100 Drabble Meme

[fallsdownsteps]

So I tend towards oneshots and someone suggested I needed to write more for Addy. If you have any requests, just tell me.

This also goes for tripsdownsteps. So tell me which you want.

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43. Dying

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Addy knew a thing or two about heartbreak. Maybe not from falling in and out of love, but being hurt by another person in any capacity can still fracture the heart in innumerable ways. But one person in her life had always been there. Her mother was the one person Adelayde truly relied on. Was she perfect? Of course not. She did what she could as a mother.

But one of Addy's fears was losing her mother. She got the phone call late one day from her mother. She'd been admitted to the hospital. That alone was enough to make Adelayde more than neurotic. But when Jeanette finally got it through to stay calm, Addy just about lost it when her mother told her they were testing her for Huntington's disease.

Being someone not prone to exposing certain emotions, Addy periodically lost it several times that week. Whenever her mind would wander. Sure it wasn't a stamp on a death certificate, but thinking about the mortality of the only person who had been consistantly in her life was disheartening.

Death. It was a hard subject to swallow. Addy had thought about it. She wasn't necessarily afraid of her own. No, everyone died. It was a sure thing. The old saying, right? Death and taxes. Her mother's demise frightened her more than her own. Especially when she got the phone call from her mother confirming the diagnosis.

It was hard accepting it, but what else could she do? Well she cried. A lot. A lot more than she even thought she was capable of. Even if her mother was two hours away, she was dependable. It was like losing the last strand to humanity. Slowly, she'd watch it slip through her hands.

But she still had her for now. Adelayde would just have to swallow the fear. Enjoy the present. Learn to do that. She was generally so concerned with the future that the present was less in her grasp than the future was. But she was good at learning things. Addy could do this. She'd have to pick up a shift or two to save up to visit her. Call her more, make sure that everything was going... well, was going. The outcome was immanent.

Her mother would die. Everyone dies. Maybe Addy would actually have to open up with other people before that happened. It was scary to think about though - being the only one.

That wasn't true though. She still had a grandfather in Paris and a family in Ireland. Her father was out there somewhere. She even had a cousin in the city. Maybe it was time to branch out. If she let it, this could be limitless. Maybe death wasn't the end, but the beginning.

[adrianmontoya]

A beginning, indeed. Thanks for linking me to this.

Adri would certainly have a lot to say on the subject.

[fallsdownsteps]

I'm sure he would. Figured it was a good prompt for him. Even if it'll take a bit to get her to talk about it.

Re: 43. Dying

[4_thee_my_lord]

I adore that even if drabbles, she still has a need to find a plan to cling to. Real nice wrap up at the end.

[fallsdownsteps]

Addy needs a plan. She needs some sort of order. This is why little Addy is so high strung. She hasn't found he balance, yet.