My little girl met a new friend,
just the other day,
on the playground at school
between the tires and the swings
It was just another recess in elementry school. Taylor was playing with her some of her classmates when she noticed a little girl from her class by herself. Taylor thought everyone deserved a friend, so she decided to go over to the little girl.
"Hello." Taylor said to the girl little when she approached her.
"Hi." The girl smile.
"My name is Taylor. What is yours?" She asked.
"Alyssa."
"Why are you by yourself?"
"I don't have really have friends." Alyssa frowned.
"Would you like to be my friend?" Alyssa looked at Taylor and smiled.
"I would love too."
Ever since that day, Alyssa and Taylor hung out during class, recess and after school. They became really close in the last few days.
But she came home with tear-filled eyes,
and she said to me "Daddy, Alyssa lies"
Jason Reso was in his office working. Jay was a single father and loved his little girl to death. Taylor was his whole world and she always brought him back to reality. He knows that it is hard on Taylor sometimes that her mother isn't there most of the time because she is busy working. He tried his best to make his little girl happy. He was extremely excited when Taylor made a new friend. He seen how much they had in common and how much fun they have together. Jay heard the door opened and closed; Taylor just came home from Alyssa's.
"Daddy, where are you?" Taylor shouted.
"In my office sweetie." Jay shouted back. A minute later Taylor ran into his office crying. "Tater Tot what's the matter?" He asked his little girl when she jumped into his arms.
Taylor looked up to her dad and said, "Daddy, Alyssa lies."
Jay was confused and shocked. "What?"
Well I just brushed it off at first,
'cause I didn't know how much my little girl had been hurt
or the things she had seen.
I wasn't ready when I said "You can tell me"
Jay just sat there trying to think what his daughter meant that 'Alyssa lies.' So many things were going through his mind like what has Taylor seen, what has she seen, what was wrong with Alyssa that she lied? What was Alyssa lying about? Jason held his daughter close to him. He hated seeing her cry, it broke his heart. It scared him to death to hear what Taylor was talking about, but he would find out sooner or later.
Jay sighedd. "Tater Tot." Taylor looked at him and he looked her in the eyes. "You can tell me about Alyssa."
and she said...
"Alyssa lies to the classroom,
Alyssa lies everyday at school,
Alyssa lies to the teachers
as she tries to cover every bruise"
"Daddy, Alyssa lies about everything. She has these bruises everywhere on her legs and arms. She just tells the teachers and us that she fell, but that isn't true. She gets hit." Taylor said with tears rolling faster down her cheeks.
"Baby, you don't know that for sure."
"I know daddy. She came out of her house crying and she told me. She told be everything."
Taylor buried her head in Jay's chest and Jay stroke her hair trying to calm her down.
My little girl laid her head down that night to go to sleep.
As I stepped out the room, I heard her say a prayer so soft and sweet
"God bless my mom and my Dad
and my new friend, Alyssa
oh I know she needs you bad
"Daddy, I'm tired." Taylor said rubbing her eyes.
"Okay, let's get you to bed."
Jay carried his daughter to her room. He put her down and grabbed her pajamas. Once Taylor was changed into pajamas, Jay put Taylor in her bed.
"Night Tater Tot." He kissed her forehead and walked towards her door.
"Night daddy." He smiled.
Once he walked out of Taylor's room, he heard her saying something. He tip-toed back towards her door and listened to what she was saying.
"God bless my mom and dad, they are best in the world and god bless my friend Alyssa because I know she needs you bad." The little girl prayed.
Jay thought it was really sweet and it was a little touching to him.
Because Alyssa lies to the classroom,
Alyssa lies everyday at school,
Alyssa lies to the teachers
as she tries to cover every bruise"
"Alyssa get your ass back here this instant." Her dad shouted.
Alyssa ran to her room and slammed the door crying her eyes out. She never understood why this happened to her. She always wondered if she was the only one that gets hits. Sometimes Alyssa believes that she deserves to get hit, she never knew it wasn't right. Her dad burst through the door.
