Sadness hummed a little tune to herself as she roamed through the isles. It wasn't an actual song really, just a bunch of notes she randomly strung together. Stopping, she grabbed a bouquet of flowers and rolled the cart over to the checkout.
Pulling up to the house, Sadness grabbed all the grocery bags and headed to the door. Opening it with her key, then kicking it closed behind her, she dropped all the groceries on the table. Except for the flowers of course. Those she gently laid down on a chair. After putting all the groceries away, Sadness looked over to the microwave clock. She had gotten home early.
'Oh, why the Hell not?' she thought to herself. Instead of waiting, she could go to Joy now. Sadness always knew where she was this time of day anyway.
Pulling her car over, Sadness walked across the grass. She never really got used to the silence of this place. Stopping, she sat down in front of the headstone, leaning against it as if it were a wall. She put the flowers between her feet.
"Hey Joy. How's it going?"
Silence.
"I got promoted today. A lot of money rolling in know. We'd be able to take that vacation we were thinking about in only a week or two's time."
A woodpecker bored into a tree.
"I got you flowers." She said, choking up a little. "Daffodils. Your favorite."
Looking at the flowers reminded her of the one's she put in Joy's hospital bed, which dragged her back into the memory. She was holding Joy's hand. It was so weak, almost like a skeletons. And she was crying. Why did she have to be crying? She couldn't see Joy clearly. And the pictures she had helped her remember a little less each day.
"Don't worry Sadness." Joy said, faintly squeezing her hand.
"It'll be OK."
"Soon."