hello?" I say just looking at my mom.
"Hi, we just wanted to remind you about your ultrasound at three tomorrow." the lady on the other line says.
"Oh yes, of course." We both say bye and hang up. My mom slowly opens her eyes. She smiles as she turns her head to see me.
"Hi, you okay?" I say softly. Her left eyes a bit swollen.
"I'll be fine, how are you doing? The jobs going okay?" She try's to sit up. I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Mom, you need to rest. Lie down." She sighs.
"Tell me about your job, what's new?" Her voice is so scratchy and you can barley hear her.
"It's okay, just a lot of saying did you find everything you were looking for and have a nice day." She try's to laugh but can't. We chat for awhile until the doctor comes in and asks that leave so they can give her her meds and check her throat and neck.

6:26.
I make some changes to the nursery. I move the crib a little bit away from the wall, and put a giraffe painting on the wall. My phone starts to ring.
"Hi honey-" my mom says quietly.
"Hey mom. How are you doing?" It's silent for a solid two minutes.
"I'm okay, your aunts here. If you want to come back you can." She struggles to speak. I tell her I'll head over.

                            7:05.
         As I walk into the room where my mom is straying my aunt stands up with shock.
"Hi Madeline." She just stares at my stomach.
"Hey, I haven't seen you in awhile" she looks up at me with a disappointed look on her face. She stands arms length away from my mom and looks at her like she created a horrible person. My mom grabs her hand.
"Janice, it's not her fault. It's a long story." My mom manages to say. She doesn't say anything. 

       The heart monitor starts to beep loudly and faster. A nurse rushes in and calls the doctor. They tell me and my aunt to get out of the room.