"Why didn't you listen to me?" He yelled.
"I'm sorry dad." She cried.
"You are not sorry." He grabbed her arm so hard that she cried out in pain. "When I tell you to do something, you do it. Got it?" He looked at Alyssa with anger in his eyes.
"Yes."
"Yes what!" He got her off.
"Yes sir."
He threw Alyssa on the floor with so much force that pain jolted from her hip through her entire body. Her dad left by slamming the door. Alyssa stayed on the floor and cried for a while. After 10 minutes of crying, she got up and went to her closet. She grabbed her pajama pants and a long sleeve shirt to cover the bruises. She hated seeing the bruises herself, so she always tried her best to cover them up. Everytime she got a bruise, the teachers always asked her how she got it. She always wanted to tell them that her parents hit her, but she lied and told them that she fell.
I had the worst night of sleep in years
as I tried to think of a way to calm her fears
I knew just what it was I had to do
I knew exactly what I had to do
but when we got to school on Monday I heard the news
Jay couldn't fall asleep, he kept tossing and turning. So much stuff was going through his head about what Taylor had told him about Alyssa. He wanted to calm Taylor down as much as he could to make her believe that him and her mother wouldn't do anything to hurt her. Jay sat up and rubbed his temples. He decided he needed some fresh air, so he got and grabbed a coat and a pair of shoes.
"Where you going babe?" Julie asked rubbing her eyes.
"I need some air to clear my mind. Just go back to sleep, I'll be find." Kissing her head.
"Okay."
Jason left. He walked around the block for an hour and he knew what he had to do when he dropped Taylor off at school tomorrow. He headed back home and fell asleep on the couch. It was the next day and Jay was driving Taylor to school. Once they got there, him and Taylor got out of the car and he walked her to her class. One of the teachers came up to Jay and his daughter.
"Mr. Reso, can I speak with you for a minute?" She asked.
Jay nodded his and turned to Taylor. "Go and play with friends while I talk with Ms. Tanner." She nodded her head and he kissed her forehead. "What do you need to talk about?"
"It is about Alyssa."
"What about Alyssa?" Jay asked.
She told him everything and Jay just the tears building up.
My little girl asked me why everybody looked so sad
the lump in my throat grew bigger
with every question that she asked.
Until I felt the tears run down my face
and I told her that Alyssa wouldn't be at school today
Jason fought the tears from coming down. Taylor came up to him looking worried.
"Daddy, I can't find Alyssa anywhere. Usually she is here by now." She looked at him and anywhere around her. She noticed that everyone was sad looking and she didn't know why. "Daddy, why is everyone sad?"
Jay looked at her, he couldn't speak. "Taylor." He started, but stopped. He felt tears coming down his face. "Alyssa isn't coming to school today."
'Cause she doesn't lie in the classroom
she doesn't lie anymore at school
Alyssa lies with Jesus
because there's nothin' anyone would do
"Why isn't Alyssa coming today?" Taylor asked.
Jay knew he had to tell her sooner or later. This was going to be the hardest thing for him to tell her. He took Taylor aside and took a deep breath.
"Taylor, look. Alyssa is in a place where she doesn't have to lie to anyone, she can be herself. She is in a place where she is loved. Jesus is there watching her every move she makes." He said trying so hard not to cry.
"Where is this place daddy?"
"This place is called Heaven and it is a place where no one can hurt her."
Taylor started crying. Jay gave her a hug, he cried along with her. He hated the fact that no one did anything about it, that no one made an effort to find what was wrong with Alyssa. If someone had found this out earlier, this would have never happened.
Tears filled my eyes when my little girl asked me why
Alyssa lies
*Oh Daddy, oh* Daddy tell me why
Alyssa lies
A/N
Here is my oneshot.
Hopefully you guys enjoyed it and touched your hearts a bit.
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