I Will Love You Always
by
Rebecca
(Unicorngirl59470@aol.com)
It was early in the morning. And Fran had just woken up next to her husband. He was still asleep, and he looked so peaceful. Fran sat up as soon as she heard Eve crying. When she sat up she had just gotten a terrible headache. She thought it was from how fast she got up, you know like a head rush. She got out of bed and went straight to the nursery. She opened the door and her headache seemed to have gotten worse. She wondered why it got so quiet on the way to the nursery. She found Brighton cooing his sister.
"Brighton, you look so adorable with Eve in your hands!" she said before she hit the floor.
Brighton put Eve down in her crib and rushed to his mother's side. When he couldn't wake her up he screamed for his father..."Dad...! Dad...!"
Max came running into the nursery and found Brighton kneeling next to Fran. He ran to Fran and asked Brighton what happened.
"I don't know, one minute she walked in with her hand next to her head as if she had a headache, and the next she passed out!" Brighton exclaimed in horror.
By now Max had lifted her up and her to their bedroom, he laid her down and immediately called the doctor for a house visit. This was their normal/ family doctor.
"Hello, Doctor Johnson please? Yes, Doctor Johnson, something is wrong with my wife!.... No she's still breathing, but she just won't wake up... Yes, I would like very much for you to come for a house visit... Thank You!
"Brighton, go wake up your sisters and Niles should already be awake. I need a warm wash cloth and some Aspirin. Tell
Niles I also need some thick blankets." Max calmly told him.
Brighton left to do as his father told him. While Max sat on the bed next to her stroking her hair. He saw the girls in the corner of his eye and motioned them to come in and sit on the end of the bed. They did and just as they sat down the doctor arrived.
Everybody had to leave except Niles and Maxwell.
"She's in very bad shape Maxwell, we gonna need an Ambulance." the Doctor said.
"Why what's wrong with her?! She's going to be okay right?" Maxwell asked very worried.
"I really don't know what's wrong, but she needs to undergo some tests very quickly so we can find out what's wrong." Doctor Johnson rationalized calmly.
The whole family had been in the Waiting Room for about an hour or two. Even Eve and Jonah were there. Fran's mother and father and grandmother were there. They were all crying because the doctor came out once and said she may have Cancer. But they had to do more tests. Maxwell was the only one not crying. He couldn't. He had to be brave for all five of his children and his In-Laws. Niles and CC were crying on each others shoulders.
CC kept looking at her wedding ring because it was Fran who brought her and Niles together. She felt as though Fran was the best friend/sister she never had. Niles was crying for the exact same reason.
Sylvia was crying because her daughter was finally married and had only just begin to enjoy life with two little babies of her own. Morty was crying because he was missing his daughter is going to miss growing old with the loves of her life. Yetta was crying because.... she didn't even know why. She thought it was just the mood.
Maggie and Michael were crying because Fran would never live to see help her through the difficult times when she became a mother. She had news that she was pregnant and was going to tell everybody at breakfast.
Brighton was crying because he knew that if Fran died the house would be lifeless again, and he wouldn't be able to handle it this time. Fran brought life back into that house. It was happy. It was fun to go home. In the future it will be lonely, shallow, and once again Lifeless.
Gracie was crying because Fran was the only mother she ever really knew. Fran got Gracie to open up to her right away with the line, "Do you want a Tic Tac?" Gracie smiled at the memory. She also smiled at the fact that Fran never let her forget who her real mother was no matter what.
The twins were softly crying because (even though they were 5 months old) they knew something was wrong with their mommy.
Max all of a sudden started laughing. He couldn't help himself. He was remembering memories. Everybody looked at him as if he were insane. He then said, "I love memories. Remember the time when she had to go to Shopaholics Anonymous? That was the weirdest and cutest and funniest thing!"
They all laughed at the memory. Gracie then said,"Remember the 'Mink Coat' and how she wanted it so much but didn't take it because Maggie was against that at the time. Then CC took it instead."
CC smiled at the memory she couldn't help it.
"Yep, and I still have it. I remember when her sister Nadine was there catering because Niles was singing. And all the things that happened. That was hilarious. The were doin' some kind of Hawiian Dance in the background. I swear it was the best memory of that week." CC said laughing.
Everybody laughed along with her. All of a sudden they start crying again because they know it's going to be the last memories they have of her. The doctor came out and found them with tears in there eyes but smiles on their faces.
He took Maxwell aside and told him that she had Brain Cancer. Maxwell slowly nodded as the doctor told him the Cancer was in the early stages. The doctor also told him that she's awake and the family can see her. Max told the family with the Doctor standing right next to him.
They all filed into Fran's room. When they looked at her, her lips were blue and so were her unpolished nails. Maxwell didn't cry at all, he just stood there listening but he was numb the whole time. He asked the family to wait outside so he could have some time with her. They obliged. He sat there in the chair next to her bed clutching her hand. Three minutes later he burst into tears. Fran knew that she was the only person he could cry in front of.
"I will love you always! Goodbye my love!" He bent down on his knee and prayed to his late wife Sara... "Sara, please ask God not to take her. I need Fran. I know you were the one who sent her, so please don't take her away....?" He got up and started to walk towards the door when he heard her call his name.
"Maxwell Sheffield!" Fran said in a strong whisper.
Max turned around quickly and ran to her side, grabbing her hand tightly. "Fran, Fran, I'm here and so is our family. Please stay her, don't die? I need you in my life. You brought the joy back into our lives. You brought love back into our lives. We need you!"
"Max, what are you talking about? Where am I? What's wrong with me?" Fran asked scared.
"Fran your in the hospital. You have Br...Brain Can...Brain Cancer." Max stammered answering her question.
Fran became very worried and started to cry.
Max kissed her on the lips and hugged her tight. That's all he could do while he cried with her.
"What about Jonah and Eve? How are the gonna grow up without a mother? What about the other three? What about Ma and Daddy and Yetta? What about Niles and CC?" Fran started to panic asking all kinds of questions.
"Fran, Darling relax! Or try to anyway. They'll be okay. They have me and you'll always be in our lives and hearts!" Max tried to calm her down.
Fran finally said, "What about US?"
Max didn't have an answer for that, he couldn't answer that question.
Sometime later, in the evening, the Doctor came out and said she could be taken care of at home with the help of Hospis. They transported her home in an ambulance and set her up in a bed in Fran and Max's bedroom.
A month later, she was still alive and things looked as if she were getting better. A Priest and a Rabbi visited, putting Holy Oil on her forehead hoping that the Cancer would dissappear. It didn't of course, and she stayed like she was.
It was two weeks later.
One night Fran woke up and saw an angelic face looking at her. She knew who it was. It was Sara.
"Hi Fran, I got some good news! Brace yourself. Your Cancer is completely gone. Tomorrow morning you'll be able to walk again. Isn't that great. Know try to go to sleep."
Fran woke up at about six in the morning, Niles and CC weren't even up yet. Fran remembered Sara. Therefore she got up and started walking. She walked over to the couch where Max was and gently kissed his lips.
Max awoke and was startled. "Fran, how are you walking? It's not possible!"
"Yes, Max it is possible, if you believe in miracles."
He got up and hugged her tight and it didn't hurt her.
Everybody woke up eventually and saw that Fran was okay. It was definitely a miracle.
They ate breakfast happily.
The doctor said the Cancer had completely disappeared. She was as healthy as can be.
Max and Fran got home and everybody was happy, because she never left. Max picked up Fran and twirled her around. He brought her back down and told her,"I will love you always.
The End
Dedicated to my Grandmother!
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