All you need is a little Faith #Wattys2017

Chapter 35

" I want you. All of you. Your flaws. Your mistakes. Your imperfections. I want you, and only you."

Alex

"God Faith you snatch like such a girl." I teased my beloved sister snatching the basketball out of her hand and scoring a basket.

"Alex I think you forgot but I'm a girl." She sneered snatching the ball back from the before scoring.

"If you..." I began but a crash stopped me mid-way.

Both of us turned to the house just in time to hear another crash. We looked at each other and sprinted inside.

Mum was sitting on the floor, there was glass around her because of the salad bowl which fell. Tears were streaming down her face. I instantly rushed towards her and carefully picked her up from the floor, seating her on the sofa.

"Beth, what happened ?" Faith asked Mum handing her a glass of water and rubbing her hand up and down her back.

"Ya Mom what's wrong ?" I asked her gently holding one of her hand

"James called......he......he said that.....that your Nana.........that she de.......dead...." She spoke before breaking into sobs again.

The world came crashing down into pieces. It could not happening. I had just seen her this morning humming in the garden.

"Mum. what did James exacting tell you?"

"He......he said that.....that she was driving back .....back home when she......she got a stroke and drove into a.....a tree. He said that it was death......death on impact."

I picked Mum up and took her to bed trying to coax her to sleep. And she did sleep after talking to James once who managed to calm her down.
When I went back to the living room I found Faith pacing the floor and pulling at her hair continuously. That was not a good sign.

"Faith," I called out gently placing my hand on her back.

In a sudden jerk, she turned back facing me. Her eyes were wide but no tears were streaming down her face.

"I just saw her this morning. She was humming in the garden Alex. How can she be dead? Tell me it's not true. Please, Alex, wake me from this nightmare !" She yelled the last part as the waterworks began.

"Faith" I spoke once more trying to get her attention.

"Oh my God Alex! I didn't get to say goodbye !  I didn't get to ........." but she didn't complete the sentence as she blacked out and fell limp falling in my arms.

Chris

I was sprawled on the sofa watching t.v. when Mum came running inside.

"She's dead" she declared dropping her bag on the floor.

"Who's dead ?" I asked sitting up.

"Faith's Nana. She's dead and the family is not taking it well. I'm going to go and make dinner for their family cause I don't think-".

But I never heard the end of the sentence because I was already running across the street to the Clearwater's residence. The front door was already unlocked so I bolted right in.

James, who had just come down the stairs looked at me with wide eyes before asking.

"Chris? What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry for you loss Mr. Clearwater  but I need to make sure that Faith is fine right now," I spoke before running up the stairwell......

..........But once again I met with someone who wasn't Faith. Alex was walking down the hallway with a glass of water in his hand. A puzzled expression took over his face when he saw me.