Chapter 3: Memories
Early the next morning Kevin headed off to work. Simon was
still
in the hospital but he made everyone promise to go home and get
some sleep. Lucy rolled over and looked at her calendar. Ugh she
thought October 23. She hated October 23, it had been that way
since she was 13 years old. The day was always full of tears. None
the less she pulled herself out of bed and got ready for the day.
Though she couldn't help letting a few tears stream down her
cheek every so often. She new she would break down into
uncontrollable sobs later that day when she was at the graveyard.
Even though it was hard for Lucy to go she went every year to visit
the tomb of her lost best friend. She remembered it like it was
yesterday. She had been 13 years old at the time and had been
invited to go have pizza with her best friend Sara and her older
sister. Her parents refused to let Lucy drive with Sara's older sister
so they dropped her of on her own. She sat down on the curb of
Pete's Pizza as she waited for her friend to arrive. Soon 10 minutes
had passed. Then 20. 30. 40 and they still never arrived but her
mother did. Annie told her gently that there had been an accident
and Sara hadn't made it. Lucy remembered crying for what had
seemed like forever. Lucy headed into the kitchen crying. She
couldn't help it.
"Morning Luce. Are you okay?" Annie asked. Lucy didn't
reply she just grabbed an apple and stormed out of the room.
"It's the twenty-third." Eric reminded Annie.
Lucy wandered threw the graveyard clutching onto the
flowers she was going to plant by Sara's grave. Shakily she planted
the delicate pink roses then she sat down hugging her knees and
looked at the tombstone. Even though she new it was childish she
had always talked to Sara on this day and she just couldn't help
doing it.
"Hi Sara it's me Lucy. It's that day again. I don't come here
nearly as much as I used to. So much has happened in the last year.
Remember last year when I had just dumped Jeremy? Well I got
married since then. His name is Kevin and he's a cop. I often
worry that he'll leave me the way you did. With out a choice.
We're going to have a baby. It's to bad you couldn't be here."
Lucy voice faded and the whole cemetery was silent except for the
sound of Lucy's muffled cries.
"Lucy?" A voice said from above her. She looked up to see
Kevin.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I'm on duty here today I have an hour break right now.
What are you doing here?" He replied sitting down beside her.
"Pondering over the death of my best friend." Kevin looked
at her questionably and she realised she had never told Kevin about
Sara. Lucy told him the whole story.
"Oh." Was all Kevin could reply with because he was in such
shock.
"The scariest thing was I was supposed to be in that car with
them. At last minute for some reason my parents decided not to let
me go with them and they drove me instead." Kevin didn't know
what he should say so he just wrapped his arms around her and let
a tear of his own slip from his eye. Kevin could see the pain in his
wife's eyes. As he pulled away he asked.
"Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"It's hard to talk about without breaking down in tears."
"I understand. Is this why you've been acting weird lately?"
"Um no." She replied looking down. Kevin put his hands
around her waist and pulled her into his lap. "Hey." Lucy said
looking up.
"You looked like you could use a hug."
"I could."
"Good. Now what's been bothering you?" He asked putting
his arms around her and resting his hands on her stomach.
"Do you know what you're touching right now?" She asked
in reply.
"Your stomach?" He answered lifting his hands as though he
thought it was bothering her.
"No." She replied taking Kevin's hand and putting it back on
her stomach. "You're touching our child."
Early the next morning Kevin headed off to work. Simon was
still
in the hospital but he made everyone promise to go home and get
some sleep. Lucy rolled over and looked at her calendar. Ugh she
thought October 23. She hated October 23, it had been that way
since she was 13 years old. The day was always full of tears. None
the less she pulled herself out of bed and got ready for the day.
Though she couldn't help letting a few tears stream down her
cheek every so often. She new she would break down into
uncontrollable sobs later that day when she was at the graveyard.
Even though it was hard for Lucy to go she went every year to visit
the tomb of her lost best friend. She remembered it like it was
yesterday. She had been 13 years old at the time and had been
invited to go have pizza with her best friend Sara and her older
sister. Her parents refused to let Lucy drive with Sara's older sister
so they dropped her of on her own. She sat down on the curb of
Pete's Pizza as she waited for her friend to arrive. Soon 10 minutes
had passed. Then 20. 30. 40 and they still never arrived but her
mother did. Annie told her gently that there had been an accident
and Sara hadn't made it. Lucy remembered crying for what had
seemed like forever. Lucy headed into the kitchen crying. She
couldn't help it.
"Morning Luce. Are you okay?" Annie asked. Lucy didn't
reply she just grabbed an apple and stormed out of the room.
"It's the twenty-third." Eric reminded Annie.
Lucy wandered threw the graveyard clutching onto the
flowers she was going to plant by Sara's grave. Shakily she planted
the delicate pink roses then she sat down hugging her knees and
looked at the tombstone. Even though she new it was childish she
had always talked to Sara on this day and she just couldn't help
doing it.
"Hi Sara it's me Lucy. It's that day again. I don't come here
nearly as much as I used to. So much has happened in the last year.
Remember last year when I had just dumped Jeremy? Well I got
married since then. His name is Kevin and he's a cop. I often
worry that he'll leave me the way you did. With out a choice.
We're going to have a baby. It's to bad you couldn't be here."
Lucy voice faded and the whole cemetery was silent except for the
sound of Lucy's muffled cries.
"Lucy?" A voice said from above her. She looked up to see
Kevin.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I'm on duty here today I have an hour break right now.
What are you doing here?" He replied sitting down beside her.
"Pondering over the death of my best friend." Kevin looked
at her questionably and she realised she had never told Kevin about
Sara. Lucy told him the whole story.
"Oh." Was all Kevin could reply with because he was in such
shock.
"The scariest thing was I was supposed to be in that car with
them. At last minute for some reason my parents decided not to let
me go with them and they drove me instead." Kevin didn't know
what he should say so he just wrapped his arms around her and let
a tear of his own slip from his eye. Kevin could see the pain in his
wife's eyes. As he pulled away he asked.
"Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"It's hard to talk about without breaking down in tears."
"I understand. Is this why you've been acting weird lately?"
"Um no." She replied looking down. Kevin put his hands
around her waist and pulled her into his lap. "Hey." Lucy said
looking up.
"You looked like you could use a hug."
"I could."
"Good. Now what's been bothering you?" He asked putting
his arms around her and resting his hands on her stomach.
"Do you know what you're touching right now?" She asked
in reply.
"Your stomach?" He answered lifting his hands as though he
thought it was bothering her.
"No." She replied taking Kevin's hand and putting it back on
her stomach. "You're touching our child."
