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CHAPTER 2

"Mom!" I say into the phone, "What happened? What's wrong?" "I'm sorry," she says, "I know how close you two were. It happened so suddenly..." I immediately know what's happened. "Your grandma Jene died this morning."

Suddenly the world seems to collapse around me and everything seems blurred. I feel myself fall but I don't care enough to get back up. Everything goes black and I feel someone picking me up but I'm to oblivious to care.

*

I wake up in a white room and notice two people looking down at me. As my vision clears, I see it's Austin and Aline. I sit up and look around and see I'm in the nurses office. All of a sudden I notice how dizzy I am and lay down again. As I lay down I wonder why I'm in here. So I decide to ask. "Aline," I say, "Austin, why am I in here? What happened?" I notice them looking at each other then back at me. "What happened?" I demand.

"Well," Aline starts, "Your... umm ... Austin has to tell you something." I look at Austin and he glares at Aline. "Well Katiana," he says. He walks over to my side and grabs my hand. "You were on the phone with your mom and you passed out, so I carried you here and called her to see what she had told you......." "Well what did she say?" "She had told you your grandma passed away this morning."

Suddenly the memory comes back and a flood of emotion comes with them. You see my grandma raised me for the first five years of my life. My parents traveled for business and didn't have time to raise a kid, so my grandma was always the one doing stuff with me. She had always understood me more than anyone else and now she was gone. Suddenly I realize I have tears streaming down my cheeks and go to wipe them immediately. As I do this Austin pulls me into a hug. "Want me to give you a ride home early?" he asks. "Ok." I say and he walks me to his car.

On our way out to the car I notice the sky looks gray and gloomy. Kind of like how I feel. As we sit down I have to try really hard to hold the tears back. "I don't want to go home." I tell him. He nods and starts to drive. "Where to then?" He asks and I honestly don't have a clue. "How about your house? Will anyone be home?" "Nope. My house it is." He says and starts heading towards his house.

*

When we get to his house he goes to the kitchen and grabs my favorite snack. Lemon burst yogurt. I know it's random but it's what my grandma always gave me... just thinking of her brings tears to my eyes. He sees the tears and immediately puts it back in the fridge. "I'm sorry." He says, "I forgot that she was the reason you loved it so much."

I sit there for a second thinking of her. "No, it's ok." I say, "I actually kinda want one. I just need time to get past it. I think sharing it with you would be the best way to start." So that is how I spend the rest of my afternoon sharing a yogurt with Austin and crying on his shoulder while thinking of my grandma. And to be honest, it helped quite a bit to get it all out.

I'm sorry for taking so long with the second chapter, but I've been kinda busy. Hope you enjoy, but like I said it's my first book so I know it's not perfect.

Thanks,
Samantha