Wingless Angel
Chapter 1
The Start
Quinn was confused when she looked around and realized that she was in a meadow. Suddenly Quinn felt like there was a pair of eyes staring and she turned her head to see Russell. He was smiling and he lifted his hand up and waved at Quinn. Then he turned around and walked away from Quinn. Quinn didn't know why but she screamed at the top of her lungs. . angry. Not sure why or at who but she was awaken from whatever it was by a couple of seniors who rang a bell in front of her
In life, there's no guarantee that we will remain happy. Actually. . .there's no guarantee of anything. Everyone can be forced out of their comfort zone without any warning.
"Hey Quinn!" Quinn looked up and saw Brittany and Santana. "What are you doing hanging in front of Figgin's office? Let's go!" Brittany eagerly said and Santana agreed. But Quinn wasn't there. . she was not paying any attention to what Brittany and Santana was saying. She was waiting. . waiting for the darn principal to come. She rushed into the principal's office once she saw the man entering his office, ignoring Brittany, Santana and the secretary who was surprised that she barged into the office abruptly.
"Ms. Fabray" He raised his hand to tell the secretary that it was fine.
"You can't expel me like this!" Quinn angrily spat. "My father had donated too much for this school!"
"Manner please Ms. Fabray" The principal said.
"You ask for my respect?" Quinn asked not believing her own ears. Really? Manners? Respect?
"First of all" He started and Quinn glared angrily at the man but let him talk. "You can't waltz into my room without making an appointment" He sternly said. "And secondly, the decision to expel you was decided by the board not me. Three months Ms. Fabray. You didn't pay for three months! You're supposed to be grateful that the board gave you a week to make cover all your bills" He said and Quinn looked at the man who was sitting. He wasn't like this when her father was still a boss in one of Lima's best business. . he wasn't like this when he received more than enough fund to open new classes in the school.
"I don't need a week!" Quinn doesn't know whether she's going to regret her decision now but she can't take it anymore. It was clear the school doesn't care about her. It was when she needed a support system the most, the only steady thing betrayed her too. "I'm out of this hole" He said walked out of the principal's office.
Humans live in their own boxes, labels and when we lose our labels. . we're not anyone or anything anymore.
Quinn continued walking . . again ignoring Santana and Brittany who was waiting for her near the principal's office. Quinn entered the bus and went home. . home to the miserable hole. Her home that doesn't feel like home. She lifted her hand when a beggar asked for money. . she had none anyway. What is there to give?
Quinn walked through the narrow streets of her neighborhood. It was a dump all right. Laundries are hung everywhere, wall as painted with graffiti, children are playing noisily everywhere around the streets. But the sound that startled Quinn the most was from her own house.
"As a wife you're supposed to be beside me in times like this!" Her father's voice was hard and angry. Ever since the company got sued and everything the high ranking employees had was frozen he was never not angry. "How can you even think of leaving?" Quinn could hear footsteps nearing the door. "Hey! Where are you going? Judy! Think of the kids!" her father pleaded from behind the door.
"You are the one who's supposed to think about the children! Not me! You're their father! You're supposed to take care of them!" Judy said angrily. Ever since their house was taken away by the bank. . Judy was never not angry.
"Be patient! Things are not always like this! The wheel will turn and we'll go back up" Russell said even when he was unsure himself.
"Patient? Until? Until I caught some sort of weird disease for living in a place like this?" Quinn was already standing near the door even though she didn't want to listen to their parents rant. "You know what? You're all talk! You said it yourself! You said you were overqualified to work as an employee! Other men will even be a criminal to provide for their family!" Judy threw back.
Quinn couldn't take it anymore. . she walked in and instantly her father stopped whatever there is at the tip of his tongue.
"Mom?" Quinn tried to make sure her voice was all right. "You're leaving?"
"We have nothing left" Judy's tone was not venomous like when she's talking to Russell but after Quinn entered her room and slammed the door in the process she was back to her icy self. "Look at your daughter! She doesn't even care about us anymore!"
"Where do you think he picked that up?" Russell shouted back. He tried to reason but there was no use. Judy pushed Russell and walked out of their house. . their dump. . their home. Quinn who was actually not in her room but in the kitchen watched as her sister cry. She washed her face with the cool streaming water and stood up, walking past her sister towards the living room and saw that her father had lost another fight again. She threw herself to her bed and sighed heavily. Life couldn't be greater.
Quinn was startled when she heard her sister's scream. She could hear her father's panicked footsteps and before she knew it they were already at the hospital. Apparently Frannie fell in the bathroom and injured her leg. The ER doctor was fast to respond but because they had no insurance. . they had to talk to the advisor who Quinn knew would look down at them.
"She fell in the bathroom? Slipped?" Her tone wasn't warm. . it was cold and condescending.
"I don't really know. . but when I opened the bathroom's door she was already covered in blood"
"What is she doing in the bathroom? Taking a bath? Taking a dump? Or even running around in there?"
Quinn knew her father was pissed but was trying to push his anger all in. "Uh.. she was calling for her mother"
"Where is her mother?"
"Is this an interrogation?" Quinn coldly said and the advisor stopped asking questions and gave a form to her father. While he filled the form the advisor played with her phone. . not even paying any attention to them. Quinn looked at the woman but knew if she doesn't give agree to give them at least a small cut they won't be able to pay.
