Artistic Memory

Chapter 1: Back to the past

********Hailey's Flashback********

There! It's fantastic! I thought to myself as I looked at my painting. I had just finished drawing my masterpiece and it was my first painting.My mom came in with her wheelchair. She was sick, and she wasn't looking good, so I thought I should cheer her up.

" Mommy! Mommy! look at what I drew! my art teacher said it could be entered for the kindergarten art show!"

I yelled in delight as I looked up at her.

" That's..... that's...... Amazing!" she said followed by a small cough.

" Your a very talented 6 year old." she said," and what a lovely apple, why it looks so good to eat!" she said with a smile as she ruffled my hair.

I smiled and picked up my painting of the apple.

It had bright red skin and a bite was taken out of it, and it showed the juicyness inside of it.

I was so happy and had so much faith in my painting that I was almost positive that the delicious apple was going to win the contest, because the winner got $500 dollars and I wanted to give it to mommy so she could get better.

I was about to wheel her back in, but then she stopped me.

"Honey..... I have some bad news to tell you." she said as her eyes started to tear up.

" You know how I went to the doctor to see if I had a good chance of still living?" she said.

"Yes. So is it good news mommy!" I said hopefully, not getting her hint about what she was trying to tell me.

Suddenly I heard the alarm clock from my room.

"Got to get ready for school mommy!" I said as I rolled her back into the house and grabbed my backpack.

I popped a piece of bread in the toaster and one minute later it popped out and I grabbed it,and man it was hot.

"OWW!" I yelled as I dropped the piece of toast on the ground.

My mom came rushing out in her wheelchair and came up to me, and almost fell out of her wheelchair, but stopped it from leaning too far before it was too late to stop it.

"Honey are you okay!" she said panting as she brought out her inhaler and took a deep breath.

"I'm fine!" I said as I hugged her, and she hugged back.

I heard the school bus break the silence and I grabbed my backpack and ran towards the bus, hoping not to miss it, and I yelled to mommy," I love you!" and I accidentally tripped and fell on my face........ oops.

The weeks went by and by and it was suddenly here....... the kindergarten art show.

I had my painting and everything, and it was even my birthday! I was glad it was, because I would also win all that money for mommy.

My teacher was picking me up and I watched her silver car drive into the driveway.

Before I got in the car, I came up to mommy.

"You will come right?" I said batting my eyelashes and doing my best puppy face.

" I'll try darling." she said before she got into a huge coughing fit.

As I got into the car mommy came up to me and smiled.

"I don't think I will make it today, so win it for me,ok? I love you so much." Mommy said as she hugged me for a long time.

"What do you mean?" I asked but it was too late because the car was already backing out of the pebble road, with me in it.

********* 15 minutes later **********