The Grey's Curse

Chapter Four - Getting To Know You

After crying myself to sleep last night, I was rewarded with a quiet morning as I laid in bed; staring out of my window as I enjoyed the peace and quiet 'But I feel like I'm forgetting something' the feeling had plagued me ever since I woke up and I hated it 'But what could it be?' I turned over to lay on my back and stared up at the white ceiling and went over what happened yesterday.

'Let's see, Mom went to the store yesterday, I helped her put the groceries up, I did my chores before bed, hmm, did I forget to put something up?' I bit my lip as panic slowly kicked in before I remembered that it was Mom who put up the last thing.

'But if that's not it then what am I forgetting?'

As I was lost in thought, the peaceful silence was interrupted by my phone buzzing with a notification making my eyes widen when it finally hit me 'I forgot about Grandma!' I immediately sat up with excitement and slight anxiousness as I quickly grabbed my phone from my nightstand and checked my messages.

'Spam, spam and oh look a spam call, changing it up now are we?'

I blocked and deleted the spam texts and calls as I saw them 'Come on Grandma, please be awake' I continued to hastily scroll through my calls and texts; anxiously biting my lip as I searched for her name and felt a smile form on my face when I saw that she had texted me about thirty minutes ago.

Her message read: "Oh hello dear! I was so happy to see that you texted me, truthfully I can't remember the last time that I've been that excited but I'm sure that I'll experience a lot of things again now that you're able to contact me now and regarding the messages inquiring about your father I have tons upon tons of stories about him and I'll be more then happy to share them with you" I didn't realize that I was smiling so much until I felt the ache in my cheeks.

'How can I say no to knowing more about Dad?'

The answer: I couldn't.

I quickly began typing in a message but deleted it with a groan soon after, unsatisfied with it and started another one only to do the same thing 'Don't over think this Maria, just tell her you are glad to be able to talk to her again and would really like to know some stories. it's not that hard' but contrary to my thought it really was that hard.

I huffed, quickly growing frustrated with myself 'Maybe I should wait and text her later when I'm more awake and prepared?' That made me feel ridiculous 'It's just a text message, not a life or death situation, just type the first thing that comes to mind' and I did just that.

I read over my message, looking for any spelling mistakes "Hey Grandma, it's still so surreal to me that I'm actually talking to you, I can't wait to hear all the stories that you have" once I was satisfied with what I wrote, I hit send.

'I really can't wait'

I stared up at my celling happily but just as quickly as it came, my moment of happiness was sadly and cruelly interrupted when my door swung open without a warning, making me jump slightly at the suddenness of it and I looked at Mom with confusion.

'What's her deal? It's way too early for her to get mad at me, I haven't even had the chance make her mad yet anyway'

I watched her with a quirked brow as she looked me over, "Just making sure you were awake" her voice sounded monotonous which was normal for her but I was still very much confused and it only worsened when I checked the clock.

'I'm always awake at this time...'

Before she left she stared at Mr. fluffy tails who was in my arms with a slight glare yet there was a flash of sadness in her eyes before she looked away and quickly left without another word.

'I don't think I'll ever understand her'

I was stuck staring at the door with an eyebrow rose up in confusion 'She would probably say the same thing about me too' I sighed as my day was already going south and I hadn't even gotten out of bed yet.

'Might as well try and salvage what I can'

I reluctantly got up and out of my warm bed and shivered at the slight chill in my room 'Why is it so cold?' I slowly turned to look at my window with a grimace 'Please don't tell me...' and unfortunately my fear was correct when I saw my window was cracked open; letting the cold winter air in.

'I could've sworn that it was closed when I went to bed'

I hurriedly walked over to my window and as quietly as I could, slid it close 'I hope Mom didn't notice' I wanted to grab my robe to warm up but decided not to as it may make her question why I'm cold when the house was typically warm.

When I went to open my door I couldn't help but to cringe when my hand touched the cold surface of my door handle, no doubt the consequence from the open window letting the cool air in 'Just when I thought it couldn't get worse' I quickly swung the door open and headed straight for the kitchen, passing by Mom on my way there.

"Hey Maria, will you get me a pen? I forgot to get one before I sat down, there should be one in the little drawer" I nodded and muttered a "Yeah sure" and browsed through the drawer but after thoroughly looking through it. I still didn't see a single pen.

"Are you sure it's in this drawer?" I asked over my shoulder, still moving stuff around but saw no sign of a pen and a few seconds later I heard Mom release an aggravated sigh, "Never mind, I'll get it" however when she stood up, a little clanking sound echoed in the room.

'Don't tell me..'

I looked down to see what fell and had to hold in a laugh when I saw that it was the pen she was talking about, "Is that it?" I asked, barely holding back laughter as I watched her stare at the pen with wide shocked eyes.

I occasionally slipped and let out little giggles as she slowly picked the pen up and inspected it cautiously, "Yeah, but I don't think I had it earlier" she sounded truly shocked but I brushed it off as her being forgetful.

'I guess we're both having an off day'

I was in the process of pouring milk in my bowl of cereal but froze when I heard the sound of my phone ringing loudly 'It's probably Grandma' I stiffly glanced over at Mom; knowing that I wouldn't be able to keep a straight nor look her in the eyes.

"It's probably spam" she looked at me with narrowed eyes and an eyebrow raised and we stayed like that for two more rings before she shrugged, "Yeah, probably" I let out a discreet sigh of relief.

'Sorry Mom but this is the only way'

I hurriedly put the milk put and quickly but casually started walking back up to my room with cereal in hand, "I'll be up in my room" She hummed, focused on writing something down.

'I wonder what she's writing?' I didn't stick around to find out as I wanted to go back to my room and call Grandma back again.

'I'll have to be careful when talking to Grandma, I don't want her to hear me and suspect something'

When I made it to my room, I sat on my bed and immediately called Grandma back and she picked up after the third ring, "Hey Grandma, sorry that I didn't answer earlier, I was busy doing something" which was technically true but not the only reason.

Besides I doubted that she would want to talk about how I nearly had a heart attack when I thought Mom caught me.

She giggled "Oh it's alright dear, I know that you wouldn't ignore me on purpose" I smiled; relieved that she wasn't mad, "I just wanted to talk to you and maybe tell you some things about your father, if you want me to that is" I couldn't stop the excited grin from forming when I heard her words, excited at the thought of finally hearing something about my dad.

"Yeah, I would love you to"