Comfort Food
Chapter 1
It had been a year since Thomas's J's death and Vada was struggling to come to terms with life.
With her being a tomboy, she found it hard to mix with other girls as she found most girly stuff boring and most girls irritating.
Vada was out clothes shopping with her friend Judy, when they walked into a clothes shop.
Judy spotted a very beautiful pink dress
"Oh my gosh, how beautiful is that dress" shrieked Judy in a high pitched girly voice.
"Meh" shrugged Vada
"Excuse me!" Judy snapped
"What…?" Vada replied
"I don't like dresses or girly things"
"Can we go to the park and play baseball or something?" Vada asked
"I want to get my nails painted" Judy wined
"I'm outta here!" Vada sighed and walked out the shop
"VADA, WHERE YA GOING!" Judy yelled
"AWAY FROM YOU, YOU'RE BORING!" Vada barked back.
And Vada stormed home.
When Vada got home, she slumped onto the couch and sighed.
"What's up Vada?" Asked her father
"Girls are boring!" Vada grumbled.
"All they talk about is make up, shoes and other girly stuff"
"Look I know your still suffering inside because of the death of Thomas J" Vada's father assured
"It's not that, it's the fact I would rather be friends with a boy than other girls" said Vada with a sigh.
"Look I know what will cheer you up" Vada's father smiled, putting his arm around her as to give a hug
"How about I make you a chilli for dinner yeah?"
"Sounds good" said Vada, trying to sound happy.
And so Vada's father went to the kitchen and started making a chilli while Vada switched on the TV
A few minutes later, Shelly walked into the room tidying up with the feather duster.
"How longs dinner?" asked Vada
"Shouldn't be long sweetie, why's that?" responded Shelly
Vada's stomach roared loudly.
*LRRRGG!*
"That's why" Vada said putting her hand on her belly.
A few minutes later, Vada, Shelly and Harry were sitting round the table eating chilli with rice and a side salad.
After dinner, Harry let Vada walk to the shops to buy some candy for herself.
So Vada walked down the street to the shops.
Once Vada reached the shop, she bought herself a chocolate bar and walked home.
On the way home, she decided to have a wander into Thomas J's street.
Vada noticed a moving van outside the house that Thomas J lived in. His parents moved away to start a new life in Miami.
There was a man and a woman who would be about Vada's father's age carrying boxes into the house.
Then Vada saw at the back of the truck a young boy.
He looked a bit older than Vada, but he had long blonde hair, sparkly blue eyes and wore a biker style jacket.
Vada stood still, her heart pounded
"Wow…" she thought to herself