Life Goes On

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Giovanni 💊

"Is y'all ready?" My grandmother called from downstairs

"Yeah" I said brushing my hair. I met them in the car and we left.

"Where we going" zyair asked

"Somewhere" my nana said

"My bad Josephine" he said sitting back

"Are we there yet"

"Are we there yet"

"Are w-"

"Shut up dammit. And get out" she cut me off.

"Yay" I said like a little kid

"Why are we at a rehab center? Nana I haven't smoked in a while. It's been 4 hours. I don't need rehab" zyair said

"Boy shut the fuck up. You get on my damn nerves" she hit him with her purse. We followed her and we got scanned and signed in then visitor stickers. We walked over to a round table and sat there.

"We came to stare at junkies all day?" I asked her

"No. We came to see someone" she said

"Hey Ma" some dead looking lady said hugging my grandmother

"Boys this is your mother. Vanessa" Nana said. I just stared at her. She looked different and decayed

"Are You from the living dead?" Zyair asked but my nana popped him

"Well uh no. I'm just going through withdrawal" the lady said and gave a small side smile. Hey hair was a mess and she looked pale. She had bags under Her eyes and she was skinny. Very skinny

"Oh." I said. We stared at Eachother avoiding eye contact with the lady.

"I missed you boys" she finally said.

"Oh" was all we said

"I know this sounds cheesy but you don't understand. I had to do what was right to save you boys and Aryana" she said now crying

"Why pop up just now?" I asked her

"You missed out on most of the biggest moments of my life. You ain't even get to see me graduate" zyair said

"I know Baby and I'm sorry. I wanna get the bond we had back. I get out of here in a few weeks. I wanna be called mom again" she wiped her eyes on her sleeve.

"Whatever" zyair said getting up and walking out. I followed him.

"I love you boys. I do" I heard the lady call after us. And I could hear her voice cracking. I just kept walking to avoid crying myself. I'm so angered and sad. Yet I'm a bit happy. I sat in the car with zyair while we waited for my grandmother.

"Shaking my head. I expected better than that" my nana said when she pulled off.

"You can't expect us to just act like nothing happened grandma" I said

"That is your mother whether you like it or not. I won't be around much longer and you need another female to bond with and guide you" she said

"I'll guide me" zyair said

"You need to realize that she's trying and all y'all did was complain about how she's not in your life. And then when she tries Y'all push her away. She got in contact with me and wanted to see you boys. Stop thinking everyone's always against you. She's trying to help y'all" she said. I got out the Can once we got back to her house. I called Kay and told her to come over.

"So she just cried" she said playing in my hair

"Yeah"

"Well she's trying. Maybe you're being to hard on her. This is what you wanted" she said

"You sound like my grandmother" I rolled my eyes

"Hey grandma" she said to my grandma as she popped her head in

"Hey sweetie. Dinners almost ready" she said walking out

"But yeah. You need to give her a chance. Or stop complaining." Kay said getting up