A Gift or a Curse? (ON HOLD)

Chapter 3

Things change slightly in the chapter but anyway just read on and enjoy!

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3 years later ( Ivy's 12 years old)

Ivy's POV

I was walking home from school planning to lock myself in my room and play games on the computer, pretending to do my homework :P

I walked up the path to my big 3 story house, I know what your thinking. Why does a family of 3 have such a big house? But the thing is that we love living large! I opened the door to my house and stepped inside closing the door quietly behind me. That's strange the house is oddly quiet. Normally I would hear the sound of pans and plates clashing in the kitchen when my mum made me something to eat right after school and the smell of food reaching my nose as soon as I opened the door. But not today.

I walked further into the house and screamed out " MUM, DAD, ANYONE!!!" I heard silence and then shuffling of feet. My mums head popped out of the living room door. 

" Oh Ivy, your home, come here we have to talk" She said with a serious tone and face. I got worried. what's going on I thought. 

" What's going on?" I asked curiously scrunching my eyebrows in the process. She just shook her head and motioned for me to to come into the living room. I obeyed and walked down the dark narrow hallway into the living room. There sat my dad with his head down and his hands buried in his hair. He looked stressed. I looked over to my mum just noticing that she looked like she was crying but why? I sat down on the brown leather couch and my mum and dad were seated infront of me on the couch.

" What's wrong mum? Why do you look like youv'e been crying?" I asked suspicous and slightly worried. Dad looked up, closed his eyes tightly and sighed.

"Ivy we have something to tell you" Dad said repeating what mum had said earlier. Yeah I got that before but what? I thought and thought until realisation dawned upon me.

" OH NO, IM SO SORRY, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO FIND OUT THIS WAY BUT YOU DID. MOM DAD I'M SO SORRY I NEARLY GOT SUSPENDED FOR SKIPPING SCHOOL LAST WEEK!" I blurted out. My parents faces were confused.

" YOU DID WHAT?" They both bellowed in unison. Oh no they didn't want to talk about that, did they? Great going Ivy. Im such an idiot.

" Nothing" I sang looking at my parents innocently.

" Ok we'll talk about that later.... but right now we need to talk to you about something important" My dad finished.

" Well ok.... spit it out then" I urged them to go on. What was this all about? My mum took a huge sigh and looked at my dad for a brief second before her gaze landed on me.

" Wer'e getting a divorce" My mum finally said.  WHAT? Oh no this can't be happening, the words replayed in my head like a cassette and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. 

" W-what, is this some type of joke? Please tell me it's a joke" I looked at them with pleading eyes, hoping it was all a joke. But it wasn't, there faces were dead serious.

" No Ivy it's true" My dad exclaimed. Tears pricked in my eyes and they started to fall freely down my face. 

" No! I won't allow it, never!" I screamed at my parents annoyed.

" Ivy I'm sorry sweetie, I know this is hard for you" Dad said comforting me.

" Why?" I asked " Is it because of me?" I looked them both in the eyes for an answer.

" No" Dad said. " Course....not" Mum added with uncertainty, it was like she was hesitating. She was lying I could tell by her face. It was because of me. But what had I done?