The Daughter Of Yuma

Part 2

It was freezing out.  The snow fell  to the ground from the black sky, packing it's little tiny balls on the ground below.  Ice covered the trees around us, freezing bird nests to them, keeping them still on the branch.  Our car was warming up in the parking lot next to us, getting ready for the ride.  I huffed as I thought of sitting the car, but I didn't want to freak anyone out, seeing how they knew I was already upset.  I was freezing.  I wrapped my jacket up around myself, as I coughed and started breathing into it, trying to get my temperature back up.   I huffed as the sound of the door opened and shut behind me.  I pulled my jacket closer, trying to keep my body warm, but it didn't work. The outside was too cold. "Trying to get warm there, London?" Dad said as he sat down next to me.  I looked at him, as I shook from the cold.  Dad chuckled as he took my jacket and loosely threw it back over me. He fluffed the hood, and threw it over my head, making sure it was heating up.  "It's a lot warmer if you just have it like this" he said, making sure it stayed on my sholders.  I looked back at him as I chuckled, feeling a little better of the whole situation.  "Is that why you do it?" I asked, knowing that he does it constentlly, especially at school.  He chuckled before answering my question.  "NA, I do it because it looks cool."  The way he said it made me laugh a bit.

After he fixed it, he huffed and faced the driveway, looking at the gate.  I huffed, still thinking about the fighting.  "Dad, is Uncle Ruki mad?" I asked, not knowing if he is or not. He looked like it from the way  I saw it.  Dad sighed, thinking of how he was going to answer.  "I don't know.  He didn't hit you at all, didn he?" he asked sternly, bringing out his protective side.  This is one of the dangerous things about him, when it came to me, he didn't mess around at all.  Not even if it's one of my uncles.  I noticed the anger growing in his eye as he staired into mine.  I shook my head in fear, not knowing what he would do.  "No, he didn't" I said as I slouched back down.  It didn't help that he was mad at Uncle Ruki. I don't even think he was that mad, I think it was to protect me like he always does.  Dad huffed as he looked back out into the yard.  It was silent, except for my deep breaths, trying to relax.  I tried to hide the fact that I wanted to cry, but I knew it was just one of those everyday things.  All of a sudden, dad started humming a tune.  I sat there in thought, hopeing he wouldn't sing.  It wasn't because I didn't like my dad's singing, it just got annoying and it was funny.  He would purposely get a deep voice, which made everyone laugh.   Dad just sat there, singing, getting louder with every line.  I chuckled in embarrassment as Unkle Kou joined us.  "Yuma, are you singing?" he asked dad in excitement.  I turned to Uncle Kou, as I ran up and hugged him.  "Save me, Uncle Kou.  Dad's singing again" I yelled.  Dad chuckled as he stopped, then started again.  Uncle Kou chuckled as he joined in on the song.  I bulged my eyes out as I back up. "This is tourture" I said, as I ran off th portch.  They chuckled as the other two joined them.  

Uncle Azusa turned to dad.  "You singing to her again?" he said with a chuckle.  Dad laughted as he got up and shrugged. "I don't see why it's embarrassing for her."  Uncle Kou chuckled.  "Because you sound a little contry when you sing."   I turned to face them as I chuckled.  "London, come here" Dad yelled, making me turn towards him.  He now had his serious face on, so I knew it was important.  I walked up to the portch as I looked at him. "Are you ready to go?" he asked, picking up his bag.  I nodded as I picked up my bag and we headed towards the car. We got in the car and started driving.  I sat in front of dad, next to Uncle Azusa in the car.  Dad smiled his creepy look.  It was his "let's annoy my daughter" look.  He took a giant breath as he sung.  I looked at Uncle Ruki as he shook his head.  "At least it's not me" he said with a chuckle. I always get annoyed when they all sing. Out of the four of the, dad and Uncle Ruki were the wost for annoying me. 

Out of my uncles, Uncle Ruki was the strangest.  One minute, he acts like he hates me, the next is the total opposite. I don't know if he did or not.  It changes all the time, but most of the time, he acts like I annoy him.  When I was younger, I was always annoying him with the littlest things. I always found him when I wanted to play mostly and he did for a while, but he was also all about his school work.  Sometimes, Uncle Ruki would talk to dad and make him discipline me more, for the slightest mistakes I made. Half the time, dad get's really annoyed by it and that's when the fighting starts. I hate it when they fought, even when it involves me.  It makes me feel like I'm the reason our family is getting ripped apart, but everyone tells me it's not true.

It took us a bit to get to the school.  The school was a little ways from our house and sometimes I could sneak a little nap on the way.  I lied my head back, feeling a little tired still.  I felt my eyes become heavy as I shut them slightly, trying to get more sleep.  Ever since I became less immune to the cold, I've been getting tired easily too.  In my free time at home, I slept by the fireplace.  But when it came to school, I had to deal with it, which was really hard for me.  I could never sleep in school. Dad always tell me that school wasn't the place or time, so I kept my naps to by the fire at home.  I took a nap one day in school and dad wasn't happy about it.  I felt myself close my eyes, as the vehicle stop and someone shook me awake.  "London,honey wake up" Dad said as he shook me some more. I blinked the rest of the sleep out as I looked at him.  "We're at school" he said as he helped me out of the car.  Once everyone was out, we entered and separated to our different classes.