Alysa Hayse hadn't always been so comfortable with death. There had been a time, years ago, that she had been just as afraid of death as almost every other four or five year old in the world. Looking back at that time, just over ten years ago, Alysa had to laugh at herself. She had been so young, and now, at fifteen years old, she felt like she was older than most anyone twice, even three times, her age. That wasn't a bad thing either, being wiser. Sure, most of her classmates looked at her funny, or were even almost afraid of her, but they didn't matter. They were the ones who didn't, couldn't, understand. Alysa couldn't blame them or that, after all, she had felt as they did once, a life time ago.
Her grandparents had died within days of …show more content…
At the time, she had looked forward to visiting her 'nanny' and 'pappy'. She loved the days when she could play pretend with them, hear stories of their childhood, and how they had had to 'walk ten miles uphill, to and from school in their bare feet' and that 'in the winter, we trekked through ten foot deep snow not only barefoot, but in the same clothes we wore in the middle of summer.' Her grandparents had been her best friends before they had gotten sick, but now that they were so sick, Alysa wasn't even sure they were human …show more content…
Her nanny and pappy looked more like tissue-paper skeletons than people. And, they were hooked up to so many machines, it seemed they had to be part robot too. Looking like that, dependent on the machines and on other people, Alysa couldn't see how they could still be alive and human. If they truly were, wouldn't they have died already? Wouldn't that have been the human thing to do? Alysa thought so, but again, she never dared to say a word. All she could do was hope and pray that her grandparents would 'just die already' and that she could go back to living a normal life. One where she never visited the hospital again and, when she talked to her family, their answer wasn't the wheeze or beep of machines.
Soon enough, both her grandparents passed on and, despite the tears of others, Alysa could only feel relief. Finally, it didn't matter if her grandparents were inhuman or sick. They were dead, gone and not coming back. They had finally granted her wish and had died.
Her relief and joy lasted until her grandparents shared funeral, when she had seen she was the only person there that was relieved they had died. Everyone else, even her parents who had been in the hospital just as much as she had been, were sad the two of them were gone. They all wished that they were still alive and healthy and with them, anything but
Her grandparents had died within days of …show more content…
At the time, she had looked forward to visiting her 'nanny' and 'pappy'. She loved the days when she could play pretend with them, hear stories of their childhood, and how they had had to 'walk ten miles uphill, to and from school in their bare feet' and that 'in the winter, we trekked through ten foot deep snow not only barefoot, but in the same clothes we wore in the middle of summer.' Her grandparents had been her best friends before they had gotten sick, but now that they were so sick, Alysa wasn't even sure they were human …show more content…
Her nanny and pappy looked more like tissue-paper skeletons than people. And, they were hooked up to so many machines, it seemed they had to be part robot too. Looking like that, dependent on the machines and on other people, Alysa couldn't see how they could still be alive and human. If they truly were, wouldn't they have died already? Wouldn't that have been the human thing to do? Alysa thought so, but again, she never dared to say a word. All she could do was hope and pray that her grandparents would 'just die already' and that she could go back to living a normal life. One where she never visited the hospital again and, when she talked to her family, their answer wasn't the wheeze or beep of machines.
Soon enough, both her grandparents passed on and, despite the tears of others, Alysa could only feel relief. Finally, it didn't matter if her grandparents were inhuman or sick. They were dead, gone and not coming back. They had finally granted her wish and had died.
Her relief and joy lasted until her grandparents shared funeral, when she had seen she was the only person there that was relieved they had died. Everyone else, even her parents who had been in the hospital just as much as she had been, were sad the two of them were gone. They all wished that they were still alive and healthy and with them, anything but