Disclaimer: I don't own many things (a car, a house, a new iPod) & unfortunately I don't own any thing you recognize.
Playlist
Fly – Nicki Minaj ft. Rihanna
*Here Without You – Push Play
Someone To Love – Queen (Cover By Glee Cast)
Your Body (Yes Sir) – Pretty Ricky
Love Like Woe – The Ready Set
We Cry – The Script
** Bonus** Holiday – Vampire Weekend
"So you came all the way here from New York" He questioned as we left the little cottage.
"Yeah, my mother thinks I needed a change of scenery. So, here I am" I explained. I look at Seth to see his expression; he looks like a Swiss Roll. Yum. I'm still hungry as a mother fudger. I could snuggle with him anytime.
"I noticed that you call your mom, 'mother'. That seems so proper; like there's no emotion behind it". Okay he's kind of observant. Something I have to look into, 'cause he can observe many parts of my body as I am his. Ah, I'm talking dirty in my head.
"Yeah, Celeste and I aren't the best of friends. It's been specially strained since the topic of me moving here with her".
"You didn't want to move here?" I swear his voice expresses much more than his face. He seems actually worried, as if I would run away. Leave him to do for him. Wait, it's okay for me to leave him alone he's only a person I met like, 10 minutes ago. Way too soon to talk as if he was the love of my life.
"Well It wasn't part of my plans for the future to move to an isolated area."
"It's not isolated, I say reserved" I think he was making a joke but I was in no mood. Bringing this subject up is like touching a bullet wound.
"Like I said, it wasn't part of my plan like many things that come with the package"
"What package?"
"The- Fuck Mickey's Life Package, if you think of subscribing a may have to kill you off and hide in these woods"
He laughed shaking his head; I turn to see his gorgeous face deep in thought." Have you ever considered this to be a good experience? He questioned. I thought about my answer for a minute, I know shocker, and couldn't help but be surprised. Celeste has asked me the same question millions of times and my answer was always a quick no. When Seth asks it with that face, he wasn't forcing me to answer or anything. He was genuinely curious.
"Uhhh, no actually. Usually I see this as my mom trying to ruin my life again"
"Again?" he asked back "she's done this before" he looks at me with a scrunched up face
"No, not exactly this situation" He looks at me to elaborated but I believe this is too much information for him. He doesn't look angry with silence as an answer but as a challenge which I find amusing.
We approach my front door. He seems upset with this discovery. "Well thank you for dropping off, guess fate doesn't want any ditches to be filled with my body" I smirk
Seeming to catch on he responded with "no, but that doesn't mean you won't ever find a ditch"
I walk up the steps and touch the door knob saying "No, I guess not. See you around Seth Clearwater"
"Yes, we'll definitely see each other Michaela Wright" he say determined, winking at me he takes his leave. I walk inside the house, leaning against the frame taking a deep breath. Well isn't he just a juicy gummy bear. Yum, something to fill my mouth with. Oh Prada help me.
Walking up to my room I see my mom in her bedroom, curious I look at her on the floor. She's looking at my baby pictures, I guess she was unpacking them.
"Gosh, what has happened Kohkom? Yapotalli, she fights me on everything. I thought coming back here will heal my pain. Kohkom, I loved him so much and I wasn't enough for him anymore. I'm falling apart and I just want to remember my roots, remember that I'm not that person that pretended to be for all those years. I changed for him; I moved for him, I gave up everything Kohkom. Tuxwqli, Kohkom Tuxwqli." She cries to the air in front of her as if a person is there.
Walking past I think over what I just witnessed, my mother loved my father so much and he betrayed her. She gave her life to him and even though he loved her for the longest what she did for him came to nothing.
I can't think of anyone id ever do that for, well except my mom. I take off my heels and go over to my laptop. I see a picture of all of us; me, Mally, Jessie, Nya, and Asher as my screensaver. Sigh, I miss those times when we'd just laugh walking down the hordes of New Yorkers.
Signing into instant messenger I see Mally online sending me a message saying :
MallsxMally: Oh, babes how are you ?
I answer animatedly,
Mickeylikestoplay: Just TERRIBLE! It rained the first day here ruining my shoes. But on a brighter, remember when I said I'd name my son Eros after the God of sex, love and all those designers? Well he's gonna be a junior 'cause I just met his father. :P
MallxMally: OMP! Give me the dets! Name, age, ethnicity, height, weight, income, etc.
Mickeylikestoplay: STALKER Alert! You're worse than Halle Berry's New stalker.
MallsxMally: ?
Mickeylikestoplay: OKAY Prada, Seth, ?, Native, 6'1ish, REALLY !, :-[ idk, etc. . . .
MallsxMally: You suck ass at giving details! Buhh, oooo la la, Caliente Mama?
Mickeylikestoplay: If he's worthy to birth my child Si, mi amigo acosador.
