The Grey's Curse

Chapter Four - Getting To Know You

After the well deserved crying session 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 milk.

'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.