Part 2

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by WetFlame

by WetFlame

I am lying under the white sheets of my hospital bed, the sunlight glaring in through the window. The beeps of the IV machines pierce the air, and I look up to see my mum's anxious face staring down at me.

"Mum..." I say weakly.

She puts her finger to her lips, and pauses.

She starts, "Delphine...", she chokes up a bit and clears her throat, "Honey, I think... I think that you're going to have to have a surgery."

I say weakly, "Mum.. what are they going to do?"

She replies, "I don't know honey..." her eyes fill with tears, "Maybe it will fix you"

"Okay", I say.

All I wanted right now was one of Anne's rainbow-dash stickers.

A tear trickles down one of mum's cheeks and she puts her head in her hands and cries. The tears hit the white covers, leaving little dark wet spots. Mum says,

"All.. all I want for you is to be okay."

And a suddenly as they started, the tears stop.

I'm terrified for the surgery, but I have no control over what happens. Since my disease affects that way I think, they can't let me make any decisions. I remember when I used to have the power to make my own decisions, to affect what happened to me. When I didn't have to rely on strangers in white coats.

Tears fill my eyes as I see the doctors, with their clipboards filled with statistics and patient files. I can't do this. Where is Anne when I need her? Where are Rainbow Dash and Pinkie-Pie and friends when you need them?

I ask, "Mum, y'know that girl that I was talking to at the park? Anne?"

Mum responds, "I don't know her... but I remember who she is."

"Do you know where she is?"

Mum pauses, "No but I can try to find her."

A doctor walks in and says, "It's time for the surgery."

I say "Mum will I be okay?"

Mum says, "Everything will be just fine honey, don't worry."

I cry, "Mum, I don't want to die!"

She replies, "I know honey, I promise you won't."

And then the nurses and doctors, in their sterile white coats, wheel me off to my surgery.

I reach out for mum. She whispers,"I love you, Delphine. Everything's going to be OK. I promise."

I can't lift up my head to look into her eyes. I touch her hand as the doctors give me the anesthesia. Then the whole world goes black and the last thing I feel is the heavy warmth of Mum's hand.