3:55
my watch said lifting my sleeve up to see it I groaned stepping
outside it was still raining, it had been raining here for days now
it had let up since this morning, I ran down the rest of the street
to my house as fast as I could backpack knocking every step of the
way I opened up the front gate and ran up the drive, sprinting toward
the door I ripped open the door and threw my backpack on the floor
running toward the family room I looked at my watch again before
opening the door 4:00 on the dot I breathed in and out and opened the
door to see the faces of my beautiful parents. My father ushered me
in with his eyes and I sat across from my mother.
"Hello,
mother nice to see you again" I said
"you too" he replied
looking at my father
"Graycynn-may your mother and I have
something we need to discuss" he said quietly but firmly
"alright,
but may I say something before you start?" I asked looking for
approval my mother nodded and I began to speak
"I was in History
today and Mr. Moores said I should switch to grade 12 honors
university" I said quietly
"yes?" my mother prodded
"I
was wondering if I could switch with your permission of course" I
said
"there's no need for that" my father said
I looked
down at my shoes I knew it my parents always did things like this
without explanation but to my shock my father continued
"you
will be going to England" he said
"Pardon?" I said spitting
out the word
"you will be going to England" my father said
louder
"will mother be accompanying me or will you?" I asked
"neither" he said holding my mother's hand
I sat there
I has no idea what to say or do so I just sat and listened
"you
will be going to live with another family" my father said
"what!"
I said raising my voice which
I knew was unacceptable
"watch you're tone" my mother said
harshly
"what are you two talking about, are you out of your
minds" I said my voice raising again my mother just looked at me
disapprovingly
"you will be moving in with your husband" my
father continued
I was shocked my life had just been ripped to
shreds everything that I had learn when I was little came to my
head
please and thank you, marrying when you loved someone, don't
eat dirt
I didn't even know how to respond or what to say
tears
came to my eyes I stood up off the couch and threw a pillow at my
mother
"you come along long enough to come here and say I'm
leaving and not going to live with DAD anymore " I said stressing
the word dad
"GRAYCYNN-MAY that will be enough" my father said
he was yelling at this point my mother to the point of tears
"NO,
I've had enough, You treat me like a child not letting me have
friends right when my life has picked up and started again you decide
its time to move, I'm going to a boarding school, leaving to
Frickin Mexico!" I said I was now screaming my mouth kept moving I
had no control over it now words just kept spilling from it. I
started to clam down long enough to say the rest of what I needed to
say
"you two play games with me, I'm not even a person
anymore I'm a toy, controlling your prefect little doll must be fun
mother, if you stay here long enough to see what it does to me, then
you leave, it must be awfully cold in your office father you should
really get a heater or just move your bed in there cause the only
time I get to see you is when you go to the bathroom and to your
bedroom, yes tearing apart your daughter must be fun, ripping her
from everything that she knows and loves must be entertaining, I hope
you two have a nice life, I've followed everything you've asked
for over the years with a smile and a nod, this is too much" my
voice was hoarse at the end of what I had to say my throat bunching
and tears shaking from my eyes, I've never been that upset in my
life. Then they decided to continue just when I thought it hit the
worst it could I was in the middle of my living room crying and they
decide to lie, to my face…To my Face! I was outraged I ran up to my
room not wanting to listen to them blow smoke I slammed my door as
hard as I could the doorframe cracked and I didn't care, I ripped
clothing from my dresser and threw them in a suitcase and everything
else that could fit into another I started to pace
"yes,
graycynn our perfect daughter was else could we see how far she can
stretch let's see how she can handle a move, good, how about
another, fine, another, alright maybe one more, mmmhmmm she's old
enough lets see how we can shred her life to bits, o yes, yes 17 she
can get married to someone she doesn't know and move to a different
continent , yes, yes that will do o wait one more thing completely
unorthodox and complete lie to anyone who has more then 12 brain
cells okay umm I'm actually a mythical creature, yes that works"
I did a horrible impression of my father and everything he had done
to me in the past 12 years I stormed around my room screaming and
throwing things, finally my parents perfect daughter had broken I lay
on the floor crying in a ball I didn't know anything else to do so
I shut my eyes so it would go away and it did it melted away… at
least till he woke me up
