Undecided on whether or not to see where this takes me or to leave it as a piece of flash fiction... Opinions?
"I know you're not real."
"Says who?"
"You can't be, you're dead."
"Death isn't the end, Cat."
"But I watched you die. This is all in my head."
"Just because it's in your head doesn't mean it isn't real."
I put my hands up to cover my ears. Mum just carried on sitting at the end of the bed and smiled at me.
I squeezed my eyes shut to block out the image of her and counted to ten in my head before I opened them again.
She was gone. Slowly I dropped my hands from my head and looked around the room. There was no sign of her now.
"Mum?" I called out, half expecting her to reply.
Of course, she didn't. I'd watched her take her last breath six months earlier. I must have been dreaming still and only just woken up.
A tear escaped and trailed down my freckled cheek.
It had seemed so real.
"I know you're not real."
"Says who?"
"You can't be, you're dead."
"Death isn't the end, Cat."
"But I watched you die. This is all in my head."
"Just because it's in your head doesn't mean it isn't real."
I put my hands up to cover my ears. Mum just carried on sitting at the end of the bed and smiled at me.
I squeezed my eyes shut to block out the image of her and counted to ten in my head before I opened them again.
She was gone. Slowly I dropped my hands from my head and looked around the room. There was no sign of her now.
"Mum?" I called out, half expecting her to reply.
Of course, she didn't. I'd watched her take her last breath six months earlier. I must have been dreaming still and only just woken up.
A tear escaped and trailed down my freckled cheek.
It had seemed so real.