Letters to Reese

Chapter Ten

⇒chapter ten: decline
"roses are dead, violets are crying; im in a hospital, they say im dying"
©AuthorAllie 2016

Sammy's POV
My eyes open and I immediately turn over in the hospital bed and throw up. Six months to go. My parents and Mya walk into the room. They come up to my bed with sad looking smiles. My mom walks to the other side of my bed where my puke has landed. Once she sees it, she exits the room with my dad. Mya gives me a concerned look.

"Hey Sammy" She smiles softly.

"Hi Mya" I say waking myself up.

"How do you feel buddy?" She asks as if I'm only slightly sick with the stomach flu.

"Like shit!" I screech.

"Samuel! Don't use that language!" She scolds me.

"You're the one who asked" I grumpily say as I cough.

"You're right," she says sitting down in the chair next to me,"What does it feel like waking up every morning knowing you're dying?" She asks which surprises me.

"What does it feel like waking up every morning and pretending you're not?" I ask her.

She gives me a surprised look. Yes, I'm seven years old but I've grown up around older, mature people. The nurses walk in and glance at the spilled contents of my stomach. My main nurse, Nancy, backs away with a horrifying look on her face.

"What?" My mother asks concerned.

The nurse puts her hands on my parents' backs and escorts them into the hallway. After about thirty seconds I hear my mother crying and my father sniffling. A few minutes go by and they walk back into the room. Their eyes are burning red and I can tell they've been crying.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

They whisper something into Mya's ear and she tears up. My mother leaves the room along with my father and Mya is left to tell me the news.

"Sammy, you know when your Legos get run over by daddy's shoes and then they break and you can't fix them?" She asks putting the situation into child terms.

"I don't have six more months do I?" I ask realizing what she means.

"No little buddy you don't" She sniffles.

"How long then?" I ask.

"14 hours" She says hugging me.

"Life support?" I ask another question.

"We can pull it whenever" She says.

"Now" I whisper as tears come to my eyes.

"Sammy no!" She cries.

"Mya, don't be selfish. This is my decision" I say wiping my eyes.

A few minutes later the nurse walks in. My family sobs as they say goodbyes to me. My mother tells me that she loves me and that everything will be okay. My father says the same but Mya is different.

"Sammy, I love you so much you have no clue. You are a brave little guy and you will always be my best friend. See you on the other side. And please, be my little angle and protect the family." She sobs hugging me tightly.

"You're a brave little guy!" The nurse says.

"Ready?" She asks me.

"Yes" I whisper.

I begin to feel short of breath and I feel myself slipping away. My family's faces blur and I can hear them crying harder than ever.

"Goodbye, love you" I whisper before my last breath.

I can't explain heaven or the process of death, but it's peaceful. Beautiful. Home.
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Plot twist! I'm really sad about doing this sorry! And thank you all so much we are 50 away from 1k reads ahhhhh!Love you all!
-A👽