"Please Mom!" Teal begged her mother, standing in the center of her living room, a few tears slipping from her eyes. "I h-have friends here, I finally got a b-boyfriend who c-cares about me, we'll be l-leaving behind everything. I can't even bring anything to remember them by!"
Her mother sat on the beige couch, shaking her head in disappointment. It was nearly twilight outside, and golden light was pouring out of the two windows. Why did she have to be so negative about Teal expressing her opinion of moving? It was stupid in her opinion. Her father was being reassigned further east, big whoop. What did that affect that made her move to a medieval land? Wouldn't that make it more difficult for anyone to contact them? Nothing made sense.
"Teal Anne Mynery, act your age!" her mother, Teresa, scolded. "I know this is difficult for you to comprehend at the moment, moving when you've lived here and everything you remember is here, but with your father in a fickle job, we have to move often. You know I would never make you leave Whaye, I grew up here, your grandmother grew here, and it goes back generations and generations living here. Mind you, I grew up in all of the three time areas and I turned out just fine."
"How old were you when you moved then?"
"I was three the first time and seven the second time when we settled down in Northern Whaye."
"My point exactly! When you moved, you didn't have friends or anything roots that kept you there! I would bet you half my life that you don't even remember any other place but Northern Whaye in your childhood!"
"This has nothing to do with that, we're moving and you can't change that. Sorry Tellie, but no one can change that."
"No, really? I never would have expected to hear that! 'Sure dear, you're a magical witch and all, but you can't change the thing that's actually important. Light a fire with your spells, sure, but changing something that is going to make a difference is forbidden!" The last two sentences were spoken in a high pitched mock tone, the kind she always to poke back at her mother.
"Are you fourteen or not? It's useless to try and change something that can't be changed."
"Fine! Why should I care?" Teal shouted. "Forget I even asked about it!" As she loudly spoke, a glass vase fell from on a shelf and shattered. Her mother snapped her fingers and the vase repaired and was back on the shelf.
"Honey," her mother attempted to coax, "it isn't something to overreact about. Think about it in a positive way, you can have a new start, new friends, and maybe even a new boyfriend."
"I don't want another boyfriend!" Now she was screaming so loudly they could probably hear her across the street. "I want to date Ben and no one else! Now leave me alone!" Teal stormed out of the house. Her sister, Alicia, was sitting on the porch reading a book. Realizing something was wrong, she stopped her by standing in front of her and grabbing her arms.
"Let me go Allie," she said calmly.
"I heard you and Mother. Sit down right now. We're talking about it." Alicia took Teal's arm and pulled her down to sit on the stone grey porch. They lived out in the country and the only other person around was Teal's boyfriend, Ben, who lived across the street from them. Their life was often quiet, with no one else around to talk to but family. No one really minded though, except Teal.
"Sis, I love you, and you know that," Alicia began. "And I also know how much you like Ben and your friends Friday and Kiara, but we all are making sacrifices here. I'll be leaving behind my friends also, as will our sisters. The only major difference is the way people talk and what we'll be wearing." She smiled warmly in the same way she always did. Alicia had coffee hair that fell in curls to her shoulders, a petite frame, and chocolate brown eyes.
Teal sighed. "I do know. I just don't want to leave. Think about it this way: school ended at thirteen for the wealthy people and boys. We'll never graduate. Girls marry the moment they start their...thing." She looked down at her chest then back up at her sister.
"So only Isulette and I will be married?" she sniggered.
"Not funny."
"Why don't you go say goodbye to Ben?" For some reason her attitude completely changed. "You're thinking too much about this. You need to calm down a bit Teal."
"You really think saying goodbye is going to make me happier?" before she could begin to bicker, she was in front of the door at Ben's house. Damn witch sister with her transport spells.
"Hello hun?" Ben's mother, a tall blond haired woman came to the door and opened it. Noticing it was Teal, she said, "Lemme get 'im..." Then she turned around and called, "Ben! It's your beau at the door!" brown haired boy Teal's height came to the door and the woman left.
"And how is my little Teal Bell today?" he asked. She loved every aspect of him, good and bad. His personality, his farmers tan, button nose, freckles, the ideal country gentleman. They went to school together and had begun dating him a year ago. He meant a lot to her, and she meant a lot to him.
"Horrible, actually."
"Where is the fool who made you sad?" Ben rolled his sleeves up. "I'll beat 'em up and then choke 'em until they're as blue as huckleberries!" He grinned at her. Oh, how she would have loved to kiss the lips of that gorgeous smile! Perhaps a peck on the cheek once or twice, but every time they had ever gotten close to kissing on the lips, Teal found an excuse. For some odd reason, it never seemed like the right time...
"It wasn't anyone, it was fate."
His eyebrows wrinkled in confusion. "Let's talk about this in the living room." They walked into the house together into the main room of Ben's house. Almost everything was decorated in a blue plaid design. There was a radio on the table playing a song that sounded like a sad country ballad.
"So, wha's wrong dear?"
"I...I have to move Ben."
"M-move? What?! Where?"
She nodded slowly. "To Southeastern Whaye. My dad got reassigned to somewhere further east, so we're moving again." Teal tried to speak, but the words caught in her throat. Without her bodies consent, tears spilled down her eyes. "I'm so sorry."
"It'll never be your fault." Ben wrapped his arm around her while she nestled closer to his chest. She moved his arm back to his side. Why did I do that? She asked herself. She closed her eyes and tried to think about anything but him. It was just a natural effect of letting go. Teal was just loosening the strings before they had to be cut. It always saved pain in the end, but the threads still snapped hard.
"I'm sure you'll find a man better than me there," he continued soothingly. Why was everyone trying to get her to think about getting a new boyfriend? She paid attention to the song on the radio and heard Ben sing the lyrics softly in her ear. Each word seemed to increase the sadness of the moment, a song that seemed to be about a girl leaving a boy. He sang the rest of the song to her, and listening to the lyrics made her tears flow faster. When Ben finished the last note, Teal stood up and went to the door.
"I have to go," she said through tears. "I'm leaving tomorrow, but I just can't see you anymore. I love you Ben and I'll probably never feel the same away about a boy the way I felt about you."
"Wait! Don't- can't you stay a bit longer?"
"N-no, I can't." Teal went out of the house, closed the door, murmured the transport spell, and was back in her now barren room. She slumped to the floor and broke into heaving sobs. Ben, her friends, all of that, gone.
Now she had lost everything.
There ya have it :). Next is Remert's story. More you review, the more I write. Any mistakes, requests, questions, just put it on the reviews or PM me. ~S. T. Gapurn
