Hi you guys. Here's another chapter. I hope this one is a little better from the last one, since that one was a rushed one. And it is longer by the way. So, bring on the story!

Gabby1123: I'm sorry about the last chapter, but thanks for your input. This is longer, and I hope you like it. Thanks.

Eowyn Organa: I personally don't like Hojo either. He is too much of a goody goody to me. And he's too NICE! You just want to take a grapefruit and shove it in his face. And yes, he is an idiot. Thanks for the review.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and I don't take credit of anything to do with James Patterson's Sam's Letters to Jennifer.

Lake Geneva

Live Life to the Fullest

DropofCrimson

I clutched the phone closer to my ear with both hands, my palms sweating. "What happened?" I heard him sigh before he spoke again. "Kagome, there's no easy way to tell you this. Your grandmother took a fall, and its not good."

I gasped and Ifelt my heart start to beat faster. "Oh no." I closed my eyes and sent my thoughts to Lake Geneva, the place where I had grown up, and had had the time of my life. I heard Totosai clear his throat, and listened intently to what he had to say. "She was alone when it happened, so we don't know how she fell. Only that she is in a coma. Do you think you can come down, Kagome?"

I said that I could, and hurried to get a couple things together. How could this be happening? I had just gotten off the phone with her two days ago, joking about my nonexistent love life, and reminiscing about all of my past boyfriends before Hojo. She was a comedian. That was just who she was.

It took me all of three minutes to change clothes and put a few things in a duffle bag, but it took a little longer trying to coax Buyo to get into his cage to go onto the unexpected trip. I ran out the door and threw my stuff in the trunk of the old Jeep, while placing Buyo in the back. Then I gunned the Jeep down the driveway, and headed toward Lake Geneva, which was about an hour and a half away, northwest of Chicago.

As I drove down the busy highway, I tried to think about anything but Kaede. My grandmother was the only one I had left. After my mother died, Kaede became my mother and my best friend. She had taught me everything, and could read me like a book.

A sad smile came to my face as I remembered her seventy-fifth wedding anniversary. Over 200 people had shown up, and everyone toasted them with a huge round of applause. We danced and ate as we watched Kaede and Grandpa Tanakahold her inhis arms outon the patio looking at the stars. Everyone clapped and whistled as while they were dancing,he dipped Kaede and kissed her. It wasn't until four months later that grandpa died. Many people thought that she would die along with him, but she didn't. She had been fine…that is, until now.

I took on a sharp curve and almost clipped a Chevy, when I turned onto a road that would take me to the local hospital where Kaede was being cared for. "Just a couple more minutes, Kaede."

I rushed out of my car and into the sliding doors of the ICU. I tried not to flinch as the smell of antiseptic filled my nostrils. I went up to the head nurse with thinning, gray hair and asked for directions to Kaede's room. The nurse pointed down the hallway. "We're all glad that you made it. I love your column by the way." I turned around and smiled at the nurse. "Thanks. Your very kind."

I hurried down the corridor and walked into Kaede's room, stopping as soon as I saw her. "Oh Kaede. What happened to you?" I hated the way she looked. She had tubes sticking in her arms and in her nose, and she smelled of antiseptic and sickness. I wanted to smell the Kaede that would hold me in her arms at night when I was young. I wanted to smell her detergent that she washed her clothes in, and the smell of her favorite perfume. I wanted my Kaede back.

"It's Kagome." I slowly grasped my hand weekly in hers, almost expecting her to squeeze mine in return. "I'm here Kaede. I'm right here."

I sat down in a nearby chair, still holding her hand. "I know you can hear me. I guess I have to do the talking for now, but you have to understand that I won't stop talking until you open your eyes."

A few minutes later, I heard a knock on the door, and Totosai walked inside. I got out of my chair and walked towards Totosai, giving him a warm hug. It had been a while since I had seen him, and I had to admit, I did miss the old guy.

"How are you Totosai? It's been a while." Totosai smiled a crocked smile and put his arm around my shoulders. "Well Kagome, I can report that I haven't broken any hips or femurs, so everything's been ok if I do say so myself." His eyes sparkled as he joked around, but lost some of its spark as he glanced over to Kaede. "I wish I could say the same for your grandmother. Iwas justtalking to the doctors. She hasn't opened her eyes Kagome, and that's not a good sign. I've been here most of the day, and have been begging her myself to wake up."

I looked over at Kaede, wishing that none of this were real. I wiped away a single tear that had stubbornly got away, and turned back towards Totosai, only to find a key in his outstretched hand. "This is for you. The key to your grandmother's house."

I took the key and held it in my hand. It brought back many happy memories that I had in that house. I smiled asTotosai hugged me again. "I better get going before I pass out from exhaustion and become a patient here myself. I'll be back tomorrow. We both can talk to the doctor then."

As he slipped out the door, I walked back over to the empty chair, slipping the key into my pocket for safekeeping. I grabbed her hand again, and gave it a little squeeze. I still couldn't believe it was happening. Kaede had always been so strong. She was the one that had always taken care of everyone else, including myself.

I felt very scared. I couldn't lose Kaede now. It seems as if I had just lost Hojo. Even with Kaede in the room with me, I had never felt so alone in three years as I did in that hospital room. Tears started falling down my face, and I didn't even bother wiping them away. "Damn." I said under my breath.

I stood up slowly and leaned forward to kiss her on her cheeks. I stood, looking at her face. Her skin was gray, making her look as fragile as a china doll. I almost laughed at the thought of her yelling, "BOO! Ha! Scared ya didn't I?"

But she didn't. She just layed there, unmoving, with the only sound in the room being the sound ofthe heartmoniterin my ears. A single tear slid down my face and landed on her cheek, but it just slid down to her chin.

"I'm going to the house now, and I'll be back tomorrow. First thing. I promise." I walked away with one last light squeeze of her hand. As I slid the door closed, I whispered one last thing.

"Good night, Kaede."

I promise to get out another chapter really soon. Please R&R. I need your input on this to make sure that I should go on with this one. I know that you probably can't picture Kaede being 'dipped' and everything, but that's why its a AU. Thanks, and please review. God bless!

DropofCrimson