Last Leaf

“Sometimes people aren’t lucky enough to change the past, so cherish the present and love the future”

It was a usual start to the ,5 am in the morning, early morning coffee, reading the newspaper, but what if everything turns around, everything went differently.

27th MAY 2022

I woke up to a fresh cup of coffee reading the newspaper like everyday, I look up at the picture frame on the counter with a picture of my family and I, I missed them a lot, you know the funny thing is, I was never close to my parents, but they are my hero’s, I always was ignoring my sisters, but I always wanted to be like them, and I was rude to my younger brother, because deep down, I wanted him to be stronger, my older brother...... you could say, we never got along well, but I love him more than anyone in this universe.

“Saturday night, Monday morning, Sunday afternooooon\~, wake up and the rain was pouring” the car radio played, I was in the middle of driving to work as I got a phone call from my mum. “What is it, you never call me,I’m driving I’ll call you later” I grumbled as I was about to cut the call “Arianna” mum whimpered, she never called me by my name unless something serious happened. “Mom, m-mom, what happened this time”I respond, not knowing what to say, while i held the phone tight Hoping it will somehow make it less painful than what she was going to say. “A-Ari, I-I j-just l-lost m-y s-on, Dane is.....he...got.hit by a bus” mom shuttered “ they tried everything they could, he didn’t make it, honey I just lost a son, you lost a dam brother, if only he was looking he would s-“ Mom broke down crying before finishing her sentence “P-prank r-right” I don’t know why I said that, maybe because deep down I knew I wasn’t close enough to that family to be pranked on, or maybe it was a attachment I got with Dane, coming out forcefully. The moment when you feel a electric shock go throw your body, and you, someone overly confident finally feels so small, so fragile, a cold shiver goes thrown your body, as your eyes become foggy, trying to breath, trying somehow to erase that moment from your brain like it never happened, but it did, everything did, i lost my little brother, the one god gave me to protect, the one who always loves me, no matter what I did, “Im late my dear brother, but I always stopped myself from saying this but, i LOVE YOU” I though as I burst into tears after I parked the car at my destination, “Ari, come back” mom whispered. That night when I got home from work, I booked a ticket to New York for the 29, so that’s only 2 days away.

29th MAY 2022

I was staring out my plane window, I couldn’t sleep knowing my brother was gone, and I would never see him again, I had no room to be ashamed of what I did, because my heart is overflowing with pain, I-. When I arrived at New York at JFK airport, I expected my parents to be standing there with Mia, but when I called they said they were a few minutes late, when I spot there familiar car I grew up with, I start waving......who spotted the truck coming high speed and crashing into that old car, you know....actually never mind...most of you wouldn’t have been in this situation, I remember running up to the car and everyone racing up, the ambulance took my parents and I was in another one with my sister. I kept thinking about how she was like mom, how she was feeding me when I was a kid, reading me books, the days when I didn’t believe in good, she showed me humanity. “A-Ari, listen to me,, even if we all leave you, stay strong, you are my precious little girl, I love you, goodbye....” she says through tears as she holds my hand “no, your going to live, please don’t leave me” I shout as she closed her eyes “Zoe you idiot, don’t leave me, I’m sorry, don’t leave me please” I shout louder as her hand goes down, her lifeless body stays there as I watch them take her into the operation room, I don’t know how long it’s been but when I finally ran out of tears and looked out the window...it was late night. A sudden chill grew up my face as the doctors came out of the room. He...shook his head as my whole world fell apart...”no...” I whisper “No!” I shout louder through violent tears, knowing...I had no one any longer. The world around me went dark as...

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