Daniel
I storm away to my bedroom, stamping my feet as I go, furious at her, my mother.
Closing the door with a bang, I pull up my laptop screen and search my Sister could be....
Looking and looking I find nothing of the related blood.
Why does life have to be so hard? Running away, isn’t the answer to everything Avery ?
Noticing it has been a couple hours, I softly closed my laptop, trying to not let the tension and frustration out in the air. Slamming my self down on my bed, ready for a nightless sleep. I take in the smell of my left overs, from this afternoons football training.
Just about to wash up, I feel the phone in my pocket vibrate before hearing my ex-girl friends ringtone. I debated wether to answer it or not, lets face it, is it really worth it? I decided to answer it and tell her once and for all that we are over and to stop calling me over and over again!
‘Heyy babe,’ I hear the squeaky high voice vibrate to my ears.
‘What do you want Cristina?’ I say, letting go of the fact she called me babe.
‘Well....I’m, I’m at a party and I sorta told everyone you where coming.’ She replied in the flirty expected tone she uses.
‘I’m not going anywhere, and why would you even say that, we are no longer going out, remember!’ I say loud and clear letting the annoyance and anger come through my voice.
‘Okay, whatever... Meet you at Jess’s in an hour, bye Danny.’
‘I said I’m not’ -- With the beep that replaced my unjustly ex-girlfriends voice. I threw the phone on its stand. Not wanting to go to Jess’s, I finally finished my shower and jumped in bed.
Suddenly feeling myself fall into a dreamy, surprising, sleep.
I woke up and looked around my room, feeling nauseous.
A was girl sitting in the far corner of my room coughing harshly, causing me to hop out of my bed and shake her awake. Panicking rising in me, she rapidly sprang up from the position she was in wide eyed, with a hint of a nervousness in them. ‘S..sorry,’ she muttered in a lovely cute voice. I intently noticed the blond curly hair that falls to her shoulders, with bright blue blazing eyes, that settled onto mine. She was beautiful, and looked only a couple years younger than me, but somehow I feel as though this is a key. ‘That’s okay’ I say unsure whether it’s real life or not. I looked at her, her face going hard, unsure what to do. I start to turn away. She is my sister, but it’s only a dream. ‘I don’t know how you found me, but you have to let me go. You can not be the brother for me anymore’ I whipped back around to question her, but she was gone.
My head swirls from all of this information, wait, she said I cant be the brother for her!
We are blood related...you are always going to be my sister no matter what.
‘This was just a weird and craaazy dream’ I muttered shacking my head, as I fall into a deep undisturbed sleep. A cold hand shook me lightly on the shoulder waking me up. I look up to my mothers distressed face. I sat up hurriedly and asked what’s wrong. She replied simply stating that she has to leave the country for work. ‘How long,’ I ask curious, as to why she would take up this offer and leave me at a time like this, what about Avery. ‘Possibly a year’ She replied miserably. ‘Mum, you don’t have to...you can stay here and I’ll work, we can sort this out together, you have to help me find her’
‘No, I’m sorry honey, but this is the only choice I have. We have no income and you have to find the pathway to you’r life, I shook my head about to respond, but she cut me off, look, I have everything sorted, we can still contact one another. No let me re fraise that, we WILL be talking and face sky-ping one another, all the time!’ She said pinching my cheek. ‘Argg Mum! I need to shower and think’
‘Okay honey, but remember. If we were to find Avery, we need money to do that’
Shoving of my clothes, I scurry into the warmth that consumes me. The water hot, trickling down my skin. So I have found sister, but somehow, in my dream. It felt so real, the touch, the sharpness of her features. With my fathers deep blue eyes, that I didn’t get enough of.
Was does she mean when she says she’s different? Oh, and how can I not be the brother for her, we are so close, like best friends?! With that, I plumbed myself down on the bed and started to plan my life on this white a4 piece of paper so light, yet full of heaviness.
Laurel (AKA known as Mum)
After telling my precious, only child, that I have to leave him, for work. To create a better life, for us and the main reason, to find Avery. A feeling surged its way up to me, I believe we can find her, the police are searching everywhere. The fact that she run from school, and has not even been seen, in a whole week. She makes the family whole again, but this is where we need to be here for one another. The pain that rides throughout my body comes each day, with the loss of my husband, Peter Ozborne. Without him, I still don’t know how to live, to make life choosing decisions. Knowing that I have Daniel, but I can’t make it any more hard for him. Loosing his father in a stupid accident only a month ago, and being told that his sister has run away and know one has any knowledge of her, whilst me leaving the country for a week. He is also only 18, my big boy has grown up, but now he had to make the decision of his life. Even when hard things happen, we can still get through it, We just need to find our way.
A month later,
I am leaving, I am leaving to work in a massive country, China, without my son.
I looked at him and waved seeing the large smile on his face as he clamped down a tight hug that burst the oxygen out of my lungs. I can him a peck on the cheek and told him to be good. A tear rising down my cheek, I prayed for my beautiful Avery, that she will find her way home.
After that, a smile broke onto my face. Realising that this is it, the time Danny will find his way. through life.
Daniel,
After giving mum a tight hug, I looked back watching her enter the plane, that leads far away from me. I looked down at the note she gave me and frowned. It just had an address on it, below that it said, bring her home. Anger swelled inside, starting the car I drove to the address, the location only 10 mins from the air port. I stand at the door, my heart pounding, I hastily nocked on the door, It opened soon after, revealing the same girl in my dream. She looked as shocked as I did, and slammed the door back in my face. I shift my feet, waiting a few minutes, deciding to not think this through, I banged on the door. While shouting, ‘You are my sister and always will be, my blood runs through you’r blood, I know it bloody hard, he’s my dad too!! But we need to stick together right now, I need you sis’ The door opened again, this time with her pushing me inside and locking the door. All I hear are the words the come out of my sisters mouth. ‘I’m sorry, I missed you so very much’ She replied to my shouting and anger, with a frightened small voice.
‘ I missed you too’ I snatched her up and hugged her, the tight embrace never ending.
After arriving home, she unpacked and we both sat cuddled up watching the movie.
This is it, this is home. My dad might be dead, but Avery is home now. Mum should be home soon, and we will be close to a full family again. I know he might be gone, but he will be forever in my heart......
