Just Another Day

Chapter 19

Jerome's POV

"A-a-are you serious?" Jenny said. She was on the phone with her dad. He had to call her immediately for an unknown reason to me.

"LILAC!" she screamed. Lilac came running in. "Jerome, can I have a few minutes alone with Lilac?"

"Yeah," I say.

I walk out of the room and into Mitch's room.

"What's up?" Mitch said.

"Do you have idea why Jenny needed Lilac so urgently when she was on the phone with her dad?" I ask.

"No idea," he says.

"So, what do you wanna talk about?"

"Biggums! Get Betty ready! Let's play some Hunger Deans!" Mitch says.

"After Jenny's out and done with Lilac," I say. "Yeah! Hunger Deans!" I say while slurping. Mitch starts slurping, too.

I hear a scream. Two screams, coming from my room. Mitch and I sprint into there.

"What's wrong?!" we say. Jenny and Lilac stand in he middle of the room, crying, screaming, hugging each other.

"M-m-m-mom....sh-sh-sh-she....." Jenny tries to say.

"O-o-o-only h-h-h-has a-a-a-a w-w-w-week...." Lilac adds.

"A week to what?" Mitch says. Jenny and Lilac are still hugging each other.

"U-u-u-unt-t-til....-sh-sh-she......-d-d-d-dies..." Jenny says.

"She has...c-c-c-cancer. The doctors said that they think she only has....one week," Lilac says.

"Oh, Jenny," I say. She runs into my arms. She still bawls. Lilac does the same with Mitch.

After about and hour or two we finally get the girls calmed down. Jenny takes extra long.

"Sshh. It'll be okay. You can take Lily and Lilac down to see her. Lilac has quite a few months until her wedding. Sshh. Pick up your chin. Wipe those tears away. You'll be okay. It will be okay. Sshh," I say.

"Okay," Jenny says.

"Let's get packed," Lilac says.

They go and get packed while Mitch and I play the Hunger Games.

We finish recording and post the Games. We go and check on the girls.

"All packed? When do you plan on leaving?" Mitch asks. Lilac just walks into his arms. She wraps her arms around him.

"Tonight," she says.

"Yeah," Jenny says. I pick her up and hold her tight and close.

"Alright. Do you need money for a ticket?" I ask.

"No. I got it," she says. Her voice is muffled by my shirt.

"Okay. Give her my love. Tell her I love her," I say. "I love you too." I start to cry a bit.

"Jerome, don't cry. You'll just make it worse. I love you too," she says.

"Okay, sorry," I say. I rub her arms. I hear Mitch and Lilac mumbling and whispering.

"Don't be. It's okay," she says. I check my watch for the time.

"It's midnight," I say.

"We better get going, Lilac," Jenny says.

"Alright," she says. Mitch and Lilac kiss for a long time. I do the same with Jenny.

"We'll drive you to the airport," Mitch says.

"Okay," Lilac says.

We gt to the airport and drop the girls off.

"I love you," I say to Jenny. I kiss her and she walks off with Lilac after Mitch does the same with Lilac. They turn back, blow a kiss, wave, and leave.