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Chapter One: The Ride
Sometimes people tell others about these great dreams they've had. Narcissa had done that too, millions of times. But for about two special years, her dream was her reality.
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"Anyway, so I'm talking to him and he's talking to me too! You know, like he actually noticed me! And then he asked me if I wanted to go with him to this great restaurant he knows about, well of course I said yes! Anyway, then you came in a woke me up before I even got to see how our date went!" Narcissa slumped back in her seat and stared out the window to her right.
"Narcissa, I'm sorry, I wanted someone to talk to during my trip." Narcissa's mom, Mrs. Mitchells or Anna, looked at her daughter sadly. Anna had been diagnosed with cancer about two weeks ago. She didn't know why it had happened to her. She had been healthy, she worked out, she had a daughter to raise! Her daughter. how to tell her daughter, that was what she didn't know how to do. She was driving to the airport right now, she was going to a special facility where they would give her the best treatment possible.
Narcissa didn't know this yet, she thought that her frustrating mother had woken her up at seven on a Saturday just to go to the grocery store. She didn't understand her mom sometimes. Well, Anna was only her step mom, her first mom had died about two years ago and Narcissa had set her dad up with her favorite English teacher, Anna Smith. Miraculously, they actually fell for each other and her teacher became her mom a year ago. Narcissa never called Anna her step mom though, she called her Anna or mom. They got along really well and even though Narcissa missed her real mother, Nicole, she was glad that her new mother was someone she liked, not someone she hated, that was always what happened in movies and she was very grateful for Anna. But right now Anna wasn't making any sense. Anna was a teacher, so she understood Narcissa's need for sleep on Saturday's, yet she had woken her up.
"Narcissa?"
"What?" asked Narcissa, she sat low in her leather seat and crossed her arms across her chest defiantly and continued staring out the window.
"Umm, we're not going shopping."
"Great!" yelled Narcissa, "you know I should be asleep right now! I don't have time to drive around for hours for no reason!"
"There is a reason" said Anna quietly.
"What then?" asked Narcissa sarcastically, "Because I'd really like to finish my dream about me and Bumlets going on a date to Tibby's!"
"Narcissa, I haven't been feeling well-"
"Yeah! Yeah, I can see why you would need to tell me this over a long car ride!-"
"Narcissa!" snapped Anna, "turn off your mouth and listen!" She sighed, this was not starting out well. "I'm going to the airport. I have to go to Virginia, they have a facility there that might help me beat this."
Narcissa waited for her mom to finish, finially she said, "beat what mom?" Narcissa's voice quivered, she knew that something was terribly wrong with her mom, "beat what?" she asked again, except, a little quieter this time.
"Cancer" She finially choked out. Two big tears rolled down her cheeks, "I was diagnosed with cancer two weeks ago. I don't get paid enough as a teacher to afford treatment but thankfully, your father can. I'm going to Virginia to try at get help" she looked at Narcissa, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner."
Narcissa turned and looked at her mom, tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry!" she said, "I'm sorry! I should have known you woke me up early for a good reason! I'm really sorry!"
"Narcissa, I didn't expect you to understand, you didn't know."
Narcissa hugged Anna hard, "Why?" She asked, "first my mother and now you."
"You'll be okay"
"I don't care about me!" Narcissa cried, "I care about you! You have to beat this Anna! You have to come back to me! You're my mom!"
"Narcissa."
Narcissa turned and stared out the window, "I have to go with you."
"That won't work, your father wouldn't like that."
"My father will understand, I have the rest of his life to see him, you're the one with Cancer!"
Anna hesitated, "Call him and tell him where you'll be" she said, handing Narcissa her cell phone.
"Thank you!" exclaimed Narcissa, and quickly dialed her dad's phone.
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"Please fasten your seatbelts, we'll be taking off in a few moments." Said the pilot over the intercom.
"I hate flying!" muttered Anna. An hour later Narcissa was coming back from the restroom and found Anna picking at her food.
"You are not eating this disgusting food!" exclaimed Narcissa. I got some healthy food for you while you bought my ticket, lot's of carrots."
Anna sighed, then smiled at Narcissa, "that was thoughtfull she said. Suddenly, the plane jolted sending Narcissa and a few other passengers to the floor of the plane. They staggered to their feet and got in their seats quickly.
