For Grandmother

  Chapter One

  I miss you grandma.

  Luna had been staring at the same sentence since eight in the morning. It has been six years since her Grandma Sandy died from cancer. Luna had been mourning her grandmother's death ever since and no one could seem to console her. She deleted the words and then she clicked ALT then TAB to activate a different window—her English module.

  Luna was not entirely bad at English, she just had a hard time understanding and relating to the stories and books that strict Ms. Walters gave them in class. So, as a way of helping her—more like punishing her, as she believes—Ms. Walters and her parents agreed that she get summer classes online. For that week, she was asked to submit a three-page essay on the thing that she loves most. Identifying what she loved the most was easy, but writing anything about her grandmother was hard. She was very young when Grandma Sandy died so she could hardly remember her. The only thing she remembered was that she loved Grandma Sandy so much that when her grandmother was buried, she locked herself in Grandma Sandy's closet just so she could feel Grandma Sandy's sweaters and pretend that the old lady was hugging her.

  Ding!

  Luna changed the active window to her chatbox. She just received a message from her long distance friend, 18phoeb2014. Luna, like most children her age, had locked herself in the world wide web. The most number of interactions she had were with 18phoeb2014, who was half way across the world.

  18phoeb2014: hey!

  what's up? :-)

  looneyluna12: nothing much

  just my english homework and it's killing me i don't know what to do with it >:-(

  18Phoeb2014: is it about that thing you love most?

  looneyluna12: yep. :-((

  isn't it late there? Why are you still up?

  18Phoeb2014: i couldn't sleep.lol

  Luna's interactions with 18phoeb2014 have been limited due to their time difference. However, Luna still considers 18phoeb2014 her bestfriend since she talks to her more than anyone else, even more than her own parents.

  After chatting about time, weather and Luna's English paper, 18phoeb2014 finally logged out and Luna was left with a blank window that she had to fill with meaningful words about what she loved the most. She was still clueless that she decided to activate a new window and open her blog to write a new post.

  Hi!

  It's around 9AM and I'm supposed to be writing a paper. The topic's really easy but, I don't know, I have a hard time writing something about it. I need your help, I think. I always need your help.

  Sigh.

  I need to remember. I really do, but I can't. I was reading your favorite book yesterday. I remember the story, but it doesn't feel the same. I don't remember you reading the story to me. I really don't.