Now it was Friday afternoon, I was more tired than before, especially after doing P.E, I packed up my stuff to head home as I parted ways with Stella. I opened the bottle of coffee James gave me. I still haven't finished it, I drank it on the way home, I was also enjoying the sunset, it felt so nice that it was the last day of school for the week.
I arrived home, noticing my mum's car in the driveway, 'She's home early.' I thought to myself. The door was already unlocked, I walked in and saw my mum and a strange man sitting on the couch in the living room. "Mum, who's this?" "Sweetie, say hello to your soon new father." I went silent, staring at her in betrayal. "My soon new father?" "Why did you never tell me about him beforehand?" "Because I knew you would react like this." "It still would've been nice to have known beforehand." I stomped upstairs, feeling sadness taking over me, I couldn't help but cry silently. Memories started pouring back all together to me, when my father saved me, when we used to be a happy family before his death, everything was doing great before my fathers death and my mum moving on and finding herself a new husband….
I felt betrayed, my mum promised me herself that we were going to move on happily together, only the two of us. I continued crying silently, not ever accepting my mum's new marriage. I then heard a ding on my phone, it was Stella. 'Hey, there's gonna be a party celebrating the yr 11s for finishing the exams, let's go together :))' I just stared at the text blankly, not sure if I wanted to go, she then sent another text message. 'Take it at the end of year prom ;))' I thought about it, it would be nice to do something fun to forget about all my problems. 'Okay, when is it?' 'GREAT, In 4 weeks time on the 10th November'
I just replied okay and turned off my phone and fell asleep.
I opened my eyes and I was at the park, the park where everything changed. There I saw my favourite toy ball rolled to the road. I received that ball from my grandmother before she died, so it was really precious. I see my younger self running towards the road as I desperately try shouting for my young self to stop, she didn't hear me. And there I saw my father run after my younger self to the road as an incoming truck came, just as we were about to get hit, I woke up.
I was sitting right up on my bed still panting and tears rolling down my face. It was then I realised I had the dream again. I went to wash my face, as my mum tried talking to me, but I didn't hear her out and avoided her as much as I could, I was still mad. I got dressed and went to meet up with Stella. I walked to the park with a really big lake and pretty bridge as I spotted Stella sitting at the bench. She waved to me and I walked towards her and sat down. "Celina, you okay?" "Of course I'm okay, what makes you think I'm not?" "You don't look so well, you know you can tell me anything." "You're right, I'm not okay." "I had that dream again." "Again? You've been having this dream ever since the incident in yr 2." "I know and every time it feels so real." Stella and I chatted a little longer, until we got up to get some ice cream.
We walked through the park with our ice cream, there I saw someone familiar walking their dog, it was Terry, he was our other close friend . We were walking on opposite sides of the lake. I didn't expect him to see me, but when his dog went near the lake he turned and spotted us. I smiled and waved, he smiled back and waved. "Hi TERRY!" Stella shouted across the lake to him. "Wait there, we will cross the bridge to you!" Stella then pulled my arm and ran across the bridge, there we were now in front of Terry. He smiled and asked what we were doing here. Stella replies "We're hanging out here and getting some ice cream." "That's nice."
Terry's dog started going towards me and licked my hand. I thought it was cute and disgusting at the same time. "Sorry about my dog, her name's Molly." "Molly, I see, who's a good girl." I smiled and patted Molly's head. "I'll get going now, see you around." Stella and I waved goodbye as we headed our way back home, Stella walked me home and gave me a gift after. "What's this?" "Just a small gift to make you feel better." "I really didn't need one, but since it's from you, I'll take it ^^" "Of course you'll take it, okay see you on Monday, Bye!" She headed home and I headed inside. I saw a note on the kitchen counter from my mum saying how she wasn't going to be home tonight because something came up at work.
I was used to it, I mostly had dinner at home alone, so I wasn't surprised. I had a cat named Astra, she was a ragdoll.
She knew how to comfort me with her cuteness overload. She makes the house feel less lonely when my mum isn't home. I fed Astra and ate my dinner. I then went up to my room and opened the gift Stella gave me, it was chocolates with notes on every one of them. I couldn't help but smile at her heart-warming gift and I started writing. Writing and listening to music was my comfort hobby, I write about everything, everything I see and feel. Today I wrote about what comforts me, my best friend Stella, my cat Astra and my father…