"Mr. Fabray!" One of the nurses called and both Quinn and Russell rushed towards the nurse. "Frannie needs blood. . her blood type is A negative"
"I'm a negative" Quinn quickly said and she followed the nurse into the room.
From behind them a woman was eavesdropping. Good. . an A negative, he thought as he watched.
"Mom?" Frannie called with her eyes closed. Quinn felt a weak pinch on her heart when she heard her sister's voice.
"Mom's gone"
"Sasha?"
"Who's Sasha?"
"My doll" She said and then she began crying when her only friend was also taken away from her. Quinn was confused . . she didn't know how to stop her sister's crying. When she got home that night, she saw a doll's head on the floor and picked it up. The doll was broken probably from Russell lashing out.
Quinn looked at the price tag on one of the dolls on the stalls and saw that the cheapest one that at least looked like the one that was broken was over fifteen dollars. Quinn opened her wallet and saw a few dollar bills that won't be enough to pay for the doll. Nevertheless she took all of it out and counted. Seven dollars and fifty cents. . Quinn continued walking down the aisle and saw a five-dollar doll. That should make Frannie at least feel a bit better.
Later that day when Quinn brought the doll for Frannie instead of thanking her Frannie tossed the dolls down. "I want Sasha!" She wailed and Quinn was speechless. Frannie and Quinn was never close. . Because of their pretty far age difference they were pretty distant for siblings.
"Hey pretty girl. . why are you crying?" The nurse entered the room and Quinn walked out of the room, taking the doll with her. Quinn went to the waiting room and played with the doll. She was indeed useless.
"identity crisis" Quinn heard the person who was sitting beside her said and she looked at her coldly not believing her ears.
"What?" the girl looked around trying to find who asked her and was a bit startled when she saw Quinn. "What did you mean by identity crisis?" Quinn repeated her question.
The girl looked at Quinn and smiled. "Not you. . here" She lifted the iPad and showed Quinn an electronic article. "Ophiuchus" Quinn didn't bother to read the article the girl showed and she looked back to the spot she as looking at. "I am reading this article about astrology. . the thirteenth edition . . so it talked about Ophiuchus . . because of this Ophiuchus, American teenagers are having an identity crisis. They became unsure of themselves because they believed that there were always a match for someone and because of the zodiac movement their original match are no longer their match" The girl said and Quinn only looked at the girl with her coldest glare. . what is wrong with her? Doesn't it show that she is not interested in listening to her ramble about stars? As if there were no better things to think about?
"Sorry" The girl said and again she was met with Quinn's cold exterior. "Who are you waiting for?" Quinn was close to just ignoring the girl.
"My sister" Quinn said shortly and the conversation was not getting anywhere when they both heard a husky voice calling.
"Rachel" The girl stood up and smiled.
"I gotta go" Quinn watched as the girl walked towards a man with glasses in an expensive looking suit. He kissed the girl's forehead lovingly and she couldn't help but overhear their short but intimate conversation.
"Hi daddy"
"Hi baby" He smiled as if it were the first time he met Rachel again after a million year. "Let's get you out of here" He smiled and Rachel nodded as she took her father's hand.
Back in the hospital room, Russell was looking at his youngest daughter's pained expression as the nurse tried to change the bandage around her feet. The nurse were trying to take the bandage off and Russell couldn't even imagine how painful it would be when the bandage has to be put on again.
"They said Frannie's foot is infected" Russell took a deep breath before explaining his daugher's condition to his oldest daughter. "If they don't do something. . she could lose her leg"
"Lose her leg?" For the nth time that month Quinn couldn't believe her ears. First they had to move out of their house because it was taken by the bank then she got kicked out of school then their mother left them and now. . . now Frannie's leg.
"She needs surgery"
"When's the surgery?"
"I. . " Russell was trying hard to phrase the words going out of his mouth so it wouldn't sound so desperate but there isn't any way. "We. . don't have anything left"
"Can't you borrow then?"
"Where did you think we got the money for Frannie's hospital bills now? I even sold my watch" He pointed at the empty spot at his wrist.
"Don't you have any other friends?" Quinn didn't know why she was so angry . . but she was. She stood up and looked down at her father. "Mom left us. . no mom left you. Do you want your children to leave to? Is that what you want?" Quinn walked away before Russell could respond and she slammed the doll she bought earlier into a trash bin. She didn't know where she was going but she was suddenly in the bathroom, washing her face with cool water, something that somehow calms her down no matter how mad or frustrated she is. She heard the door opening and half-expected her father would cross another line by entering a woman's bathroom. . but no. . it wasn't her father.
"You need money?" Quinn froze at the sound and her mind wandered to her sister. .how in pain she was. . how she wanted a new doll. . how she desperately needs surgery.
Author's Note: I'm back! :) I was watching a lot of movies lately. . Hollywood, Chinese, almost watched a Bollywood one but my friend recommended this movie and I was glad I watched it. There is not translated or subtitled one online but I hope there soon will be so you all can watch it! :) It's called Malaikat Tanpa Sayap if you are wondering. .played by Maudy Ayunda and Adipati Dolken.
Tell me if you like it or not :) I'm trying to get my writing mojo back soo. . leave a review :)
