Crystal Visions.

The night the circus ran amuck...

Theda's POV: 

''Crap! Sula you little demon, give me my boot!'' Gah I hate that DOG! Jeez, mom loves it and I have no clue as to why she waste any of her affection on that little rat. I love dogs, believe me I'm the biggest canine lover in the world...But Sula isn't a dog, she's a blinking bloody bald sewer-rat who always steals my stuff and drags it around the house! She runs downstairs, I'm right behind her little heels as she furiously pitter patters down the stairs. '' Oh I could skin you, and sell you off to China where you're ancestry belongs and hopefully they'll barbecue you!'' I mutter as I reach the end of the staircase. I stop when I see Karen, Aunty Lori, Mary and Mom in her office/lounge room having a good laugh and talking amongst one another. The party doesn't start for another half hour, dads gone out to get moms cake (Red velvet her favourite) and a few other surprise items.    

Just as I almost slip and slide around the corner, I see mom lean down to Sula. '' What you have got baby'' she uses in her high pitched cutie voice, She picks up the boot that Sula drops on the floor. She sees me standing by the door with a look of fury on my face, '' Theda don't be mad at her, she's a member of this family.'' mom says. Okay maybe I overreacted but that dog only steals my stuff, nobody else's I did nothing to her. Except call her a sewer rat when I first saw her...But that was years ago. 

Mom chucks me my boot, '' thanks mom'' I say. I then rush back up stairs and put on the matching boot with it. I wear a black midi dress with daisies on it, and I pair it with the boots. Pretty simple, but I guess you could say that our mom is definitely a fashion inspiration to us kids. Lily has an awesome sense of style, she takes more of an adrogynous approach to moms stuff. And Ella, she's got a pretty unique style, she loves the 70s so your collard long sleeved shirts, old levis, boots, maxi dresses. But Lily also influences her. Actually we all share clothes, I have some of Ella's shoes back at mine and Lily's apartment and Ella's wearing Lily's white shirt tonight... 

I go to check myself in the bathroom, as I walk past Ella's room, I get the impression to see if she's okay. I stop and slightly open her door, she's changed into a midi white lace dress, and she's trying to braid her hair. But I notice her fingers are fumbling and her breathing is a little heavier than usual. I come up behind her and place my hands on her shoulders. I look at the two of us in the mirror, '' It's okay bub, I'll do your hair. Besides leave it out, you have gorgeous wavy hair.'' I say as I take a few strands of hair and twist them and start pinning them back, to do a half up half down type of hairstyle.I know she's still worried about seeing Aiden today at Brunch. But as I told her, as long as I'm around her, he won't even come near her.   

'' Aaron still doesn't know?'' she ask. I sigh and take the bobby pin out of my mouth and thread it into her hair, '' Nope. Remind me again why you don't want to tell him or mom, or dad?''  I ask her. 

'' Because it was an accident. He didn't mean too. But if he does it again, then I'll let them know.'' 

'' Ella baby, I'm worried for you okay. You haven't been acting normal lately?''  

'' I'm fine Theda really--'' 

I interrupt her false statement and genuinuity '' No you're not! Mom tells me you've been working up a sweat in your sleep. She'll pass by your bedroom and she'll hear you almost hyperventilating in your sleep. Persi told me that during your reproduction studies you've been jumpy when learning about how...you know a man and a woman...You get me And you faint once every afternoon and have been for nearly two months. The point is Ella-Belle. Everyone's worrying for you, Mom is too. But she's trying to put on a brave face. Look in your eyes what he did to you was small, and it was...But it's still alarming okay.'' 

'' Which is why I don't want mom and dad to know. Okay part of it was my fault, I-I, I did have a crush on him.'' 

'' I know. But crushes don't do or say things like that to the person who has affection for them okay. Lil and I will keep it to ourselves for now. But if he goes near you, I'm telling Aaron and both mom and dad. I shouldn't be keeping this from them in the first place. Mom will freak out, she'd beat him up, I may be tough, Dad may be tough. But Mom's like my toughness times infinity--''