A Player's Responsibility

Sally view chapter 5; page 6

“I always new that boy was a bad influence on you” my dad was telling when I finally came and joined him and his wife him the parlour. “But I and Ann have been talking, I wanted to send you to Africa, but I decided that you are old enough to learn from your mistake, and know what’s good and bad, and you’re able to make the right decisions so I’m going to trust you and let you keep seeing Jason. And you can come to us when you need anything. I ran and hugged my dad right there and then. “Thank you so much you’re the best”.

 I went to josh house and we were hanging in his room and his phone rang and went off and I decide to look through his picture and I saw pictures of me and him, and him and his friends. And I was shocked when I saw picture of Chloe naked in his phone and some porn video on his phone. I was angry and furious and we began to argue. “How do you expect me to compete with that, if that’s what you expect I’m no were round it, I’m just me. I’m plain with small boobs, and I can’t look that picture perfect like that!” I was almost crying because it hurt so much. “I know it’s weird but I don’t even look at it, I definitely do not look at the Chloe one because she’s your best friend now. And she’s my friend not it’s weird, I delete everything I promise. Look we don’t have sex how else I’m I meant to relieve myself.” I grabbed my stuff from his room and promised myself I would never speak to him again. “I can talk about this” I said and then left.

Later that day I went to hang out with Chloe and she suggested that we should do something nice for Josh’s mom as she doesn’t Have much time left. So we to josh’s house we took her shopping and got a nice wig for her to cover her now bald head, a beautiful dress, and made her up. She loved it and she was hysterical when we were done. We invited all her friends and the came and we ate, danced and drank and they all wished her well. I’ve never seen josh so happy it’s like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulder and I was finally come to term with his mom condition. I went to him and hugged him, and ask to forget all the happened previously, it was stupid, and that I trust him and that’s what counts. I also assured him everything would be okay like he did to me  so many times, but deep down I had a feeling this beautiful day was going to be a trigger of many horrible events to come, but I knew that with no matter what happed I’ll always have josh by my side.  I went home that dad in a jovial mode and I slept only for my phone to be ringing at five-o-clock in the mourning and I lousily picked it up when I saw it was josh. “She’s dying Chloe, she’s in Saint John’s hospital and she wants to speak to you before she died, come now please hurry!

I went to meet him at the Saint John hospital, I didn’t even get a chance to change from my pyjamas but somehow I didn’t care. I went there and meet josh and he took me to her room. “Joshua, can you give us a few minutes please.” He nods and leaves but I could tell he never wants to leave his mothers side. “You’re the greatest thing that evr happened to my son sally, you’re like a daughter I never had. And I love you very much for all you’ve done”. She grabbed my hands “promise me you’ll take care of Joshua, promise me you’ll always be there for him no matter what”. I look into her fragile pleading eyes. “I promise”. She asks for Joshua and I call him in he sinks to the floor and began to cry uncontrollably. “Please don’t die on me please, he begs and I started crying too. “I will never leave you Joshua, you’ll be a great man Joshua, and I know it and take care of sally and never let her go”. Josh’s mom called me joined me and josh’s hand together. “I’ll be smiling at you both, and the children you’ll have” she lets go off or hands and she began to cough vehemently and then she dies. Josh started screaming, shouting, and crying all at the same time, I held him and tried to comfort him, but he was able to be comforted. Suddenly he fell silent as the nurse came and put the sheet over her face. I had never seen anyone in such pain before, I had never ever been there in someone last moments, and it was scary and I didn’t know whaat to do say or act. All I wanted was to take his pain away, the severe emotion running through his pulse, I wanted to make it stop. Because I’ve felt the pain of losing a mother and I never wanted anyone to ever experience it.