Modern Family • L. Dunphy

Suddenly, last summer

June 26, 2013

I'm always late everywhere. It's something you should know before we start all this.

So, when I woke up to the sound of the alarm on my phone I looked at the time and saw that I had 20 minutes to get ready for the last soccer practice before the summer holidays started.

I made my way to the kitchen to get some breakfast and noticed that everyone was sleeping.

how lucky

I ate some grapes that I left last night and a glass of milk. After I finished eating I went upstairs and changed into my soccer uniform and my sneakers.

I took my keys and my sports bag and left the house.

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"Come on girls, only five more laps!" Coach Williams shouted from the other side of the field.

"That's what he said 5 minutes ago" My best friend Rose muttered beside me. "Doesn't he understands that is 30°C outside?"

"Yeah, like he could give a damn" I told her. I mean, it's true. I love coach Williams, seriously, I do. But when it comes to the weather, there could be a storm and lightning and still he would make us stay.

"Hey, isn't today the gay marriage thing?" She asked. At this rate we were already panting.

"Oh yeah, I think my uncles were planning on going" I remembered what my uncles told us last week.

See, the thing is that they are not really my uncles. You see, I used to live with my parents when I was little, Daniel Martin and Susan White, but when I turned five years old, my mother left me and my dad when she met a man at a bar and ended up marrying him and proceeding to move with him in Minnesota.

Inconveniently, three years later my dad got cancer and after six painful long months, he passed away. I remember being at school when I got the phone call from Jay Pritchett, my godfather, telling me to come to the hospital.

That day changed my life completely.

The Pritchett and the Martin family have always gotten along. My grandparents used to be friends with Jay and Dede, making my dad, Claire and Mitchel childhood best friends. So when I was born, my dad chose Jay to be my godfather, which he gladly accepted.

And four years later, here we are.

Even if my childhood wasn't one of the bests, i'm still glad for everything they've done for me. They always made sure that I felt included in the family, especially the firsts months, those were the worst.

Another thing in really grateful for is my best friend Rose. I met her on my first day of school here, she was the one to give me the tour around the school and we instantly became friends.

I have played soccer since I was little, and when I moved here I signed for the team tryouts and I got in. Turns out, Rose was also in the soccer team, making us a lot closer.

Looking back to this last four years, I can certainly say that I love this modern family. I still miss my dad everyday, of course. But I don't regret the choice of choosing to come here instead of moving with mum.

As for my mum, im still in contact with her,
too much contact if you ask me, but I don't have a choice. She gave me the condition of visiting her at least two weeks every year, otherwise the court would force me to go live with her. And trust me, that's the last thing I want.