Kauila stared at the massive beast in front of her. The almost two year old watched in pure glory as it swam in front of the glass, it's tail swishing up and down, propelling it through the water. She'd wanted to see them again, but Grandma Pattie said no, that it was Kai's turn to choose where to go. He wanted to see the all white whales, the belugas but she wanted to see the big one, the Trua ones.
Elsewhere in SeaWorld, Grandma Pattie was having a heart attack over not finding her granddaughter. Pattie Anoa'i told her husband Sika to meet up with her at the turtle exhibit. The only place Kau wanted to go was back to the underwater viewing at the killer whale exhibit. Turtles and whales, those were Kau's only interest at the moment. Hopefully a staff person had found her and was going to do the right thing.
Lots of people passed the small brown haired girl, but when Trua came over to look at her, her smile was realy large and these people did stop to watch the girl and whale interact. He was so big, bigger than her daddy to Kau. The little turtle and the big whale, it was like she was trying to hug him through the glass. The nearly two year old was enthralled with him, them.
"What your name?" She asked, her hand rubbing the glass. "I's Kauila Eileen Anoa'i. I's the little turtle and you are big."
"His name is Trua. He has the freckles around his eyes." A trainer said, walking up to the little girl. "Where's your Mommy or Daddy?"
"Hawaii. Gamma Pattie here with Kau."
"Kau, huh?" The woman smiled. "Where is Grandma?"
"No know."
Well that was a bit of a problem. Standing up, the trainer looked around. There didn't seem to be anyone that was with the girl, since most of the people were getting ready for the dolphin show.
"Hey, Jim, we have a kid here that's been misplaced from her family." The trainer waved at a nearby security guard. "Her name is Kau and her grandmother is Pattie. Announce it over the loud speakers for Pattie to come to the underwater viewing of the killer whales at the Shamu stadium."
"Right, got it." Jim said, before walking away.
"What Trua eat?"
"Fish, he eats fish." She said, as she knelt down next to the girl. "My name is Izzy, short for Isabelle."
"Izzy." The girl said, glancing at her before watching Trua surface for air before coming back down to look at them.
Grandma Pattie called out to Kau. The little girl didn't flinch, she just stared at the whale in front of her.
"Kauila." The grandmother called again, rushing up to her, making the girl turn to her. "What did I tell you?"
"I want..."
"No. No, absolutely not. You are not to leave my side."
"She's small." Izzy said, making Patricia Anoa'i look up at her. "I've never seen a child so fascinated with the whales before."
"She was named after the Hawaiian turtle goddess. Thank you so much for staying with her."
"It's my pleasure. You know...I can't help but notice she's..."
"She's not normal, I know." Pattie sighed. She felt that she was going to have to go into an explanation about Kau's different behavior.
"Actually I was going to say gifted. She's gifted. How old is she?"
"Almost two." Pattie ran her fingers through Kau's hair.
"Is she a savant?"
"We honestly don't know. Look, I'm sorry. It's just that I thought that I lost her." Pattie looked at the black haired woman with bright green eyes, much like Kau's. "I have to get back to my husband and my grandson, her brother."
Izzy nodded. "I'll remember her when I see her next. You should stick around for the whale shows."
"She doesn't like crowds, I'm sorry."
"Maybe a private show perhaps."
"We'll have to discuss that with her parents. They're on their honeymoon in Hawaii." Patti picked up Kau, who didn't seem to mind too much. "Come on, we're going to meet grandpa and Kai over at the turtles."
"Honu," Kau spoke the Hawaiian word for the green sea turtle.
"Is she getting worse?" Joe heard Lucy ask as he woke up from his sleep. "Thanks, Ms. Pattie. I'll remember that when we go the next time. Thanks." Then she hung up, putting the phone back down on the table.
"What's wrong?" Joe asked, raising his head to look at his wife.
"After the phone call yesterday from your parents, Kauila wondered off without no one knowing." She said picking up a piece of blank paper and opening her laptop.
Lucy wasn't much of a neat freak but she was a mess when it came to organizing her writings though. Papers were always spread out around her, mixed and mingling until it came together properly. An organize chaos, that's how she described it when she was finishing with working on the book her mother EIleen started several years back.
"What?" Joe sat up.
