On My Own

Spring Break(Part 2)

"You just don't know when to shutup" he mugged her

"Lucas. That's rude" I mugged him

"So you must be kenyanna. Yes, his mother has been waiting for you. You're all he talks about when he calls" she laughed

"Yea. And you are?" I asked

"I'm Mrs. James' nurse. My name is Lydia" she said shaking my hand.

"Oh okay. So you stay here with her?" I smiled

"Yea. When Lucas left, I came in. Would you like to see Mrs. James? She's in bed right now but I know she would be happy to see you"

"Oh sure. I'm a little nervous though" I admitted

"Oh it's okay she's been waiting for you. Lucas you're not going to come with your girlfriend since she's nervous?" Lydia looked at James

"No. She'll be aight" he said looking at the wall. I rolled my eyes

"I'll rather go without him anyways" I said and followed Lydia to the back.

"Mrs. James you have a surprise visitor!" She smiled walking into the room.

I walked into the room and a strange smell hit me. It was unfamiliar, but it wasn't pleasant either. I seen an older woman hooked up to a bunch of machines, in a hospital bed with a tube in her throat which looked like she was eating through. She somewhat looked like the woman who was in my dream

"Ohhhh nice to see you baby." She said in a raspy voice. I guess it was the tube. I looked at her with tears forming in my eyes. I hated to see her like this, and I just met her

"Hey Mrs. James" I smiled and went hug her

"Mrs. James. No baby, you can call me Marie"

"Marie? Marie James?" She was the woman in my dream

"That's it. You're even prettier than in my dreams. I knew who you were soon as you walked in. I knew you were ken." She smiled weakly but it melted my heart.

"You have dreams about me?" I asked smiling

"Yes. Ever since Lucas told me and described you to me. I had dreams about you every single night. I was hoping he would stop messing with all these fast assed girls, and find him a real woman. And here you come" she laughed

"Your son. He's a really good person" I nodded

"I know he may seem mean, and come off as hard. But he doesn't mean any harm. He's way better than his brother"  obviously Lucas was a whole different person at school than he was at home

"Where is his brother?" I asked her

"Oh he's right there in his room. He can't come out though. Mmm mmm" she pointed to a door in her room. Lydia stood next to me

"Her other son name is Rodriquez. He doesn't come around much. He's been in and out of jail for about 2 years now. She thinks he's in that room, but that's just her bathroom" she whispered

"And why is that?" I asked

"He has daddy problems, he's crazy. He's abusive towards women, that's all he gets arrested for. But his stupid friends bail him out every time. She won't be here when he finally decides to straighten his life out" she said sadly

"Oh well I won't bother him" I smiled at her. I sat down in a chair next to her bed.

We talked and got to know each other for about 2 hours. She was a really funny woman, she was very sick on the inside but so healthy on the outside. After she fell asleep in the middle of our conversation, I covered her back up with her bed sheets. Lydia was in the kitchen cooking. I kissed her forehead, and left out the room.