Ellipses

Chapter 6

Fifteen minutes later the esteemed guests arrive and make themselves comfortable.

Aurora's here too. My favourite person on Earth. Maybe it's because we look so much alike or that she copies everything I do.
Sometimes when I ask her what she wants to be when she grows up she asks me what I want to do and then copies it. I just make it up everytime.
Sometimes it scares me that I don't have my shit figured out and I'll be in eleventh grade next year, which means I'm plus minus one year away from completing highschool.
Let me not think about that stuff. It's true, life begins after twelfth grade.

"Auntiza!,"a soft voice says next to me.  It's my Aurora. Gosh I wish she'd stay six. If she grows a year older she'll be extreme I know that.

"Hello my Aurora, you look cute today" I say with a huge smile.

"Auntiza cute is for five year olds. You should maybe say I'm pretty. Thank you". Ok. I genuinely thought they become extra when they turn seven.
I look at her still smiling and say "well then Ms Ora you look dashing today."
She looks satisfied with my compliment and moves on to do whatever six year olds do. Ha! She's not exactly hanging around me anymore.

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"You should clear the table!"
What? No I didn't hear her properly.
"Hloni did you hear me? I said you clear the table," my mom says again.
No but I don't understand how she let Lesedi and his family go. I mean the least they could've done is to help with the dishes. But no madame had to go somewhere and my mom just let them go.
Who even has places to go on Christmas? And Lesedi, he offered to stay behind and help me clean but my mom just had to be a mom! Hardest on a girl!
I'm just tired and today has been long. Entertaining guests isn't exactly my specialty. I'd rather be in my room reading a novel or something, but Christmas is different.
I finally give in and clear the table. The sooner I finish the quicker I can escape to my room.
Ten minutes later the table is cleared and I leave to take a nap.
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I've been tossing and turning for the past hour. I can't seem to sleep. The clock on my wall says it's five pm. I take my phone from the nightstand and scroll through my texts.

*Merry Christmas Hlohonolofatso!*
A text from an unknown number flashes on my screen.

*Hi. Merry Christmas. Who's this?* I text back.
No reply.

*It's me* Helang! (Goodness!)

* Yes but who are you?*

*I'm sorry wrong text*the text reads.
*Well then merry Christmas wrong text*
Honestly people don't have lives. Someone just took five minutes of their time to text me a 'wrong text'. How do they even know my name? SMH. I had hoped the text was from Thato. Has he already forgotten about my existence? •Sigh•. Today has been long enough. I close my eyes and drift off to a far away land. Where all my heart's desires come true. Where everything I want comes to life.
But what do I even want?