Sally woke up at 11:00 am. She sat up yawning and rubbing her eyes. She noticed that Mister was on the ground. She picked him up whispering "sorry" and wiping the leaves off. Sally looked up at the sky and saw the sun facing her.
"Hi Sun."
The sun didn't answer her.
"HHhhheeellloooo. Mr. Sun! Can you hear me?"
Silence. I miss Moon, she thought. He talks more than Sun does. Suddenly, she heard Sun speak.
"Sally! Something bad happened!"
Sally squinted her eyes up at Sun. "What?"
"I looked over at your campsite, your parents aren't there! They're not even in their tent!"
Sally gasped. "Oh no!" She started sobbing out loud. "Mommy and Daddy forgot me!!"
She ran to the campsite. Sun was right, she couldn't find them anywhere. Not even in the tent. She screamed "MOMMY, DADDY WHERE ARE YOU?!?!" everywhere. She finally broke down on her knees and started crying and stuffing her face on Mister's tummy. She looked back up at Sun.
"Did you see them leave?"
"Sorry, I was sleeping."
Her big watery green eyes looked into Mister's button eyes.
I can't believe they forgot us Mister.
Sally's nose scrunched up into a mad face. She stomped standing up and started running.
"Hey," Sun asked. "Where are you going?"
"THEY LEFT ME ON PURPOSE." was all sad Sally could say while she ran. Her mad eyes still had tears streaming down. Her little legs ran through the tall trees and over the little lakes. Again, she broke down between a pile of bushes. On her knees, she held Mister up to her face and asked, "Why..why did they do that Mister?? I can't go on anymore...I'm too mad and sad!" she said breathing deeply and loudly.
Sally has an inhaler for when she breathes deeply. She forgot it in her tent. When she doesn't use it, Sally could get delusional when she's hot and almost out of breath.
"It's ok Sally," she heard Mister say. "I'm still here with you because I love you. If Mommy and Daddy really love you, they wouldn't leave you!"
Sally was surprised she was agreeing with Mister's harsh words.
"They're stupid!" he shrieked. That broke her heart.
"NO!" she shrieked back throwing him against a tree. "You're wrong!!"
"ow..." Mister groaned. "you hurt me sally..."
"Oh!" she cried grabbing him back into his arms. "I'm sorry..."
"No Sally! He's tricking you!"
Sally looked up and saw Moon and Sun mixed together. Sally's mind was hurting her now. She heard Mister's shrieking voice, Moon's worried loud voice and Sun's angry voice all piercing in her ears. She covered her ears trying to have silence in her mind. It didn't work. Her mind was going crazy with all the scary imagined voices. Sally fell on her back rolling around in the bushes yelling "get out!"
An hour later, a young couple both 28 came walking down the woods.
"Gavin, why did you talk me into coming here for our vacation? You know I'm terrified of the woods." Farris complained to her husband.
"Farris, a little dirt and grass never hurt anyone."
"I know, its just the animals here. They could have rabbies or be very vicious.
Suddenly, the two heard loud rustling in the bushes and they both jumped. "What was that?" Gavin asked.
Then they heard a small muffled voice saying "get out". Farris' heart dropped. "What...in the world...was that???" she said scared.
Gavin saw the bushes that were rustling. He went toward them as Farris slowly followed him. He pushed the bushes peeking at a little girl twitching in sleep and sleep talking. He saw how her clothes were torn from the bushes' thorns. "Oh my God!" Gavin yelled. "Farris, come here." She tip toed toward her husband and kneeled dow next to him. She gasped and cupped her mouth saying "Oh my God!" She uncupped her mouth and yelled "It's a little girl!!"
Farris went behind the bushes and in front of the girl. She carefully picked her up and held her in her arms.
"Hey..." Farris said gently. "You ok?"
Sally's little eyes fluttered open. She whispered "I'm lost..."
Farris eyes looked up at Gavin who picked up Mister. Her looked at Mister's foot. It said "Sally" in permanent marker. Gavin walked over to Sally and looked at her.
"Is your name Sally?" he asked. Sally nodded her head slowly.
"It's ok Sally," Farris said. "We'll help you find your parents."
"Thank you." Sally said.
Farris and Gavin's vacation called off. They couldn't just go on with their vacation with a missing child. They had to do something about it.
How strange, Farris thought. Just a minute ago, I was walking through the woods with Gavin. Now, we're walking back to the car like nothing happened. Excluding Sally.
I've always wanted to adopt a little girl, Farris continued thinking watching Sally sleeping in her arms. But she's probably not an orphan. She might be able to find her parents.
Farris and Gavin have been married for two years now and thought that having kids would be a little soon. Maybe walking into Sally's life would change their minds.
I know I haven't been writing in a long time, and still haven't finished a lot of my stories, but right now, I don't think I'll be able to finish those other stories. And right now, you're all probably thinking "This doesn't make sense." Well, it's Sally's mind. And it's my mind thinking of it. So please review! I'll have more chapters coming as soon as i get two or three reviews. Thanks!
