Differences

Chapter 5

Amerá•

I walk through the large doors and take a deep breath restraining myself from running away

I see my mother run towards me and pull me into her arms "Amerá where have you been sweet heart"

Maybe the guards or the maids don't see the truth behind my mothers despair and affection towards me but I do

Mother walks me into my bedroom and shuts the door slowly and walks towards me slowly

Soon I feel a agonizing sting in my cheek and tears form in my eyes

"Oh please you do not have the right to cry" my mother spat "you made a fool out of me, today we had to cancel all your appointments with the suitors and many of them were not pleased"

I keep my head down not wanting to gaze in her eyes

But it doesn't matter how many times she yells at me and how much people talk about me being childish, what I had done was the best decision I had ever made

I am glad the suitors were displeased

But mostly I am glad I had the chance to leave this prison for a few days

"You don't deserve to be queen!" She said "you might as well be a maid with your actions!"

I know the only way to get out of this conversation is to keep my head down and not respond

"Oh you may be happy that you left Amerá but trust me you shall pay for your actions" she said "you shall be wedded in 8 days time"

She walks out and slams the door

Immediately I crash on to my bed and let the tears poor out and let my emotions take over me

I lost the only friends I've ever had, I don't even know what happiness is because it's not close to how I feel, and soon I will be married to a guy twice my age who doesn't give a crap about me they just want to be king

I strip out my clothes and step into my shower and stand in the hot water and just stare at the look at the different colours that are in the rock ground in the shower and let the boiling hot water burn my skin

I sit down and let the blazing hot water burn me until I feel numb

"Amerá!" I can hear Katerina screech when she notices the blood dripping down my back

She rashes over and grab me out of the water and covers me in a cold towel

"Are you kidding me Amerá" she has tears dripping down her face "the first time I see you in days is you burning your self in the shower"

I just stay still and not say a word

She grabs me comfortable clothing and tells me to put them on

I slowly change into the sweater and pants and she tells me to sit on the floor as she fixes my hair into two braids

"So your not going to tell me what you did while you were gone"

Silence

"Come on now Amerá spit it out I want to know about you and that Harris kid"

"Katerina!? How do you know about that!" I shout

"Well of course I knew where you were Amerá I would check in on you every few hours to make sure you were okay"