Chapter 11- Fairy Tail That Won't Last

"And then he said he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me, and I was like save it for someone who cares." I said

"Good job Manny I can't belive he actually thought he could get you back just like that" Emma said "What does he think you are a hore?"

Emma was hanging out with me today because I didn't want to be alone

"I don't know what he thinks I am but I hope he dosn't think I'm his girlfriend" I stated

"Yeah" Emma added

"Where is my god daughter?" she asked

"She's in her room" I said

Emma went up stairs to go see her. I had been thinking about these past four months can you belive it it has been four months since the me and Craig thing. Mia was seven months old, she was baptized and Emma and Paige where her godmothers, and Toby and JT where her godfathers. My life was ok without Craig. My mom was in the hospitol because she was getting really sick so I had to work a lot. I mean a lot and I have no time for my self because I am either taking care of Mia or at the hospitol with my mom or I was working a the Dot because it was the only place I could work. I ignored him alot. I had to drop Mia over to his house every day from 6-9 because I had to work and I would pick her up when I was done. He always tries to talk to me about how Ashley is making it up and she's not pregnant but you know who can belive Craig these days. I am fine in the single life also I mean I don't need a man to live a good life right? I have my own apartment now. It's not as great as the one that Craig had but it's ok. I mean it has 2 really small bedrooms, the kitchen is tiny, the living room is tiny, and it's in a really bad neighboorhood but I can manage. My mom got me a used car since I have my permit so I can drive everywhere that I need to go. There is a day care center 2 blocks from school so I drop Mia up before I go to school and I pick her up after school. It's not that much, it's like fifty bucks every two weeks so yeah. I go to these classes for teen mothers and they give me a lot of free stuff like diapers, food stamps, and stuff like that. I feel bad though because Mia gets like old clothes from when I was a baby, or Emma's old clothes you know, or they are from thrift stores while the other kids have like brand new clothes that I can't afford. So it's really nice because the cheer squad raised money for me so I could afford clothes like that for Mia. So you know I'm fine with out Craig. At first I thought I wasn't go too do ok but now you know I'm just fine. I'm better without him. But I have been hearing rumors that him and Ashley are going out because she was pregnant. She was clearly pregnant because her stomach was getting bigger so I know it was not a lie. But I didn't care becuas I don't love Craig anymore. Right? Right.

Emma and I dressed Mia up in cute pink outfits and painted her nails pink and before we knew it, it was time for me to go to work. I opend the rusted door and put Mia in her care seat. She was starting to get to big for it but I still sqweezed her in. I drove too Craigs apartment and I opend the door with the key he gave me.

"Craig I came her early because I have to go visit my mom before I go to work. so I have to go come take your kid." I yelled

Craig came out of the room with no shirt on. Oh my gosh he looked so hot but I couldn't love him anymore, I couldn't even like him because of what he did to me. And he's with Ashley.

"Ha..hi Craig" I said handing him the baby

"Hi Manny" he said

I handed him Mia and she started to cry. She never liked coming over to Craigs. I don't know why? Maybe we had some sort of mother child thing because it was against my will to bring her here. she learned how to say mama but never dada so she was like screaming my name.

"Here take her" he said

"mama" she screamed tears running down her face

"I can't take her Craig, I have to go visit my mom "

"Well she surely dosn't like me so take her."

Craig handed me the baby.

"Don't cry Mama Mia" I said rocking her back and forth

She started to calm down. And fell asleap. I walked over to her Crib in her room. Her room was a lot better than the one at my house. It was pink and hit had hello kitty all over. I mean all over it was on her bed sheats, her walls, her bed, her carpet her cealing everywhere. Her clothes here where more expensive, since Criag had someone to take care of him since I was alone. Even though the donated clothes from the spirit squad where nice they where getting small for her.

I left and went to go visit my mom before work. Shew was getting worse and worse. I mean she had bruises all over her body, she was losing her hair, she had breast cancer and by the time they figured it out it was to late. The doctors had to talk to me and my brother before I could visit him but my brother was in California. He didn't know mama was sick, he didn't even know I had a baby. He ran away and totaly forgot about us.

"My Mannuela what did the doctors say?" she asked taking gasps of air every word she said

I couldn't help my self I just started crying. Just seeing my mom suffer was terrible. If she died I would be alone in this world alone. My mom has done everything for me and now look where she is.

