Chapter Three

Chapter Three

April looked at her daughters with such love and care, more tears of happiness streaming down her cheeks. She giggled a little bit and held Mikayla’s hand with her free hand, and softly began to speak.

“I'm sorry I couldn't get you a baby brother,” she said, smiling from ear to ear. “I hoped that you wouldn't mind a baby sister instead.”

“I don't, mom. It’s okay. I still love you,” Mikayla replied with a smile, and she hugged her mom tightly. She new her mom wanted to do everything for her and give her everything she wants, but this moment was the beginning to an end to being spoiled. It saddened her, but at the same time, she was happy. She’ll finally have someone to play with and share all her secrets with! Someone who will actually talk to her and want to be around her…

A few days later, when Mikayla got home from school, she saw her mom sitting on their soft, green couch with Jessie, holding her and humming a song from The Phantom of the Opera, a musical her whole family enjoyed. She walked through the kitchen and into the far entrance of the living room, peeking at the baby before skipping up and bouncing onto the couch next to her mother. She stares longingly at the baby, wanting to hold her precious little sister. Her mom must have known that Mikayla wanted to hold her, so she positioned the baby in Mikayla's arms and let her hold Jessie.

Mikayla once again started thinking about how responsible she was going to have to be from now on, and being almost seven years old, it's a scary thought. Babysitting her sister at home alone, changing diapers, having to share all of her toys and belongings, not to mention her parent's attention... she definitely wasn't ready.\

Ever since her sister had been born, things definitely changed in her family. Her dad, who took her and her mom in when Mikayla's father left, changed. Her parents were barely ever home, so she was responsible for taking care of her sister on a daily basis, making the beginning of her life busy and difficult. Mikayla being the first born child, she was the guinea pig- her sister, Jessica, got way better treatment than Mikayla had, which caused her to be mistreated and neglected. This lasted for years on end, nothing ever changing.

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

Mikayla’s mouth gaped open in utter shock. She couldn't believe her parents could do this to her. She was so upset that she decided to remain quiet until they got to the house she had to stay at for the night. The house was big, and the property was three times bigger. They had a large playground, complete with a swing set for two and a long, swirly slide. They parked the car next to an old-fashioned motor trike and walked up to the door, the two story house towering over them as they walk into the kitchen. Mikayla runs into the room she was sleeping in and closes the door, leaning against it while catching her breath. She walks over to the bed and plopped down, sighing and staring at the ceiling full of taped on stars and planets. For hours she wondered how life was going to be with a new addition to the family from now on. Was she going to be neglected? Will she have you take care of the baby all the time? She finally fell asleep with one last thought in her head, “I wish I were a princess.”

She woke up that next morning with dark circles around her eyes and dry lips. She must have stayed up until maybe 3 o’clock in the morning thinking about all sorts of things. She got up from the bed and tiptoed to the door, opening it quietly to see if anyone was up. She didn’t hear anything, but when she walked out of the room and into the kitchen, she saw people standing outside through the window. As she got closer to the window, she was able to make out who it was; her dad and Robin. She tries to listen in to their conversation when Tucker suddenly comes up from behind her and yells, scaring her and making her shriek. Then she sees their parents look their way and finish their conversation, coming inside to check out the ruckus.

“What’s going on,” Robin asks, crossing her arms.

“Tucker scared me!” Mikayla replied, her too crossing her arms and lowering her lip. Her dad goes to pick her up when Robin stopped him.

“Mike, don’t baby her, she’s six years old,” she told him, making Mikayla sad. I guess this is where it all starts. “Were you two listening in to our conversation?” she asked the kids, and they both shook their head.

“We were just getting breakfast,” Tucker covered for her. Mikayla smiled at him and then turned back to the two adults standing over them. Then it occurred to her that that her dad was there instead of with her mom, and her curiosity spiked.

“Daddy, why are you here and not with mommy?” she asked her dad, looking at him, who towers 2-3 feet taller than her.

“I actually came to take you to see your mother,” he replied to Mikayla. She got excited and started jumping around waiting to leave, until she remembered that it was to go see a baby brother. She got a little sad, and when her dad noticed, he picked her up and held her upside down, making her laugh. They said their goodbyes and he carried Mikayla to the car, setting her down gently in the backseat. They drove to the hospital her mom was staying at, and as they entered, Mikayla noticed there were a lot of people of all ages. Her and her dad walked up to the front desk, hand in hand.

