Letting Go to Hold On

Movie Night

"Are you trippin with me Sally?" I asked her again as she skipped past me like a pigeon. This is one unfunny joke. "Sally Jane Evans, I am serious here. Tell me the truth, you didn't really ask coach for money to take me to that stupid concert, have you?" I asked again, feeling more irritated by the second.

Once again, I find myself in the middle of a lose-lose situation, Why? Because if I decline, I'll get scolded at by coach for whining at her princess. And if I do come, I'll have the worst effin night in the entire history of the universe. Which seems like a better idea? Or a saner one at the least. "You have to relax. Yeah, I did ask El Papa for the money, and he gave it to me 'cause he wants us to have some quality time that's actually outside the track. Come on, you're gonna get skin cancer with what you're doing. You need this baby." Sally said to me as she crossed her ankles. She was now sitting at the bottom flight of the bench, so relaxed even though she knows I wanna bite her head off.

"How can I relax when you're, uh, violating my rights!" I said dramatically, trying desperately to squeeze into my happy zone where there's no one that would talk about One Direction.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate them band members or anything. I just think that there are already too many people in the world that love them, and I don't have to be part of them anymore. Two of my cousins are already in love with them, literally. Perhaps you know Little Mix member Perrie Edwards, or maybe the controversial model Eleanor Calder. And perhaps we haven't met, I'm Eureka Nicole Calder-Edwards, also known as "The Unknown". This is probably the part where I tell you about my -strawberry blond- waist long- curly hair, my sparkly blue eyes, high cheek bones, reddish lips and pale complexion. And my runner's body. But no, no more of that. Since I was a little kid, I have been compared to my cousins, "Why can't you be as pretty and talented as Perrie?" or maybe, "Why can't you be as sweet and caring as Eleanor?". I get that a lot.

Seeing posters of One Direction every single nightmare-ish day that I spend at Perrie's house when I house sit for them is quite enough for me, thank you very much. I don't exactly want to see them up close and personal anymore. And although I'm their favorite cousin, (favorite to humiliate and drag along to parties) I still haven't seen these boys. "Eureka, this will be fun. Trust me. Now, shouldn't you be picking up Eddie?" Sally said, interrupting my thoughts. Right, Eddie.

"We'll take about this tomorrow Cookie Monster. See you later for our movie night?" I said, smiling as I gathered up my things and stuffed them into my gym bag. I leaned down and kissed my best friend at the cheek before I started towards the locker room. Even if that Sally is as silly as a clown and stubborn as a rock, I still love her like my own sister.

Ten minutes later, I'm struggling to tie my converse on after pulling on a pair of jeans and an unironed baggy shirt. Still not a good day be a fashion guru I guess. Well, everyday is not a good day.

A flight of stairs, a yard and a few blocks later, I'm at the front gate of Wolverhampton Elementary. Okay, so parenting isn't exactly my piece of cake, but nobody gets the hang of it that easily. I mean, eighteen is not exactly the age to be raising a kid on your own.

I sigh at the sight of kids lining up at the yard, wishing to see Eddie soon so we can go home. You know, I kind of miss the years when he was still a 5 year boy that has those dimples that were only for me. We used to make caramel popcorn balls for halloween and make snow angels during winter. He used to wait for me at the couch after getting home from El's and fall asleep with my iPod in his little hands. In the back of my mind, I can still see his gleaming hazel eyes and bright smile that he beams at me every now and then.

All my thoughts were interrupted by a wartm hand wrapping itself around my fingers. "Mum, what are you staring at?" A sweet voice that sounds so familiar to me asked, even in the confusion of kids at the lawn.

"Nothing baby. I was looking for you, but it looks like you found me." I said, giving him a smile as I turned to him. Considering what he looked like this morning, he's a wreck now. He smells as though he's been under the sun all day, but none of that stopped me from picking him up into my arms and kissing the tip of his nose, causing him to giggle. "Wanna swing by the grocery store for our popcorn tonight, love?" I asked, setting him down on the pavement. I enveloped his hands with mine, his warmth transferring to my palms.

"Yes! I wuv popcorn!" He said, letting go of my hand and skipping a few paces ahead. "Were you running with Aunt Sally again mummy?"

"Yes baby, you know about the Olympics right?" I asked him, even though we've already had this conversation a million times. "And you know that I have an event. Right, baby?" 

"Yes mum, we've talked about this before, but why do you have to do it everyday?" He said pouting, his dimples revealing under his rosy skin. "I mean, can't you guys do it like once a month?" He said, turning around the curb to the grocery store. Our house is only two blocks down, since we live next door to Perrie. 

I quickien my pace to catch up to him, holding him by the waist when I finally did. "Eddie, the Olympics is a big thing that I can't just ignore. That can cost me my scholarship baby, and when that happens, I'll have to work after classes too. You know how hard it is." I said to him.

"I know mum." He said, letting out a sigh. "I'm sorry." 

"It's okay. I'm not mad at you. Not why don't you go raid the popcorn aisle?" I said, laying a kiss on hiss forehead. He hugged me by the neck and ran into the store. Honestly, sometimes I forget he's just seven years old. 

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After we finished our grocery shopping, we went back to our house, the one that my parents gave us befor they died 6 years ago. That was a long time ago but the wounds are still fresh, believe me. i mean, they died on my birthday and just because if an experiment they were working on. How lame is that?

"MUUM! The popcorn's done!" Eddie yelled from the kitchen.

"Be there in a minute sweetie." I said. I was about to go to the kitchen when my iPhone rang. I answered it, not even bothering to look at the caller. "Hello?"

"Eureka?..."

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Hey guys! I guess you wanna know who called her right? Go on, guess! Hahaha. Been an amazing week, and I just wanted to thank you for reading this! I love you guys and I hope you'll read it til the very end! 

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~> Nia