January, 1982 Brownsville New York<br/><br/>It was cold. That what he remembered most about it. He had gone to go ask nene for a blanket and had been hesitant to do so because in all his seven years on the planet that he could remember his grandmother always pinched his cheeks when he tried to stutter his way through a question, which just made him all the more nervous and made him stutter more. The woman was a holy terror, chasing him with a rolling pin whenever he burned kurabiye cookies even if she always made sure he had some when he was over and a big cup of rosewater tea. They were for the other old Turkish ladies she had over for tea, of course, but she always did let him have first pick before they arrived.<br/><br/>He tugged on her sleeve for nearly an hour. Just standing and tugging by that ugly green tweed sofa, unsure of exactly what to do amidst the over dramatic soap opera organ music playing in the background from the Television across the room when she didn't respond.<br/><br/>The Ambulance driver gave him a pink sucker. Nene abhorred candy and always said if she ever caught him eating any she'd take him right to the dentist and they'd pull all his teeth out. It always lead to her chasing him around the kitchen table and then tickling him till he was nearly sick. She was dead now whatever that was. He still felt guilty about the sucker though, sitting there on the swivel stool next to the kitchen counter. The man had put his blue jacket over his shoulders and was kneeling next to him asking him lots of innocuous questions that he should have rightly known the answer to and Berker was more than happy to correct him when he came to a silly statement. Two more men with a big bed on wheels thing pushed a big black bag out the front door but that was boring.<br/><br/>His parents weren't going to be back for another couple hours to pick him up and the nice men in blue jackets said they'd stay till someone came to pick him up. He showed them around the house that he thought smelled bad and pointed out all the room. Thinking little of this whole thing he eventually broke away from the paramedic giggling and ran outside, all part of a days play as if refusing to be somber like everyone was saying he should be.