The Secret of The Johanssons

[ Edited ]

Have you ever felt like your whole world is going down? Everything you knew ruined ? Im Scarlett , and this is my story .

I woke up to the sound of my annoying alarm . Its 06:00 am , and its finally Sunday . The sunlight shone and made my room look bigger, i closed my eyes trying to adjust to the sudden light. I made my way to the bathroom and stared at my reflection , my brunette hair going wild and zero shine on my ocean blue eyes . I tied my hair in a bun getting it out of the way , take a shower and tried to get ready .

I look around my empty room , light blue walls with tape marks covering some of it . I pictured my room as it was , when it felt like someone lived in the room. The bed propped on one corner of the room, my desk with my computer in front of it. Some of the wall covered with band posters, a CD player laid on the floor with bunch of CD's on top, you could tell it was well loved since there were scratches on the cover. I shook my head getting the imagination out of my head and opened my drawer, It was empty except for the clothes i chose for today . I wore my favorite flannel , black skinny jeans and combat boots .

I made my way downstair and caught the scent of pancakes floating around .

" Are you cooking delicious foods to cheer me up for today ? "

My dad looked at me and smiled .

" Oh come on Scar we're moving not that far away " he said .

Ever since we heard the tragic news of my mom, we were not the same. I lost all my friends since i rarely talk, the moment i need them the most they left me behind. My dad on the other hand had it worse, He lost his job and we lost our house . One day he appeared in my room with the news that we're moving in with his sister . I used to visit her when i was young , it was always calm and breezy . I remembered how i loved it there , the smell of the grass and how its away from the city and the noise .

I was happy for him , he can finally have a chance to regain control over his life , but the thought of leaving this house and the memories that filled it hurts .

We carried our bags and boxes into our car and drove . I stole a glance back at my house and i could feel the tears coming, the house kept getting smaller and smaller as we drove further. It felt like all the air in the world was sucked out of my reach when the house was out of the view, i craned my neck up trying to get another glance but it was useless . I closed my eyes and tried to make the moment disappear and slept .

I woke up to the feeling of someone shaking me .

" we're here sweetie " i stretched out a bit and looked at my dad

" finally , I've been sitting in this car for so long I can't feel my legs " i chuckled

The house was huge and very familiar, the memories i had here came flooding back and it was a really warm feeling . The house was covered with a cream coloured walls with three floors and a huge wooden front door .

I saw my aunt with her brown hair and her friendly brown eyes, waving a me to come over and give her a hug. She still looks the same except for the hair thats turning white against her roots , but she still looks young . I ran up to her and hugged her while she kissed my forehead.

" oh Scarlett you've grown so much " she said

" you too aunt , the last time i saw you , you had all your brown hair with you " she laughed and i smiled . Her laugh reminds me of my childhood here , running around the garden while she tried to catch me . It all ends with us rolling on the ground laughing .

I went to the car and carried most of the boxes up to my new room . It's different than my old room , it was covered with white walls and cream furnitures . The bed was a queen size bed with white bedding, I glanced around picturing my life in this new room , even though i can't quite picture it i know I'm going to enjoy it here like i always do .

I heard footsteps and turned around , Aunt was standing there , leaning against the door frame .

" i love the room aunt "

" i know it has a really adult atmosphere but i thought since you're 16 you would like it "

" its really an amazing room i love it "

" i have a surprise for you " she took out a book or i guess its a novel " this was your moms , she loved reading this . I thought you would like to have it "

I took it from her hand and caressed the book , it was grainy and covered in dusts but i could still see the picture behind it .

" your mom loved detective books and she would always bring Nancy Drew novels everywhere "

A memory crept into my mind where mom was crouching down to look at me and she smiled and said " when you're old enough i would give all my book collections to you and you can stop reading those little kids book " and i would always tell her that my books are better and we would laugh and eat ice cream after a day out .

The tears started to well up behind my eyes and i tried to make it stay there , but there was no luck . Tears started to trickle down my cheek , i heard the sound of me sniffing and i could feel the warmth of aunts hand around me .

" thankyou for the book " i managed to say

" i would be more happy if you didn't cry "

After what felt like 15 hours of unpacking i went downstairs to eat dinner . I stretched trying to get a hint if my back bone cracked from all those bending and carrying, not that it would be fun. The kitchen was huge , creamed coloured walls with wooden cabinets, a long table was in the same room but far away from the kitchen making it a dining table. I sat at one of the chairs around it and tried to get a glimpse of the food.

Aunt gave me a plate with a tenderloin steak , french fries and salads .

" oh this looks delicious . Dad would've never pulled this off if he tried to make one "

" At least i did cook for you Scar "

" Scarlett why don't you look around the house tomorrow ? " Aunt suggested

" I thought of the same thing " i said grabbing the french fries " i would love too "

I tried to push the question that has been trying to creep out of my mouth away from my mind and focused on eating , but my curiosity won

" Aunt i saw the little cottage inside the garden . Can i have a look around the cottage? " i asked

Aunt stopped eating and put down her spoon, she looked at her food as if it was a mystery needed to be solve.

" Are you finished ? " she said after a few minutes, she pointed at my plate and i nodded .

I looked at her while she stands up and left the me and dad alone . I turned towards my dad hoping for an answer .

" whats wrong ? Did i say something wrong ? "

" not its not you .... Why don't you go to bed , its getting late "

I sighed knowing that something was wrong , but i knew they wont tell me anything so i went towards my room .

After tossing and turning in my bed , i gave up trying to sleep . The garden kept creeping inside my mind , its gold gates and beautiful flowers covering most of the soil . Then the cottage appeared with the same cream coloured walls and roses sticking against it .