Marissa's Childhood Story
Baby
May 2, 1993
"Hurry, hurry" Julie said screaming. The Cooper house was very tense right now. Marissa sat on the couch listening to her dad muttering on the phone quickly as Julie sat on the floor screaming in pain. "Honey, I am going to drop you off at the Cohens. Pack you Pajamas just in case you have to spend the night. You have two minutes to get ready" Jimmy said to Marissa so quickly it took her brain almost a minute to translate it all. Marissa was scared, she had never seen her mom in so much pain or discomfort. Marissa was aware of what was happening, yet she felt so clueless. Marissa was ready to go in less then a minute. She has already had her stuff packed all she needed to do was go and get it. Her family had been expecting the baby any day, and today was it. Marissa walked over to the Cohen where Kirsten was already waiting for her. Marissa had been with Kirsten a lot lately. Marissa had grown to even enjoy being with the Cohens. Seth bugged her most of the time by asking her dumb questions and going on and on about things she couldn't care less about. However she still thought Seth was nice. Kirsten would always bend down to hold her hand when crossing the street. "Hi sweetie, Seth is waiting for you in his room" Kirsten said in such a kind voice that Marissa smiled with her toothless bottom teeth.
"So is it a boy or girl?" Seth said wondering. "I don't know, mommy said it would be a surprise." Marissa sat on the bed hugging her teddy bear. "That's a nice teddy bear, I wanted a power ranger doll but my mom said that the Mickey Mouse doll was nicer so I had to get that." Seth said as he held up his Mickey Mouse doll. "Hey kids! I know how stressful it must be on you Marissa, so I bought Seth a new game that I am sure he will love to play with you" Kirsten said as she handed Seth a present wrapped in blue and green plaid wrapping paper. Seth tore off the wrapping paper so fast that Marissa was sure he would get a paper cut. "Oh wow it's a, a, mom how do you play Jeengaaa" Seth said trying to sound out the word Jenga. "Well we will read about it, how about we go down stairs were we have some peanut butter crackers waiting on the table" Kirsten said in enthusiastic voice. Half an hour later the Jenga tower was all set up as Kirsten explained to them how to play. Marissa was starting to understand but Seth kept getting frustrated and crossing his arms while huffing. Finally they both understood how to play. The two giggled as the tower fell every other move and Kirsten had to rebuild it. After a little while Kirsten decided to put on "The Lion King". Not long after the phone rang, Sandy picked it up and started to grin as he said "yes, yes we will be there right away". Marissa looked down at her pink dress with yellow flowers, she was curious whether she would like not being the only child in the house. "Marissa get on you shoes we are going to meet your new sister" Sandy said as he put the phone down. "Oh I want to go to!" Seth whined. "Sorry it is family members only Seth" Seth pouted as his dad drove off with Marissa.
"Caitlin, it's me your big sister. Me and you are going to have a lot of fun we can play with my princess Barbie." Marissa said as she stared at her little sister in her moms arms. "So mom when are we going home?" Marissa said with anticipation. "Umm sweetie I forgot to mention only your dad will be home with you tonight, because I have to stay at the hospital with your little sister." Marissa's eyes started to water she had never slept anywhere without her mom and she sure did not want to start. But she knew not to argue so she just sat on the chair in the cramped room as she started to taste a salty tear.
Baby
May 2, 1993
"Hurry, hurry" Julie said screaming. The Cooper house was very tense right now. Marissa sat on the couch listening to her dad muttering on the phone quickly as Julie sat on the floor screaming in pain. "Honey, I am going to drop you off at the Cohens. Pack you Pajamas just in case you have to spend the night. You have two minutes to get ready" Jimmy said to Marissa so quickly it took her brain almost a minute to translate it all. Marissa was scared, she had never seen her mom in so much pain or discomfort. Marissa was aware of what was happening, yet she felt so clueless. Marissa was ready to go in less then a minute. She has already had her stuff packed all she needed to do was go and get it. Her family had been expecting the baby any day, and today was it. Marissa walked over to the Cohen where Kirsten was already waiting for her. Marissa had been with Kirsten a lot lately. Marissa had grown to even enjoy being with the Cohens. Seth bugged her most of the time by asking her dumb questions and going on and on about things she couldn't care less about. However she still thought Seth was nice. Kirsten would always bend down to hold her hand when crossing the street. "Hi sweetie, Seth is waiting for you in his room" Kirsten said in such a kind voice that Marissa smiled with her toothless bottom teeth.
"So is it a boy or girl?" Seth said wondering. "I don't know, mommy said it would be a surprise." Marissa sat on the bed hugging her teddy bear. "That's a nice teddy bear, I wanted a power ranger doll but my mom said that the Mickey Mouse doll was nicer so I had to get that." Seth said as he held up his Mickey Mouse doll. "Hey kids! I know how stressful it must be on you Marissa, so I bought Seth a new game that I am sure he will love to play with you" Kirsten said as she handed Seth a present wrapped in blue and green plaid wrapping paper. Seth tore off the wrapping paper so fast that Marissa was sure he would get a paper cut. "Oh wow it's a, a, mom how do you play Jeengaaa" Seth said trying to sound out the word Jenga. "Well we will read about it, how about we go down stairs were we have some peanut butter crackers waiting on the table" Kirsten said in enthusiastic voice. Half an hour later the Jenga tower was all set up as Kirsten explained to them how to play. Marissa was starting to understand but Seth kept getting frustrated and crossing his arms while huffing. Finally they both understood how to play. The two giggled as the tower fell every other move and Kirsten had to rebuild it. After a little while Kirsten decided to put on "The Lion King". Not long after the phone rang, Sandy picked it up and started to grin as he said "yes, yes we will be there right away". Marissa looked down at her pink dress with yellow flowers, she was curious whether she would like not being the only child in the house. "Marissa get on you shoes we are going to meet your new sister" Sandy said as he put the phone down. "Oh I want to go to!" Seth whined. "Sorry it is family members only Seth" Seth pouted as his dad drove off with Marissa.
"Caitlin, it's me your big sister. Me and you are going to have a lot of fun we can play with my princess Barbie." Marissa said as she stared at her little sister in her moms arms. "So mom when are we going home?" Marissa said with anticipation. "Umm sweetie I forgot to mention only your dad will be home with you tonight, because I have to stay at the hospital with your little sister." Marissa's eyes started to water she had never slept anywhere without her mom and she sure did not want to start. But she knew not to argue so she just sat on the chair in the cramped room as she started to taste a salty tear.
