1996 - Ontario, Canada
It's 3:00 am. Fourteen year old Roisin is returning home from a party. She staggers in the front door, trying to be as quiet as possible, but it's almost impossible to be quiet while you're drunk and incapacitated. However, Roisin didn't know that Siobhan was still awake.
Siobhan had stayed up, sitting in the living room waiting for Roisin to get home. Siobhan had dozed off, but she woke up when she heard Roisin staggering to her bedroom.
"Nice of you to grace me with your presence, young lady." Siobhan greeted
Roisin giggled, "Night, Mum."
"We'll be talking about this in the morning." Siobhan announced
"Okay."
Roisin somehow made it to her bedroom without waking up her brother or sister.
Siobhan, who had been following behind her oldest daughter, shook her head. 'Rosie used to be such a good kid.' Siobhan thought. She knew why Roisin was acting out the way she was. It's because Roisin was mad about the move they from London to Ontario a few months ago. However, it still didn't give her the right to act the way she was.
As Siobhan was laying in bed trying to sleep, Roisin's 'night, Mum' echoed in her head. These days it was rare that Roisin called her 'Mum' and Siobhan missed the days where she was known as nothing but 'Mummy'.
The voices of Roisin, Sarah and Felix calling her 'Mummy' echoed in Siobhan's head as she drifted off to sleep.
It's 10:00 am. Roisin walks out to the kitchen to find Siobhan sitting alone drinking a cup of tea. She stared at her mother as she rubbed her aching head. That's when she noticed how quiet the house was. She didn't hear Felix's laughter or Sarah's punk rock music.
"Where are Sarah and Felix?" Roisin asked. She wasn't worried about her brother and sister. She was worried that they weren't there, because it meant that she and Siobhan were about to have a big talk.
"I sent them to the park." Siobhan informed, "Have a seat, Roisin."
Roisin sighed as she took a seat. She didn't say anything though.
"I think you know what this is about."
"I don't know why you would think that, S."
Siobhan took a breath, "Roisin, I know you're angry about the move..."
"That's what you think I'm angry about!" Roisin interrupted
"You made it very clear that you didn't want to move."
Roisin shook her head, "You're not half as smart as you think you are." She scoffed, "You told me to make friends here. That's what I'm doing, so just leave me the hell alone." She stood up, ran out of the house and slammed the front door.
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