MallsxMally: Huh? Mally no espeake de Spanish.
Mickeylikestoplay: Lol! Nvm. Smdh Mal, I miss talking to you 3
MallsxMally: baby, I miss you too! Life hasn't been the same. OHHH ! Beck asked me out yesterday. I told him I'd think about it but it BECK! I've been stalking his life for the LONGEST.
I pause when she said this, Beck. Beck Cauldwell was the only guy I ever loved. We dated for six months before I broke up with him. I sensed that he was unconsciously falling for Mally. I mean she's my best friend how could he do that? It wasn't his fault I guess, she is lovely, But Prada! I loved him and he did love me after we broke up he was a mess, he stopped playing soccer, going to lunch, the only person he talked to was Brandon his best friend.
MallsxMally: Mickey?
MallsxMally: I don't have to say anything, I'll say no I mean if you don't want me to go out with him?
MallsxMally: ?
MallsxMally: MICKEY! PLEASE say something the suspense is KILLING me! If youre mad because hes your ex, and he asked me out and I DO wanna go with him. I'll respect it, YOU come before any guy babes/ Even if youre half way cross the world.
Mickeylikestoplay: Oh, sorry Mally I spaced out, honest to Louboutin. Buhh, go on a date with him. He's really a good guy.
MallsxMally: Okay, then why'd you breakup? :P
Not wanting to seem like a complete idiot, I decide to not tell her the truth instead I reply,
Mickeylikestoplay: So YOU can have this opportunity to lick Godiva chocolate off his soccer abs. Yum.
MallsxMally: Ughh! Don't get me started!
We converse for a while until my mom calls me for dinner. I bid my goodbyes telling her I'd speak to her tomorrow.
"Michaela, tonight we're having your favorite, Penne alla vodka." She looks at me with a small sad smile.
"That's great Celeste, I miss having it the way you cook." I smile back just as small
She laughs "Yes, I remember for the sleepover with the girls the staff left and I cooked for you all"
That was my tenth birthday, back when this would be a distant dream. She made us dinner while we watch The Little Mermaid. My mother always discouraged me to watch Peter Pan or Pocahontas because those Native Americans weren't true, only what they wanted children to be fooled by.
"Yeah, I remember after you cooked you totally let us go bonkers on the candy and soda. The next day we were so sick you told dad it was a sugar induced hangover." I say laughing, sticking my fork in the sauced covered noodles I look up to see my mom with tears in her eyes.
I stop the process of putting the fork to the mouth to ask my mom what's wrong,
"It's stupid, but that was the most civil conversation we've had since the idea of moving cam about". She pauses looking at me and says "But now it's ruined buy me saying something" she sighed.
I didn't know what my face looked like but it must not have been an ecstatic look like she had.
"No, it's not that. I was just thinking." I say looking down, truthfully I was. I was thinking about what she was saying in her room. "What was Kohkom like? You talk about her but never told me."
She laughed, "How about we talk about her over a cup of Ben & Jerry's. Deal?" She looks at me questioningly.
"Deal"
"Your Kohkom, was just like any other mother. She was strict but loving. My whole life I saw her love us just a much as our father If not more. Your grandpa died when I was younger leaving my mother devastated but she put a brave face on and dealt with it. She always had this way of knowing everything. I remember it was late and I tried to sneak out, she caught me with my leg out the window. The time your uncle Soren was dating his now wife, they would always go to this one spot to you know 'fool around' we knew; me and Tegan but Soren thought mom was out of the blue. So one day we were on the couch and Soren was running out the door, Mom stopped him saying 'Ren, I believe you're forgetting something' he pats himself down checking says 'nope mom got my keys, money and body' she appears around the corner with a condom in hand saying 'don't ever forget this' walks away smiling. Soren was blushing for days!" We laugh at this. My mom's face is glowing she's so happy talking about Kohkom.
"She seem awesome, I would love to have known her" I say looking down to my ice cream.
"She loved you so much Michaela, just because you don't remember her doesn't mean you didn't know her. She came to New York a couple times"
"Really?" I only remember her death, the only other breakdown my mother had.
"Yes, I begged her to come help me with you, even when you were a baby you were a handful. You had me ripping my hair out at a day old. I'm surprised I'm not balled from years of trauma on my scalp" She jokes
"Well, guess I don't have to wonder where I get my flawless hair from" I say gently grabbing some of my mother's pin straight hair.
Guess this is our new beginning, without us even apologizing we know the storms over.
Well Prada, I am my mother's child.
Quileute Translations:
Kohkom: Grandmother (In this case Celeste calls her mother that since Michaela was born)
Yapotalli: I'm Tired
Tuxwqli: I'm home/ I'm going home
Spanish Translations:
Caliente: Hot
Si, mi amigo acosador: yes, my stalker friend