"I'm dying arn't I" she asked

I just kept on crying.

"No" I managed to say

"Mannuela don't lie to me I'm your mother" she said

"Mama, I don't want you to die." I said bawling

"It's ok Mannuela" she said

I laied my head on her stomach.

"Mama your too young to die" I said

"No, if this is what God wants to happen then it's going to happend Mannuela." she took a breath "There is a reason for everything, and there is a puropose for me dying"

I just kept on crying more tears over flowing. The doctor said that there is a very little chance that she will be living. She could die anyday now, ever since my break up with Craig my life has been going down the tube. I mean just two weeks after I went to go live on my own we found out my mom had cancer. Well actually she had known for a while but she didn't want to tell me, until she fainted while we where eating dinner and I had to call the ambulance. They said she wasn't taking her medication right, and she wasn't doing everything she was supposed to. She said she was but I know my mother I dont' think she was.

I layed on my moms stomach for a while longer. Tears still streaming down my face. My mom was combing her hands through my hair. Just like she did whenever I cried. Just like she did when she said I couldn't be with Craig. I got up from her stomach and looked at her.

"I love you so much mom" I said tears still streaming down

"Do you know why I call you my Mannuela?" she asked

I had know clue why she called me Mannuela never wanted to ask, never cared, all I knew was that it made Sully go wild when I had a crush on him. He said it souned exoctic. So I shook my head.

"When I was younger, about tweleve or thirteen there was a showcalled, My Mannuela, I loved that movie so much. It was about a girl named Mannuela who was very stubborn and sometimes her stuborness got her introuble but sometimes it kept her safe, she was wiling to try new things, like be a new person every other week, or like pink insead of green someday you know she tried to look into diffrent things, and in every episode she would always find herself introuble her mom would always say "My Mannuela" and I was thinking, I want my daughter to be just like Mannuela, so she could come home with all her problems, and I could say my Mannuela, I didn't think that the troubles and the problems you would come home with would be that big, but I was happy because I could always ay My Mannuela. So now heres my Mannuela, and she has conquerd more than I think any sixteen year old could handle. You have a baby, you have a job, you pay your bills, you buy food, you act as if you are a twenty year old woman." she started coughing uncontrobly "I'm sorry, so I am happy because I think that if I had named you Kelsey you would have been a prostitue. So in these last few hours I have living still stay strong, ok Mannuela." she said "Stay stong, and don't let anyone put you down."

I nodded more tears starting to flow down my face. "Ok mama"

"Now I'm getting tired. So you should leave Mannuela, go, I'll see you later." she said and she closed her eyes

the thing stopped beeping, I looked at her moniter, it said she had no heart rate.

"Mama" I said shaking her "Mom wake up, wake up, I need you mom wake up"

I got up from my seat and started screaming for a nurse. A doctor came into the room and grabbed her arm.

"Whats going on?" I asked "What are you donig to my mother?"

They grabbed the sheats and put them over her head.

"What are you donig, why are you putting sheats over her head?"

"Mannuela sweety, I think you want to sit down." the doctor said

"I don't want to sit down what is happening to my mom?" I asked

"Manny, I'm sorry, your mom is dead"

"No, no shes not dead, she can't be, she's a live I'm a live, don't do this to me" I ran for my mom but doctor grabbed on to me

"Mannuela lets go come on" the doctor said pushing me out the door

"I have to see my mom" I said crying I got out of his grip and pulled out the covers from her face "She's alilve, she can't be dead, she's my mom"

They grabbed me and sent me out the room. I sat outside the steps of the hospitol crying. And then I felt a tap on my shoulder

"Can I sit here?"

I nodded

"Manny, they called me and told me to rush over here"

I turned and faced him. Craig was there for me when I needed him the most.

"Is it true your going out with Ashley?" I asked

"Yes, but thats only becuase she..."

"Craig just shut up and kiss me" I said I grabbed him and started kissing him

I know it was bad of me to do that, but at the time it felt good, I needed a man to be there for me. He gave me a hug and I hugged him back.

"She's never coming back Craig, she's gone" I said in tears.

"It's ok Manny, I'm here for you, I know how you feel" he said

I was wrapped in his arms still crying for another half hour. It felt so good to be with him again. But this fairy tail wasn't going to last.