Theo awoke to the sound of screams, Bobby's screams. Moaning she rolled out
of bed and stumbled to the bathroom. The slight swelling in her lip had
gone down and she looked almost normal. Stripping off her pajamas Theo went
to have a shower.
"Morning love."
Theo's mom smiled at her over her morning cup of coffee. Theo glanced hurriedly towards her parent's bedroom as Bobby started wailing again. Her mother moved quickly to shush him. She wasn't quick enough.
"Grace! Shut that kid up!"
Her father's angry voice yelled from their bedroom. A minuet later his footsteps could be heard stalking down the hall.
"If you don't shut that brat up so help me god I'll kill it!"
Theo's mother was trying desperately to stop Bobby's wails. Her father stalked over to the basinet and roughly yanked her brother into the air by his arm.
"Did you hear me woman?!"
He started to shake Bobby, whose screams only increased in pitch. It had been four years since Theo had last stood up to her father, that small piece of rebellion had earned her and arm fractured in three places, she'd been careful never to do it again, until now.
With a scream of rage Theo launched herself at her father, drawing her arm back she raked her fingernails across his cheek. Bob Rosellenii dropped his son back in his basinet and turned to his daughter. Gripping her arm her pulled back his hand and landed a back handed blow that sent her stumbling back, grabbing her by the throat with one giant paw he pulled her forward then with all his strength threw her backwards. Now on any other day there would have been a nice, soft sofa to stop Theo's impromptu flight, but today was the day that her mother cleaned the house, which entailed the moving of all furniture from its original position. Without the sofa to stop her flight she kept going, right through the widow.
.........
Logan's eye was caught by a flyer in the coffee shop's window; actually the same flyer seemed to be up in every window in the main street. It was advertising a football match tonight over at the school. The picture on the flyer showed a girl and a guy. The girl was perched on his shoulder and was giving the camera a toothy smile while holding aloft a pair of pompoms. A closer look revealed the girl to be Theodora. Logan couldn't help but feel sympathy for the Head Cheerleader who was about to have her life turned upside down.
"Morning love."
Theo's mom smiled at her over her morning cup of coffee. Theo glanced hurriedly towards her parent's bedroom as Bobby started wailing again. Her mother moved quickly to shush him. She wasn't quick enough.
"Grace! Shut that kid up!"
Her father's angry voice yelled from their bedroom. A minuet later his footsteps could be heard stalking down the hall.
"If you don't shut that brat up so help me god I'll kill it!"
Theo's mother was trying desperately to stop Bobby's wails. Her father stalked over to the basinet and roughly yanked her brother into the air by his arm.
"Did you hear me woman?!"
He started to shake Bobby, whose screams only increased in pitch. It had been four years since Theo had last stood up to her father, that small piece of rebellion had earned her and arm fractured in three places, she'd been careful never to do it again, until now.
With a scream of rage Theo launched herself at her father, drawing her arm back she raked her fingernails across his cheek. Bob Rosellenii dropped his son back in his basinet and turned to his daughter. Gripping her arm her pulled back his hand and landed a back handed blow that sent her stumbling back, grabbing her by the throat with one giant paw he pulled her forward then with all his strength threw her backwards. Now on any other day there would have been a nice, soft sofa to stop Theo's impromptu flight, but today was the day that her mother cleaned the house, which entailed the moving of all furniture from its original position. Without the sofa to stop her flight she kept going, right through the widow.
.........
Logan's eye was caught by a flyer in the coffee shop's window; actually the same flyer seemed to be up in every window in the main street. It was advertising a football match tonight over at the school. The picture on the flyer showed a girl and a guy. The girl was perched on his shoulder and was giving the camera a toothy smile while holding aloft a pair of pompoms. A closer look revealed the girl to be Theodora. Logan couldn't help but feel sympathy for the Head Cheerleader who was about to have her life turned upside down.