A/N : this is my first ever Hot in Cleveland fan fiction and so I hope you will like it. I am from the UK like Jane Leeves herself, which is pretty cool. Well anyway, I am in no way connected to any of the characters/ actors of this great show. The only thing I own is the story and My OC Maddie Scroggs.

In this story, Joy Scroggs didn't just have a son she also had a daughter a few years later but she gave her mother custody of her daughter wanting to give Maddie the best start in life knowing her mother was going to be looking after her. Owen in this story is only 16 and yes I know he really is older than that but this story is different to the show. Well I think I covered some of it and if you want to know more then please feel to PM me and I will tell you more.

This will be the only chapter until I get a least three reviews and pretty please be kind with your reviews as I am not a very confident writer, many thanks.


England December 12th:

You do not realise how something is so precious until it is cruelly taken away from you in a blink of an eye. That is how I Maddie Scroggs 12 years old lost someone precious to me:

The snow began to fall slowly and silently to the ground covering everything in a thick white layer covering everything in its tracks leaving nothing but a pure white wonderland. I looked out my bedroom window watching the snow lay feeling the excitement that Christmas was just round the corner. I was snapped out of my little daydream when I heard my grandmother calling me.

"Maddie Scroggs for the last time, hurry up you will be late for school" gran called out to me from the front door.

"I'm coming, hang on" I yelled back quickly grabbing my school bag and came rushing down stairs.

"Maddie, what do you do up there darling?" gran said shutting the front door behind her and walked to the car.

We got in to the car and turned the heating on full blast only to hear myself squeal as the cold blast of the fresh air blows right in my face making me close my eyes. I start laughing which makes grandmother laugh.

"Stop it, it wasn't funny, it was freezing," I say trying to contain my laughter I playfully hit grandmother on the arm. We pull out of the driveway taking the main road I watch as the world flashes me by.

Grandmother notices that I am rather quiet "Are you alright Maddie sweetheart?" Grandmother asked glancing at me and I smiled sweetly at her before I went back to looking out the window.

"Come on darling you can tell me"

"Promise you won't get mad because every time I tell you we end up arguing"

"I promise, now what is it?"

"I have been thinking about mom... again like I always do this time of year, It's always the same I think about mum coming over and spending time with me and giving me presents and we have a great family Christmas, me , you ,mum and Owen"

"Oh Maddie darling, you do know that's not going to happen don't you?" I nod as I look out the window feeling the single tear slip down my cheek. I quickly brush away the single tear that slipped down my cheek.

We take one of the small quiet side streets knowing that there would not be many people around in this weather. Grandmother checked to make sure there was not anything behind us before she brought the car to a slow stop causing me to glance round confused as to why she stopped the car.

"Grandmother, what are you doing? Why have you stopped the car?" I say as I look around at the quiet street then back at Grandmother with a confused look on my face but she just shrugged it off.

Grandmother unclipped her seat belt and moved closer to me placing her hands on my shoulders.

"Look at me, Maddie look at me your mother loves you very much and I don't want you to ever think she doesn't and yes you will see her and spend your Christmases with her like you dream about but, it won't be anytime soon"

"I know, I love mom but. Why hasn't she come to see me or even phone me at all and she knows I am alive"

"She has her reasons sweetheart but, when she is ready she will be the mother to you that you dream about" grandmother looked at me seeing tears falling silently down my cheeks so Grandmother reached over and comforted me And that is the last thing I remember before I called out my grandmothers name and then everything faded to black. A car came flying down the road and smashed right in to the back of us sending us skidding down the icy road where we hit a tree full force sending Grandmother crashing through the wind screen and land on the bonnet of the smoky car unconscious covered in her own blood.

Like I said you don't realise how precious something is until it is cruelly taken away from you in a blink of an eye. It was mean to be a normal day but in that one second was all it took, that was the day I lost something precious to me.