10 Years Later
Bridget Oliver Oken here. Last time you heard about me I was 10. Now I am 20 years old. My parents Lilly and Oliver are 33 years old. My younger brother Luke is 15 years old. I tell you some other stuff you need to know. 6 years ago, my mom gave birth to my youngest sister, Lola Marie Oken. Now she is 9 years old. I love my younger siblings so much. Anyways, I followed in my dad's footsteps and went to UCLA, but not for soccer. I'm majoring in business, since I could earn a lot of money that way. My two best friends, Cody and Megan go there too. Back to my family. We are one happy family. I guess you can blame my big mouth for this. But hey! I was 5, how was I suppose to know my mom didn't want my dad to find out about me?
Ok you probably what about my Aunt Miley and Uncle Jake. (Their not really my aunt and uncle, I just been calling them that forever.) So their oldest daughter, Leslie, is the same age as Luke. Luke and Leslie always hang out with each other. Miley and Jake also have another daughter. Her name is Carson Hannah Ryan and she is 7 years old. They decided on picking a name people usually don't use and I love the name! Since my parents are the godparents of Leslie, Aunt Miley and Uncle Jake asked me to be Carson's godmother and I accepted. I love Carson so much. We hang out sometimes. This family is a pretty happy family.
Now let's get back to my life.
It's summer time now. So I'm at home. I sit there watching T.V. with Luke.
"What is this movie?" Luke asked.
"High School Musical." I told him.
"How old is this?" Luke asked.
"That came out when I was about your age Luke." mom said as she came in with Lola.
"Wow it's old." Luke said.
"Don't be making fun of my age." mom said.
"Or what?" Luke asked.
"You won't hang out with your friends ever again." mom laughed.
Luke laughed.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Mom went to open it.
"Aunt Lilly!" Carson yelled.
"Aunt Miley!" Lola yelled.
Carson hugged mom then ran to me and hugged me.
I picked Carson up.
"Hey Aunt Miley." I said giving her a hug.
"Carson, wanna go play in my play house?" Lola asked.
"Yes! Are you coming Bridget?" Carson asked.
"I can't fit in Lola's play house. I'm too big." I laughed.
"Ok." she said as I put her down.
Lola clasped Carson's hand and then ran to our backyard.
I sat back down on the couch.
"Where did Luke go?" I asked.
"He and Leslie went to go hang out with their friends." Aunt Miley said.
I nodded.
Mom and Miley started talking about stuff.
"How's Jake's new movie?" mom asked.
"Good I'm glad he doesn't leave the state as much to film." Aunt Miley said.
"That's good." mom said.
"Yeah." Aunt Miley said.
"What's wrong Miles?" mom asked.
"Well, Jake and I have been fighting recently." Aunt Miley said.
I put my full attention on them.
"Why?" mom asked.
"Because Mikayla is in Jake's movie and he doesn't understand that we hate each other." she said.
"How long has this been going on?" mom asked.
"Since I found out she was in it. Which was a month." she said.
"You've been fighting for a mouth?" mom asked.
Aunt Miley nodded.
"The sad thing was Leslie walked in when we were fighting once. I don't want her to get upset." she said.
"What's going to happen?" mom asked.
"I just got the divorce papers." Aunt Miley said.
My mouth dropped.
"What?!" I said.
Aunt Miley and mom looked at me.
"Our fighting hasn't got any better." she said.
I glared at Aunt Miley. I got up and walked out the door.
"Bridget!" I heard Aunt Miley yelled.
I sent Luke a text.
Hey where r u now?
He replied shortly.
At the beach w/ Leslie.
I went over to the beach. Luke and Leslie were at Rico's. The place that has been there since my parents were Luke's age. I walked over to them.
"Hey I was just talking to Aunt Miley and mom." I said.
"You heard about their fighting didn't you?" Leslie asked.
"Yeah." I said.
"I've been hearing them fight all the time. One time I walked in so they would stop." Leslie told me.
"Your mom doesn't want you to get upset." I told her.
"I know." Leslie said.
"Did you know?" I asked Luke.
"Yeah. For awhile, Leslie told me not to tell anyone." Luke said.
"There's one thing you didn't know." Leslie said.
"What?" Luke asked.
"My mom picked up divorce papers today." Leslie said.
"She said that." I said.
"You're parents can't get a divorce!" Luke exclaimed.
"I'll be mad if they do. I still remember their wedding." I said.
"What was it like?" Leslie asked.
"Beautiful. If it wasn't for that wedding and my big mouth, my parents wouldn't got together and Luke and Lola wouldn't be here." I said.
"I wish my parents would be happy again." Leslie said.
"I'll be here for you." Luke said as he hugged Leslie.
Leslie smiled. These two look cute together, but they aren't a couple. Yet.