Short Story

We drew apart, and I slowly climbed into my gray Maxima. She did not cry, but who knows what happened when I turned the corner. I don 't think I want to know.

give up on life more then I did during that time of not knowing if she was going

And then I realized that things wouldn’t be the same. That things were going to change, because in reality, she would be there, and I would be here.

The three friends looked at each other with big smiles on their faces. Living on Flower Mountain would be a dream come true. Lyla kept her promise to Snok and rejoined her new family at the top of Flower Mountain.

“Of course.” I promised. A couple hours had passed and the sleep got to her, so I said another sad goodbye and left her to rest. Only one visit left…

and then you die. When they can find a body, they can put you in a coffin. Until then, you keep fighting. Because you have to, because you can't stop from it happening again". She then smiled and changed the subject, saying "I still remember you lying down in bed next to me, reading. I didn't see a lot of perfect happiness in my life, but you were perfectly happy".

After breakfast we all loaded up in the truck and headed up the mountain towards Quiche. Our rooms were about thirty minutes from the base of the mountain so the trip time to Quiche took about an hour in the back of a truck holding on to a bar. When we approached the turnoff place to Lidia’s home we suddenly stopped and everyone got out of the truck. At this point i was told that her house was one and a half miles off the road so we would have to hike to it. As we started

Walking back in the storm wasn't an option. It was way too dangerous and looking out the entrance of the cavern I could barely see anything but white. "We might have to wait until the storm is over, or maybe even until morning." I say. She looked back at me and said "If that's the only way, but we have to leave in the morning no excuses." She seemed upset, which was expected and all I felt was guilt for breaking the promise I made to her. I could tell that it was going to be a long

The sun has not yet cleared the mountains. Our cave is dark, but I know she has gone. There is less life energy in the air. I do not think it is a sickness, for she showed no symptoms before her fire blast, and none of her symptoms have been passed on to myself. From this moment forward, my expedition continues in solitude.

It’s been awhile since she has been there, but it seems like the best place to lay the ashes to rest. She parked the car and they both got out and walked towards the lake. It was dark outside. The moon had already taken the place of the sun, and the darkened skies seemed to be a much better accomplice to their task.

The time she came home from Arizona, is the time I realized – my mom was sick, like really sick. She went from my happy, energetic mom, to someone so skinny she didn't have the energy to get out of bed some days. My state of denial started to weaken and weaken. What happens at this point? What do I think? What do I do? Letting go of the fact that my mom isn't going to get better was the hardest part. The mom that I love and cherish, the mom that has raised me to be the woman I am today, the mom that taught me right from wrong, the mom that loved me isn't going to be here anymore? I don't think so...at least, I didn't want to think so. But that's it, I had to. All the time I had to think, because what else are you supposed to do? My mom was dying and I couldn't do anything about

“Just think, Jan, if we continued on we could reach Highgarden in three days.” Alayna pointed out as she and Janna road ahead of the rest of their group.

The interrogation room I was sitting in was cold and kind of dark. I get why it's like this but I don't understand why I'm here.

“Twenty-one! The Chief’s vote makes it twenty-one! And by God if that ain’t a majority I’ll eat my hat!” “Yippee,” Cheswick yells. The other Acutes are coming across toward me. “The meeting was closed,” she says. Her smile is still there, but the back of her neck as she walks out of the day room and into the Nurses’ Station, is red and swelling like she’ll blow apart any second.

Alayna sat silently as she listened to the Stark girl’s story. Not saying a word until Lyanna had finished not wanting to interrupt just in case she missed out on any details. Alayna was surprised the once hostile She-Wolf had opened up to her so quickly; it was like a dam had busted causing a flood of words to tumble out of the girl’s mouth.