The Day I Started Living

Chapter 1

Song: Skinny love by Birdy

I've not slept since yesterday and now I'm in a 11 hour and 3 minutes plus getting on and getting off the plane ride to London, god, I miss the days when my mom was around I remember it like yesterday when she use to walk with me to school and we would talk about everything from magic to what we wanted to cook when I got home then at the end of day she would pick me up and we would go play in the park - but that's when I was younger.

Now she is gone no one knows where she is or if she's safe, all we know is she's gone but she's not alone she's with my sister, Katie, her full name's Kathrine she's 9 in May this year - oh sorry I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Keira, I'm an AP student (explains the lack of sleep) and I currently stay with my aunt but on holidays and every second weekend I'm with my father, this weekend I'm with him.

I stare out the little oval window of the plane and admire the ocean and clouds, while my father flirts with the red head in seat 159B. I would be listening to music now but my iPod died 3 hours into the flight, so instead I waste my time reading next year's English year readers.

"Father?" I say

"Uhm, oh, yes Keira what is it?" he says turning to looking at me, the red head, whose name I think is Sabrina , practically strip down into nothing just a tank which just about covers a breasts and lifts her killer model legs to sit cross-legged on her chair. I have to suppress a small smile that threatens to reveal its self when the man next to her tells her to sit still as she has nearly for the second time knocked his coffee over.

"I was just wondering, what will we actually be doing in London?" I ask out of curiosities sake. I watch him as he fiddles with his tie , he seems to become very nervous every time I ask question about this trip we are taking , I have never seen him nervous before usually my mom being in the room or being near calms him but now a days his normally just too drunk to care, but being on a plane he can't drink so instead he fiddles and fidgets .

"I'm going to be meeting a few clients...." He say looking me in the eye " then , umh , how about we go to dinner" closer to the end of his sentence his voice elevates and when he notices he tries to cover it with a cough , then he nods at me as in confirmation what he just said.

I just don't understand why he would lie to me and to my face, I mean have I not been through enough lies and betrayal and I do not need it from the only family I have left. I turn to face the window again but this time I can see a few ships and birds as we fly by -

"Excuse me, miss would you like a cheese and tomato or a ham and cheese sandwich?' she asks with a pleasant smile but I cannot be fooled easily, I can see through the "light" bit of make-up she has on that she has not had more than 4 hours of sleep.

"Uhm, no thank you, I'll just have a water please." I say hesitantly, I did eat before the plane ride, well sort of it was yesterday morning before Aunty Jade dropped me off at school. It was also when she told me, I would be going on a business trip with my father.

***Flashback***

After he picked me up at the front of my school St Thomas, he took me straight to Aunty jades house, to pack when I was ready to leave Aunty Jade's eyes were brimming with tears, I had no I dear why and when I tried to ask what was wrong all she told me was to be good and that she loved me so much, she gave me hugs and kisses until my father said it was getting late and I had to get some sleep because we have a long trip tomorrow.

When we got to his place or my home I went straight for the fridge, only to be majorly disappointed the fridge was as empty and an ice tray on a hot day. I asked my father if we could get take outs and he said and I quote "you have gotten to fat, you shouldn't be wondering where the food is you should be thanking me ". My self-confidence low and my joyfulness into sadness both consume me as I make my way upstairs to my room where I don't even bother to get under the blankets I just lie there and wait for sleep to consume me but it doesn't so I start on my AP calculus and AP biology assessments.

***End of Flashback***

The plane attendant smiles at me and hands me a bottled water from the cart she walks around with, I do not drink it I just put it inside my bag and with that resume to my view by the window and slowly but surely drift off to sleep.