"Mallory, wake up! It's your first day of school!" I here Felicity say from down stairs. I groan and dig my face in the pillow. I've been dreading this day ever since I found out about going to school. I wish I could just stay home. But it's not like Felicity really has a choice...since she's a single mom. I think back to the day when I talked to her about it.
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Days earlier:
I finish folding the laundry and then something hits me: why isn't there ever a man around?
"Felicity?" I asked later that day ",where's Mr. Asher?" She hesitates for a moment before replying.
"He's...out."
"Working? Doing errands?"
"He's out...of my life, house, everything." I pause for a moment after hearing this. It all clicks, Felicity isn't married...anymore at least. I know I shouldn't care, but I ask some more.
"What happened?" She hesitates some more and I can tell she doesn't like bringing up this topic.
"We were together in high school...I was pregnant at the age of eighteen with Felix...he couldn't take the responsibility...this was my dad's second house..." She starts to tear up.
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After that, I had left her to be alone. I shake off my thoughts and change into clothes for school. Thank god we don't have uniforms. I change into blue jeans and a purple blouse, adding indigo and black jewelry. I lastly finish it off with purple converse. I get my bike and ride over to the middle school.
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^The picture above is close to what I think Mallory looks like^
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Dancing in the Rain
Teen FictionMal's life is a disaster. Her full name, Mallory, even means bad luck. When tragedy strikes, she feels like she'll never be fixed again. She will have to learn to let people in her life, to let go, and to dance in the rain. I will be using song lyri...
