***Kyrie's POV*** (Pronounce Key-ree-ay)
"What?!" I half screeched, dropping my fork on the plate with a clatter.
Everyone at the breakfast table jumped at my unexpected reaction.
Mom looked up with a look of concern, "I said what would you think about having a younger sister or brother?"
"Why would I want one of those?" I sputtered, "I already have Josh, one brother is enough!"
Mom gave a sort of sad smile, "Well, for one thing, Josh is older than you are, I'm talking about a younger sibling and for another thing, you don't really have very much of a choice, I'm pregnant..."
With that said, I just stared at her slowly wilting smile as she waited for my reaction to her news, I could tell from her face that she had wanted me to jump for joy and be happy for her, unfortunately all I could do was stare as all of the horrific images passed through my mind. Me, an older sister...
Getting up from the table I did what I do the best, I ran. Ran from the thought of a snot-faced monster, ran from the idea of not being "Daddy's princess" anymore and most of all, I ran from the reponsibility of being older. After a half an hour of running I looked where I was, deep within the woods, the area was so unbelievabley peaceful, nothing there that would disturb the natural flow of things, nothing there that would cause anything to be replaced or deemed as old, nothing here that would depend on me. Turning around I made my way back home as slowly as I could...
~6 years later~
Rolling over in my bed I hit the floor with a loud thud. "URGH!" I groaned into the carpet.
Suddenly I was being attacked, something was sitting on my head, pulling my hair and whacking me! Rolling over again I laid on top of the wriggling monster that was my little sister.
"Say sorry!" I mumbled while rearanging myself on top of her so that I wasn't puting my weight on her.
"Kyrie!! Get off of me you fat oaf!! You're so heavy!" she screeched in my ear
"Sophia!" I mimicked her tone of voice, "stop attacking me when I wake up and I won't have to lay on top of you! Now, say sorry!"
"No!" she states simply, stubborn as always.
"Okay," I reply, "I'm actually quite comfortable here and I could lay here all day long." I grinned as I waited for her inevitable apology.
"Fine..... ahmsoreh" She mumbles into my hair, sounding like she doesn't know how to annunciate.
"Not good enough!" I tease, tickling her behind my back.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She screams out between gulps of laughter.
"Ha!" I cry out in triumph, getting up from the floor, "come on, let's go get breakfast ready."
I walk out of our small bedroom to the kitchen, our apartment is very small because I have to support us both. I'm 16 and Sophia is 6, after getting over the initial shock when I was 10, I had welcomed her into the world with more love than has ever before been seen by a little sibling, I paraded about with her and wouldn't let anyone else take care of her, but me. She was mine. Now I wish that I had let my parents take more part of a part in her childhood, if only I had known that they wouldn't live to see her grow up. My father abandoned us when I was 13, he up and let one day without any explanation or even a note, he just disappeared. My mother was crushed by this and slowly but surely withdrew from the world until she was nothing more than a shell of her former self when she died.
Shaking away these morbid thoughts of the past I prepared myself for another day of three part tme jobs and high school...
*A/N Please let me know if I should continue with this! Is it any good? Should I scrap it?
It's a story about a 16 year old girl who is left to raise her 6 year old little sister all on her own and how she handles the hardships that go with it. Sophia is soon to be taken away by the Child protective services (agency?) and leaves Kyrie to a world of abusive memories of their mother and motherly habits of her own. What will Kyrie do to gain back the child that is all she has left? Is there love along the way? Yes! Is there a flaming hot man for her? Yes! :)
Anywhoo, please let me know what you think, I know it's really short, but I didn't want to write a really long first chapter if no one is going to read it!! :)
