Obsession

Step 1: Find It

*AUTHOR'S NOTE*

Hey. This is a new story that was stuck in my head, and then stuck on Word for a while. Hope you guys enjoy!

The main character's name is 'Delilah' but everyone calls her 'Lilah'. It's the ending of her name, pronounced the same way. And in this chapter, she is 7 years olds.

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Step 1: Find it.

“Lilah!” I stopped handing the man my pennies to look up at my older brother, Johnny, who was already near the end of the sidewalk.

“Th-thank you!” The man told me, trying to hold my hand but my brother was practically running over to me. I turned to man and gave him a curtsy. When I straightened up, I smiled at him.

“You are very welcome!” I took Johnny’s hand and let him drag me along. We crossed the street and made it to Johnny’s black car. I sat in my booster seat and he buckled the seatbelt. It seemed as if steam was coming out of Johnny’s ears as he drove away.

“You need to stop giving away your money!” He told me angrily. My smile only widened 

“But they need it more than me! Plus, I like giving people money. I think it’s fun and I love how it brings a smile to their face!” I saw Johnny run a hand down his face.

“Just please, Lilah. You need to stop.” I looked into his eyes through one of the mirrors and nodded my head. I saw that he was sad. Why was he sad? Did I make him sad? Did Mommy make him sad?

I looked out the window, watching other cars pass by us. It was all a blur of colors and it made me smile.

“Johnny? Is Ellie coming over today?” I asked, looking at Johnny. He nodded his head. “Is Mommy coming back home?” I haven’t seen my Mommy in forever and I miss her. Sometimes, she gets really scary and starts yelling and screaming and sometimes hitting Johnny and me. Even though she is scary, I still love her because she’s my Mommy.

“No. I don’t think Mommy is going to come back for a long time.” He sighed. Is he sad?

“But why Johnny?” Johnny drove the car into the parking lot of our apartment building. “Come on. Let’s go make dinner before Ellie gets here.” I smiled as he took me out of the car. He took my hand and we walked into the apartment building. Johnny let me press the button in the elevator. When we got to the apartment, I ran to my room and put on my princess nightgown. Johnny always treated me like a princess and he said that one day, I might meet my prince charming.

I danced my way into the kitchen, where Johnny was making salads. I went to the fridge and pulled out the chicken, placing it on the counter.

“Johnny!” I said. “I need the steppy thingy.” He laughed and unfolded the steppy thingy for me. I stepped on it and started looking in the cabinets for some pasta.

“Can we have princess shaped pasta?” I asked, pulling out the box. He nodded and I took the box of pasta, climbing down the steppy thingy.

“Get the croutons and caesar dressing.” I got out all the things he told me to and took out the cheese too. Johnny always forgets the cheese.

“Go watch Snow White until dinner is ready.” I skipped into the living room, Johnny right behind me. He never let me put the DVD into the DVD player anymore because last time, I broke our DVD player and we had to get a new one. Mommy was really angry with me but Johnny told me that it was fine, as long as I didn’t do it again.

I grabbed my favorite fuzzy blanket and wrapped myself in it as Snow White started to play.

“Thank you Johnny!” He nodded and went back to the kitchen.

I got to the part where the dwarves were singing when the doorbell rang.

“I got it!” I sprinted for the door, getting there before Johnny did. I opened the door and Ellie stood in front of me, smiling. I hugged her legs and I heard her kiss Johnny.

“Ew!” I ran back to the couch, wrapping myself in it again.

“Dinner’s ready Lilah!” Johnny shouted from the kitchen.

“Can I just eat it in here?” I shouted back.

“No! You know that we always eat dinner at the table! Now pause the movie and get over here!” He sounded just like Mommy did. I grabbed the remote and paused the movie before running to the table, not wanting to make him mad.

I was looking down at my plate, not wanting to look at Johnny. I felt him wrap his arms around me.

“I’m sorry that I shouted.” I nodded my head. Ellie scooped some salad onto my plate and I picked up my fork, slowly eating. I wasn’t that hungry anymore, but Johnny would get mad at me again if I didn’t eat anything.

“So how was your day?” Johnny asked Ellie. They started talking to each other, telling each other everything and anything. They seemed so happy together. Maybe Johnny was Ellie’s prince charming.

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Johnny and Ellie brought me to the park today. We were playing tag and Johnny was it. He was chasing me all around the park, making me tired. I looked back to see how far away Johnny was and then turned back around, only to bump into something.

I crashed into the ground and someone was saying bad words. I looked up to find a guy with blue hair staring down at me. He was tall and he was wearing a black trench coat. He had a snake ring on his thumb.

“Are you okay?” He held out a hand for me to take. He sure didn’t look like any of the princes in my movies. But he just looked so cool. He held my attention. How come he gets to have blue hair? I asked Johnny for pink hair and he yelled at me.

Is this guy my prince charming? Should I ask him? What if he thinks I’m weird?

“Are you my prince charming?” I asked him. He looked at me for a second before laughing. He just kept laughing. 

“No sweetie. I’m not.” I felt someone picking me up from behind.

“Leave her alone.” I heard Johnny say.

“She bumped into me.” Blue Haired Guy took off his snake ring and gave it to me. “This is my favorite ring. Don’t lose it.” I smiled and nodded my head.

“I’m Delilah. What’s your name?”

“I’m Blue.” He nodded once to Johnny before turning and walking away. I turned to face Johnny, smiling extra hard.

“Johnny…I think he’s my prince charming!”

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*AUTHOR'S NOTE*

How didja like it? My bestie edited this. So its perfect!

Also, the grammar is somewhat bad because, it's in a 7 year olds POV. Hope you liked it!

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