“Can you give me directions to get to April Mckinzie? I'm here to see my new kid,” he asked the receptionist. She looked up the room number, and gave them directions to the room. They took the elevator up to floor 3, made a right, and arrived at the right room. There her mom and a baby sat in a hospital bed, both crying. Mikayla ran up to her mom and looked at the new baby, confused.

“Meet your new baby sister, Jessica,” her mom said softly. Mikayla just stared at the baby, she didn't care anymore that it was a girl instead of a boy. Seeing her precious, fragile little sibling in her mom's arms made her smile and shed a tear.

Chapter One

Chapter One

Once there was a happy, outgoing little girl of the name Mikayla with big dreams and a golden heart. It was nearing the end of April when she walked home from the school she went to right across the street, over to a little beige house on the corner. The patio was filled with pots of flowers and spider plants, and the ground was littered with brown rocks in an area in which weeds grow. She skipped up the sidewalk to her front screen door, pulling it with all her might before it finally sprung open. As she entered her house, warmth hit her whole body, making her feel a lot better about her cold, exhausting day at the place she called prison- for the time being.

She closed the door behind her as she set down her backpack by the bookcase resting against the wall, looking around for any sign of her parents. They usually welcomed her with smiles and “How was your day”, so she found it odd that nobody was to be seen. She walked into the kitchen just down the hall and to the left, her room and the bathroom being at the right. As she was about to open the fridge for an after- school snack, she heard voices coming from outside. She ran to the sink and jumped super high to look out the window above it, spotting her parents, only they were talking to the next- door neighbors and exchanging hugs. She wondered what the occasion was since they never really talked with their neighbors. She sprints out the backdoor, cheery as ever as she embraces her mother in a tight hug, nearly knocking her over.

“Careful monkey,” she laughed as she hugged her daughter back. “You have to be gentle with mommy.” She looked at Mikayla with a big smile and a mind full of whirring thoughts. “Hey monkey… can I ask you something?”

“Yeah!” Mikayla said with extraordinary enthusiasm.

“If you were to have a sister or a brother, which one would you want?” She carefully questioned. Mikayla crinkled her nose and smiled.

“I want a dog!” She heard stories about having siblings from the kids at school, and she didn't want to go through that. But her mom just smiled and her dad laughed a deep laugh. It got quiet and her dad got on his knees to be Mikayla’s height, and held her hand.

“Sweetie, we can’t get another dog after Foxie went away… So would you like a brother or a sister?” He said with a side smile, looking long into his daughter’s eyes, hoping for a wish they can make come true.

“I guess I want.. a brother!” She jumped around excitedly, and then she stops. Why would they ask her such a silly question like that? Could the stork have a mission to drop off a baby at our doorstep? She didn’t want to ask her parents, she figured that she could just wait.

And sure enough, she did. It was toward the end of December when her mom was driven to the hospital and Mikayla was sent to a family friend’s house to spend the night. She was in the car with her mom’s friend Robin and her son Tucker, when many thoughts crossed her mind and she wanted to ask questions.

“Robin,” she started, hesitant to ask. She took a deep breath and continued before Robin could say anything. “Why is my mom at the hospital? Is she going to be okay?” So many questions filled her mind but she couldn’t ask them all. She sat quietly in her car seat awaiting a response. Robin sighed and started tapping the steering wheel.

“Well if you must know, your mom is having a baby soon.”

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          Hello, and welcome to my new blog! A little bit about me- I'm a Type 1 Diabetic and i enjoy photography and writing more than anything, and I dream about traveling the world. With this blog, I plan to share my writing with the world in hopes of getting somewhere.

          So to start with, my story that I've been working on for quite a while is called "Tiara on the Top Shelf ", and it's about a teenage girl who goes through some hardships, and finds herself being something she could only dream of in a place that's... Not how it seems. The story is made up of some parts real events, and most parts fantasy. Feelings that can be experienced while reading includes excitement, sadness, love, happiness, and even lust. This story is still a work in progress, and it would be very appreciated if it was shared! 

         So it begins soon, chapter one. It starts off happy, but try not to be fooled.