Over-Time

Burdens

Alexis 

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"Awh" I yawned, stretched, and attempted to turn over in bed. 

My eyes snapped open when my back hit the floor. 

"The fuck!?" I groaned. I didn't understand why I rolled over and hit the floor. There was supposed to be a lot of bed left since I normally sleep in the corner. 

"That was real smart" Kanae muttered looking down at me from her bed.

I got up off the floor remembering that I fell asleep in her room last night. 

"Damn I really ain't mean to fall asleep in here." 

"I bet not... you only wanted to aggravate me with your presence" She spat at me. 

"Honestly, I was just trying to be here for you, but you make it hard for people to actually try and help you with that stank ass attitude. It's too early in the morning for me to deal with that shit so I'm just finna go." I grabbed my phone off of her bed. 

"I hope you figure out what ever the fuck you got going on.... and Good morning" I added before opening her room door. 

"Lex... Wait" She stopped me. "What?" 

"I-I don't want to do it..." 

I frowned my brows at her and stepped back into her room. 

"Do what?" I questioned. 

She took a deep breath before continuing. "My mom and dad --" 

"You don't want to do your mom and dad? The fu--" 

"Can you just shut up!...... and listen?" 

"M-My bad." I pulled the door back up and sat on her bed, giving her my full attention. 

"My older brother had a malignant brain tumor, it started in his temporal lobe and then spread to his cerebellum. He went through weeks of radiation treatments and chemotherapy... But neither helped much, so the doctors decided that surgery was the only other option for him...." 

"I am sorry to hear that Kanae, I had no idea." I tried sympathize. 

She chuckled sadly trying to hold her tears back. "That's not even the worst part." 

"D-Did he like.... pass?" 

"I wish..." 

Dumbfounded.... 

"The surgery went well, it took almost 18 hours, but they got the bastard out" 

"Well that's great... isn't it?" I interrupted again. 

"No... they got it out, but he never woke up, he is a fucking vegetable. And the asshole made me his power of attorney." and the tears she tried so hard to hold back came rushing down her cheeks. "I-- I don't know what to do" 

"Damn..." Was all I could muster up to say. That's really fucked up. I wouldn't know what to do if Alex was in a vegetative state and I had to choose whether to pull the plug or not. Even though we aren't on good terms, it's a heavy burden to carry. 

"It's been 2 weeks since the surgery, the doctors say that there isn't anything else they can do, other than hook him up to tubes and hope for a miracle. My Dad is over it, he wants to move on and have a funeral , mean while my mother swears that he will wake up....'Any minute now' she claims." Nae sniffed. "But it's not up to them you know, they keep blowing up my phone because it's my decision and I cant think clearly enough to make one, everyone is just down my fucking back about it and sometimes I just wish... I wish he had died on the table so I wouldn't have to choose."