Chapter 14 - Terrible Times
(Flora's POV)
-2 weeks later-
It's now January and I'm now back at school unfortunately. Everyday I've been to visit my Grandmother at least once since I'm worried about her. It's a Wednesday today and everything is better now that people don't believe those horrible rumours Crystal made everyone believe for a short amount of time. As the bell for the end of school rings I quickly run out to pick Macy up since Helia has football practise. Once I get back I take Macy with me while I quickly check on my Grandmother. "Grandma-" I start as I walk into her bedroom. My eyes widen as I see her so I quickly get my phone out and call an ambulance. It doesn't take long to get here and they take my Grandmother to hospital with me and Macy.
"What's happening?" Macy asks obviously confused by the current situation. I sigh as the ambulance stops at the hospital and my grandmother is taken in.
"It's okay Macy I'll explain once we're inside." I reply as I take Macy's hand in mine and lead her into the hospital following my grandmother but we're forced to wait outside her room.
"Is there anyone else that you want me to call?" A nurse asks me. I nod and give her Jackson's and Aria's numbers so she can call them. "Is this Doctor Aria Knightly's number by any chance?" The nurse asks me as she looks at the numbers I just gave her. I nod. "She's in today so I'll see if I can find her." She adds before leaving.
"You said you'd tell me what's happening." Macy whines as she sits next to me. I sigh not knowing how to explain to her but luckily Aria gets here before I have to. That nurse was quick at finding her.
"What happened? she was fine when we left for work." Aria asks me.
"I don't know I just went to check on her and found her how she is." I reply as a few tears roll slowly down my face. I can't loose my grandmother. She's the only family I have left and the family member I know the most.
"Don't worry Flora she'll be okay." Aria tries to assure me as she pulls me into a hug. I shake my head as I gently pull away from her.
"Please don't lie to me, I know you don't know that for sure." I say as more tears roll down my face but I quickly wipe them away not wanting to cry. Aria sighs as she looks at me. She places her hand gently on my shoulder instead.
"She'll be okay, I promise." Aria promises me but I don't believe her. She shouldn't make promises she can't keep. I sigh as I sit on one of the hospital chairs just wanting some news on her. After about five minutes Jackson arrives.
"What happened?" Jackson asks instantly as he gets to us. I start crying even more while Aria explains to him what I told her. Aria tries to comfort me but it doesn't work while Jackson is keeping Macy calm and nicely explaining to her what's going on so it doesn't seem serious to her. After a while Aria gives up on trying to calm me and walks off to make a phone call. I don't know how much time passes since it's so hard to keep track of time. Suddenly I feel a presence next to me and strong arms pick me up. I look to see a flash of midnight blue hair that I know belongs to Helia.
"Shhhh it's okay, don't cry." He whispers gently into my ear but I can't stop the continuous flow of tears. I feel him gently wipe away a few of my tears as he sits me on his knee and holds me close. I nuzzle my head into his chest to muffle my cries. It seems like forever but finally all the doctors and nurses leave my grandmother's room while on of them comes over to us.
"Her cancer is very serious, there isn't any treatment we can give her that'll make a difference but we can give her pain relief. Unfortunately she doesn't have long, I'm sorry." The doctor tells us sadly. I start crying more as I move closer to Helia for my own comfort. He holds me for a few minutes, whispering nice things to me and wiping away my tears. "You can see her if you want." The doctor finally adds before walking away.
"Come on Flora, she's okay now and we can see her." Helia tells me gently as he carefully puts me on my feet. I open my mouth to reply but stop as I feel more tears coming. He helps me into my grandmother's room. I gasp as the sight of her as I try to turn back not being able to stand seeing her like this but Helia won't let me leave.
"N-no! H-H-Helia I can't! Not wh-when she-she's like this." I cry quietly as I try once again to go back through the door. He doesn't let me though as he carefully guides me to my grandmother's bed and sits me in one of the chairs next to her. She reaches her hand out and weakly takes my hand in hers.