A moment later the pilot spoke over the intercom again, "Please fasten your seatbelts, we're experiencing some minor engine difficulties" Narcissa had ridden in planes for years, her dad was in Microsoft and often took her along since Narcissa wanted to get a job there someday. She was only fifteen but at sixteen she could quit her job at K-mart and get a better job at Microsoft. Of course, she had quit her job at K-mart anyway to go with her mom. Another jolt startled Anna and Narcissa. They waited for the pilot to talk to them over the intercom, "Please make sure your seatbelts are secure, we've lost one engine but it's nothing to worry about. There will be a slight detour in our flight though, we'll be landing in Iowa at the Des Moines airport shortly."
Anna sat tensely in her chair, "I hate flying" she muttered, "I haven't flown in over two years, now was not a good time to star."
"Relax!" said Narcissa, slurping at her orange juice, "We'll be landing shortly, we just have to get across the Missouri river and we'll basically be at Des Moines in 15 to 20 minutes tops."
"That helps" said Anna sarcastically. Five minutes later the plane shuddered, Anna gasped and Narcissa looked slightly worried, "it's just because of the wind drafts, that happens a lot." Anna didn't seem to hear her, her face was pale and her knuckles were white from squeezing the arm rest so hard. Narcissa grinned assuringly at her and then made sure her buckle was nice and tight. The Plane shuddered again, this time it was bigger, children started to whimper and a balding man fainted in his seat.
"Exuse me" said Narcissa, motioning to a stewardess, "Could you tell me what's going on?"
"Just some minor difficulties" said the lady, smiling big, "nothing to worry-" but her sentence was cut short as she was hurtled down the isle way as the plane tipped sharply and bucked up and down.
"Please remain calm!" said the Captain, we'll be at Des Moines in fifteen minutes" The stewardess was up on her feet again. Narcissa watched the flustered lady try to answer everyones demands. Another stewardess came in looking scared and confused. Narcissa stood up.
"Narcissa!" gasped Anna, clutching Narcissa's hand, "Sit down! Please!"
"Just a minute mom, these ladies look like they need some help." She walked down the isle, despite Anna's cautions. "M'am?" said Narcissa, "is everything okay?"
"No!" whimphered the flight attendant, "I'm not supposed to panic but this is my first day and it's Lacey's first day too!" she said, motioning to the second attendant. "I don't know what to do!"
"I've been flying basically all my life" offered Narcissa, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Thank you! Do whatever you can, calm people down!" She went to assist an old lady who had spilt her drink as the plane bucked again. As soon as the plane settled a bit Narcissa went to get a cool cloth for the balding man's forehead. She noticed a mother who had also fainted in her chair and her little boy was looking pale.
"Are you okay?" she asked the boy as she placed a cloth over the mother and began to slap her cheeks lightly. "I-I-I have a-asthma!" he said, in short choppy breaths. "okay, okay! So do I, hold on a minute. She hurried to her purse and pulled her inhaler out of her bag.
"Narcissa!" gasped Anna, "please sit down!" "The flight attendants are having a hard time mom, it's their first day and these people need help!" said Narcissa, "I'll sit down later." She retuned to the little boy with his inhaler. As soon as the boy calmed down she found his own inhaler in his mothers bag. His mother's color was returning to her face and she quickly took over helping the boy. Narcissa took her inhaler back and turned to make sure everyone was seated and buckled tightly.
The plane bucked again and tilted sharply. "All the remaining engines have failed" the Pilot said over the intercom, "we are making a emergency landing." Narcissa's face went white. That was pilot talk for, "The plane was plummeting toward earth out of control. She ran to get clothes for the people who had fainted and checked on the little boy.
Two more lfight attendants came from te other sections of the plane. "Sit down" they said, "You've done all you can." Narcissa returned to her seat and looked at Anna.
"Anna?" she asked, "are you okay?" Anna smiled and looked far more relaxed. "We'll probably die" said Anna, "I just want you to know, I love you, I'll love you forever, you're very special." Narcissa was crying as she looked at her mom, "I love you to she said, you're the best mom ever, thank you for everything." Anna gave Narcissa a hug, "It'll be okay" she said, "we'll be together in heaven."
***
"Is she breathing?" asked Mr. Mitchells.
"She's in a coma sir" said the nurse, "She's the only survivor we know of, three bodies are missing, including you're wife's. We're sorry."
"How long?" Mr. Mitchells gasped, his face in his hands, "when will she wake up?"
"When they're as bad as this, sir, sometimes never. Eventually, we'll have to unplug her oxygen, we can't just leave her here forever."
"What's your limit?"
"15 years sir, after that there's no hope."
*** A/N: This is my first story to find it's way onto FanFiction.Net. I hope you like it, and please be nice when you review. No flames, please. Thank you. ~
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Chapter One: The Ride
Sometimes people tell others about these great dreams they've had. Narcissa had done that too, millions of times. But for about two special years, her dream was her reality.
