GoneLand

2 - The meeting

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♡Lacy ♡

After school Edwin and I ride our bikes home joking about some of our teachers, and how dim witted some of our classmates are.

By the time we got home we were both exhausted from laughing, "Good by Edwin." As I start to pedal away Edwin says something that stops me dead in my tracks.  " See you at dinner, Lacy." I know what you might be thinking, "What's so wrong with having dinner together?" And this is my awnser:

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. If Edwin was one of my female friends, then I would not be concerned.  But a male my age is only aloud invited over by my parents, and that usually happens when the parents are ready to choose my future husband.

"You are comeing for dinner? When were you invited? Do you know if anyone els was invited? Are your parents comeing? Why-" yes I am a rambler when I am nervous, "Lacy Caralson, you know that it is improper for a lady to ask so many questions. Especially all at once, now I will see you soon, good day." And with that said he turns, and walks into his house, leaving me with a bunch of questions, and no awnseres. Seeing that the only way I will be getting awnsers is from my parents, I quickly make my way down to my house.

When I walk in mom is in the kit ching cooking, and dad was at the table reading the paper.... again.

Hello mother, hello father." I kiss them both on the cheek and sit at the table.

"Mother, not to be rude but when we're you going to tell me that you and dad were planing my meeting for tonight? " She finnished putting stiff into the oven then turned to me, "I didn't want you to worry about it, dear. I wanted you to keep your mind on your studies and not worrie about that silly meeting. " My mom is against the meetings, she thinks it is totally un fair for her and dad to pick my husband, but scence dad helped come up with the rule.... we have to follow it. "Now Suzanna, I have told you time and time again that the meetings are to be taken seriously, they help us keep order in our family's lives, and makes sure the family name is taken care of." Mom roles her eyes and starts the dishes, "Dad..."

"Yes Lacy?" This is so unfair!  We are supposed to be WAY past the time where the grownups took control of everything!  We are supposed to be free people! Insted we are being forced into marriages, forced to take different classes, and forced to quit school so I can start a family at the age of 16!!

You have no idea how badly I just wanted to through that all out, then hop on my bike and leave... but of course I didnt. I took one look in his eyes, and choked out, "Umm, may I go to my room?" He nodded his head and went back to reading.

I slowly made my way up to my room, trying not to cry I opend my door to baby pink walls, and a bed, and some dressers with white wood. I didn't get to decorate my room, if I could it would be green insted of this pink I have had scence I was born.  I set my back pack down in my rocking chair and threw myself onto my bed and pulled out a book.

An hour later my mom walked in with a blue dress and a bag of make up, "Come on sweetie, we gotta get you ready for your meeting.  Your dad has picked out three boys, I'm guessing Edwin already told you that he is one." I nod my head and get up, "Great! Let's get started."

☆☆Jade☆

"Jade can you braid my hair?"  My little sister Charlotte, (we call her Lottie) rare up to my and jumped into my lap, "Now why do you want me to do that?" I ask pulling her close to my, but she wiggled away, "Cause I wanna be pretty like you and Josephine and our momma."
Lottie was to young when our mother died, she hasn't even seen a picture of her. "Well in that case go find me some string." She clamped her hands and ran around the room, searching for something to tie her hair up with.
Finaly she found a old , worn out pice of  ribbon. I pulled up the only seat we have, lightly pushed her onto it and stood behind her weaving prices of her hair together.
As I was getting down to the end of the gator tail looking braid, our brother Zany walked in with three  little flowers in his hand.
"Hey Jade? Can you find a way to get this into her hair?" He hands my a light purple flower, "I can put it on the end." As I tie the end of the braid, I wove the stem of the flower into the end, "There you go, Lottie! You look like a cute little princess." Her eyes lit up, she gave me and Zayn a hug and ran out of our house.
"Now for my other princesses to have their flowers." He hands Josephine and I flowers identical to Lottie ' s. "Awww Zayn you are such a sweetie." He laughs and tells Josephine to go outside, "Jade. We have to go tonight. We are out of food, I can't keep gambling with our stuff for food. I don't know if you noticed but I'm not that good, all we have are some blankets, a pillow, and the god dam stool." I nod my head, "I agree, we don't have anything we can bet with. After the girls are asleep, we will go ok?" He nods his head and walks out the door. Looks like we are gonna see the stuffy town for the first time in a long long time. 

** hey dudes!  I know this update is late but my aunt had a baby so I was a little distracted I hope you liked it! :)