Perfect

Family

I toss and turn around in my bed. I wake up to the sweet smell of pancakes, mum must be back. I check the clock, 9:02AM. She was early. Did she receive my call? If so I had to think up an excuse. And fast. I get up out of bed, my eyes still aching. I hated nightmares, but recently I have been having them every night. I take my PJ's off and I get dressed, I decided to wear my denim skirt and skin colour tights, I wore a pink-striped top and a pink cardigan on top of that. I look in the mirror. I look a lot thinner, great. But my hair looks disgusting, it my only be short, but it still gets really messed up. I don't have any hair straighteners, or curlers. I don't really need them. But I wish my hair was a bit more curly, like Flower's.

I walk down the stairs to find mum making pancakes in the kitchen. 'Hi mum...' I mumble 'Hi Rosa! I thought you were still asleep! Are you feeling better, after falling down the stairs?' mum smiled as she flipped the pancakes. 'I feel fine, thanks. How did your "date" go?' I ask, I hope that she says that she dumped him. I hope that she would say that they broke up. But somehow I knew that that was never going to happen. 'It was amazing love, we danced and we had dinner at a really posh restaurant. I got to know more about him, he is so sweet!' she giggled as if she was on her first date. A ball of anger built up inside of me 'I went out for a walk you know....' I mentioned 'Oh that's nice....' mum murmured, she was not paying me any attention 'The pancakes are done' she continues. She was not listening to me. 'A met a guy you know...' I exclaim, mum still didn't notice 'Robert is so nice, you're going to love him Rosa...' mum buts in 'mum, are you listening to me?' I cry desperately, mum turned around this time 'Of course...' mum says sympathetically 'Well, what did I say then?' I no mum will not be able to answer that question 'Ummm....You said how you thought that Robert was nice and how you were going to love him...' mum trails off. She sounds so sure. She wasn't listening at all. Then suddenly I exploded 'Mum, you were not listening! I did not say that I like Robert, because I hate him, and I haven't even met him yet! You do not listen to me, you are so wrapped up in your little world, you do not notice me. I hate you!' I scream at the top of my lungs, oh dear. Did I say that ALL out loud?....

'Young lady you will not talk to me like that! You should be grateful that Robert would take us in, in our time of need!' mum shouts, she must be out of her mind. 'I was bullied yesterday, you were never there for me when I needed you most! I wish that you died in that car crash instead of dad!' I scream with all my heart, I emphasized the last sentence. Opps, did I take it a step too far? 

'You take it back young lady!!' mum howled, I was a woman that stuck to what she said, so before I had time to think I found myself blurting out 'NEVER!' Right then mum lifted up her hand and smacked me right in the jaw. Ouch! Mum had never smacked me before. I felt myself staggering towards the door, I but my trainers on and I left, without saying goodbye. I heard shouting and crashing even from outside the house. Mum must really be mad.

I stormed off to the only place I thought I could go at this time, Flower's house. I didn't have anything on me, so I couldn't get a bus into town and I couldn't go into town without any money. And I certainly didn't want to back home....Flower's house it is then.

Ding.....Dong.....The doorbell rang. 'Hello there Rosa, Flower is still in bed. Do you want to come in?' Flower's mum (Lily) asks as she opened the door. I liked her, she was always nice and she never slapped her daughter, I think. 'Yes ummm....I was hoping to see Flower.....' I try to speak without crying, my jaw was burning red inside. 'Of course, FLOWER! ROSA IS HERE TO SEE YOU!' she shouted upstairs, then she turned back to me 'She will be down in a minute, in the meantime would you like to sit down in the lounge?' she asks 'Yes, please. Thank you!' I prayed that she didn't ask about my jaw. I walked into the lounge and I sat on the sofa while Lily went to get Flower. The lounge was a light green and white, so peaceful. There were family photos on the mantel, note the word family. Flower had 2 older sisters, although they were away most of the time at college, a mum and a dad. She also had load of cousins, aunts, uncles, grans and granddads. Where as I only had my mum, who slapped me, my grandma who I never see, and my uncle who lives in America. Some family.