Go On
Hold on for One More Day
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Rhiannon closed her eyes, upset with what John had just told her. She would be spending the day with Bob Orton, her grandfather and her aunt and uncle. She hated that idea! They weren't her family. She had never met them. She had never SPOKEN to them.
"Be strong," John had told her. He was acting very strangely. For once, he had been encouraging her to wear black. He had bought her the combat boots he had previously said no to. Rhiannon wasn't a hundred-percent sure but she felt that she knew why John was acting so strangely.
She had worn black combat boots, baggy black jeans and a black t-shirt. Her fingernails were freshly painted black. Her blonde hair had been dyed a temporary shade of black.
"Rhiannon, you look so...INTERESTING," Bob murmured, catching sight of his granddaughter. Rhiannon sighed. She could tell he was disgusted. "Don't worry. We can get you new clothes and everything!" She rolled her eyes. She liked being dressed this way.
She hated life. She hated God for putting Daddy through so much grief. She had been taught that God was merciful. She had been taught that God was good to good people. She didn't believe any of that. Papa had been a good person. He hadn't needed to die. What about Daddy? He gave her everything she wanted. He treated her well. Why was God punishing him?
Bob took her by the hand. Rhiannon bit her lip and kept silent. She refused to talk to him. He wasn't nice. She could sense that much. She may have been only ten but she wasn't stupid.
"We can get you a nice pink t-shirt," Bob said, squeezing her hand. Rhiannon wondered if it would be too much to 'accidentally' stick her sharpened nails into his hand. "Maybe a nice manicure. We can get pink nails,"
What was Bob's obsession with the color pink? Rhiannon wondered. She hated the color pink. It was overly feminine. It was...GIRLY. If there was anything Rhiannon Keith Cena-Orton WASN'T, it was girly.
"Thank you but no thank you. I'm perfectly happy, looking like a freak," she said, biting her lip to refrain from cursing. Bob closed his eyes. Obviously, they had brainwashed his granddaughter into being a freak. Look what gay people had done to her!
"Alright. Would you at least let me buy you something?" he asked. Rhiannon nodded. She could agree to that.
Once in the mall, she immediately dragged Bob and his other children, Nathan and Becky into Hot Topic. Bob was disgusted by some of those outfits. How could she wear this stuff? She was an innocent little girl! Look at how she had been corrupted!
Rhiannon could sense Bob hated Daddy. She could sense how deep a hatred he held. If there was one thing she hated, it was hatred of any kind.
She had always known her family was different. Everyone had a mom and a dad. She had always had two dads. She had faced many kinds of hatred because of it.
She had grown tired of hatred.
"Rhiannon, what can we get you?" Bob asked, dragging her into a store where the main color seemed to be pink. Rolling her eyes, she reached for a black faux leather choker. "Get something pink. You are a girl and you must act like one,"
Rolling her eyes, Rhiannon reached for a tube of lip gloss. It was pink, but it was her brand. She hated this man with a passion.
Bob closed his eyes. Rhiannon needed to be feminine. She couldn't act masculine. She needed to be a girly girl.
Rhiannon ran ahead. She wanted to go home. She wanted to be with Daddy. He allowed her to be herself without forcing her to look and act feminine.
A chill went up her spine. She paused and glanced around. Then, she realized something.
The background music was playing softly. Sighing, she caught a glimpse of the words.
The group name was unknown, but they were singing about holding on for one more day. She couldn't believe this music had started playing at that exact moment.
She shook her head, moving to return to Bob. She could do it.
She could hold on.
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In case you were wondering, the song playing in the shopping center is called 'Hold On' by Wilson-Phillips. I believe that is the name of it. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me.
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