A Trip to Heaven

Chapter 14

The three of us seemed to now be in some sort of hospital with a lot of people roaming around and a bunch of nurses and doctors running from room to room. "Can't they see us?" I asked my Dad.

"No, you're traveling spiritually. You can make things happen, for instance if I walked over to that vase and knocked it down people would see it," He answered pointing to a china vase on the gray reception desk, "But no one can see or hear you."

"So if you don't mind me asking, what are we doing here Mr. Coil?" Jack asked.

"Follow me," my Dad called taking us down the hallway.. I didn't like this place, The floors and walls were a light cream color and the lights on the ceiling were too bright. It was a strange Erie feeling that was hard to explain. This hallway almost seemed never ending until my Dad stopped in his tracks saying, "look to your right kids."

I turned to find a green sign that read "Arthur's Rehab Center, room occupied by Allie Coil" That was my Mom.. What the heck was my Mom doing at a Rehab Center? She never did drugs, drank, and never even touched a cigarette in her life.

"Now look to your left" my Dad ordered.

We then turned our bodies to the left to find another green sign that read "Arthur's Rehab Center, room occupied by Megan O'Migell" That was Jack's mom. What in Gods name were our moms doing in a freaking Rehab Center.

I looked at my Dad confused, and taken away.. "What the heck are Mrs. Coil and my Mom doing in a Rehab Center?" Jack asked in a scared tone.

"With all of us gone, they were devastated," I could hear him getting chocked up on tears but he never let one fall from his hazel eyes, "They got into bad things like drugs and alcohol.."

There was no way I could wrap my head around this. The fact my Mom and Mrs. O'Migell were druggies without us scared me. I looked around at all the patients walking up and down the hallway we stood in and there they were. I could see our Moms clear as day being pushed in wheelchairs by their caretakers wearing green vests. Mrs. Coil and my Mom looked so much older- so much weaker. But despite they looked different, there was something else not the same about them. Where was that bubbly and happy personality they both shared? It seems like all the happiness and hope had been sucked out of them. There were heavy dark bags under their eyes as if they hadn't slept for hours and wrinkles along their foreheads and eyes. I'd never seen any of then in such horrible condition. "Is this really how life would be without me?" I thought. I took a glance at my mom and Mrs. O'Migell then back at Jack. He was already glancing at me- heartbroken. I dropped my head and shrugged my shoulders not knowing what to do or think. This whole thing was crazy. I mean it had to be, right?

Jack walked towards me and wrapped his warm arms around me and I rubbed my small hands against his arms, feeling his skin. The skin I had been longing to feel. I missed this, him just walking up to me and embracing me into a tight hug from behind. This was a small thing I took for granted down in the physical world. I took many things he did for granted. Only if I'd known he'd soon be gone I would have been more appreciative of the small things Jack did. You know, there's that saying, "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were big things." I had seen and heard that quote many times before but never took the time to stop and think about it.

I was snapped back into reality by Jack letting go of me, "c'mon sweets." Jack called pointing to the purple swirling portal.. I wonder where to next. I walked up to the portal and glanced back one more time at the Rehab Center, catching one last glimpse of the weak Mom and Mrs. O'Migell. It broke my heart watching them which made me quickly snap my head back towards my Dad and Jack.

My Dad then shouted, "May 24th, 2030. Ashely's house."

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