14
Okay so we’re getting off track, two years went by. Noah got better and his legs got stronger and India was starting to take into account other people’s feelings and not just hers. But India became very distant with me over time ever since a new girl came. My dad settled back into his not quickly and got back to his old way of life. He made new friends and became very chummy with a work colleague called Jemma but I just ignored it because I knew he could never replace my mum. Zac moved away two weeks after Noah’s accident because his Grandma in Brazil got ill so he moved there for two years. His gran died and they had the funeral there and grieved there, but we texted a lot and kept in touch, he still didn’t know about my mum. Noah kept in touch with him as well and became quite close long distance friends. Zac came back more tanned and not really that sad at all, him and Noah started to hang out before I knew it he was part of our group, as it were. Everything seemed to be okay for the moment.
It was a Tuesday when, for the first time since mum, dad came home with a woman his age. It was Jemma again; they seemed to be getting really close, they sat me down that evening and told me some horrifying news. They were DATING!!!! And had been for the last year but weren’t bothered to tell me. It was like my dad had forgotten all about my mum and me. He hadn’t hung out with me in a year or so, he was completely distracted by her. I might sound like an ungrateful person but I had all ready had to put up with India and Noah being awkward then lovey then arguments and then making up, I couldn’t go through that all again. So I reacted like a normal teen would I stormed out, slammed the door behind me and ran crying over to beach.
Thankfully it was empty; I sat down on the fine silk sand and buried my head into my arms for the next five minutes. Once I calmed down I stop crying slowly and watched the sea crash onto the shore. I had an urge to start to sing quietly, I might not have been Adel but singing relaxed me and I loved music just as much as I love the sea, it was like my little secret only India knew about it and my mum. I started to sing ‘Skinny Love’ by Birdy I used to sing it with my mum she loved Birdy, I was sad at the start but nearing the end I began to feel slightly happy thinking my mum’s at peace. After I finished I snapped out of the trance I was in and remembered the anger my dad made me feel. I stood up and turned around to see Noah and Zac gaping and starring straight at me. They ran towards me, I felt enclosed I didn’t know where to run; I didn’t want anyone to know that I liked to sing.
I was blessed with my mum’s voice according to my dad but he didn’t know how blessed I was, she was the best singer I knew that wasn’t famous and I got her voice because when I sang with my mum it was magic. You must be thinking I’m bragging but I’m not trust me that’s why I didn’t sing must in public only in the shower and even then I just shouted everything because it was funny my dad got very annoyed.
Noah shouted at me still running nearer to me, “Oh My God Liv, I had no clue you even liked music let alone could sing like Birdy.” I blushed, it was nice to hear him compliment me but I didn’t like that the compliment was about my singing. Then Zac yelled at me as well even though he was quite close to me.
“Yeah that was incredible, you’re so talented. Why didn’t you tell us you could sing like Christina Aguilera?” I was a bit embarrassed, I wasn’t even a big fan of Aguilera, I just wanted to leave so badly any excuse would have been fine.
“Umm...Thanks I guess.” I was so uncertain what to say, “Were you guys spying on me?” I was just trying to take the attention off my singing. “Or were you walking somewhere, and if so where were you going?” God I was so bad at being discreet.
Noah came closer and sat down beside my legs making himself comfortable, I decided to join him and Zac slowly followed. “We were actually looking for you. We feel like we haven’t seen or talked to you properly in ages. Indi has been worried but she’s with stuck up Mel.” I laughed. Mel was a new student and she loved fashion more than India, which is hard considering, they became big buddies and India’s time has been taken over by her so I didn’t get to see her as much as I would have liked. “I know we’ve been texting each other a lot but it isn’t the same.” I looked at Zac who was watching the sand slip through his fingers. “Zac and I wondered if you wanted to go out on paddle boards the sea seems quite flat. What do you think?” My face lit up, Noah was right texting just wasn’t the same as talking face to face and just hanging out.