***
"Anyway, so I'm talking to him and he's talking to me too! You know, like he actually noticed me! And then he asked me if I wanted to go with him to this great restaurant he knows about, well of course I said yes! Anyway, then you came in a woke me up before I even got to see how our date went!" Narcissa slumped back in her seat and stared out the window to her right.
"Narcissa, I'm sorry, I wanted someone to talk to during my trip." Narcissa's mom, Mrs. Mitchells or Anna, looked at her daughter sadly. Anna had been diagnosed with cancer about two weeks ago. She didn't know why it had happened to her. She had been healthy, she worked out, she had a daughter to raise! Her daughter. how to tell her daughter, that was what she didn't know how to do. She was driving to the airport right now, she was going to a special facility where they would give her the best treatment possible.
Narcissa didn't know this yet, she thought that her frustrating mother had woken her up at seven on a Saturday just to go to the grocery store. She didn't understand her mom sometimes. Well, Anna was only her step mom, her first mom had died about two years ago and Narcissa had set her dad up with her favorite English teacher, Anna Smith. Miraculously, they actually fell for each other and her teacher became her mom a year ago. Narcissa never called Anna her step mom though, she called her Anna or mom. They got along really well and even though Narcissa missed her real mother, Nicole, she was glad that her new mother was someone she liked, not someone she hated, that was always what happened in movies and she was very grateful for Anna. But right now Anna wasn't making any sense. Anna was a teacher, so she understood Narcissa's need for sleep on Saturday's, yet she had woken her up.
"Narcissa?"
"What?" asked Narcissa, she sat low in her leather seat and crossed her arms across her chest defiantly and continued staring out the window.
"Umm, we're not going shopping."
"Great!" yelled Narcissa, "you know I should be asleep right now! I don't have time to drive around for hours for no reason!"
"There is a reason" said Anna quietly.
"What then?" asked Narcissa sarcastically, "Because I'd really like to finish my dream about me and Bumlets going on a date to Tibby's!"
"Narcissa, I haven't been feeling well-"
"Yeah! Yeah, I can see why you would need to tell me this over a long car ride!-"
"Narcissa!" snapped Anna, "turn off your mouth and listen!" She sighed, this was not starting out well. "I'm going to the airport. I have to go to Virginia, they have a facility there that might help me beat this."
Narcissa waited for her mom to finish, finially she said, "beat what mom?" Narcissa's voice quivered, she knew that something was terribly wrong with her mom, "beat what?" she asked again, except, a little quieter this time.
"Cancer" She finially choked out. Two big tears rolled down her cheeks, "I was diagnosed with cancer two weeks ago. I don't get paid enough as a teacher to afford treatment but thankfully, your father can. I'm going to Virginia to try at get help" she looked at Narcissa, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner."
Narcissa turned and looked at her mom, tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry!" she said, "I'm sorry! I should have known you woke me up early for a good reason! I'm really sorry!"
"Narcissa, I didn't expect you to understand, you didn't know."
Narcissa hugged Anna hard, "Why?" She asked, "first my mother and now you."
"You'll be okay"
"I don't care about me!" Narcissa cried, "I care about you! You have to beat this Anna! You have to come back to me! You're my mom!"
"Narcissa."
Narcissa turned and stared out the window, "I have to go with you."
"That won't work, your father wouldn't like that."
"My father will understand, I have the rest of his life to see him, you're the one with Cancer!"
Anna hesitated, "Call him and tell him where you'll be" she said, handing Narcissa her cell phone.
"Thank you!" exclaimed Narcissa, and quickly dialed her dad's phone.
***
"Please fasten your seatbelts, we'll be taking off in a few moments." Said the pilot over the intercom.
"I hate flying!" muttered Anna. An hour later Narcissa was coming back from the restroom and found Anna picking at her food.
"You are not eating this disgusting food!" exclaimed Narcissa. I got some healthy food for you while you bought my ticket, lot's of carrots."
Anna sighed, then smiled at Narcissa, "that was thoughtfull she said. Suddenly, the plane jolted sending Narcissa and a few other passengers to the floor of the plane. They staggered to their feet and got in their seats quickly.
A moment later the pilot spoke over the intercom again, "Please fasten your seatbelts, we're experiencing some minor engine difficulties" Narcissa had ridden in planes for years, her dad was in Microsoft and often took her along since Narcissa wanted to get a job there someday. She was only fifteen but at sixteen she could quit her job at K-mart and get a better job at Microsoft. Of course, she had quit her job at K-mart anyway to go with her mom. Another jolt startled Anna and Narcissa. They waited for the pilot to talk to them over the intercom, "Please make sure your seatbelts are secure, we've lost one engine but it's nothing to worry about. There will be a slight detour in our flight though, we'll be landing in Iowa at the Des Moines airport shortly."
