A Shattered Rose

Chapter 9: I like Aaron Rodriguez.

Next day was a Saturday .

I woke up at 10:00 am to find my mother had already disappeared , also hearing voices from downstairs . My other senses came alive when a smell of beautiful idlies ( steamed rice cakes ) and curry entered my nose .

I got up , went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and that's when my eyes landed on my necklace. I stared at it for a few minutes before Continuing with my brushing .

I did morning routine and ran downstairs .

My mom was serving my dad when I landed at the table . perfect timing .

"Morning mom , morning dad " I said as I took a plate and sat down at the table .

"Good morning , cunning fox " my mom said as she placed 3 idlies onto my plate .

"Cunning fox ?" I asked as I served myself some curry before passing it onto mom

"Yeah ...when theirs your favorite food , you consider wishing and smiling and all of that or otherwise you just walk into the kitchen and serve yourself to whatever is made without a word." My dad said.

"I do not " I replied .

"Yes you do " my mom agreed .

"Ok ...sorry " I said as I slowly stopped eating and gently pushed my plate away .

"Oh , it's ok , dear ...you can go , me and your mom will finish all the idlies ." my dad said as he took my plate from me .

I snatched it back with a smile and said "not in a million years "
we all had a good jolly breakfast .

I went to my room to catch up with my homework but once I started , I kept flowing back into last nights incidents .
I touched my pendant and started smiling like a goofball . So I decided to put my memories into words :

A Positive Attitude

I made a new friend , for the first time ,my gender counterpart
He called me strong and gave me a name , Rose .
He gave me a gift that stays close to my heart
And let's me believe that he is always close

He told me to never let my head hang low
He told me I was beautiful and he was proud of me
His words felt like the breeze and onto my heart I let it blow
But when no one saw my good side , how did he see ?

I hold this pendant close to me
And I shall talk to it , believing that he can hear what I say .
Hoping that my negativity would be let free
And let me travel along a positive way .

They say when your at your worst time
A beautiful angel will come along
To set you free from your cursed Rhyme
I wished he stay forever , but would he stay that long ?

Words cannot describe my evident happiness
Neither can actions portray my gratitude
As though there's a solution for every mess.
To find it , one must have a necklace with a positive attitude .

I wrote these lines down and felt so happy about my work and like the retard I am , I started talking to my pendant
" Aaron , I wrote an amazing poem ...I don't think I'll let your eyes see because then you'll obviously know it's about you and I definelty don't want your ego growing" I said and then continued with my homework

In the evening , after a beautiful lunch I got a call from Sonia asking me to go for a party at one of our school jockeys house .

I instantly rejected her offer because my parents are very strict , they don't even let me go To Sonia's house without occasion which excludes sleepovers .