Lily sat for a good 5 hours in her room, balling the entire time. She felt
miserable, like someone had jabbed at long 12-inch knife into her heart and
stomachs 5 times each. Her eye's red and puffy, she decided to take a
shower, and go to sleep maybe she would wake up in the morning to find it
was only a dream.
"LILLIAN"
Lily rolled over, it was 9 o'clock in the morning.
"LILLIAN, GET UP" shrieked her mother.
"Mum,gomeawayee" she mumbled.
"LILLIAN, If I have to come up to your room"
"Alright, I'm up" she growled, sitting up in her bed and putting on her robe. She crossed to the door, to go downstairs to get breakfast.
"It's about time, a representative from St. Brutus's will be here shortly so, after you finish eating you will go wash up"
"Alright." She replied, as she bit into her toast, and jelly. Ten minutes later Lily was back upstairs, changing into some jeans and a sweatshirt.
DING-DONG.
Lily's heart plummeted to middle-earth in a fifth of a second. 'She was serious', thought Lily. She slowly made her way to the kitchen.
"Mum, I'm sorry, but I didn't do it"
"Well, maybe a little time from home will change your mind"
"I didn't do it mum, I never touched her"
"Well, it would give us a rest of mind, if we knew that the person who injured our daughter was punished"
"I didn't do it, I won't go"
"I'm afraid we have no choice dear"
"I DIDN'T DO IT," yelled Lily
"Then what did? who, I need answers, so I can straighten this out, Lily, how am I supposed to fix this?"
"I don't know, but I didn't do it, there was a bright white light, and she was on the ground the next second."
"I, ...It's not very convincing"
"But it's the truth, I wouldn't want to hurt anyone that badly.even if they made me upset" cried Lily.
"Oh, well you can explain that to the officers when they come to arrest you" said the evil woman.
"I won't go"
"I don't think you have much of a choice"
"You can't arrest an 11 year old," said Lily's mum.
"I can't, but I can have them arrested"
"Now that's enough, I'll have my daughter punished, and that's all you need know, Good Day" said Emmalyne as she aided Victoria's mother out the door. "Well that was rather informing, right, well Lily you will help me every day for one hour outside in the gardens pulling weeds, and doing other chores I need done for me. and on Saturday's you will for 3 hours do chores for the surrounding neighbors."
"Mum?" groaned Lily " Look, you need to be whipped into shape." "I didn't do it" she repeated again, but it only gained her an awful look from her mother.
The next few weeks of her summer break were downright ruddy Hell. Lily pulled weeds for Mrs. Mason in the mornings, and cut grass for the Cunninghams about mid-day. In the evenings on every other day, she would walk the dog for the Smithes.
At about 1pm on a day that she only had to walk the dog, and pull a few weeds in the yard, she called up Jared.
"Hello may I please speak with Jared?" asked Lily politely. It hit her while she was waiting on the phone. She had been civil, to an adult. Lily stood stock still while a little voice yelled in her ear. "Hello?..Hello?.HELLO?" said Jared annoyed.
"H-Hu-Hello" stuttered Lily.
"Yeah, who is this?"
"L-Lily"
"Hello, and what is wrong?"
"Nothing, Nothing"
"So how has your summer been? I haven't seen much of you, Luke, and I were going to come down there tonight and see how you were doing" Lily recapped her summer for the past few weeks
"Boy, Lily that really bites the dust"
"I know, but you see, I've been listening to mum, and I.. I don't know it's different, I'm not anything like Petunia, but it's still a bit frightening when you think about it" said Lily perplexed.
"I know what you mean, you don't sound nearly as bitter as you used to be"
"Maybe I'm losing my touch being with these old hags all day"
"I don't think so, I think your learning"
"What?" she said bitterly
"I think your coming around, you're growing"
"Since when are you full of all this wisdom?"
"I've been told that I always have been, I'm just never got a chance to share it with you" "Don't get all soft on me because I haven't been around, is Luke like this too?"
"I dunno, haven't talked to him, in awhile"
"Why not?"
"Well, he's been to Majorca, and his parents took him to visit relatives in London, and his mum's got a deal with the Queen or something"
"Oh, right ..."
"Yeah, well I'd better go, Mum's looking' at me funny"
"Right, I'll talk to you later"
"Ciao"
Lily reluctantly hung up the phone. She did know what was wrong, but she went outside anyway after finishing her lunch quickly. After she finished walking the dog for the Smithes, she walked down to Jared house and rung the doorbell.
"Hello dear, Jared in the Sitting room, watching the telly"
"thanks" she said removing her shoes in the entry way.
"Jared"
"Hello Lily, what are you doing here?"
"I decided to come by, I've been busy, and I was just finished walking the dog, so I thought I"d come say hello"
"Well, I've got something to show you come on" he said holding his hand out for her to take.
"What is it?"
"You'll have to come with me to find out"
"fine make it quick"
Outside right before he entered a rather shabby looking box, he made lily cover her eyes.
"What's this for?"
"It's a surprise, now no peeking, and wait until I come back ok?"
"Alright," she said apprehensively.
