APRIL 15, 2011 18th BIRTHDAY
i was nice and sound asleep until my brother Jake slammed open the door, and yelled. "RILEY! RRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY" " WAKE UP WAKE UP!" i heard him run, i was curious on what he was doing when there was pressure on my stomach. he flippen jumped on me! that turd! i swear he's so annoying for a 16 year old! "OOOOWWWWWW! GET OFF OF ME NOW!" I attempted to push him off my bed, but he pulled me down right after him. "whoa, someone is feisty on there 18th birthday" he said. " it's my birthday?" i said still half asleep, that fall made me more tired. " uumm yea, were you drinking last night?" Jake asked. "NO! you know i don't drink! I'm still half asleep, you retard" i told Jake. "well, i want to take you somewhere today. somewhere special! a place you love" he said with a small smile on his face. " aaaaawwwwwwww! really where?" i asked all excited. "the Eiffel tower!" he responded enthusiastically.
oh by the way. me and Jake live in France by ourselves. our parents died, i know i said earlier that the whole "not dieing" runs in the family, but i forgot to mention something. there is a certain age that you actually die. its like through the 50-70 age. well onto that dreadful day.
" Jake, i do love it, but you know that place makes me depressed." i said with my head down. our parents met there. " but! i am also taking you to another place!" " where?" i said in concern. " you know how grandma had that castle, and gave it to mom and dad before she died?" " yes" i said in excitement. "well, i found the will that mom and dad wrote us before they died" he hands an old looking piece of paper and puts it in my lap. i picked it up in disbelief. "they gave you this?!" " uh, yeah" "how come you didn't tell me?!" "because, i wasn't suppose to" " what?" i was surprised he said that, but why couldn't i read it until now. "just read it". he said. i skimmed through it until i came to a part that made my throat tighten.
Jake i want you to keep this until Riley's 18th birthday. on her birthday she will now own the chresire castle. i know she loves that place, it is now hers. i know she will be depressed and sad that day, but i want her to be happy, take care of her Jake, please. i love you. i love Riley too. have a wonderful life with out us.
tears got into my eyes as i read it. " Riley, are you okay?" " yeah, you know my eyes are just sweating". he chuckled and hugged me. we sat there for about five minutes in each others arms. he finally let go and said. " well, shall we go pack?" "YES!" I SCREAMED. i was really excited!
i packed all of my clothes, Jake told me that we didn't need to pack any furniture, he bought all new ones, and they are already at the castle. we still left our old furniture in the house, we still got to keep our 'big box of memories'.
i took a shower before we left, a nice warm one. not like the last couple of birthdays. i took cold ones because of feeling the pain of not having my parents there. they died when i was 15, i think no one that young should experience of having there parents die.
i have to admit but that warm shower was amazing! i stood in there for so long, i realized that when Jake started banging on the bathroom door. " RILEY! HURRY UP! you've been in there for 30 minutes!" " oh sh*t" i said. i was about to get out when i realized, why does he care? this is my bathroom! in my own room! in my own room! he probably really wants to leave.
i finally got out, grabbed my towel, dried myself then put on my robe. i sat down on my bed and just thought about my life, my happy times and sad times. once i remembered about the castle i quickly got up and put on the clothes i laid out for myself.
i jumped around as i put on my skinny jeans, i fell a couple of times. i have bad balance. i put on a res v-neck, and some red vans. i went to brush my hair, i love my hair, its nice and straight. i quickly brushed my teeth, afterwards i put some makeup. i put some mascara, and eyeliner on, i looked into my beautiful eyes. amber. a beautiful eye color.
when i finished i put on my beanie, and varsity jacket, i grabbed my phone, keys, backpack, and suitcases. i walked out and just looked back into my now old room. " I'm gonna miss this house." i turned and walked away. "common Jake! lets go!" i walked outside to my car to see that Jake was already in the car waiting. " ready when you are" he said with a smirk on his face.
i stuck my tongue out at him, and walked to the back and i opened the back doors and put my bags there since, Jake flippin hogged the trunk. i walked around to the drivers side and got in. i started my awesome red escalate Cadillac.
" let are new life begin" i said to Jake as the car roared to life. " what do you mean by new life?" " bro! were about to live in a castle! in the country part of northern France don't you think that's a new life to be living?!" "hmmm......i guess you got a point" he said " oh yes i do!"
let this new adventure begin
