Harmony. Her name would be Harmony. My soon to be baby sister. At least I hoped she would be a girl. I'm so tired of boys. It's hard not to be when you have three older brothers. Holland, the eldest, is a sophomore in high school. Then you have the twins, Hayes and Hanson. I'm the youngest. Well at least for now. My name is Harper-Lee Schuyler. I'm fourteen years old, and I'm extremely bored with the lesser sex. I want a sister. I want to be able to dress her up and do her makeup for her first dance. I want to give her my old clothes and comment on how she looks like me. I want to be able to talk to her about girl things and laugh when the boys look at us like we're crazy.
"Harper. Harper? HARPER-LEE!" I hear a voice yell, snapping me out of my daydream. It's Hayes. He looks worried.
"What? What's wrong?" I question him.
His eyebrows draw in and he bites his lower lip. I look deep into his eyes that I had always loved. One eye was bright blue, like mine and Hanson's eyes, and one was brown, like Holland's.
"It's mom. There's been a complication." He tells me.
"A complication? What happened?" I interrogate.
"I don't know. Two nurses rushed by saying that there was something wrong with Luna Schuyler." he had tears in his eyes. I've never seen him cry before, except for the time he fell off his bike and broke his arm. I don't blame him for being on the verge of tears. Because I was too.
Luna Schuyler. My mother. My rock. My best friend. I don't know what I would do without her.
I clutched the golden puzzle piece necklace at the base of my throat. We all had a puzzle piece. My mom. My dad. Holland. Hayes and Hanson. Mom gave them to us when I was 3. She said that you have to have all of the pieces to make a whole.
One hour later my father came out of the delivery room, his eyes rimmed red.
That day my new brother Harley entered the world. But he came at the expense of my mother's life. I don't feel any resentment towards him though. All I felt was sorrow and grief.
Because I knew that the puzzle of our family would never be whole again. No matter who entered the picture.
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Hi guys! This is my first story so cut me a little bit of slack. This was really short so I'm sorry. I promise to make the next chapter longer. Thank you all and love you ❤️
(P.s. Schuyler is pronounced Skylar)
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The Tipping Point
Mystère / ThrillerHarper-Lee Schuyler has never lived a normal life. When she was 14 her mother died during childbirth with her baby brother, Harley. Now it's 2 years later and her father thinks that their family needs a fresh start in a new town called Winchester. H...
