"Weird World"

"Lena! Lena!" Effie yelled through the crowd.

Lena hand never been happier to see her younger sister, "Effie!" Lena found her sister and hugged her.

"Come on, I have a moped waiting. I have strict instructions to drop your stuff by the house, then bring you directly to the hospital. They have Bapi Dounas on all sorts of medications and machines."

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"Hey Grandma," Lena greeted Valia who was sitting outside the hospital room.

"Lena! It is so good to see you. They are putting him on another machine right now. Family only in the room."

"Oh," Lena said quietly.

Kostos walked out of the room mumbling something in Greek that Lena guesses was something obscene. He jumped when he saw her, "Oh! Lena! I did not know you were here. Thank you for coming. Walk with me?"

"Sure."

"Valia, will you tell my grandmother?"

Valia nodded.

"I'm sorry about your grandfather."

"Its been hard because he has been ill for some time. The hospital staff say its good, because I'm able to prepare, but I'll never be prepared. The ache just won't go away."

"I know how hard it was when my grandpa died. You are closer to yours. It must be worse."

"I have to officially take over the family business for good when he goes."

"That sounds daunting."

"It is. In his will, I own the business when he dies. I've been in charge of his finances for some time now. We can't afford to keep putting him on more machines. If he doesn't improve soon, we're going to have to let him go."

"Wow. Thats a big responsibility." Lena yawned.

"You must be exhausted with your flight and the time change. You should get rest. I will take you to Valia's."

"Shouldn't you be here for your grandma?"

"She will understand I need to get out."

"Lets tell her."

They came back to the hospital room. Kostos's grandmother was sobbing.

"He died before they even finished putting him on the new machine," Valia told them.

Kostos rushed into the room and grasped his grandmother's hand. He began crying, then muttered his good byes in Greek.

Valia went into the room, "Lets go home," she said in Greek, "You both need rest. There isn't anything we can do now. We can put his affairs in order tomorrow."

"Kostos, I need to get some sleep. I will see you tomorrow. I'm sorry," she hugged him tightly.

"I understand Lena. Thank you."

Effie took Lena to Valia's in in the moped. Kostos drove his own moped. Valia drove Rena home in this cute little car with two seats.

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Lena was asleep for two hours when there was a frantic knock on her bedroom door. It was Valia, "Lena! Kostos vas in a terrible accident! He vas hit by a car on his way home. He is in the hospital. Vee must go quickly."

Lena bolted up in bed. She grabbed the pants, and slipped on a pair of flip flops, "Lets go."

"Rena got the call while I was still there. A police man picked her up. She told me to go get you. She knows how much you mean to Kostos."

"Thats nice," Lena was too stricken to say much more, "How bad is he?"

"The police man would not give details. We will see when we get there. But a head on collision on a moped with a car does not sound very good."

"No, it can't be good."

They got to the hospital. Rena was sobbing harder than before. She was sitting at Kostos's bedside holding his hand. Valia muttered something in Greek to tell Rena they were there. Rena grabbed Lena's hand and put it in Kostos's, "Sit," she ordered. Lena was amazed. She had never heard Rena speak English, "Say good bye," apparently Rena had gotten the prognosis, and it wasn't good. Rena and Valia left the room. Valia tried to comfort Rena, but it really didn't work.

"Hi Kostos," Lena said to the unconscious body, "I can't believe this is happening," she started to cry, "I was supposed to come back to you after college. We were supposed to be together."

Kostos opened one eye, "Lena. Move on after me," he said softly, "but know, I have always loved you," he paused to gain his strength, "with my whole heart," his eye closed completely, and he took his final breath.

"No," Lena said softly, "Kostos," she cried harder, "I was scared. I did love you," there was no use. He was gone, "Rena! Valia!" they came rushing in, "He's dead," Lena broke into a sob.

Rena fell to her knees. She seemed to be asking "Why?" repeatedly. It must have been a large burden for her to carry. Two deaths in the family in one night. She had an infant to take care of, and no means of support.

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"Carma,

Eric definitely is hot and nice and everything else. The photos didn't lie. If he wasn't Bee's I'd swoon. It was such a great surprise to see Bee. I didn't know she was coming home. Especially not with Eric.

I did get a really bad surprise earlier this week. You may have noticed that this is post marked from Greece. Kostos's grandfather was about to die, so Kostos and Effie convinced me to come support Kostos. Kostos's Bapi died maybe ten minutes after I got to the hospital. Then, while I was recovering from jet lag, Kostos was hit by a car and died. I can't even begin to express my grief. After the beginning of this summer, I always thought I'd go back to him. Now I can't do that. I miss him. I just feel like crying all the time. Carma, I just never thought the relationship would end like this.

I'm set to come home the day after Bee, I just got booked onto the flight Effie is on. You're getting home the 20th right?

I just can't believe this is happening to me.

Lena."