(P.s if you see this (/) that means or- it could be he or she. You will find out why later)
Cam
I woke up to hear the shower running. I look around to see I was in O'dell's room. Then i remembered last night and I started smiling. My thoughts were interupted by O'dell's phone ringing, it was his mom. I answered it to her crying
Hello
O'Dell
No Mrs. Heather it's me Cam
What's wrong
(Crying) I need you to tell him
Something for me
Ok
Do you remember the hospital
Visit and me telling you about
Zions mother/father
Yes ma'am
Well the hospital called today
And told me that she/he passed
Away this morning
Oh my god
I need you to tell him
But I have to go to the hospital
And get all of this straighten out
OK I will
Thank you
She hung up the phone and I sit there shocked. Then the bathroom door opened and O'Dell came out in his practice clothes.
O'Dell I-
O'dell- We'll talk about what happened last night later because I have to get to practice before I am late
No O'Dell there's something important I have to tell you
O'Dell- What is it
Your mom just called and told me that the hospital called about Zions mom/dad
O'Dell- What did they say is she/he ok
I'm sorry O'Dell the doctor said she/he passed away this morning.
O'Dell- What
I'm so sorry O'Dell
By now tears are coming from his eyes, he picks up the a lamp and throws it into a wall causing it to break into pieses. He slowly falls down to the ground and Cam catches him. O'Dell cried on his chest as Cam sat there holding him and rocking him.
O'Dell- she/he can't be gone she/can't be
I know O'Dell, I know
O'Dell
I can't believe what I'm hearing, she/he gone. Their really gone. I don't know what to do. How am I supposed to tell a 1 year old that his mother/father is gone.
I called into practice and told them that I had to miss. I just laid in the bed and cried all day, and Cam was right there holding me. Man I'm so happy he's here because without him I probably would have been a mess.
The day of the funeral
So today is their funeral and I don't know if I could go through it, but Cam convenience me to go and he said he would come with me. I told Zion and he didn't understand at first but he did know that he wasnt going to be able to see she/he anymore. He took it a little hard but we will make it.
We are at the funeral and we are viewing the body. I'm not gonna take Zion up there because he's too young to see this. After the funeral was over I watched them put her/him in the ground.
I'm gonna miss her/him
Cam- I know but she'll/he'll always be there, come on
We went home and I stayed in my room all day, I'm to depressed to do anything.
1 week later
Cam
Ive been staying with O'dell to help him during this time and he's been depressed and distant lately. He won't go out the house he won't ear or sleep, and it's wearing him out. I have to try and get him back to normal. Right now I'm walking in hes room seeing him laying on the bed.
O'Dell you have to eat something
O'Dell- I'm not hungry
Come on O'Dell why are you doing this to yourself
O'Dell- it's my fault she's dead anyway. If never got her/him pregnant then she would be alive today.
You did not know this was going to happen, and you can't control it. She/He is happy you gave her/him a beautiful child and that your taking good care of him. I bet she's/he's smiling down at you right now.
O'Dell- Sure
Come on and get dressed we're going somewhere.
He got dressed and we drove to the sematary. We go out and went he's/her grave.
O'Dell- Cam what are we doing here
O'Dell you are going to sit here and clear you mind and you can't move until you realize that things happen and that this is not your fault.
O'Dell- I'm not doing this
Yes you now sit down and talk
My voice got a little deeper as I said that, and can tell it took him by surprise.
Have fun
I went and sat under a tree that wasn't too far away from the grave. I sat there for about 30 minutes then O'dell go up and came over.
So are you good now
O'Dell- I'm good
We look at the headstone which said
Mother, Friend, Sister , Son, Soon to be Husband , Expecting
In loving memory
Tremaine Neverson-Beckham
1984-2016
He seemed like a good person
O'dell- Yep he was my fiancée, the mother of my child, and he was pregnant with my second child
What happened to the baby
O'Dell- I don't know, he never told me he was pregnant
You never told me how all of this happened
O'dell- That's a story for another time
Who ever thought it was a boy you were right
