"Anna could hear her mother talking to her father in a terrified voice. She thought it was just a dream and all those noises will go away. They didn't. Not till she woke up and realised that all of it was happening for real. She could hear her mother say "She couldn't breathe. Jack is also reaching there. She just got out of a bath after cleaning her clothes and.." her mother went to answer the phone that had been ringing for quite some time now. Few minutes before she realised that her mother was talking about her grand mother, she wondered where her uncle jack was going.
And then it hit her, that it was her grand mother who couldn't breathe and her mother was talking about her nanna. She was horrified. She woke her up brother who was sleeping next to her. She told him about what she heard their mother say. The two children heard the click of the phone and then the door close. Annabella peeped out of the room and saw her mother. So she was right, it was her father who had gone out.
Her mother caught her eye. Annabell ran to her mother and asked "what is the matter, mummy?" her mother just tried smile and said "Nothing, darling.Everything is okay.Don't worry just get back to bed." Anna obeyed her mother and went back to the room. She told her brother, Eric, that nothing was wrong and the mummy had asked them to go sleep.
Anna tried, tried and tried but she couldn't sleep. She heard the phone ringing again. Something bothered her. She got out of bed to go and hug her mother when she saw her coming to their room. Anna was smart for her age. She knew something deep inside told her why her mother was crying. She just went back to bed and when the truth dawned at her, she cried. She cried so much. She saw a tear rolling down her brother's cheek. Their mother entered the room and hugged them. She told them tat nanna was now free, that nanna was at peace. The truth hit Anna hard in the stomach like she didn't have any energy left. She had dinner with nanna last night. She remembered nanna promising her to have birthday lunch with her the day after She remembered her laughing and telling her that she was going to get a really big surprise on her 13th birthday, Anna felt hollow She'd never felt like this before. Lost in the jungles of memories and tears she felt the coldness that told her that she could never hear her nanna laughing again, the coldness that reminded her that she couldn't talk to nanna ever again, the coldness that reminded her that nanna was no more and that she had died. That icy feeling made her realise and accept that nanna would never come back again."
This was one of my first attempts at writing. The names are changed, the story is a little tweaked, but the emotions are real.
And then it hit her, that it was her grand mother who couldn't breathe and her mother was talking about her nanna. She was horrified. She woke her up brother who was sleeping next to her. She told him about what she heard their mother say. The two children heard the click of the phone and then the door close. Annabella peeped out of the room and saw her mother. So she was right, it was her father who had gone out.
Her mother caught her eye. Annabell ran to her mother and asked "what is the matter, mummy?" her mother just tried smile and said "Nothing, darling.Everything is okay.Don't worry just get back to bed." Anna obeyed her mother and went back to the room. She told her brother, Eric, that nothing was wrong and the mummy had asked them to go sleep.
Anna tried, tried and tried but she couldn't sleep. She heard the phone ringing again. Something bothered her. She got out of bed to go and hug her mother when she saw her coming to their room. Anna was smart for her age. She knew something deep inside told her why her mother was crying. She just went back to bed and when the truth dawned at her, she cried. She cried so much. She saw a tear rolling down her brother's cheek. Their mother entered the room and hugged them. She told them tat nanna was now free, that nanna was at peace. The truth hit Anna hard in the stomach like she didn't have any energy left. She had dinner with nanna last night. She remembered nanna promising her to have birthday lunch with her the day after She remembered her laughing and telling her that she was going to get a really big surprise on her 13th birthday, Anna felt hollow She'd never felt like this before. Lost in the jungles of memories and tears she felt the coldness that told her that she could never hear her nanna laughing again, the coldness that reminded her that she couldn't talk to nanna ever again, the coldness that reminded her that nanna was no more and that she had died. That icy feeling made her realise and accept that nanna would never come back again."
This was one of my first attempts at writing. The names are changed, the story is a little tweaked, but the emotions are real.
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