It's not a Cinderella story

chapter 8

I remember when I first met Neomi. It was the first Christmas after the hag went all bat shit crazy. I was at a 7-eleven hoping for some family to come and help me out and buy me something to eat, when an eleven year old Neo came in with her older brother Silmon and younger brother Caben. They all looked so different Caben had a pair of black rimmed glasses that kept falling to the tip of his nose. he had messy curly blonde hair and the cutest big hazel eyes ever. Well he was eight at the time, For Silmon well he was fifteen with a big thing of ginger curls and hazel-brown eyes know he has some facial hair now but he still looks like I first met him, serious.

Being the curious kid I was I snuck behind the shelves and over heard the conversation.

"Cabe, Neo, calm down you two!" Silmon said.

"No he pulled my hair!" Eleven year old Neomi said.

"Well she stepped on me with her big feet." Replied Cabe.

"My feet aren't big!" she protested

"Yeah the are as big as dumbo's ears."

"Well at least I'm not a four eyed loser!"

"Hey I need these to see!" he protested crossing his arm over his chest.

"Yeah, sure"

"Neo!" Caben tried to get a point across her but it nver worked.

"I will never ever-" she suddenly stopped and her head snapped in my direction. After the abuse, I was always shaken up when I thought I was in trouble so when she started to slowly make her way too me and I cringed waiting for her to push me over like the kids at school did but instead she placed a hand under my chin and made me look up at her.

"Hey, It's okay, I wont hurt you." Her soft voice reassured me.

I opened my eyes to see her gazing down at me. When I was younger, I was always the shortest one and Neo was average so she stilled towered over me. Well I'm still short, but that doesn't matter.

In my high pitched voice, I said a simple "okay" before I shook her hand that that she had extended.

"What's your name? My name is Neomi Landon, and those are my brothers," she said jestering to the ginger and the blonde. "Silmon and Caben. Do you want to here a funny story? When Sil was born, my Mom wanted to name him Simon but dad was-" like she lowers her voice pretending to do her dad.  "-'No! A real man should be named after something! Strong like salmon!' Then my Mom said 'no salmon is stupid' and dad was no it isn't. Then the fought but decided my big brothers name will be Silmon."

She was always the one to babble. I smiled and looked over at the eldest to see his pale cheeks turn a bright shade of red. "You were named after a fish?" I asked him.

He simply smiled before glaring at his younger sister.

"So what's your name?" she asked again.

I was always called bad words and never anything cool. I was only Coralie and I wanted her to know me as someone cool. So that's how I got my nick name." My name is Coree."

I remember Sil bending down so we could be eye level."So Coree why are you here on Christmas eve?" he asked me.

"For food." I answered.

"Why aren't you with your Mom and dad?" Neo questioned beside me.

"I don't have one, Well I do they just left me."

"Well, are Mommy and Daddy went on a trip so we cooked supper and Silmon burnt the Turkey so we came here to get slurpee's and pizza. Do you want to join us?" Caben asked.