A/N – OK, this was a little emotional to write because this actually happened to me, well, what I remember of my mum leaving my dad, so the details are a little hazy and I actually felt like crying when writing this, the night when my mum met my step dad actually happened as well, this I can remember a little more clearly but still kinda vague and hazy (btw names and some characters have been changed/added to relate to twilight and other reasons, but the relations to me are still the same) – so I hope you enjoy!
btw sorry this is so short but its just to set the scene
prologue
I remember shuffling down the hall, my mum picked me up roughly and placed me on her hip, without stopping shouting at my dad. It hurt my ears, I felt like crying. I looked through the living room door at my dad.
He was sat on our old sofa, he was frowning at my mum and trying to reply to the stream of accusations she was shooting at him, only mum wouldn't let him get a word in edgeways. My dad looked annoyed, frustrated, angry.
My heart ached for him, I wanted hold my daddy, he wasn't shouting and being scary like mum was. But my mum left, taking me with her.
I don't remember what happened after that. Maybe we stayed at my nanna's house for a few days? I remember moving into a small house, not like my dad's old Victorian one, with a real fireplace in every room. With my familiar room, the wallpaper with the farm animals on it, the huge bathroom with the heater in the corner where I used to sit in my towel and dry off like that instead of using the towel properly.
The new house was okay though, I got excited when I found out that there was a Mc Donnalds down the other end of the street, however, my mum was keen on healthy eating and we never went, but the temptation was always there, I walked past it everyday to go to pre-school, then drove past it everyday to go to primary school.
I remember the night when my life took a sharp turn and changed, never to be the same again.
We were visiting Nicole and Reese, their mum was my mum's cousin so we spent quite a bit of time there. But it was time to go. I hated leaving, I loved playing with Nicole and Reese was cool as well, the Nicole had a brilliant idea! We both begged, first her parents, then my mum to ave a sleepover. After much pestering, my mum eventually gave in.
We sat watching telly, we had been told to calm down and one sure way of doing that was the telly. I cant remember what we were watching but the door opened, Nicole's dad had forgot that an old army mate was coming to stay while he was on leave.
He walked through the door, "Wotcha everybody, my name's Phill," he introduced himself pleasantly.
"Hi, I'm Renee and this is Bella my daughter," my mum introduced herself, while I just waved shyly.
I often wondered what would have happened if Nicole hadn't had the idea of a sleepover, or if I hadn't pestered my mum as much and she hadn't given in. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now, ten years later when I'm seventeen.