Her Secret

8-levion

She wasn't ere today.I think it was because she was avoiding the date with Jake. I look at my watch wanting to get out of here. The final bell rings making people jump from their seats and run around the halls to get home. I scurry to the back of the bus and ignore the football players. 

"Levion?" Jake asks. I turn my head towards him. "Have you seen her?" I shake my head. He sighs. "So much for a date. I don't think I'll try again because she's just not going to even try to talk and i can't live with a mute the rest of my life." That kind of made me mad. She's a human too. 

I walk through the door. Everyone's home because Dad had a day off, two don't go to school or have a job, and Suzy was sick. They look at me as i throw my bag down with a sigh. I walk down the hall to my room. I get there and fall backs wards, making sure my head hits pillows not head board. I put my arm behind my head and close my eyes. 

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I look down at the red and blonde headed sleeping girl on my chest. It's not Lindora though. This one's too young to be her. She looks up at me and smiles looking just like Lindora but younger. She stretches and yawns. 

"Daddy?" She says. "Can we get ice cream?" I feel my dream self nod. "Can we go see Mommy after. Oh and Drake." 

"Yes  Esmeralda.  We'll go see your mom and baby brother." I hear myself say. 

"While we eat Ice cream can you tell me the story of Kaleb again? How he saved Mommy's and your life?" I nod again. I remember myself talking and her smiling at the end. "Thank you  Kaleb." The little girl looks up at the ceiling and then giggles 

I grab her by the hand as we walk to a hospital. For some reason I'm really happy in this dream. I leave the little girl with an older looking Lindora. I walk down the hall to a baby room. They hand my a baby with chubby cheeks and little fingers and toes. In a blue hat and eyes closed tight as he swarms in his sleep. He's only as big as my hand and forearm put together. 

I feel the grin on my face as a bend down and kiss his forehead. He swarms under my lips. His warm skin under my what feels like cold lips. I'm happy. Happier than i can only remember feeling one other time. A memory of a little girl being the same way. Me calling her Esmeralda. 

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I wake up with a smile playing on my lips. If only that could happen for real. I sit up and stretch Then take off my shirt because i hate wearing them when i don't need too. The door to my room opened to reveal Suzy, my eight year old sister. She sits on my bed next to me 

"Tubby are you mad?" I shake my head She only calls me Tubby when she's upset. It's usually bub, but when she was younger she would call me bubby She couldn't say her B's yet though. "Can I talk to you?" I nod. She hands me a water bottle. "Mom told me to give you that Any way."-I took a drink of the water-"What do I do if my boyfriend cheats on me" I do a spit take. 

I hold my hand by my mouth wiping away water that didn't quite get on the floor and look at her wide eyed. I say "What?!" I wipe my hand on the bed. 

"Well Colton, my boyfriend of three months kissed Mary Fisher on the cheek today. What do I do?" She looks at me and bats her eyelashes 

"Dump him and never go out with another boy again" I say sternly. "Besides you're too young to date." 

"Levion, I'm eight." -i take another sip of water- "I'm old enough to get my period." I do another spit take I look over her with a what the heck face. 

"You should not be worrying about stuff like that until you actually hit puberty  so until then shut your mouth a bout it because I don't want to be scared for life." I say in a squeaky voice trying to think of the things she just told me but failing because i can't even picture that on my kid sister. "And besides if you want to know go asks Mom and Dad." 

"NO! Dad would skin Colton alive for this." She say panicked 

"And I wouldn't?" I say raising an eyebrow. She looks at me with pleading puppy dog eyes and i look away. "I'm blinded by cuteness. GAH!" I say playfully. "Fine you win stop with the face You do it so well."

I look back over to see her puppy dog face turned into a triumphant grin. I take her by surprise tickling her sides making her squeal and squeak out weird laughing patterns while begging me to stop. I chuckle as i let her go.   

She hugs me before running out of the room.

I used my arms to push me off of my bed I walked into the living room and sat down next to Mom. My mind stared at the red walls. Then i pictured Lindora and a smile spread across my lips. Her voice was echoing through my head. Even though see was screaming hateful things at me her voice was still breath taking It was surprising to hear her even burst out like that and speak  out to the world.

It made me mad when Jake talked about her like that. We all know he was just going to play her and never talk to her. She knew it too. I guess that's why she was  avoiding school today. I know she was and it's strange how i do that. I can know so much about a person even though they tell me so little

"Levion?" my mom pushes back some stray hair from my face She was sitting next to me. Her legs under her. I look over at her. "What are you thinking about?" 

"i don't know ma." I say. 

"Yeah you do. You scrunch up your face and stare into space when you're thinking about something that's bothering you." She says resting her head on her fist that was set on the cough cushion behind me. "you don't have to tell me in front of every one. Come on." She stands up and holds out her hand I get up myself and we walk into my room. 

"Ok so there's a girl at me school-" Mom squeals a little." Any way She's very pretty but I've tried to talk to her and she's so distant. Do you know what a mute is?" She nods "Well she's a mute, but the other day she yelled at me because she was saying something about how she's different and that i should stay away from her for my safety. She like is a song i can't get out of my head now and it's driving me crazy." i say throwing my head into the pillow from where i was sitting on the bed. 

"So this girl. She has you wrapped around her finger and she doesn't know it?" I nod. Mom sighs. "What's her name?" 

"Lindora Matthews." I answer. Mom is silent. I look up to see her face pale and she mouth open to say something. 

"Son. Did she tell you to stay away from her?" I nod. "Do as she tells you. For your own good. Got it?" Mom orders. 

"Why does everyone tell me that? She's a human too." I say frusterated at this. 

"No! she's not you stay away from her. Listen to me, to her, and to any one else who told you this. Stay away from her bad things will happen." With that Mom gets off my bed. She walks over to the door and opens it. "Now you get in a shower." She says before walking out and closing the door behind her. 

I undress and grab a towel. I stick it on the hook and turn on the shower head. When i get in the water hits me. I wash my hair  and hop out. I dry off and put a clean pair of boxers on. I walk back into the bathroom and grab the metal bottle of shaving cream. I shave my face not nicking myself one. I stick on my ocen breaze after shave and wince as the burning sensation touches my face. 

"Levion! time for dinner!" Mom shouts. 

Why does everyone tell me to stay away from her? When i called her human and mom said no she's not. What did she mean?