Meeting my new family

Mum.

Chapter 12 Mum.

//Toby's POV\\

I wake up. shit! It's my birthday! I'm finally 14! It's About time to be honest.

Anyway I rush up and run downstairs into the living room where I'm greeted with....

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOBY!!" kaeyi and martyn shout (martyn the loudest obviously) the kitties ran over to me like they knew it was my birthday.

"Thank you!" I say back while Stroking the cats. Martyn hands me a box wrapped with wrapping paper with multi-coloured stars all over it and a blue ribbon. I instantly start ripping the paper to shreds until I see a bit of the box I immediately know it's an Xbox 1 and start smiling uncontrollably. once all the starry paper was in a messy heap on the floor I look up and smile at my uncle and aunt.

"Thank you sooo much!!" I say happily.

"No problem! so what so you want to do today?" Martyn asks. I think for a while and settle on the idea on seeing my mum. I haven't seen her for ages so id love to see her, especially on my birthday.

"Umm I want to see mum." I say.

"Are you sure Toby?" kaeyi asks.

"Yes I want to see her today in case she won't make it and won't be able to see me another year older" I say with a sad expression on my face.

"Well if your sure, then we'll take you, we'll go in about an hour so you can get ready" Martyn tells me.

"ok thank you" I say and I run upstairs to get ready. I wear some jeans and a hoodie with all the faces of the yogscast on it. I put some pumps on then scurry downstairs for breakfast. Now we're all ready we head to the car.

***after car journey***

We arrive at the hospital and I ask the receptionist for my mum and they lead me, martyn and kaeyi to her room.

We walk in and I see my mum. she's asleep, but she looks lifeless, she's still alive because her heart monitor is working perfectly. I sit next to her on a cushioned seat as martyn and Kaeyi stand at the end of the bed. I see martyn break a tear from his eye, I know how hard it must be for him, considering she's his sister not just my mum.

I take my mothers hand and hold it gently, it's cold but her hands were always cold. Kaeyi looks at the floor not wanting us to see her sad expression.

//Martyn's POV\\

I see her lying there, limp, weak it hard. One tear falls from my eye to the pure white, clean ground. Toby holds my sisters hand. she's only young, why did this have to happen. I wanted Toby's birthday to be happy, I'm sure she would have aswell. She always put everyone else first. I look at kaeyi and she looks at me sympathetically I break a small 'thank you' smile and look back at Toby who's whispering something. I love you sis I'll never forget you, I think as her heart stops and the doctors rush in pulling me kaeyi and Toby out if the room.

//Toby's POV\\

I slowly rest my head on my mums shoulder and close my eyes.

"I love you mum, and if you need to... you can let go, it will be better for you, you won't have to live like this, I know you'll always be watching" this felt like the right thing to say or rather whisper. Martyn starts to cry and kaeyi sits down in another chair in the corner of the room, with her head in her hands. A single year rolls down my cheek to my neck. Instead of hearing consecutive beeps from the machine I hear one long beep continuously.

"I love you mum, and I always will, goodbye" I say. I keep holding her hands until all the doctors come rushing in. I know they can't help her, but honestly I don't want them to she's better off in the other world. where there's no cancer or and illness. Although I don't want to see a world without her, I know this is the best option. All the doctors hurry me outside, while I silently cry to myself, along with martyn and kaeyi who are holding eachother for comfort. the only person I want to comfort me is my mum but sadly she's not available, so I sit here on my own curled up in a ball on a seat. Next to my uncle. The doctor comes out.

"I am so very sorry but, she didnt make it" he says sympathetically. I knew the answer already, but it seemed martyn still had hope but it disappeared and he is crying harder and harder into kaeyi's shoulder. I nod at the doctor and close my eyes. I'm glad I came when I did because if it wasn't for me she would still be lying there, weak, in pain, almost lifeless, and I didn't want to see her like that anymore.