Parrot And Girl

Chapter 13

My innocent young self, Joey my African grey parrot were running around the house, singing kids songs and laughing together. We were just playing a game of hide and seek. I wanted Joey to count so I could hide from him. I love hiding because I don't know how to count and hiding is like when they can't find you.

"OK Joey let's play Hide and Seek, you count one to fifty facing the wall while I hide and you find me." We always played that game, I knew how much that bird loves me.

"Yeah Lola, let's play one, two, three, four, five....." He faced the wall counting while I go find a place where he can't see me. So I walk around the house, when I ran up to my room, I decided to hide behind the curtain on the window sill but it was too high for a little girl like me to reach, so I pushed my favourite toy box, after dumping all my toys on the ground, towards the window to climbed before pulling the curtains to hide me.

Then I heard his parrot voice, "Ready or not here I come"

I tried to remain silent I held breath as I did, I could see something small behind the curtain. He can't hear me. I was quite as a mouse and still as a statue.

" Lola where are you? I know your here." I quietly giggle, I clamp my mouth shut stifling the sound. When I couldn't see I knew he's out of sight I let my breath out until I felt something on my shoulder, " Found you! "

I nearly screamed but I ended up laughing, " you found me, Joey. "

Joey says to me, " I always know where to find you. "

"Really?" I ask him, " how?"

He squawks, " Because I'm a bird. " then he flew on my small right arm, with my left arm, I wrapped it around Joey's body in to a hug.

"I love you so much Joey." I say to him in my tiny kid voice.

" I love you too, little one and I always will even if I'm gone. " he squawks.

And he is.

I woke up with sweat all over me, another flashback dream about me playing hide and seek with Joey. We used to play a lot, we played games together and most of the time he wins but I never got mad as long as we had fun and enjoyed each other's company and now he disappeared from the world.

When I looked at the ceiling I woke up way too early and it's still dark outside I just can't seem to go back to sleep because of thoughts of Joey. I grabbed my photo frame from my desk to look at for a while and make a beeline towards the window to take a look outside. I sat on my window seat, I glance up towards the sky, stars are shining bright and the moon is such a peaceful beauty. It gives me a sense of hope and comfort.