Eve Charity Everson P.O.V
My mother's death anniversary was tomorrow. I wasn't in the mood to talk to anybody. My father was home and he would come in and cry with me occasionally. We were both hurt very much by my mother's death.
My phone was vibrating on my night stand. I was under the covers and in the dark. I removed the covers from over my head. Quincy was calling. I cracked a small smile.
"Hello". I cleared my throat.
"Hey bae. The gang wants to come over. We'll bring snacks and watch movies and cry together." I could tell he was pouting.
"Um i don't really know guys".
"Come on hoe let us in." I heard Danielle yell.
"She's out the hospital?" I asked.
"Yes". Suddenly he hung up.
I looked at my phone in confusion and shrugged my shoulders placing it back on the nightstand. A few minutes later my room door flew open. Everybody stood there with snacks and drinks smiling. Jamal farted loudly causing everyone to erupt in laughter including me.
"Nasty bitch". Monica huffed getting in my bed.
Quincy sat next to me and everybody else sat at the bottom of my bed or on the pull out couch.
"So first we're watching Norbit". Monica turned on my tv then turned on the movie.
Hours later we were on our fourth movie and had ran out of snacks. I just wanted some more twizzlers to be honest. For the first time in hours I got out of my room to go down stairs. All of my friends clapped and cheered as if I had just won an oscar or grammy.
"You shady whores". I yelled as I made it to the bottom of the steps.
"We love you too." Tracey loud ass yelled.
I walked into my kitchen and took the twizzlers and cookies upstairs. I had a minifridge in my room where I kept soda's and waters. I jogged up the stairs holding on to the snacks tightly. I plopped back in my spot. We watched the movies the whole night. Lala was the first one to go to sleep around eleven and I was the last person around two.
June 15th, 2015
I yawned as I rubbed my eyes coming down the stairs. I was so glad school was over and that I was no longer a freshman. That was the worst experience. I walked into the kitchen and my parents conversation stopped as soon as I waked into the kitchen.
I opened the fridge grabbing the gallon of milk. I made me a bowl of cereal sitting at the table in an awkward silence with my parents. They were never this quiet. It was very strange.
"Did I do something?" I asked them.
"No sweet heart but I need for you to listen to what I'm about to tell you". My mother told me as she rubber her forehead.
I shook my head yes. I put down my spoon and gave her my full attention. I could tell she had some very important and serious news.
"I have stage four pancreatic cancer. I just found out yesterday. Most people don't live live long with this type of cancer. But mommy is going to fight this thing okay baby?" Her eyes watered and my dad had tears streaming down his face.
I had never seen my dad cry before. Seeing him cry literally broke me. I knew my parents were going to die but I though they had a few more decades in them. My eyes began to water and I couldn't hold back the tears.
My mother was dying. There was nothing I could do about it. My mother and father both came to hug me. We all cried together. That was the day my life changed forever. From then on it got worse. My mothers hair fell out. She got skinnier. She was in more pain.
One day she was at the hospital and they told her she did not have long. My mother asked to go home and to die peacefully in her bed at home. They let her come home and all of my family came to say goodbye.
I remember my mother holding me and singing me to sleep.The next day I woke up and my moms arms that were around me were cold. I sat up and seen my dad on the side of the bed crying. I touched my mothers face.
Thats when I knew she was gone.
"Mommy! Mom get up pleas!" I screamed as I shook her.
My father had to come hold me and i cried in his lap. After my dad called the Ambulance they came and took her away. The image of mt mother's lifeless cold face will forever be with me.
I woke up gasping for air. Quincy immediately woke up. He turned on the light which made everyone alert.
"Oh shit go get her dad." Jamal yelled.
Montell rushed out of the door. A few seconds later he came back with my father.
"Baby look at me. Breathe slowly." My father coached me.
I nodded but my rapid breaths couldn't stop.
"Go in her closet and get me that oxygen tank and mask". My father instructed.
Lala quickly grabbed the tank and mask. My father placed the mask over my face and kept coaching my breaths. Monica started to sing a song which caused everyone to sing. About ten minutes later I was calm and my dad was back in his room.
"God lee girl you scared me". Danielle told me rubbing my back.
"Sorry". I looked over at the clock it was 6:56 in the morning.
I turned on spongebob and went back to sleep. When I woke up everybody but Quincy was gone. He was sleep holing on to me. I stared at him as he slept. His top lip twitched every so often. His phone buzzed making me snap out of my trance.
I picked up his phone unlocking it.
Amber: Hey could you meet me at barry park later on tonight around 8. I just want to talk and end thing peacefully. I just need closure that's all.