Jared came back in five minutes. Lily was still standing in the same spot he'd left her. He took her hand and led her into this what appeared to be a small cardboard box. But when Lily took off her blindfold, she was amazed.
"LILLIAN"
Lily rolled over, it was 9 o'clock in the morning.
"LILLIAN, GET UP" shrieked her mother.
"Mum,gomeawayee" she mumbled.
"LILLIAN, If I have to come up to your room"
"Alright, I'm up" she growled, sitting up in her bed and putting on her robe. She crossed to the door, to go downstairs to get breakfast.
"It's about time, a representative from St. Brutus's will be here shortly so, after you finish eating you will go wash up"
"Alright." She replied, as she bit into her toast, and jelly. Ten minutes later Lily was back upstairs, changing into some jeans and a sweatshirt.
DING-DONG.
Lily's heart plummeted to middle-earth in a fifth of a second. 'She was serious', thought Lily. She slowly made her way to the kitchen.
"Mum, I'm sorry, but I didn't do it"
"Well, maybe a little time from home will change your mind"
"I didn't do it mum, I never touched her"
"Well, it would give us a rest of mind, if we knew that the person who injured our daughter was punished"
"I didn't do it, I won't go"
"I'm afraid we have no choice dear"
"I DIDN'T DO IT," yelled Lily
"Then what did? who, I need answers, so I can straighten this out, Lily, how am I supposed to fix this?"
"I don't know, but I didn't do it, there was a bright white light, and she was on the ground the next second."
"I, ...It's not very convincing"
"But it's the truth, I wouldn't want to hurt anyone that badly.even if they made me upset" cried Lily.
"Oh, well you can explain that to the officers when they come to arrest you" said the evil woman.
"I won't go"
"I don't think you have much of a choice"
"You can't arrest an 11 year old," said Lily's mum.
"I can't, but I can have them arrested"
"Now that's enough, I'll have my daughter punished, and that's all you need know, Good Day" said Emmalyne as she aided Victoria's mother out the door. "Well that was rather informing, right, well Lily you will help me every day for one hour outside in the gardens pulling weeds, and doing other chores I need done for me. and on Saturday's you will for 3 hours do chores for the surrounding neighbors."
"Mum?" groaned Lily " Look, you need to be whipped into shape." "I didn't do it" she repeated again, but it only gained her an awful look from her mother.
The next few weeks of her summer break were downright ruddy Hell. Lily pulled weeds for Mrs. Mason in the mornings, and cut grass for the Cunninghams about mid-day. In the evenings on every other day, she would walk the dog for the Smithes.
At about 1pm on a day that she only had to walk the dog, and pull a few weeds in the yard, she called up Jared.
"Hello may I please speak with Jared?" asked Lily politely. It hit her while she was waiting on the phone. She had been civil, to an adult. Lily stood stock still while a little voice yelled in her ear. "Hello?..Hello?.HELLO?" said Jared annoyed.
"H-Hu-Hello" stuttered Lily.
"Yeah, who is this?"
"L-Lily"
"Hello, and what is wrong?"
"Nothing, Nothing"
"So how has your summer been? I haven't seen much of you, Luke, and I were going to come down there tonight and see how you were doing" Lily recapped her summer for the past few weeks
"Boy, Lily that really bites the dust"
"I know, but you see, I've been listening to mum, and I.. I don't know it's different, I'm not anything like Petunia, but it's still a bit frightening when you think about it" said Lily perplexed.
"I know what you mean, you don't sound nearly as bitter as you used to be"
"Maybe I'm losing my touch being with these old hags all day"
"I don't think so, I think your learning"
"What?" she said bitterly
"I think your coming around, you're growing"
"Since when are you full of all this wisdom?"
"I've been told that I always have been, I'm just never got a chance to share it with you" "Don't get all soft on me because I haven't been around, is Luke like this too?"
"I dunno, haven't talked to him, in awhile"
"Why not?"
"Well, he's been to Majorca, and his parents took him to visit relatives in London, and his mum's got a deal with the Queen or something"
"Oh, right ..."
"Yeah, well I'd better go, Mum's looking' at me funny"
"Right, I'll talk to you later"
"Ciao"
Lily reluctantly hung up the phone. She did know what was wrong, but she went outside anyway after finishing her lunch quickly. After she finished walking the dog for the Smithes, she walked down to Jared house and rung the doorbell.
"Hello dear, Jared in the Sitting room, watching the telly"
"thanks" she said removing her shoes in the entry way.
"Jared"
"Hello Lily, what are you doing here?"
"I decided to come by, I've been busy, and I was just finished walking the dog, so I thought I"d come say hello"
"Well, I've got something to show you come on" he said holding his hand out for her to take.
"What is it?"
"You'll have to come with me to find out"
"fine make it quick"
Outside right before he entered a rather shabby looking box, he made lily cover her eyes.
"What's this for?"
"It's a surprise, now no peeking, and wait until I come back ok?"
"Alright," she said apprehensively.
Jared came back in five minutes. Lily was still standing in the same spot he'd left her. He took her hand and led her into this what appeared to be a small cardboard box. But when Lily took off her blindfold, she was amazed.
