Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure I don't own any rights to Smallville and even if I pretended I did I doubt any of you would believe me... doesn't stop me from dreaming though.
Summary: this is a short piece on a Grandmother (Chloe) talking to her granddaughter about life.
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"You know those days, my dear, when, for no explainable reason, you wake up with an irremovable smile from your face? Like you've just found out some lovely piece news or your husband's just surprised you with a trip to Greece, It's a feeling of contentment, of joy and a realisation that you're loved. Making my way down the creaky stairs to make breakfast I remembered reminding myself to pester your grandfather into fixing them again.
"For me and Jimmy every Saturday morning is the same. When you get to our age dear, you'll find that you appreciate routines more and more. Our routine was that I get up early and cook us a huge breakfast that we would then take onto the balcony and enjoy while I read the paper and he read a book. Yesterday was such a beautiful day, I remember that the sun was shining through the windows and bathing the kitchen in the most beautiful golden light you ever saw. Out the window you could see a perfectly blue sky and the dew made everything shimmer. At the time I thought that it may in fact be the most glorious day we had yet had this spring, and believe me, Smallville has seen some amazing spring days recently. That day would have been a lovely day to have a picnic and I started thinking about which part would be prettiest at this time of year. Some sandwiches and a bottle of wine under the cherry blossoms in the botanical gardens I believe is what I decided on. Jimmy always manages to find a wine I like when we do things like that, a skill he didn't have when we were first married. Did I tell you of the time he ordered some ridiculously expensive bottle of wine off some pretentious French menu that neither of us could manage to drink because it was like drinking a bottle of vinegar? Poor boy was so down hearted but we managed to make a good time of it anyway.
"As magical a tale as this all sounds I must tell you my dear, love can be a double edged blade. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my days with Jimmy for anything on this earth or any other but opening yourself up to someone is just begging for pain.
"I have lived with the same man for 45 years and those years were some of the best of my life for which I am grateful but on that perfect spring day, when I turned around and realised that I had set two place settings, had cooked two of everything, poured out two glasses of juice, laid out his book and my paper and that your grandfather had been dead for 3 years... for just a small moment I wished I had never met him."
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That's it folks. Hope you liked!
