"That was a great party" Jade said as the entire household of girls sat down in the parlor drinking wine with our night gowns on. I sat down on the arm of the small sofa chair Jade sat in. All the boys went out to do boy things. All the women agreed with Jade as if they admired her. They didn't hate her! Why did they not hate her!? They didn't hate her they loved her and they loved her beauty and everything. I hated it. Every time Jade spoke they had this soft face of understanding. Any minute now someone was going to start worshiping her.
"You know when I first came here I was a little mad, but then I guess I started to understandâ Jade said. Everyone looked at her with a kind smile. I feel stupid thinking everyone would not like her. I wanted to leave the room and run to my room and cry.
Liz sat on the ground by my feet just giving me a look every time Jade opened her mouth. I put a fake smile on my face and just looked around the room. Katerina was standing in the corner and just looking at everyone like me. Was she happy Jade was home? Her face was expressionless.
"The first time I saw Hazel I thought bad things...I thought my parents made a robot that looked like me" Jade laughed lightly. Everyone else laughed with her. The anger in me shot up and when everyone stopped laughing I started to.
"How is that possible....I don't think robots were in your time when you died. So how can you look at me and think about a robot of you?" I asked. I looked at Jade she was looking down at her dress. I felt a glimmer of guilt.
"I'm sorry.....I just..I didn't mean robot I just meant something made to look like me....I didn't mean to be rudely incorrect. I'm the older sister....Why are you picking on me?" Jade asked she got up from her seat and started to walk out. My mouth was open as she changed my words. Everyone was looking at me and scowling. I wanted to scream as I followed Jade up to our room.
"I didn't mean it like that" I said following her into the room. Liz wasn't too far behind Trotting along.
"Jade! Why did you say that? You know I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." -Not that they did. I looked at her she shrugged with a smile.
"I like attention" She said. I heard Liz sigh behind me. I bet she was thinking. I could have guessed that. I walked a little closer to jade and her head snapped around to see me.
"Where were you before you came here?" Jade asked me. The question caught me by surprise. Why would she want to know about that? I havenât thought about that much recently
"What?"
"Tell me about the last night you spent with your parents and then when they died" Jade said with wide eyes. Did she want to see me in pain? Maybe she will feel pity for me and stop trying to hurt me. I looked at Liz and she wasn't looking at me she wanted to know too. I didn't blame her I guess. She wants to know how I ended up here.
"ok" I said I sat down on the bed and I told her everything.....
One month and a half ago.....
"Judy! Judy!" My dad called out the door to my mother. I sat on the couch and looked at my father. His face looked devastated.
"Dad, Mother isn't coming back. She will probably take a really long walk like the last time you fought" I told my dad. He sighed and looked back into the house at me.
"I'm sorry Hun. I just wish she wasn't so sensitive. I really truly didn't mean to hurt her feelings when i told her she needs to do more around the house. She just has this independent thing going on." My father said. We started to watch a scary movie and waited for my mother when a large slash of lightning crashed outside of the house. I jumped a foot in my seat and my father went to the window and looked outside.
"Wow. It's pouring hard. I think Iâm going to go find your mom. Here is your cell phone Iâll call you as soon as I find her" My dad said then he handed me my cell phone from off the top of the TV and then he went out the door with his leather jacket. I turned the volume back up on the TV and started to watch again jumping every time I heard thunder.
My mother had long dark hair with curls. She looked like something off of a dancing magazine. She had thin cheeks and a cute small nose. Her eyes where always closed because she loved to be deep in thought. I wanted to be just like her. I only had tons of photos of them, but there was one that was my favorite. My father kissing my mother, she was pregnant at the time too. So it was my first photo with them both.
After 20 minutes my phone went off.
"Hey" I said. "You find her?" I asked my father.
"Yeah she was just walking near a building alone. I'll be home in a second I just need to get some gas."
"OK. Come home quick" I said. I shut the phone and then I started to watch again. My phone rang 3 minutes later.
"Hello?"
"Hey it's daddy. I think you should go to bed. It's really bad weather outside I think we need to wait till it clears in the morning. We will be staying somewhere else. Hey I love you. Night Haze" My father said.
"Ok" I said. After I said good night to mom and started to put away my popcorn mess. And close the drapes and went to bed.
I woke up with the sound of banging on my door. I got up and draped myself with my blue cloud moon robe. I hurried downstairs and opened the door. There were two police officers outside my house.
"Hey, you the only one in this household?" The girl police asked.
"My parents actually live here but there was a bad storm that night and so they had to stay at a motel, something wrong?" I asked.
"Yes. Last night a couple drowned in the salt lake river in a small blue car. We traced their bodies leading us to this house. I'm sorry but I think that couple was your parents"
I didn't know what to say. I was in shock and I could feel my throat closing. My eyes were starting to form water.
"What?" I whispered.
"Come with us. We will need to take you down to the station to find you new parents." the other cop said. They took me out still in my cotton pj bottoms, a tank top and my cloud robe. When I was in the cop car they took me to the station.
"Hey, someone has you down in case something happened to you. We will let Dona take you down tomorrow after the funeral." someone said to me looking at a file. I nodded and faked a small smile as i sat in there ugly green plastic chairs.
"Someone has got your stuff packed. When you become 18 and move out, you get all your parents stuff donât worry you will be fine" This one lady told me. I think she was the lady that was taking me to some new home. I felt sick.
Funeral day...
I dressed in a small black dress covering most of my body. I looked like a freak in it but I didn't care. My hair was in a sloppy pony tail and my hair wasn't brushed out.
At the funeral I was the only one. My parents' friends weren't here and all the rest of our family died in the past 5 years. I never felt so alone. I just sat in my metal chair in the cold weather waiting for the thing to end. I heard that the family taking me in was paying for the funeral.
When it was over I was in a plane. I had on different clothes and still unwashed and unbrushed hair. After the plane I was in a car with Dona. I started to brush my hair before I get mad at myself for not brushing it. After 30 minutes I arrived at the place where I met everyone.
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Authors Note:
Hey guys! sorry this was three days late. sorry sorry. I have a new book out! and that is why it's late. My second book on here. And i would really really really love it if you read that one! please please. read it and...maybe vote if you like it. Please please. I really don't know what im going to to do with this new book so if you guys would give me some read back and everything else that would be soooo great!! Thanks. Oh and just a hit of what my new book is.
Its about a girl who keeps embarresing the same boy over and over again and the worse part is that he lives in the apartment next to hers. So....yeah! please read the first chapter. Its only 2 pages real fast. PLease please and thank you! and vote for this chapter too. Ok bye!
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