The doctors came into the room and gave a woman her tiny newborn baby.
The mom held her baby in her arms and looked down at her.
"I don't know what to name this creature," the mom said.
The doctor looked in disbelief that the mother would call her that but tried to ignore it.
"How about Cherish?" The doctor asked, hopefully.
"Yeah, sure," the mother replied and gave the baby back to the doctor.
Some years have passed and Cherish was now 6 years old. She had long thin straight blonde hair and wore a white T-Shirt and white shorts. She had emerald green eyes and was shorter than average 6 year olds.
Cherish heard the front door slam shut and immediately hid in her closet as she knew what would happen.
"CHERISH!" She heard her father yell from the living room. "GET YOUR ASS IN HERE RIGHT NOW!!"
Cherish trembled with fear as she opened the closet door. Angering him more would probably lead to something very severe. Cherish walked into the living room and stared at the ground.
"Cherish," her father said, sternly. "LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M SPEAKING!" He punched his daughter's stomach and she fell to the ground in pain but looked up at him as her eyes were beginning to water. "I have signed you up to go to school, but if you get bad grades, fail, or if you don't behave yourself, you won't like the outcome. Do you understand?"
Cherish nodded and stood back up.
"Good," the father then left, leaving her daughter be.
Cherish ran to her room and locked the door. She slid down the door and sobbed into her knees.
Once it was Monday, Cherish had changed into her school clothes which consisted of a white T-Shirt with a yellow flower imprinted on the middle, white shorts, white socks, and black shoes. Cherish grabbed some elastics and tied her hair into 2 ponytails which she had learned how to do overtime.
Her father took her to her class and then left straight away.
Cherish looked around the class and saw all the kids playing and having fun. Was she really in the right class? Was she allowed to have fun?
"Hi!!"
Cherish looked around and saw a taller girl, well, everyone was taller than her so it's not a surprise, but this girl had black hair that was tied into 2 high pigtails. She also had black eyes and dark skin.
Cherish looked down at the ground, shyly.
"No need to be afraid!" The girl exclaimed. "My name's Aki! You?"
Cherish looked into the girls happy eyes. "I'm Cherish…"
Aki gasped. "That's such a cute name!!!! I wish I had a name like yours!!"
Cherish blushed slightly. "Uh, thanks.. your name is pretty, too."
"Really?! Everyone usually calls me ugly! Thank you, Cherry!"
"Cherry?" Cherish asked, confused at the sudden nickname.
"Yeah! You're sweet like a cherry and it's shorter for Cherish!"
"Okay, class, take your seats." The teacher called out.
"Come on! Let's go take our seats!" Aki skipped over to her seat and almost immediately everyone moved away. Cherish walked over to Aki and sat down.
Once school was over, Cherish decided to walk back home which would probably take about an hour.
Once at home, she walked into the living room and put her bag down. A glass bottle suddenly hit her and she tumbled to the ground, shard pieces getting stuck in her skin.
"WHERE WERE YOU?!" Her father yelled.
"I was walking home… but it's a long way.." Cherish replied.
Her father picked her up by the collar of her shirt and pushed her into the wall, bringing her up so their eyes met.
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR DIRTY LITTLE EXCUSES!" He then struck his daughter across the face. "IT'S YOUR FAULT YOUR MOTHER LEFT US!" He dragged her to the bedroom and threw her into the closet. "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER PEEP COMING FROM YOUR MOUTH, YOUNG LADY!"
He walked out of the room.
Cherish stood up and her knees immediately collapsed from the support. She sat up and sobbed into her knees. Why doesn't Daddy love me…? Are all families like this…? I just want to be loved…!