Bitter-Sweet Sixteen
IT was my sixteenth birthday on Saturday and nobody showed up. Not even my best friend Madison when she was supposed to be here in L.A. on Friday with me. I have been sitting in my room all day crying my eyes out.
"This year was supposed to be the year where I get a car and everything. But no! What do I get? A pair of socks from my aunt that lives in Wisconsin," I mumbled to myself quietly.
Nobody else was at home except for my puppy Joey. My mom had gone out for the whole day and (probably to a casino or something). I don't know when she will be back. And my dad isn't here because he is in the army.
This is torture, So, I decided to take Joey for a walk. There was nowhere to go here, so I decided to walk to the golf course and walk down the cart paths.
SO I finally got joey on a leash when he started to bark. I peeked out the window and that's when I saw a middle-aged lady pull up in a bright red mustang convertible. At first, I had no clue who it was, but then it hit me, "Oh crap," I said aloud, realizing that it was my mom. She silently got out of the car and tried to sneak up on me, but I caught her before she even got to the stairs that lead up to the house.
"I didn't think you were home," she said with a gasp.
"Oh, well where else would I go. After all, I don't even have a car," I answered with a sly smile.
"OK. Well...here you go." She handed me the keys to the red convertible that she just pulled up in.
"Well Finally!" I said."It's about time that I actually have something to do. I am going to go take Joey and I on a joy ride," I said, realizing that I had yelled it loud. It echoed throughout the hills that surrounded my house.
"Well, just wait a few. We have another surprise for you."
"We?"
Just then, my dad hopped out of the bushes behind me and gave me a huge hug.
Stunned and in awe, all I said was, "Um...um, uh...Hi!"
"Hey kiddo! How are you? I missed you so much!" He said about as loud as I was earlier.
"Yeah! No offense, but I was getting used to just having Mom in the new house. It has been really boring. So, when are you going back to Iraq?"
"Um...I am not going back. I have decided that I need to resign from the army. Being away from you guys is just way too hard."
"OK then," I replied as we all walked into the house. "So...what are you going to do from now on? I mean like, now that you aren't in the army anymore, what is the plan job wise?"
"Well, I have found a really good job in Miami, Florida," he said quietly.
"Oh, that's cool," I said, then I realized, "well I'm not moving if that's what you think. There is no way. We just moved here about a year ago, but there is no way in he...ck i am going to move now!"I yelled at him with all new fury in my voice. I was bursting with rage. Aargh, I thought to myself. No way!!!!!!
