Melancholic Memories

*removes blindfold*

Mia : "I guess I'm really on the floo- EWW What's that smell? I sure hope it's not me....".

When I got back up on my feet , I realised that I was sitting on the dirty pavement of an abandoned train tunnel. It took me a while to realise that this was the same tunnel me and my siblings used to hang out at. Mostly me and my brother since its dangerous for Maddie to be at a place like this.

Mia : "I remember this tunnel being perfectly fine 6 months ago. What happened? There's trash and other stuff lying around".

I decided to look around and catch up on memory lane even though I knew that it would be a mistake. I don't want to be reminded of him everywhere I go. It's hard keeping my emotions under control. I haven't forgiven him for leaving me and our family behind this early without even a proper goodbye. It's even more ironic that from now on I will have to celebrate my birthday, which is supposed to be a happy occasion on a wretched day.

Mia : *smirks* "This used to be our favourite spot. Ah the days where we would sneak out of the house just to sit in this pitch black tunnel and share our secrets and our worries to each other...".

It was a lie. It was a lie when I said that we three weren't close. In reality , we three were like the 3 musketeers. We would even lie for each other infront of our parents to get out of trouble.

*chuckles* We even had bake-offs. Man the last time we had a bake-off , we almost burned down our home.

Mia : *sniffles* "Sh*t the memories are flooding back. I have to snap back before I drown and lose myself in my tears. Also I have to get back home. It's getting late and I bet my folks are wondering where the f*ck I'm. Ah DANG IT , I totally skipped Spanish and Geography class. I'm gonna be in trouble. Fingers crossed that everything will go smoothly".

*Mia reaches home*

*front door clicks*

Mia : *whispering* "Door , seriously? Whose side are you on? BE QUIET"

Mia : *inner voice* "Wow. I can't believe I'm talking to a wooden door".

Mom : "Well well , look who's finally showing up. Where were you? Hanging out with your friends again?".

Mia : "Uh..YEAH. I was...totally... hanging out with my new friends....hehe".

Mom : "New friends huh? I hope they're not the bad kind and have bad influence on you".

Mia : "I.. actually don't know. I hope they mean well after all what had happened".

Mom : "I sure hope so too but that doesn't really match up with the info I got over a phonecall from your school saying that you skipped Spanish as well as Geography class. Care to explain young lady?".

Mia : "Well...Lets just say that...um..My FRIENDS made a suggestion of hanging out and going for a MOVIE and I..just agreed since it's finals in a few months and I- I won't get to hang out much often and I just... I just thought that it would help me get my mind off of him. Its harder than I thought it would be. I'm feeling really awful inside even though today was a beautiful sunny day. I don't know why and.... I dont know how to stop feeling this way. I dont want to keep going like this...".

*Mia break out into tears*

Mia : "Mom , I don't want this. I don't want this life. I want it to go back to how it used to be. With ALL of us.....being happy together and.... enjoying every moment of life. Why does this even happen to people? Why can't life be fair atleast once? And WHY DOES LOSING SOMEONE HURT SO MUCH THAN IT SHOULD??".

Mom : "Oh honey , I'm so sorry. I didn't know that you were still thinking about him. I thought......*sigh* I also thought it would be easy. But I know...no OUR family knows how hard it is. We all had to go through that stage of grief all so suddenly. And I think Maddie is struggling as well. She has been quiet ever since that... incident. She barely eats and talks. I hope she is ok. I hope WE will be ok".

Mia : *sniffles* "Yeah I hope so too. Mom , I think we got off..track" *slightly laughs*

Mom : *wiping Mia's tears* "Yeah I think we did". *chuckles*

Mom : *deep sigh* "Lets just consider this whole thing a phase of life and try to move on. Okay?".

Mia : "Sure I will try and what were you going to say about the whole skipping class situation by the way?".

Mom : "Not much. I was just going to give you some lecture and points and was kind of planning of grounding you for the day".

Mia : "And?".

Mom : "And what? I have decided not to".

Mia : "So you are not going to ground me? You have no problem with it?".

Mom : "Why? Did you want to be grounded? And NO it's not that I don't have a problem with it , I just don't want to give you an earful when you are already going through alot".

Mia : "Thats actually very sweet of you Phoebe Howard. I shall THANK YOU for this kindness". *bows*

Mom : *giggles* "I think you might need a nap to refresh from what just happened and a SHOWER. You smell funny".

