"Look at it" she awed in amazement her face lighting up with excitement.
"it's beautiful but it's so far away, so far out of reach" her expression seemed to darken and her amazement start to fade
"mommy?" her face looking sad yet cheerful
"yes honey?"
"why are the pretty things always so far away?" her green like gray eyes looking at up at me
"because pretty things break so you have you put them high enough so nobody breaks them"
"what if it was an accident?" she asked as her eyes mesmerized with wonder i stayed quiet thinking about the question
"La beautè est incassable"
"what dose that mean mommy?"
"it means beauty is unbreakable"
*****
"How do you remember this?" a kid asked sitting in the back of the classroom
"I remember some of it little moments of it happening but my mom wrote most of it down after it happened" my teacher looked at me and nodded motioning me to go back to my seat
"how old were you then?" another kid asked
"that's was the day I turned six" I said walking back to my seat which was conveniently next to my best friend since the sixth grade
"that's was deep Mel I think I might drown"
"shut up sage"
I said playfully slapping her arm the bell rang and kids poured out of the class rooms rushing to go home.
"so are you ready for tomorrow?" she asked grabbing her books and walking to the door
"what's tomorrow?"
I asked hoping she wouldn't remember
"your birthday Mel come on you cannot not celebrate this year"
"have a good day Mrs. Wild" i said waving goodbye
"you too" she smiled and looked back down at the papers again
"you know she hates me right!" sage said walking backwards out of the class room and out into the hallway
"Oh I wonder why" I said sarcastically
"are you staying or not?"
"yes I'm staying and were going to dress you up and were going to celebrate your birthday"
"I don't wanna celebrate my birthday" I said opening my locker and grabbing my backpack and putting my books inside of it "and plus I have a really big math text to study for so I don't have time to party"
"your kidding me right? Mel tell me your not serious"
"I am very serious I have to pass this test"
"oh what test" my other friend Spencer asked walking next to me
"where did you come from?" I asked turning my head to hers
"down the hall, so what test are we studying for?"
"Mr. Jameinson's test" I said nodding she looked at me confused
"didn't we take that test last week?" she asked
"yeah" sage said nodding but i looked at her and rolled my eyes
"I'm confused, but whatever so Mel are you celebrating this year?" Spencer asked happily
"no! so don't ask"
"what do you mean no?"
"that's what I said!" sage said looking at her
"what!? I'll celebrate next year"
"that's what you said last year"
"well then I don't care because I don't want a party" I said I didn't realize we had walked out of the school and to the parking lot
"well I'm going home to study"
"right, study for a test we took a week ago mel" sage said sarcastically waving and walking away with Jade
i got in my car as my phone started to ring i picked it up and answered
"this is Mel talk to me"
"is that how you answer all your phone calls?" the voiced asked
"nope only when you call" i said giggling and starting my car to go home
"so what are you doing tomorrow?"
"what's tomorrow?" i asked hoping someone would forget
"Mel not this again its your birthday remember? The day you were born...the best day of you're mothers life...the day you turn 17, ring a bell" he said laughing trying to make me remember
"nope not ringing any bells sorry west"
"ugh sometimes i cant deal with you, when you act like this" he said laughing "so are you celebrating this year?" he asked again
"no i'm not and i'm going home to study and" he cut me off before i could finish
"ooh right for a test you took like two weeks ago and aced" he said laughing
"how did you know about the test you don't even come to school? and it was one week ago"
"ohh okay because that makes such a diffence and i do come to school --- sometimes plus sage told me"
"hang up so i can go home"
"you've been in the school parking lot the whole time?"
"no i'm sitting in my drive way i just don't feel like hearing your voice anymore"
"wow Mel that's rude"
"goodbye west" i said hanging up and walking into the house
"i'm home" i said sitting down my bag next to the door and walking into the kitchen
"Mel your home early"
"yeah i didn't have work today i'm off this week" i nodded looking for the voice i was talking to
"oh well that good you don't have to work on your birthday" the voice said walking towards me
"yeah, i guess so i wouldn't mind though i'm not celebrating this year anyway" i said shrugging my shoulders
"why not? you use to love celebrating your birthday"
"i dont know but i have a test to study for then i think i'm gonna hit the hay"
"yeah okay night, i guess" she said waving with a concerned look on her face
i walked up stairs and throw my bag on my bed and sat in my chair next to my desk as I let out a big sigh and spun around today was a long day i thought to myself