"She wanted to see the orcas, but Kai wanted to see the Antartic Exhibit. Kau somehow wondered from there over to the Shanu underwater viewing station, where she was carrying on a full conversation with Trua."
Joe go up from the bed and walked over to Lucy. "Is she okay?"
"She's fine. But...I'm scared Joe. When you go back on the road after this, what am I going to do? What if she wonders away and I can't find her?" Her tears started coming.
Lucy could get over emotional when it came to thinking hard about things like this. But Joe could understand and relate. Having been forgotten at the store one time when he was a kid, he knew how it could scare the crap out of any parent to know they had no idea where their child was. His career was in full swing with the WWE meaning he couldn't be there for Lucy when she needed it. That's why they moved to Pensacola to be closer to his parents.
Pulling his wife into his arms, Joe sighed. "it's going to be okay, Babygirl. She's a fighter, Turtle will grow out of it."
"But what if she doesn't. I gave her this, Joe. I gave her my genes." Lucy cried, thinking that she had tainted her daughter.
"Hey, stop. Look at me, Lucy." He held her face in his hands, making her look at him. "This isn't your fault. God intended for us to have our daughter as she is. He gave us two beautiful children, a daughter that has your eyes and my hair, and a son the looks every bit like me. He gave you those children to care for, to look after, to nourish and to love for your life. I can't think of any other person more deserving of this responsibility than you, Babygirl."
"You have to be right don't you?" She asked, smiling through her tears.
"Only with just about everything." He smiled back. "Now come on, what are you working on? Is this the fictional memoir you've been doing?"
"I guess so, if that's what you want to call it." She sat down again in her chair. "It's coming a long but...I don't know where to go with it. This is where I'm stuck." She pointed to one of the typed pages she had printed out, Joe picked it up.
Sharing her love of writing with Joe was a laborous project that took the nearly two years that they've been together. Joe came to understood Lucy could express herself more freely through her writing, conveying her emotions, thoughts and feelings of what she was experiencing. She showed him through her writing what she really felt, about him, about them, about everything. Even though this fictional memoir was just that, fiction, it mirrored what she was going through when they were together.
Her family, her adopted family, had hated the idea of Lucy being with Joe. Her brother John actually tried to break them up. Lucy had be mercilessly bullied by John's now ex-girlfriend Nikki Bella and her twin sister Brie Bella, and Aksana for that matter. Aksana nearly tore them apart during the time that Lucy and Joe first knew that Lucy was pregnant. Lucy was slowly mending things with John, getting back into being a brother and sister bond that John hadn't wanted at first when Lucy was adopted into the Cena family.
During the time that they were together, Lucy managed to change her name back to her original name, Lucina Edith Ferguson. She found a family with her Grandpa Connor, Uncle Brian, Aunt Brianna, cousins Bran and Branwen the redhead twins. She finally found her family, though not without hardships of their own. Uncle Brian was autistic, more so than her mother was. Lucy herself had symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome but Kau was now exhibiting the more classical signs of being autistic.
Everyone was scared that it would be too much for Lucy to handle. She could barely keep it together when she was working in the WWE. She had Joe to fall back on. But outside of it, the way her life was now, she didn't know if she could handle it alone, without Joe. Sure she had Grandma Pattie and Grandpa Sika to help her, and a slew of other family members that were willing to step up to the plate since everyone could see how much Kau was different. But the one person she wanted there the most wasn't able to be there. Joe.
"Everything will be okay, Lucy." Joe nuzzled the auburn haired woman sitting next to him. His nose playing with a few loose strands of hers. "Everything will turn out the way they are supposed to be. Kau and Kai have a mother and a father that love them both. You don't need to worry."
But that's what Lucy was good at. She was great at worrying over the smallest things that she couldn't control. It was one draw back to her and her neurological disorder.
She was afraid she couldn't be able to keep it together. Would she be able to?
Time would only tell on that one. Time and a few more pages in it.
This is a test of my creative skills. I've never worked on a story like this before, ever. I'm kind of worried I'm going to disappoint you readers but I'm going to try my best. So, how did you like this chapter? I was trying to make it good but I'm not sure. I'm just not sure where to go next with the story. Got any suggestions, PM or review your opinions.