Parrot And Girl

Chapter 16

Back inside the house, I've noticed voices which I haven't heard before from the living room. When I stepped inside, there were two other people sitting on their couch and talking to Sarah, Mikey and their sons. One of them was a woman with similar features like Sarah's brunette hair and blue eyes who was wearing a simple red dress while the other person was a typical teenage girl with lighter brown hair like her mother and green eyes, she wore black top with a white tiger print, blue skinny jeans, black slippers and makeup over her face.

Mikey spotted me by the door, "Lola there you are, come in, we have guests staying for Christmas."

They all turned to stare at me, I blushed through embarrassment from five different pairs of eyes, " Hello, I'm Lola Woods."

First the woman stood up and took steps towards me gesturing her hand, "You must be Lola Woods, Tagen's and Peter's daughter, it's a real pleasure to meet you, I'm Clare River."

I accepted her warm hand for a shake in my hand, "you too. "

"Just call me Clare, my dear no need for formalities." She gestures for her daughter to come stand beside her, " and this is my daughter, June River. "

June River simply smiled, "It's nice to meet you."

I gave her a little nod, " It's nice too meet you too. "

Sarah says to me, "Lola, why don't you show June to your room? You too can have your little girl-to-girl talk"

I gave her a nod, " Sure!" I turn to face June, " Come on June." She pulls her really heavy backpack over her shoulder with her because she and Clare are staying over with us.

We walk up the stairs, "So, June you come here?"

"No more like family gatherings, sometimes in LA or all the way to San Francisco but sometimes we plan to go other state's like Las Vegas, New York or even Orlando." She explained, " this time I'm here to stay as guest for Christmas with you guys. "

Soon we reached the attic room, the first thing she noticed was she eyed the green bird who flew towards me to sit on my shoulder.

"Oh, Hi Chico I'm back." He squawked back, " and this is June, June this is my parrot Chico. "

She lifted her hand to stroke Chico's fur but to her disappointment ducked his head, "Come on Chico, she's not going to hurt you." Then he let her stroke him.

The next thing she shrieked, "Aw he's so adorable."

I tell Chico, " Chico say hello to June. "

Chico took some steps towards to lean closer to my neck, ducking his head away from her suddenly becoming scared from the teenage girl's outburst like a love-struck person.

"Come on, say hello to June or no crackers for a week." I demanded with a sharp look.

The he meet June's eyes, " Hello June, Hello June. "

June says sadly, "I think he doesn't like me."

"No, he's just shy and gotten scared." I explain then I look around the room, " So this is my room. "

She took few seconds to glance around the room, " Wow, everything looks normal just as the last time, we usuall spend our nights here and it's yours now. "

I said, " I just moved to live here with the Reynolds four months ago. "

She looks at me with worry eyes, " What about your parents? "

The very core of my heart suddenly aches with deepness before struggling to say, " They- they..... "

She puts her hands on my shoulder, "Oh, I'm... I get it. "