Space Invasion

The box

“ZOEY WAKE UP!” I open my eyes to see the bright light from my window blinding me. I put my pillow over my head to block out the light. I hear my mom and dad’s footsteps approaching my room. I sit up and tie my hair up.

“Happy birthday Zoey!” I get off my bed and hug my parents. “Thank you mom, thank you dad” I say. I run to the living room to see gifts on the table and a cake shaped like mars. A huge banner sat on top of the couch saying “14th birthday”.

I quickly run to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Once I finished, ran back to the living room to cut my cake. My parents sang happy birthday for me as I cut the cake. I cut a small slice of the cake and feed it to my parents. “Go on now, open your gifts” my dad said. I opened all my gifts. I got a Polaroid camera, a new hoddie and a NASA poster. “Thank you soo much mom and dad” I said. I picked up all the gift wrap paper and through it in the dustbin.

As I started to pick up my gifts and head back to my room, my mom tapped me on my shoulder. I turn around and see that she is holding a box. A cardboard box. I look at her with a confused expression on my face. “What’s that?” I ask.

“Well your Mia left this for you. She had kept this box in the attic and told us to give it to you on your 14th birthday. When we told her she could give it you herself, she claimed that she was not sure she would be around”. I paused, dumbstruck about what I just heard.

“So you’re telling me, Mia knew she was going to d-die?” “Maybe, but we don’t know” she replied. I looked at the box. I was mad. I was sad. I was confused.

“What’s in the box?” I asked with a hoarse voice. “I don’t know. Mia told us to never open it. It was a promise we made to her. Only you can open this box Zoey.” My mom hands me the box. “Your dad and I are going grocery shopping. We will be back in an hour or two. You can open that box in the meantime.” “Okay” I reply.

I walk to my room with the box in my hand. I lock my room door and sit on my bed. I stare at the box for a good five minutes. “Okay Zoey, you can do this! It’s just a box” I say to myself. I place my hands on the box and open the flaps. “What the heck is all this stuff?”

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