All I want (twenty one pilots fanfiction)

Chapter Four

It’d been about 5 days since I’d first met Tyler. We met on Monday I think, and it’s Friday now. So that’s 4 days. 4 days, we’d sent a few text messages but we hadn’t really been talking or whatever. It kind of saddened me but I didn’t really care. I had more things to worry about. Granddad had gotten sicker and sicker and that’s hard. Not just for me, but also for the rest of the family. My mother was their only child, so there’s no family left in Seattle to help him and my grandmother. Then there’s the fact that grandma has a bad hip so they need quite a lot of help at their house now. Luckily they we’re able to get some more caretakers for now but I don’t know how long that will last. Mom told me the news that grandpa was doing bad this morning before school. I had woken up tired that morning and I was already having a bad day, so basically I walked back upstairs and broke down on my bed. I tried to keep some of my tears in, but they just kept flowing out of my eyes. Mom decided it was better for me to stay home sick that day, so she called school and I texted Zoey and Audrey. They quickly responded to ask me what I was having, but I didn’t feel like explaining, and decided it was better to not respond at all. I laid in tears in bed, alone. 5 minutes later my mom entered the room with a big mug of tea. “Thought you might like this, Jen.” She said. I covered my mouth with my sleeve and muffled a “thanks.” My mother gave me a sad smile, and told me I could call my grandparents later if I wanted to. I considered it a good idea, and decided to call them later today. I picked up the cup of tea and took a sip. I asked my mom if she could shut my curtains, and so she did. “I hope you can get some more sleep Jenna, you’ve looked tired this week. Do you want me to wake you up in a few hours?” I took a second to think and said: “That’d be nice. Thanks mom, I love you.” “I love you too” she left the room and I laid back down after drinking some more tea. I let out some more sobs and then fell asleep.”

Around 1 my mom woke me. I remembered that I still had to text Zoey and Audrey. I wrote: “Sorry for replying so slow. Granddad isn’t doing well, I’m just super sad and tired. Thanks for asking J” Maybe not the best text ever, but it worked for now. I went downstairs and ate a freshly-baked cookie, chocolate chip, my favorite. I picked up the phone and called my grandparents’ house. My grandma picked up the phone.

“Hello?”

“Hey grandma, it’s Jenna” I said, smiling after hearing her voice.

“Jenna, my baby! How are you? Shouldn’t you be in school? Or did your mother keep you at home for today because of everything? Maybe that’s the best option indeed. Oh, sorry I can’t even stop talking! It’s good to hear from you. How have you been?”

I laughed a bit. “I’m okay. Could be better honestly, but I just slept a few hours so I’m not really tired anymore. I’m still very sad and I don’t know. How are you and granddad?”

“oh well, we’re just… trying to get through these days, I guess,” I felt my heart break a little bit with these words. I took a sharp breath and regained focus on the conversation. “My hip is doing a little bit better, thank God. Jacob and I both had a little cold a week ago, but that’s over, luckily. Your grandfather is going to the hospital tomorrow, they’re going to examine his entire body, basically. All we can do is hope and pray that they’ll find what’s making him feel so bad, and hopefully there’s a way to patch him up a little bit.”

There was a short silence that I decided to break.

“Okay, I’m glad your hip is better. I hope they’ll find a way to cure grandpa, make him feel better at least.”

“Me too. But Jenna, dear. How’s life? Did you make some more friends up there in Columbus? Got yourself a boyfriend, maybe?”

I was already walking up the stairs, which was my best idea so far. I love my grandma so much, and I decided to tell her some things I didn’t want to tell other people.