THE LIVES WE LIVED || Pearl X Female Y/N

{Daddy's farm}

"I'm so happy you're here..!" she dropped the pitchfork and ran into Y/N's arms..

The other girl just held her in confusion,answering questions in her head before being able to ask them out loud.. "Hey,you..! W-What's with the uh.." she pointed over to specks of blood on Pearl's clothes

"Oh um,I just...I.." her smile faded fast,her eyes searching for an excuse "I just re-painted this rusty ol' farm.." she laughed nervously.

Y/N could smell Pearl's lie stronger than the buckets of red paint she probably never used.The thing is,Y/N knows a good paint job when she sees one because she has been re-painting those damn church walls for so many years...and she does  damn good.Pearl's farm on the other hand was losing it's red colour,fading into a pinkish white colour due to not being cared for in this heat.But ofcourse all she cared about was seeing Pearl,hence the ignorance.

"You sure work hard,the animals look well fed.." Y/N looked over to them while Pearl glared at Charlie's uncontrollable mooing as Mary hid in the corner from what she had just witnessed.

"Anyway! come,sit!" she grabbed Y/N's arm and dragged her to the hay stacks,sitting her down. "Get comfy!"

Y/N smiled awkwardly as she looked around,noticing large cowbell collars,buckets of milk with each decreasing,wrapped up shotguns,etc.Pretty standard farm equipment..nothing piqueing any more questions in Y/N.

"You have quite a nice farm,Pearl..I'm sure your parents worked hard" Pearl pressed the pitchfork against the wooden wall "They worked hard and now I'm stuck in this place.." she muttered quietly "What was that?" Y/N leaned her head in closer "I said I'm stuck in this place..no matter how much I work,I have no money,no freedom and no fuckin' patience." said Pearl,irritation swimming in her tone.

"Well don't you get any help..?" Y/N stood up,walking over to Pearl "My daddy's infirmed and my mama hates my guts.Every penny I earn apparently goes to our food,clothing and water...when we've been eatin' the food we grow,wear the same outfits everyday and bathe in the same water.We ain't wastin' a dime and I still can't afford to buy a dress made with materials so cheap it'll fall apart just sittin' on a coat hanger."

Y/N sighed,relating to her all so well.She knew what it was like to have your money stolen from you,your freedom stolen from you and your love misunderstood. "I'm sorry,Pearl..is she really that bad..?" Pearl teared up,sniffing as she talked "She don't like me,Y/N.." Y/N immediately fell into concern,not expecting this visit to had gone so emotional.. "Here,come sit.." she gently walked Pearl over to the stacks of hay,sitting her down. "Do you wanna talk about it?...I know we don't know eachother very well but I promise you I won't tell a soul.." Pearl wiped her tears and smiled weakly "I trust you.." Y/N smiled back and sat closer,arm to arm. "Well go on,I don't judge.." Pearl took a big breath "Well it all started when my mama got pregnant with me..my daddy didn't know what to do with himself.He was happy,for sure...he just didn't know how he was goin' to afford me.My mama considered gettin' rid of me while poor daddy was considerin' rippin' his heart out if she did. she sighed so they decided to keep me for daddy's sake.My mama was a house wife at the time,sewin' dresses for the rich city gals when she could while daddy sold vegetables at the farmer's market.They knew it wouldn't be enough so daddy gave up their life savings on this farm..hopin' it'll do em' good.He built it with his buddies and bought all sorts of creatures to live in it.He bought a dozen goats and sheep,bought chickens and roosters..a couple of of cows,one bein' Charlie...she smiled at the cow he even bought me a gator...I gave her a couple of names growin' up but she only ever responds to Theda..I guess she likes Theda Bara more than I do.."

"Theda Bara..? From 'Cleopatra'?" asked Y/N as Pearl nodded with a smile

"Anyway,the Lord was generous and the animals supplied us with milk,eggs and a good amount of delicious cheese."

"Generous,huh?" Y/N gritted her teeth

"Pardon?" ... "Nothin',carry on.." .... "As I was sayin'..Life was good for a little while..my daddy bought me all the hard candy I could ever ask for,all the dresses on display..I never had to lift a finger.Sure we weren't the richest family in all of Texas but we felt like we had everything.  she sighed Until daddy got sick.He had bought an ill cow because nobody else was buyin' it..they all saw trouble while daddy saw a good day's work.Eventually the cow's sickness spread and killed a large number of our otherwise perfectly healthy farm animals.Daddy was upset but he tried everything to cure that cow..took it to all the vets,fed it better than we fed ourselves and even left it to rest,not millkin' her for a while.." Pearl looked down "But it was no help.The cow wasn't gettin' better and neither was daddy...both physically and mentally.He caught the disease too,something zoonosis or whatever it was called.."  Y/N looked at Pearl with a sad and genuine expression as she let her talk "His bones and muscles got weak,gluing him to his wheelchair.He was too tired to take care of the farm and it made me sad seein' how much he loved it.I knew that no matter how much money it brought us,mama would get rid of it since I was real' young and she had no plans of steppin' inside,let alone take care of the remainin' animals." she sighed "Regardless,while daddy could still speak we managed to change mama's mind about the farm,tellin' her that I'll take care of it with daddy as my mentor.And it worked for a while until he got quiet on us,not bein' able to even form a thought with how tired he was gettin'.Still,I continued,not givin' up on his dream...because I know that if he were the same ol' daddy he wouldn't give up on mine..I know he wouldn't. she smiled at Y/N As a matter of fact I know he would've bought me the prettiest dresses to perform in,the shiniest jewelry and the best support a palace follie could ask for." she looked down,her smile fading "I just wish I could hear him talk.. she teared up I wish I could her him say how much he loves me,how much he believes in me...I wish he could defend me infront of mama instead of watchin',waitin' for his scoldin' next.."

Y/N hugged Pearl in her arms,holding her close as she sobbed. "Why does mama hate me so much?! What have I done..?".... "You haven't done anythin',Pearl.." .. "It can't just be nothin'! she sat up She hates me so much she won't even let me wear her old dresses...she says that when she wears them,it's an achievin' person wearin' them and that all I'll ever be is a disappointment to this family,a failure...and that a piece of clothing won't ever change that! She hates me so much that she looks away when I step into the room,she hates me so much that if she hears that I was missin' right now she'd throw a party...hell,she'd throw a damn party right now for no reason instead of organisin' one for my birthdays growin' up....she hates me so much that she keeps tellin' me I'm not good enough to even keep my husband.. " 

 Y/N widened her eyes "Sorry..? husband?"