101 Ways to Ruin a Mermaid's Life
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Story 16: Emma (Song(s) No Surprise-Draughty)
Sticking Together (Emma's POV)
Staring at the table, you would think this was a normal happy family sitting down for just another meal, and you would be wrong. Things were quiet, too quiet for my books, and no one was looking at one another. Two signs that said tonight was no ordinary night. But enough said, any night wasn't ordinary in my book, considering after the ordinary diner, I might take the extraordinary swim out to some island miles off the cost of wherever we happen to be. Well that wasn't going to happen tonight.
My breath echoed off the walls, as I tried hard to let my mother say the first words, she deserved that much, I guess. Holding back tears, I knew, my mother held gaze with my father as if he was going to disappear any secant and she just want to catch the moment. In a way, I guess he was, I guess the whole family was, like a ghost that was just there long enough to get his or her message across to the ones they loved.
"Would you like to explain?" My mother finally asked, to my father I knew.
"I would just like to say, I didn't want to hurt anyone with this," My father started, looking away from my mother's cold eyes, and I had the liberty to say they were practically iced over. "I sorry this had to end this way."
I could see her tears finally come, but she did not move, and neither did I. I knew I could've run. I could've been in Australia already, if I had left the secant my mother told me what my father had done, two hours ago. But I also knew that was wrong, and they would wonder.
"What's happening to us?" My mother asked, talking about the family, not just her and my father.
We were falling apart. I knew this would happen they day I started pulling away. Everyone was to hold us together and one piece out of place is just going to bring the tower down.
"Maybe things are better this way," My father whispered, and at that secant, I believed him, and everything he did.
I could see my mother's questioning eyes as I fingered the glass of water in front of me, the one moved much too far from the edge of the table and filled only half way. She didn't want to ask. She knew the answer would be a lie, it's all I spoke now.
"Lies break people apart." My mother stated, eyes still on me and the cup. "What happened to the trust?"
"It was given to a more worthy cause," I said with no emption, but plenty of meaning. I pulled my hand from the glass as trust was mention and moved it to the silver locket hanging around my neck. Trust was a difficult thing. You had to know what was more important.
Elliot looked at me. His eyes bore into my heart. I hated lying to him, but what could I say. Living was much more important than having your little brother trust you with everything he thought and did. Elliot was a big boy. He didn't need his big sister watching his back anymore, and I had my own back and more to watch.
"This isn't going anywhere," I finally said, pushing my not even touched dinner to the middle of the table. "I can't be doing this because I know where it's heading, the truth." I had the attention I wanted, but what was the price? "I knew this was going to happen, and having everything just fall, I've seen what it does, twice. I can't go through with that. So let's skip the fall and get to the bottom, so this can be over and we can move on."
There was silence, but I knew everyone agreed. Elliot turned away, I was going to miss his reactions when he left in two days. My mother kept her gaze on me, I would miss her when I left. My father was looking down, I didn't know what to think about him anymore.
"We'll get everything settled in court in a week," He finally said, and my mother nodded, knowing that was it.
"The plane leaves in two days, everything is ready," Elliot said, as if he were leaving for good, which in a way, he was.
I didn't smile at my victory here. I felt the tears fall down my eyes as I said, "Don't come looking for me. You won't find me, I can make sure of that. I can't stay here, I can't keep hurting you with lies and secrets, and I can't hurt myself with the truth."
My mother nodded, she understood, but in what way. She thought I was perfect, an angel who would never lie and would do anything to keep us together. But she didn't expect this from me. She didn't expect the lies, secrets and things she just wouldn't know.
Sitting there, I thought of our image, the perfect family. I thought about the accident, the life it left me with, and the things it did to this family.
My hand moved back to the cup. I twirled my pointer finger around the edge a few times, listening to the silence that had come over the table. Then my mother said, "This was just one big mistake." And I didn't know if she meant the move or her life.
"We all make mistakes, it's a part of being human," My father said and as he did it brought tears to my eyes, because I was not human, my mistakes weren't as easy to throw off as easily as someone who knew exactly what to do to get out of the problems they created for themselves, or at least where to go to find the answer.
"A part of being human," I repeated hoping no one would hear me. "So what's my excuse."
Everyone's eyes were on me as I said, "I'm not human anymore." And as I got up, the water tipped and I didn't even care they saw what I did to it. I didn't care I was leaving them with the question, "How did Emma just freeze that cup of water with her hand?" And I didn't care if they figured out the answer, because at that moment I was free from them, and free from the fall they were about to take.
A/N: Ok not as long as my other ones, but still tell me what you think.
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