Mara's Diary

Chapter 2

Mrs. Laurie's POV

The second night we took Mara's diary, we felt a bit more guilty, John and I. But, we need to know what happened behind the door in their old apartment. We sat in bed and waited until we knew Mara was alseep. John tucked her in tonight, she requested him this time rather than me. When the clock's numbers flipped to 11:30, we knew she should be out. John crept back into her room to take her writing.
He returned and flipped to the next part,

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8/24/13
Mommy was in the hospital. I'm scared, the men in the white coats said she was going to be okay, but I'm scared that she won't. Even daddy cried, he never cries, espically around me. We sat in the waiting room, my daddy has a small bandage on his crooked nose, I only had my left hand wrapped up. On the bright side, my wiggley bottem tooth finally fell out, it's been bothering me for the longest time!

Daddy said it was time to go, I looked out the window and saw that it was really dark, only the street lamps showed what was in the parking lot. He took my hand and began to lead me out the front doors,
"We can't leave without mommy, daddy." I told him, he was about to push the door open, but stopped. He knelt down in front of me, his nose looked like it really hurt.
"Mara, mommy's gonna spend a night here or two. Okay? She'll be home with us soon."
"Daddy?" I asked, my throat got a lump and my eyes began to leak,
"Is mommy going to be okay?" He nodded at me. I smiled and whipped my tears away, I threw my arms around his neck and kissed his cheek. I saw mommy do that all the time.

We drove home so I couldn't write in my diary, the inside was too dark, but when we stopped at a red light, I was able to write a few words. The funny thing is, it wasn't even our car! Daddy said it was a rental, and that we would get our old car back before we knew it. When we got home, I ran upstairs and sat Indian style on my bed and began to write in my diary again. Daddy said he cooked some pasta for us, but I was scared to eat without mommy at the table. she cooked better than daddy anyway.

I went downstairs anyway to sit with daddy, I didn't want him to be alone since mommy was staying in the hospital. I watched him eat some pasta as I rested my arms on the table, we were quiet for as really long time, until daddy asked me if I was excited to go back to school. I was really excited to actually! But, I just couldn't wait for mommy to get home. I knew she was going to be okay.

I went to bed, but couldn't sleep. I layed in the dark and waited for morning to come, I listened for the birds and for the sun to wake up. Daddy said we could go visit mommy in the hospital tomorrow, he said she would be awake by then. I still couldn't sleep, so I grabbed my stuffed bunny and walked in the darkness to mommy and daddy's room. Daddy was sleeping by himself tonight, and I couldn't sleep. I opened the door quietly and climbed onto mommy's side of the bed.

I scared daddy at first, he didn't expect me to jump into bed with him. I snuggeled into mommy's spot, it smelled like her cherry-honey shampoo and I feel right asleep.

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John closed the diary and exhaled.
"Well, we know what happens next." he commented. I nodded and steadied my breathing. I took the diary from his grasp and went to put it back in Mara's room.
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Hey guys! I hope you enjoy this new story I came up with, I'm sorry it's kind of depressing, but it will lighten up, eventually. Xoxo
~NP