Anna sat tensely in her chair, "I hate flying" she muttered, "I haven't flown in over two years, now was not a good time to star."
"Relax!" said Narcissa, slurping at her orange juice, "We'll be landing shortly, we just have to get across the Missouri river and we'll basically be at Des Moines in 15 to 20 minutes tops."
"That helps" said Anna sarcastically. Five minutes later the plane shuddered, Anna gasped and Narcissa looked slightly worried, "it's just because of the wind drafts, that happens a lot." Anna didn't seem to hear her, her face was pale and her knuckles were white from squeezing the arm rest so hard. Narcissa grinned assuringly at her and then made sure her buckle was nice and tight. The Plane shuddered again, this time it was bigger, children started to whimper and a balding man fainted in his seat.
"Exuse me" said Narcissa, motioning to a stewardess, "Could you tell me what's going on?"
"Just some minor difficulties" said the lady, smiling big, "nothing to worry-" but her sentence was cut short as she was hurtled down the isle way as the plane tipped sharply and bucked up and down.
"Please remain calm!" said the Captain, we'll be at Des Moines in fifteen minutes" The stewardess was up on her feet again. Narcissa watched the flustered lady try to answer everyones demands. Another stewardess came in looking scared and confused. Narcissa stood up.
"Narcissa!" gasped Anna, clutching Narcissa's hand, "Sit down! Please!"
"Just a minute mom, these ladies look like they need some help." She walked down the isle, despite Anna's cautions. "M'am?" said Narcissa, "is everything okay?"
"No!" whimphered the flight attendant, "I'm not supposed to panic but this is my first day and it's Lacey's first day too!" she said, motioning to the second attendant. "I don't know what to do!"
"I've been flying basically all my life" offered Narcissa, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Thank you! Do whatever you can, calm people down!" She went to assist an old lady who had spilt her drink as the plane bucked again. As soon as the plane settled a bit Narcissa went to get a cool cloth for the balding man's forehead. She noticed a mother who had also fainted in her chair and her little boy was looking pale.
"Are you okay?" she asked the boy as she placed a cloth over the mother and began to slap her cheeks lightly. "I-I-I have a-asthma!" he said, in short choppy breaths. "okay, okay! So do I, hold on a minute. She hurried to her purse and pulled her inhaler out of her bag.
"Narcissa!" gasped Anna, "please sit down!" "The flight attendants are having a hard time mom, it's their first day and these people need help!" said Narcissa, "I'll sit down later." She retuned to the little boy with his inhaler. As soon as the boy calmed down she found his own inhaler in his mothers bag. His mother's color was returning to her face and she quickly took over helping the boy. Narcissa took her inhaler back and turned to make sure everyone was seated and buckled tightly.
The plane bucked again and tilted sharply. "All the remaining engines have failed" the Pilot said over the intercom, "we are making a emergency landing." Narcissa's face went white. That was pilot talk for, "The plane was plummeting toward earth out of control. She ran to get clothes for the people who had fainted and checked on the little boy.
Two more lfight attendants came from te other sections of the plane. "Sit down" they said, "You've done all you can." Narcissa returned to her seat and looked at Anna.
"Anna?" she asked, "are you okay?" Anna smiled and looked far more relaxed. "We'll probably die" said Anna, "I just want you to know, I love you, I'll love you forever, you're very special." Narcissa was crying as she looked at her mom, "I love you to she said, you're the best mom ever, thank you for everything." Anna gave Narcissa a hug, "It'll be okay" she said, "we'll be together in heaven."
***
"Is she breathing?" asked Mr. Mitchells.
"She's in a coma sir" said the nurse, "She's the only survivor we know of, three bodies are missing, including you're wife's. We're sorry."
"How long?" Mr. Mitchells gasped, his face in his hands, "when will she wake up?"
"When they're as bad as this, sir, sometimes never. Eventually, we'll have to unplug her oxygen, we can't just leave her here forever."
"What's your limit?"
"15 years sir, after that there's no hope."
*** A/N: This is my first story to find it's way onto FanFiction.Net. I hope you like it, and please be nice when you review. No flames, please. Thank you. ~
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Review Please!!!! I await your reviews!!!! If you review I will dish out Reeses Peanut Butter Cups!!!! How can you resist? Just review okay? Okay.