WHEN DADDY LEFT

Symphonies

                  Anthony's POV

The world is really a weird place and some people are weirdly strong too I mean  yes am twenty two and there are some things that I still do as an immature but some people are three years younger than me and they behave like they're twenty six. At nineteen I was more of a ten year old kid and I  got myself into a lot of shit that my parents threatened to take me to rehab.

On the other hand Y'vania plans her life in a simple but surprising way I mean she's unpredictable and well organised despite her craziness at times. She talks like a grown up behaves like one and I admit am jealous. I want to meet her family and see if they behave in a similar manner.
The other thing that am surprised of is her pride. She's that girl who doesn't expect anything from anyone and that includes my plea of offering her help in treatment its obvious she can't raise such an amount of money but its so hard for her to admit that.
That makes me ask does she have relatives or something at least people that may come together and help? She's never willing to talk about it. She goes all quiet and distant whenever I try to bring the topic up. I swerve to  the rig avoiding to hit the person standing in the middle of the road my thoughts getting cut off.

Oh my God! This isn't happening.

Were it not for this parts called emergency brakes in a car I'd have taken someone's life away.

When a girl gets into your head driving alone on a very dark night can be troublesome.

Talking and thinking about weird, the person standing in front of my car is one of them. She isn't even freaked out of that I nearly clipped her off. She's in fact leaning on the bonnet of my car. Or maybe-

No.

No freaking way I didn't hurt her.
She's not having a heart attack or something.

"Are you okay? Am sorry I didn't mean to-"
"-take my life away so what if am dead what you gonna do? Huh? What?"
"Y'vania? What-"
"Shhhhh...its meditation time and doing it in front of such an expensive piece of machine is not a..you know. Who knew something so nice was gonna knock me out.(laughs)  Oh what you doing go ahead knock me out. Get into that damn car and run me over."

Is girl normal? Or is she having something like a concussion?
Come to think of it, that accent that Brooklyn accent where did she get it from I've never heard it from her I mean this girl pays attention to very slight grammatical mistakes and foul language.

"Y'vania. Are you okay? What are you doing here? At this time of the night and..drunk? What did you drink? Why? Come on let's go." I speak rather fast due to shock and worry like who has ever seen an Aplastic anaemia patient drinking to the point of not recognising their doctor?

She doesn't move. Her eyes are closed and she's making this awkward meditation humming.
Yes she's completely wasted and all this is because of what I said to her this afternoon. Such a dumb idea.

look what you made me do.

"Y'vania let's go home."
"No I don wanna go. I don even know where you taking me to. What if you abductin me. How comes you know ma name? Who are you? I still love ma life honey hello am talkin to you Mr stranger or should I call you Mrs stalker?"

Wow not going well. She isn't going to move and this..this accent turns me on. No offence.

I do what comes first into my mind. Cary her to the front seat despite her yelling and throwing her tiny fists.
"I'm really going to abduct you if you don't stay still and let me take you home. "
"But I didn't wanna go home and wait- you know ma home?"
"You gave me the address. Its Anthony by the way don't think am a stranger or something."
"She goes quiet all of a sudden. Stops screaming and starts fidgeting with the hem of her hoodie. From the lights on the streets I can see the colour rising on her face.
Second dumb idea. I shouldn't have introduced myself. Why do I keep on screwing?

"I just want to make sure that you're okay nothing else and also talk to you about-"

She snaps her head and stares hard at me long enough for me to start questioning myself again.

"-your treatment."
She sighs and leans back onto the seat.

"Anthony I- um why'd you follow me why'd you almost run me over why you here at this time of the day?"

"I was coming to see you. Am sorry my mind was so occupied. Y'vania am so worried about you. What made you drink? It doesn't go well with the medication. Its only going to hurt you."
She smiles then laughs a long hearty laugh that sends tears down her face then she starts heaving painfully.
She's crying. Seriously crying. I didn't know she's as well a emotional psycho when she's drunk.
"Never mind I won't do it again its just that Javier is so irresistible he's so cute and convincing. You simply can't deny his offers." She says wiping her tears and putting her hand on my shoulder for assurance.

"Javier? You've never told me about him. Is he the lucky guy or something?"

"Lucky guy? What  you mean? Oh hell no he's not my boyfriend he can never be I mean the poor guy isn't even straight." She gasps and starts slapping herself.
"No no no I said too much I talked too much. No talking unless I allow you to. You grounded Y'vania."

I can't help but laugh at her. She's so funny.
"Okay stop slapping yourself or am really really going to kidnap you."
"What? No I didn't do anything. Is that what you mama taught you? Laughing at people who are grounded?"
"You're not grounded Y'vania."
"I'm grounded! Don't you understand?"
"Okay so who grounded you?"
"My..my mummy."
"Talking about mummy how did she react?"
"Shattered,broken,crashed oh wait are this symphonies? Yes they are I used the damn words am gonna rock the English world."

Symphonies?

"Um..you mean synonyms right?"
"Did you just correct me? Did you just freaking correct me? Holy grandpa of burning shitballs! What kind of sick knuckle headed Humpty Dumpty dumbass would do such a thing? Did you just correct me?"
"No I didn't Y'vania calm down why do you have to be so violent?"
"Because am heartless and everyone knows that."
I stare at her questioningly trying to see if she's serious about whatever she's saying and trying to remember where I read the exact words she just said. I finally get it.

"Too good to be true YFS Brown.?" She nods staring into distance.
"You read it? I didn't know you liked books." She says slowly.

"I do. Its one of my favourite I've read it like ten times now. It really inspires you know."
"Wow that's very nice I wish you know how much I love that book.
-sometimes we all like the idea of growing but why don't we want to get old?"

"-Its all like watching a horror movie you may or may not have nightmares."

"-depends on how you take it but for me this seems too good to be true."
We stare at each other for a couple of minutes before she stares away into the dark night.
"Is your mummy the reason you are drunk?" She shakes her head and says
"Told you its all Javier's fault."
"Who is this Javier kind of man that gives girls alcohol?"
"No its my fault its not his. Oh my gosh don't kill him he's my personal assistant in terms ideas."
"Ideas on what?"
"Ideas on..anything just ideas. Are you jealous. Oh my little cuteypie is jealous." She says tutting and squishing my cheeks. I smile at her cheesines and hold her soft hands into mine our bodies inching closer and suddenly there's no gap left in between us.