Acid

Chapter Sixteen: Forgiveness

"That was my life Alaska" She cried "I never stopped thinking about you or Poppy, I wanted to reconnect with you after Poppy was born but your father would never allow it, I'd be dead!"

"You never tried even after. We were with a group, we could've protected you"

"When all of this happened I was going too... I thought the same thing, but we just kept arguing and when we argued Poppy would never betray you and talk to me, neither would Rae!"

I didn't know what to say anymore. Growing up my mother was everything, she was the one who would pay attention to me, we had a bond that my father and I never had. It's why I didn't care when he died and especially because of what he did to me before Poppy was born. I want to forgive her but I'm scared I'm going to get hurt again.

"How do I know you wont hurt me again?" I asked in a shaky voice.

She walked forward "Alaska I want more than anything to go back to the way things once were, I want to be your mom again, and I want to be the grandmother that I know I can be. Please forgive me we can start over"

"I-I I forgive you mom"

She pulled me into a big hug and we both cried. Calling her mom again was the biggest step I could've taken. I just hope nothing happens because I can't go through the suffering that I went through again. For some odd reason I thought this was a dream. Back when I was living with Rae I'd only dream't of being reconnected with my mother, or Mira. It's strange how natural it feels though. My resentment completely disappeared, it was if everything that happened in the past, never happened. I couldn't help but smile has we held each other before breaking away.

"We should get back inside" I suggested.

She smiled and we walked inside together. We walked silently before we got back to the room. Exchanging a quick glance at each other, we hugged again then entered and sat in different locations. I walked to the far side of the room, back to where Poppy was and she had gone to the other side where all her stuff was. I sat and grabbed Poppy, stroking her forehead as she clung to me, in a deep sleep. I could tell Mira was watching but, I was just so emotionally drained that I couldn't help but fall to sleep. The room going dark before I entered a land of dreams, wishes, and safety.

The next morning came so sudden, the sun seeping into the hall way from the front doors. I groaned as I woke up, stretching my long legs and yawning, for some reason I felt restless, like I had no sleep at all even though I knew I'd had quite a lot, more than I usually have. My back was stiff and didn't move for the first couple of minutes, I could tell a lot of people felt the same, as just in an instant all you could hear was the cracking of backs s people sat up. I looked at Darrin and Dane who seemed to both be in pain from how they slept. Dane just continued to stretch out, cracking what seemed to be every bone in his body, while Darrin just looked at him shaking his head. He soon looked down than looked straight back to me his eyes wild.

"Wheres Poppy?" he asked alarmed.

My eyes looked down, and then panic just filled my entire being, I whipped around to look to my other side to check if she had moved closer to Dane last night, that's when my heart sank. Where is she? I started to scan the room and realized she was no where to be found, that's when my worst fear came into mind. The burn. My mind flooded with the possibility she had turned into a feral, not just a feral an acid. The acid rain is what burned her so therefore she wouldn't turn into a feral she'd turn into an acid. My eyes started to well up with tears until I heard her little giggles from the hallway. I got to my feet in an instant about to run to the door, until Poppy walked in holding my mothers hand. They were both smiling before they noticed me and Poppy came running to me. I scrambled her into my arms holding her head close to my shoulder as all the worry washed away. Mira soon approached.