Emptiness

Chapter 7: Secrets

The bright light is facing me while I'm trying to get some sleep after the long week of school with full of drama. It is finally weekend. Today I had to go out for shopping for my uniform and other school items, go to Natalie and Nicole's house for a hang out and also help grandma cook cupcakes and cookies with the help of Mrs Roth.

"Skylar, time to get up." I hear grandma singing to me from downstairs. Today she seems like in a good mood after a very long time. I sat up from my bed and picked the photo frame of my parents.

"Good morning mum and dad." I place the picture back on the desk and got up to go to the bathroom.

After brushing my teeth and had a quick bath and I opened my closest and took out maroon joggers and grey loose half sleeve top. I had my hair into a low pony like always and went downstairs. My hair never use to turn out neat, I had layers it my hair which always never use to fit in my pony.

"Good morning grandma."

"Good morning love." She was in the kitchen preparing to make cupcakes and cookies. I quickly made toast and had a glass of milk with it. After a while I finished my breakfast and helped grandma by getting equipment out to start baking.

The door bell rang, I ran to the doorway to open the door, it was Mrs Roth.

"Good morning Mrs Roth."

"Good morning sweetie, and please don't call me Mrs Roth, call me Victoria or anything else but not Mrs Roth." Mrs Roth was a modern old lady who never liked being called old.

"How about Vicky, it suits you." I replied

"Of course, I like that name." I smiled. I could hear her repeating the new nickname again and again to herself which made me laugh.

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After making cookies which were left in the oven to cook we started preparing for the cupcakes.

"I need to go to the bathroom." I ran upstairs to go to the bathroom, while Vicky and gran were measuring the ingredients.

After going to the bathroom, I was about to head downstairs to the kitchen when I heard Vicky having a conversation with grandma.

"Have you told Skylar what you are doing?" I hear Vicky ask grandma.

"Of course not, if I told her do you think she would agree with my point."

"But it her opinion Elizabeth, you can't decide without her agreement." What is Vicky talking about? What should I know? And why haven't grandma told me?

All of these questions were floating in my mind, something wasn't going right and I needed to get to the depth of this situation immediately.

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After we baked cookies and cupcakes and Vicky left, we sat in the living room watching television. Only thing I was thinking is how can I ask grandma about what she is hiding from me.

"Skylar." I hear grandma calling me and interrupting my thoughts.

I turned my head to face grandma. "Yes gran."

"Is everything alright love." I reply my nodding my head and leaning on side of grandma's shoulder.

"Um...Skylar, tomorrow there are some people coming to meet us, so could you help me tomorrow making lunch for them."

"Sure." Grandma was talking in such a worried voice while talking about the guest coming over tomorrow, I would surely like to know who they could be?

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I head to the stationary shop at the shopping centre to buy equipment for school. I looked through all sorts of rows of stationary and selected some to buy. While going through the book section I saw a little girl you seemed around six or seven crying at the end of the row of the book shelf, she had brown hair opened to her shoulders and green eyes. She was wearing a green and pink flowery dress.