Chapter five: Different
Four years later…
Savannah ran up the steps looking back to make sure her brother was still behind her. She laughed as she watched him slowly run up the steps with his little baby legs. Six-year-old Savannah was starting first grade, as she entered the building she listened to her little shoes slap the ground as she ran down the hall laughing and giggling.
"Wait up! Wait up Savannah!" Alexander cried running after his sister. Lucy was trailing behind the two of them as she slowly walked through the door pushing a baby carriage with her third child, one-year-old Lacey inside. Lacey gurgled as shestuck her little foot in her mouth, and looked up at her mom.
"What are you doing Lacey?" Lucy said smiling. Her youngest child giggled kicking her foot to the side of the stroller. "Wait up both of you"
"I win!" Savannah cried reaching the classroom. She stood on hertiptoes trying to see into the room. Alex ran up to her and stopped taking a deep breath; he then looked behind him and watched his mom make her way towards them. Alex looked slightly up looking at his sister. While Savannah was two and a half years older then him, she wasn't much taller. Her four-year-old brother was up to her shoulder, and she was six. Lucy opened the door and ushered her two children in pushing the stroller behind them.
"Hello, I'm Mrs. Sesame," Said a tall lady with short blond hair, She was wearing a yellow dress that reminded savannah of the sun.
"I'm Savannah," She said smiling; she extended her little hand to shake Mrs. Sesame's.
"Nice to meet you," She smiled shaking her hand. "Are these your siblings?"
"Yeah, That's Alex and that's Lacey," she said pointing to them. "Did you create Sesame Street?"
"No," She laughed.
"Savannah" Lucy cried. "Sorry"
"No problem, Savannah why don't you go have a seat on the rug next to everybody else" Mrs. Sesame said smiling. Savannah skipped over to the rug, waving goodbye to her mom and brother.
"Me too!" Alex said. Lucy grabbed the little boys shirt and pulled him back.
"You are going to pre-school" Lucy smiled. "Bye" Lucy waved and pulled Alex out of the room by his hand. Savannah looked around the room and at the other kids. She felt like they were all staring at her, maybe that's because they were. Savannah wrinkled her face and stared back. What are they looking at?
Savannah sat in the back seat of the car brushing her brother's hand off her; he kept poking her to get her attention.
"Savannah!" He whined.
"Leave me alone," She cried.
"Savannah what's wrong?" Lucy asked.
"I'm different mommy," Savannah said.
"What? What are you talking about?" Lucy said puzzled.
"I'm shorter then the rest of the kids, they all treated me like I was weird" Savannah said looking out the window.
"Savannah, your not different your just shorter then them" Lucy said trying to comfort her.
"Yeah exactly, I'm different and to them I'm a freak!" Savannah cried throwing her hands over her head.
"Savannah you're not a freak, where would you get that idea?" Lucy said annoyed.
"A boy in school called me a freak in recess," Savannah said quietly.
"Your not a freak, Savannah" Lucy said looking at her daughter through the rearview mirror. She was leaning against the window with a sad look on her face that broke Lucy's heart.
"Maybe not to you" Savannah sighed.
