Wednesday April 22, 2020
"Aw, you are! I'm so happy for you guys, how far along are you?"
"Ten weeks." Skylar said smiling.
"What are you hoping for?"
"I want a little girl of course."
"Well don't be getting too hopeful on that, I'm starting to think us Duncan's only bear boys."
"Well I'm not a Duncan, I mean I am but you know what I mean."
"Yeah, I understand what you mean." Skylar handed me back Braeden. "What do you think about my dad?"
"Oh, it's really sad watching him just waste away now but it must be harder on Charlie on Toby."
"By far, I can't imagine how they feel living and watching him go downhill. They just need all the love and support from all of us."
"Yeah but at least Charlie has all those video diaries you filmed to remember Bob as, what he was."
"I'm happy I filmed those now, I think I'll need to make an extra copy for me to keep. And I could show them to my kids so they can see what he was somewhat like."
"That would be great especially for Brendan. I'm sure he'll remember him vaguely and would want to know more about him."
I saw Charlie barge into the house followed by mom close behind.
"Hey Char, how was school?" I asked. She ignored me and ran up and slammed her door shut.
"Gosh, someone's in a mood." Sky said.
"I don't know what to do with her anymore. She's been acting up since hearing about dad." Mom sat on the couch. "I just don't know what to do."
I breathed out. "I'll go talk to her." I handed Skylar Brady and walked up. I knocked on the door but Charlie shouted Go away! I ignored her of course and slowly opened the door.
"Hey Char." I said walking in. I saw her on her bed laying there on her phone.
"Teddy, go away." She huffed.
I breathed out and sat next to her on her bed in a crisscross position. "Char, what's wrong? You've just haven't been yourself lately, ever since hearing about dad."
"It's not fair, it's just not fair!"
"I know, I know."
"He won't be here for all my big achievements, when I get married, when I have my first kid, none of it. I don't even remember a time when he didn't have cancer."
I rubbed Charlie's back. "It's hard for me to remember too, it's hard for me too. But I have something I'll give you that will bring back the memories from before."
"W-What is it?"
"Well, it's a surprise and I want to give to you when you are fourteen." I paused. "Charlie, I know it must be hard for you and Toby but it's hard on all of us. Just imagine mom for instance, she is losing the only man she really only loved, her children are losing a father they deeply love." I paused again. "We really hate how your attitude has been lately. We, I know it's hard but it doesn't mean start acting up over it. It's just a part of life."
"But why does it have to be a part of our life? It's not fair!"
"Well, life is unfair like this but we are not the only family suffering from this, we are not the only kids losing a parent from it."
Charlie quickly hugged onto me and cried into my chest. I wrapped my arm around her and hugged onto her brushing my fingers through her long blonde hair. Seeing my ten year old sister cry just wanted me to cry, it broke my heart.
"We'll get through this no matter what happens, what hits us, I promise." I murmured.
WEEEEEEELLLLLL, SHORT CHAPTER AGAIN, I KNOW. SOOOOO, I THOUGHT I WOULD END THIS STORY WITH THIRTY CHAPTERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW NOW… I'LL SEE. SO I HOPED YOU LIKED THIS AND YEAH BYE!
