"The reason I wanted to meet you both was to ask you how Mia is doing home." The psychologist said as she crossed her legs and looked at Mia and Trevor.
"I´m fine." Mia said.
"Well, your teacher Mrs Pattern is very worried for you."
"Why´s that?" Trevor asked and looked serious at Mrs Thompson.
"Mia have told many…stories to the other kids in the school. Stories about…Atlantis?" she said and looked at Mia.
Mia nicked.
"So what´s wrong with that?" Trevor asked and Mia could hear anger in his voice.
"Mia says that the stories are true and the other kids start fighting with her because they call her a liar. And actually you need friends Mia."
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?"
"Mr Steel. Please calm down. Mia is a very smart kid, maybe the smartest in her class. But she is alone and need to fit in instead of start a fight with her classmates because of some stories."
"But they are true!" Mia shouted.
"Hey Mia, I do the talk." Trevor said and took her hand. "Look, Mrs Sanderson. Mia is just a kid and you can´t just change of who she is. But I promise that I will talk with her about the fighting. Right Mia?"
He looked at her and she knew that she would be grounded for sure.
"Ok then." Mrs Sanderson said.
"Kiddo. Are you alright?" He asked and walked in at Mias room. He knew that she had cried and she didn´t answered him. "Hey, I know this is hard for you and that the stories are important to you. But the other kids are jealous of you because they are so amazing. I think it´s best for you to keep them home. And you´re not grounded anymore. If you promise me to not fight again, ok?"
"O…Ok." She said.
"I think you need to sleep now little girl. You look exhausted." Trevor said and kissed her good night and then walked out of the room.
Mia jumped down from the bed to look up in the black sky with the shining stars.
"Please come and take me back. I don´t want to be on earth. Please, please, please." She begged in the dark with tears rolling down her chin. Suddenly she felt a warm feeling in her and she heard the words: Everything will be ok Flowie.
Present time
"Every night before bedtime and when Trevor didn´t heard, I begged to the sky to take me back. But at the same time I felt bad because I didn´t wanted to leave Trevor. He was a nice person and he was the closest father I never had. I…I loved him."
"What happened with him?" John asked.
"He died in a car accident. One day he was going to pick me up at school and was late so he drove at red light. I was mad at him for being so dumb and I was mad at me because of my stupid wishes to leave Earth. I was so sad. But I know it was either his fault or I. It was an accident. The funeral was on a Tuesday and on Wednesday I was back at the orphanage.
She was lying on her bed and John sat beside her. It was late and Mia was too tired for keep telling the story.
"I will continue another day."
"Whenever you want sweetie." John said as he stroke her hair from her face as she took one hand at her stomach. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I´m fine." She said.
"Mia."
"What? I said I was fine."
"No you´re not." John said and forced her to look in his eyes. "Tell me."
"Ok…" she sighed. "I´m just… Scared. This is too much for me. I can´t handle it. How am I going to raise a kid when I´m a kid myself? I´m so screwed."
"No you´re not. You´re going to be fine and we are going to help you." John explained.
Mia yawned.
"And I guess it´s really time for you to sleep."
"Yeah I guess… I know I´ve been very… Difficult. But can I ask you a favor to… Well… wait to go until I fall asleep. I easily have nightmares so I thought if I felt safe when…"
"I´ll stay as long as you want to." John said and Mia smiled tired and then felled asleep.