Short Stories and One Shots

Sweet Caress

I entered my home feeling happy that I finished my work for the day. I saw my mom’s fox-colored hair as she watched the TV and my sister’s chestnut brown hair too.

“Hello, I’m home”, I said.

“Hey Nitika”, my mom, Florence, and my sister, Alexandrite, said at the same time.

“Where’s Aster?” I asked.

“You’re brother is still working”, my mom said as she looked at me with her eyes that looked like blue charms.

“Did you get the day off today?” I asked my mom.

“Yeah”, my mom said turning her attention back to the TV.

“Camillia called”, Alex said.

I called my sister Alex and Camillia is my best friend.

“I’ll call her later”, I said.

I left and went to my room. Aster and Alex looked like twins. Both had chestnut brown hair and green tea eyes. I looked different. I have auburn hair and tropical blue eyes. I am the middle child. My mother, brother, and I worked. Alex didn’t because my mom said she was still young. My father was gone and I didn’t like talking about it. I heard a knock on my door.

“Come in”, I said as I was lying on my bed.

“Hey. What’s up?” Camillia said.

I looked up and saw her already in my room. She had honey blond hair in a messy pony tail while her smoky gray eyes looked excited.

“Hey, nothing. Why are you excited?” I said.

“I heard you have new neighbors”, Camillia said.

“I do?” I said confused.

“You mean you don’t know?” Camillia said.

“Yeah”, I said.

“They’re moving next to your house tomorrow”, she said.

“Is that why people were building a mansion next to our house?” I said.

“Yeah”, she said.

My family would be considered middle class but we had a decent two-story house. I never really paid attention to what they were building the house to look like. They had been building the huge house for 5 months. I was still in high school but I was already 18 years old which is the same as Camillia. She began gossiping about her day as she sat on my bed. I kind of tuned her out as soon as she started talking about boys. I like guys but as soon as we are together for a while I don’t like them anymore. I never really connected with them. I have never fallen in love and I want to keep it that way. Falling in love just complicates things and I don’t want to get hurt. While I tried to stay away from love, Camillia tried to look for it.

Camillia was my best friend since the first grade. We were like opposites. I was shy, mostly negative, and hard working. She was outgoing, cheerful, and lazy. We had a few similar interests but the rest was opposite. She had marble white skin while I had light cinnamon skin like my siblings. Our skin was practically the only thing similar between me and them. Aster looked more like our father and I looked more like our mother.

Sometimes I see my mom look at Aster and Alex sadly but she loves us all equally and even more. We even consider Camillia as part of the family since she is an only child and her parents aren’t around as much. Camillia’s parents are rich. I missed my father but I hated him too. I have nightmares sometimes even though it was years ago. Camillia always proved to be a good friend. During the hard times and good times she was always there.