Mia : "Gee , Thanks Phoebe".

Mom : "Stick to calling 'Mom' will you?".

Mia : "Oh come on Phoebe. You can't handle a joke? The Phoebe I KNOW is someone who has a sense of humour. I wonder where she went?".

Mom : "Ohk that's enough "joking around" young lady. I actually meant when I said that you needed a shower. You reek".

Mia : "Okay........ PHOEBE".

Mom : "......"

Mia : "I'm just having fun you KNOW. You need that in life. LITERALLY. Well anyways I'm going to freshen up and nap for a while".

Mom : "Yes but try to nap for 1 hour maximum instead of dozing off completely for the next 12 hours just because tomorrow's a Saturday. Got it?".

Mia : "Aye aye Captain Phoebe Howard".

*salutes*

*Mia's Mom smiles warmly*

*Mia goes upstairs to her bedroom and shuts the door*

Mia : "Damn it. I wasn't supposed to say any of that. I was going to say that I skipped school just to try being a rebel or some other pathetic excuses. I wasn't trying to get REMINDED OF HIM AND BREAK DOWN INTO TEARS. Why isn't this going the way I want to? Something is missing...but what is that 'something'? *sigh* I better get freshened up like Mom said. *sniff* Ugh I guess Mom was correct about one thing. I do reek".

After taking a quick shower , I was totally ready for a power nap. Just as I laid down I saw a fully wrapped gift box with a tag on it under my desk. It was apparently from my brother. I guess I never tried to open it after the whole fiasco 6 months ago. I didn't want anymore reasons to weep late at night.

*sigh* My life seems real cliche. Like the stories from movies and books. But isn't everything inspired or taken from an aspect of life. Just adding more of our creative juices to let it blossom. If only life was as simple as that.

Mia : "I guess I'll finally open it. Ok 'Note to Self' , I'm only doing this because I can't let this catch dust and I'm allergic to dust. Definitely not because I'm feeling guilty over not opening it sooner".

When I opened it , all it contained was a note and a pocket watch...with our family photo we took from last year when we went to the beach. The note itself wasn't long either.

Mia : *reading the note* "Mia , I don't know when you will read these words but I just want to say that whatever happens on two days from now ( your birthday) I want you to be strong and accept that reality. I know that I'm missing out on your birthday bash but it's not that I don't want to see my sweet sister happy and enjoying her day. I just don't think I will make it that far. If I do , I'll explain everything later. But for now. Be Safe Mia. Love Myles".

Mia : *a tear drop falls on to the note* "I'm so irritated right now that I want to tear up this note and destroy this pocket watch mercilessly. But I can't and for some reason I'm crying. Why am I crying? I'm gonna have to train myself not to cry so  much. It's exhausting and I can't seem to breathe normally".

After all that weeping , I decided to inspect the pocket watch. When I looked at the bottom of it there were words engraved on it.

"Keep this with you at all times. There will be a time when you'll need this".

And obviously enough a small engraving of LOS was also at the bottom right corner.

Mia : "Tsk. 'LOS ' again. Speaking of LOS where's that contact info that I took home as a souvenir".

*searches the whole room*

Mia : "Right...I checked every corner except my pockets. Job well done Mia".

Just as Chief Roger asked me to do. I decided to think over about the whole opportunity. And I came to a sudden conclusion.

Mia : "Yeah I don't think I will find a need for this. *throws it away* I will do just fine without thier help. Or so I hope".

~The End of Chapter 2~

Author's Note :

Yes , I know its like the cliche 'broken person because of beloved's death trope' but I'm trying my best to bring something into this whole thing.

Also a reminder on , 

I ain't a writer. I'm more of an artist with coloured pencils and other art supplies rather than a writer with a pen and paper/phone

So this chapter was basically just to show what or how Mia feels after her brother's death and Yay we finally get to know her brother's name. It also starts with a 'M' 😑

Idk I just loved the name 'Myles' for this character. Plus if you don't know how to pronounce 'Phoebe' , it's "fee-bee"

And about the cliche part. Isn't everything nowadays inspired or based off of other things and tropes? But it also has their own differences but still its great on their own way. So I aslo think mine would be of no problem. I hope I can write something interesting and I hope everything works out.

Thank you so so much to those who have taken thier time reading this. Your each support means a lot.

- G🦋

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