"D-don't worry dear it'll be okay." She tries to assure me weakly before motioning for Helia to come closer to her. I can just make out the words she says to him. "Watch out for her." She whispers so weakly into his ear. He nods and he pulls up and wraps an arm around me. We talk for a while, well mostly Helia snce I'm so upset and my grandmother is so weak, Aria, Jackson and Macy then join us but I'm still really upset.
"Well we're going to take Macy home and then we'll pick you two up since Helia didn't bring his car and we'll take you two back as well." Aria says before she leaves with Macy and Jackson. Soon after they leave my grandmother doses off to sleep leaving me and Helia.
"Stay here I'm just going to the bathroom." Helia tells me. I nod as he walks off. I watch my grandmother sleeping and I start to let sleep take over me until a loud alarm starts beeping causing me to sit right up as my eyes widen from the shock. I gasp knowing what that alarm means as I've heard it so many times before.
"No!" I quietly cry as tears stream down my face. I look at her now lifeless body and cry even louder and doctors and nurses rush into the room.
"Miss you need to leave now." One of the doctor tells me.
"No!" I cry as I push past them to try and see what's going on. Just then Helia comes back from the bathroom and gasps seeing the current situation. The doctor goes to help my grandmother while Helia runs over to me.
"Come on Flora." Helia says gently as he attempts to guide me out of the room but I push him away.
"No leave me alone!" I cry as I try to get close to my grandmother. He sighs and picks me up and carries me out of the room as I struggle trying to get out of his arms. He sits down in one of the chairs with me and holds me close to him as I struggle to get out of his grip.
"Flora stop, you can't go in there right now." Helia tells me calmly as I continue trying to push him away.
"No I need to make sure she's okay!" I cry as I use all the strength I can to push him away from me but he barely moves an inch. He pulls me closer so I can barely move, he sighs and he moves his head down to mine.
"You heard my mum earlier, it'll be okay." Helia whispers gently in my ear before he carefully wipes away my tears. I bury my head in his chest, I can tell he's surprised at first but then he pulls me closer and rests his chin gently on the top of my head. It's not long before I feel him gently rubbing my back as I cry. After about ten minutes his parents get back to pick us up.
"Oh my what's happened?" Aria asks concerned seeing our current situation. Neither me or Helia reply so Aria and Jackson go to look in my grandmother's room. They open the door a little before quickly closing it and whispering something quietly to each other.
"What's going on?" I ask Helia quietly as I lift my head from his chest and look up at him. I'm worried about why they closed the door so quickly and why they're whispering to each other.
"I don't know." He replies as he looks down at me before up at his parents. "Mum, dad what's going on?" He asks them curiously. They exchange nervous looks before replying.
"Nothing don't worry, everything is fine." Jackson tries to assure the two of us.
"We were just saying that it was lucky Luna and Radius agreed to watch Macy for a bit while we came to pick you two up so we can spend a bit more time here." Aria replies but I can tell she's lying and I know Helia can tell too. I turn to Helia worried and slightly scared.
"Don't worry it's okay." He assures me seeing the look I'm giving him. I rest my head on his chest again trying to calm myself. I hear the door to my grandmother's room open and I let out a sigh of relief that I'm finally able to see her again. I stop as I look up at the doctor.
"I'm sorry we did everything we could but she didn't make it." The doctors tells us apologetically. I stand up straight away just before Helia can pull me back down. "You can go and see her if you'd like, I'm very sorry for your loss." The doctors adds before leaving.
"You promised she'd be okay." I cry as I turn to Aria. Emotions of anger and sadness flood through me as I cry. She reaches out to comfort me but I instantly turn away.
"Flora calm down, it's okay." Aria tells me gently but I move away from her and quickly. I go into my grandmother's room only to see her lifeless body laying on the bed. I start crying even more as I drop to the floor. This can't be happening!
A/N Sorry for taking so long to post this chapter but I hoped you all enjoyed it! Thank you for being so patient and thank you for all your great reviews! Hopefully I'll be able to post the next chapter sooner but a lot has been going on so it's taken me a while to write and post this chapter! Anyway I hope you enjoyed and please remember to leave a review!