Dedications: I am dedicating this chapter to my Nan. She has been with me all my life but is now going through what Tea's Mum did. I want to have something to look back at and remember her and to be able to get my feelings out my head.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters involved in this chapter (although I wish I did!) and please do not take any offence to actions taken or done to/by the characters (blah blah blah!)
One Door Closes, Another Opens.
Prologue
I lay on my bed thinking about my Mum. She was so ill. Since late last year she had been unwell. She told no one but when I noticed her change I confronted her, and she confessed. We went to the Doctors and a few weeks later, about one year ago, after many tests she was diagnosed with Cancer.
This brought back my few memories of my Dad. When I was four, he too had Cancer and died. When me and Mum were told she had it, I knew I would lose her too.
She was given only a few short months to live and it killed me to watch and live with her, knowing she was dieing. After our first visit to the hospital we understood everything that was going on but somehow, after that she seemed to deteriorate quickly. She lost dangerous amounts of weight over a short period of time and no matter how much I tried, she wouldn't eat. Even if she wanted to, she couldn't, and her drinking was no different. She became unable to move around like normal and eventually was admitted to the hospital. All this was a lot to take in. I was Seventeen and looking after my Mum day and night. She was the only family I had left and it upset me so to see her sometimes but I couldn't leave her and didn't let myself cry in front of her so the only time I cried was on my own at night.
She tried to do everything she could and always told me she didn't want to be a problem for me but when we found out that her Cancer had spread to her bones and body I just couldn't leave her
Apart from school I had very little of a social life, but I didn't want one, how could I leave the house, leave my Mum, leave her all alone? So I spent as much time as I could with her.
My friends were a great help. They would come to my house and help me out as much as they could. I would care for my Mum as they cared for me. Yugi, Tristan, Joey and Ryou helped me with my school work and made me eat. They came with me to the hospital oppointments and made sure my Mums illness didn't affect my health.
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As the end neared, my Mum slept more and more. Some nights I felt so alone and cried myself to sleep. She was here physically and mentally but then somehow she wasn't. She couldn't do the things we used to do and she was to tired to even talk sometimes. The nights I felt I had no one, I was always corrected when the guys came over. They would usually stay over if I needed them to and were always there at the drop of a hat.
They were there when it happened. The last words my Mum said to me ring through my ears and make me smile whenever I think about her:
"I love you Tea" She whispered weakly
"I love you too Mum!" I replied as she slipped away in her bed. I broke down to tears in Yugi's arms. My Mum was gone. She was my strength in life. The only family I had left. Gone. Just like that.
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For a few days I slept in that house alone. They guys tried to cheer me up, cracking awful jokes, making me laugh and played games with me. Sometimes it worked, but at times, it didn't.
One night they took me out for a meal, Yugi, Tristan, Joey, Ryou and even Duke and Serenity. We enjoyed ourselves but the thought of going home alone later upset me. Scared me.
My Dad had died a long time ago and now so had my Mum. I broke down in tears once again and I left the restaurant to get some fresh air. I stayed alone for a few minuets when two people came out to me. The younger one gave me some advice:
"Smile, it'll help" He smiled.
The elder one stood there not looking at us. The advice I gained helped me so much and has stayed with me this past year.
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That night I went home on my own. I had gathered up the courage to do so but when I got there I was so angry and upset. I felt the little life I had left be pulled from under my feet.
I ran out and went to the park. The sun was setting in Domino and I sat on the bench on my own for a little while.
Then it happened……….