When you have a wonderful dream, a dream of the past , one that you vaguely remember, you cannot help but be happy in those joyful moments. You wish that they would last forever or that you wouldn't have to wake up because it feels like you're not sleeping. I dreamt of my own birth inside the universal hospital of the maternity ward in the delivery room. I was crying and the doctor handed me to a man who was very delighted . He was smiling at me as he held me in his arms.
She got your eyes my love he said to the women lying down on the bed who was weak but she mustered up the strength to say "it's a girl , just like we wanted, she is so cute". "We had brainstormed what name would be most suitable for our daughter however based on her brown eyes and dark hair, I think the name Layla suits her well" said the man. "I agree with you, it sounds wonderful" said woman lying down who was my mother and the man who held me in his warm,comforting hand was my father Fabian Brown.
As the dream was about to get to the good part it was abruptly interrupted by blinding lights irritating my eyes so I eventually woke up. It was my mother Kristina Rowe who opened the windows allowing light to enter my room. "Layla wake up it's time for school, get up, pack your things and go get ready" said my mother. "Please just five more minutes,I didn't get any sleep last night" I said sleepily as I yawned. "Well you should have thought of that before you were scrolling through social media all night ,wasting all your sleep time" said my mother sternly.
"I thought that you would be more excited for school because you were talking about it nonstop all summer.Now get up it's your first day of high school, don't you dare taint your record on the first day" said my mother as she left my room. I sighed as I reluctantly got up and undressed to prepare for school, I took a thirty minute long bath , brushed my teeth, chose an outfit for the occasion and untangled my long black hair. After straightening up myself I left my room and headed down stairs to the dining room where my father had already laid out breakfast for us.
I thought of saying good morning or asking him if he had slept well but instead I just sat down in silence as he handed me my breakfast. As I began eating my mother made her way down the stairs and sat down at the table. My father handed her the breakfast he made and she took ome look at it and threw it in the trash. "You only had one thing to do and you couldn't do it right, you burnt the eggs , I told you that I hated them like that".
" You don't pay any of our bills, you don't work and you don't do anything at all that bringsworth to this family, why are you still here?" mom asked angrily. My father who was visibly hurt by her words remained silent as he made his way to the door leading outside. "Honestly, that man disgusts me, I'll have to make a stop at a fast food restaurant before I go to work" said mom. " Hurry up and eat Layla, we have to leave earlier than usual so that we both can be on time" said my mother as she watched my hastily devour my breakfast.
We got into my mom's Mercedes Benz GLE and she took off in a flash trying to get me to school as fast as possible. Throughout the whole car ride I couldn't stop thinking about how it all came to this, this bad, toxic relationship between both me and mom and my dad. My father is unemployed and has been for as long as I've remembered, he does nothing around the house except making breakfast and watch the sports channel all day. My mother would frequently argue with him and call him all sorts of names like "worthless", "useless" and " disgusting ". I agree with her because as a man he doesn't shows any worth at all, he brings nothing to the table, he's absolutely insubstantial. Now as to the disgusting part I also agree, my father has many scars that are unappealing to the eyes and makes me very sick to my stomach, I questioned what my mom really saw in this man. However, what I truly want to know is why she still keeps him around despite all this.
"Do you have everything, if not ensure that you don't make the same mistake tomorrow , I love you hun and all the best on your first day said my mother as she took off with immense speed. I took a deep breath to calm my anxious nerves, I walked slowly towards the school's gate.