Masked Emotions (ONE DIRECTION FANFIC)

Chapter 5

My hands cover my face as I hunch over trying to think straight. My mother walks through the door with her head down low. She walks up to the front desk but the plump woman doesn't even speak, she just points at me without her eyes leaving the magazine she was reading. My mother's head slowly shifts to where the woman is pointing. She takes a few steps towards me almost scared of knowing what happened to me. Those slow few steps turn into a sprint. She bends down and places her cold but soft hands on my knees. I shiver for a moment but then quickly recover. My hands still are covering my face. The shame I feel is keeping me from looking anyone in the eyes. I feel my hands being removed from my makeup-smudged face. My mum takes that moment to look straight into my eyes. Her face then falls completely knowing what went wrong. You see, the thing with my eyes is they can be brown, hazel, or green. It all depends how I feel. So I suppose it's like some genetic mood swing thing.. My eyes were now brown I'm guessing by the way my mum is looking at me. She stands up and I follow behind her like a lost puppy.

"Teach your daughter how to work around this place or don't come back at all." The plump woman rudely comments. We walk towards the back stairs that leads to our one-roomed "house".

The only person who understands me is my mum and by the look on her face i feel like i've let her down.

It feels like centuries until we finally reach the top of the stairs. My body feels heavier than usual, so the moment I walk into our "house" my body tumbles onto the bed and I curl up into a ball. I try to become as small as possible so no one can see me. A tear falls from my left eye and slowly slips to the point of my nose. I watch as it refuses to fall off my nose. It just stays there. I turn my head slightly until it finally drips onto my sheets.

I hear footsteps nearing me. They tip toe towards me until my mothers gentle body lay over me. Her protective arms wrap around me as if wanting to keep me away from anything and everything harmful. But she can't. She places a soft kiss on my cheek. No words are spoken because she knew exactly what had happened and there was no need to explain. We just laid there without a sound.