true significance

12. accepting

"Elijah I dont need you! Im your mother your the son, you need me more than I need you!" my mom screams at me while she slides down the door sobbing. I try to pick her up " dont fucking touch me, you're just like your father!" she slures. "Mom have you been drinking?" I asked her with tears in my eyes. She just sits there and sobs. I sigh heavly and feel a tear drop down my cheek, after looking to my far right to see three empty beer bottles on the counter. I pick my mom up and embrace her, feeling my shirt get wet from her tears. "Mom I will never leave you. Im here for you and Ill take care of you." Her sobbing gets quiet, and then she pushes me off of her "You sound just like your fucking father, you worthless piece of shit" she spits at me then walks away. I stand there frozen........
*flashback end*

Looking out the window of the coffee shop that Rose and I are sitting in, thinking about my mother, and how shes a drunk now. Not realizing that I dozed off I blurt out, "Rose this is why I treat you the way I do, this is why I treat you so delicately. "huh-" she stutters "No let me finish...You remind me so much of her, you're stubborn just like her and you're both hurt because you lost the most important man in your life." "I remind you so much of wh-". "Rose let me finish!". "You try to hurt or push away the people who you feel will pity you for it. "You try and push away the people who care about you because you're scared of being hurt again" I pause for a mintue. "Rose I feel like Im losing my mom because of it, and I dont want to lose you." "Elijah I am so sorr-" rose says. "Dont be sorry." I say. "Rose you're not okay, and thats okay. I will do everything in my capablity to be there for you, but you have to allow me to" I smile at her. Rose looks down and lightly smiles then whispers "okay". "Come lets go" I say while standing up and grabbing Rose hand. We walk out of the coffee shop and I begin driving back to her house.

Rose p.o.v
When we pull up to my house, we both get up and walk towards the front door. I unlock the door and we walk in "Oh elijah go get your clothes out the car, and bring them upstairs so you can shower and change". "Okay" was all he said then walked out the house. Once I get upstairs, I go to the bathroom and turn on the shower water and start to get undressed. I step in the shower and put my head under the water to being to wash my hair. Then Elijah busts through the door, "Elijah why would you do that you scared me!". "sorry" he says laughing. "Uh where do you want me to put my bag?" he asks. "Just put it in the floor of my closet." I hear him leave the bathroom, so I step out. I wrap a towel around my body and hair then walk out to see elijah sitting on my bed. I stand there "Elijah, earlier you told me I reminded you of someone, who?" I asked while walking to my closet to grab clothes. He was silent for a moment, "my mom." "Oh, elijah can I meet her.....today?" He didnt answer, so I handed him a towel and he got up and when to the bathroom closing the door behing him. I sigh, then start to get dressed
Elijah p.o.v
Im in the shower thinking about what Rose said about going to see my mom. I dont want her to meet my mom, because im embarrased of what shes become, I think to myself about it for like 10 mintues before I decide to get out the shower. I step out the bathroom, and see rose laying on her bed on her phone. "So are we gonna go see her?" Rose asks siting up sounding exicited. I throw my keys at her "Go start the car ill be out after Im done getting dressed. Rose gets up and leaves her room, following behind her the sound of the front door opening and closing.
I finish getting dresseed, then rush downstairs to the car. I go to the car and knock on the window from her side asking for the key to lock the door. I walk back to the front door and lock it. Then hop in the car. "Are you ready" I ask nervously looking at her. She grabs my hand, rubs it and looks me in the eyes letting me know everything is okay. I take a deep breath, then put the car in reverse and pull out the driveway.