My mother, Elenor Fell. A single mother of my younger sister and I. Elenor has struggled all her life alone trying to bring us to a stage where we wouldn't need anyone's support. But she was overprotective about us and that's why we had to shift from the city towards the outskirts of a small town. 'Greenville' was an amazing, peaceful and joyful place. Why we had to move from the city u ask? Well, my 'overprotective' mother had stolen money from the city bank simply because i had asked for pocket money. Which she wasn't capable of giving but she made sure i got what i asked for. That's crazy! I know!
Oh silly me. Im blabbering without even introducing myself. Anyways, let's have a proper introduction shall we? Hey there! I'm Stacey Fell. And my sister, Jadelyn Fell. How we got our surnames? That's something im trying to figure out myself. I'm 15 years old. And my sister is 10. But till date we have no clue who or where our father might be. My mother has always protected us from the world. As she says "It's a scary and dangerous world out there kiddos. And i don't want you to get hurt in any way." Doesn't she get that we are growing up too? Anyways, ain't no point in talking about something when it makes no difference.
It's a Sunday afternoon. The sun right above us, blazing heat. My mom, sister and I just got to the front of the white, glass made house in Greenville. A huge front yard ahead of the house, in which stood an old cherry blossom tree. The season wasn't in yet hence all the leaves had fallen off, withered.
Next door was a lovely family who welcomed us into their home while we were waiting for the packers to get here with our luggage.
"Hello there! I'm Carol from next door. Wanna come over for a cup of tea sometime since you guys just moved here? " She said.
"I'm Elenor Fell and these are my kids Stacey and Jadelyn. Ofcourse ! We wouldn't mind a cup of tea, would we kids? "
"Certainly not " I said.
"I shall see you around then?"
"Sure thing."
Finally a smile lit up my mother's face.
She was starting to fit in.
The luggage came along. We unboxed and unpacked everything, trying to settle down as fast as we could.
"Honey, could you get the broom please? My mother asked.
"Coming right away mom" i replied, without any hesitation.
We cleaned and unpacked for hours together. Finally a beautiful white glass house, with amazing furniture right before our eyes. It looked mesmerizing.
For the first time in a very long time i felt happy to have started a new, fresh life.
We were really tired after all this. And decided to take a nap. My sister and I ran upstairs to our own rooms. Soon later we all fell asleep, cuddled up in our own comfy beds. The next thing i remember is seeing my mom rushing and getting dressed while shouting out. "Hey girls, get up and get dressed. We gotta head to the neighbours for tea."
"Okay mom" answered Jadelyn.
I got up forcefully, not wanting to go next door but i didn't want to disappoint my mother.
So i quickly got into a pretty pink dress. Only because my mother really liked the colour pink.
We rang the bell, waiting for someone to let us in. The door opens. There stood a young boy, might be around the same age as me. Tall lad.
"Omg who is he?" I asked my mom.
"I don't know but hell does he look pretty." She spontaneously replied.
"Come on in." He said.
"I'm Noah . Noah Grey."
"Hello there. I'm Elenor Fell and these are my daughter's, Stacey and Jadelyn."
He leaned in to shake hands with me. But stupid me was so lost i didn't even move! That was so embarrassing. He just said "looks like someone's lost." and took back his hands.
The only time a pretty looking guy tries to shake hands with me and I'm lost. Wow! You can imagine my state.
Anyways. We walk into the living room and omg it was so beautiful there. Royal red curtains, a black velvet sofa and a fire place made of red bricks. It looked more like palace to me.
Carol enters the living room with her daughter Sasha. Sasha Grey was her name.
We enjoyed tea by the fire place and i had a great time with Sasha. We got along quite quickly. But the whole time i was there, i never saw Noah again. He went up to his room and never came down. But it didnt matter to me because i was really engaged in the conversations. Atleast that's what I thought.
I went home thinking, I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful friend and a pretty guy next door. Looks like i was starting to like Greenville.
I went to sleep eager to meet everyone the next day.
