Creepypasta - The Guardian Mother

1 | The First Encounter

Ruby woke up to the smell of delicious freshly cooked pancakes coming from the kitchen. She blinked multiple times, adjusting the light stretching all around her room. Ruby yawned, her hand covering her mouth. Ruby felt lazy on a Thursday morning. It was always on a Thursday morning, she didn't know why though. It bugged her. Ruby messed around her short, black messy hair so it would not be messy.

Ruby finally had the strength and energy to finally scampered herself down the stairs and walked into the kitchen. Ruby saw her mother in the kitchen as she sat down on a tall stool and laid her hands on the island counter. Her mother was taller than her just by a few centimetres. Ruby's mother had short, black flowing hair, the same as Ruby but Ruby considered her mother's hair better than hers. Her mother was busy finishing the last pancakes, as she hummed a lullaby. Ruby could not recognize the lullaby, but the rhythm was beautiful. 

"Good morning, mom," Ruby finally spoke up. Her mother turned around and saw her sitting on the kitchen island. Her mother smiled at her and looked back at the pan and replied to Ruby.

"Good morning to you too, darling," Her mother picked up a plate with a huge stack of pancakes. Ruby was too hungry and too mesmerised to hear her mother asking a question. Ruby shook her head and look at her mother.

"What did you say?" Ruby said. Her mother placed the plate on the island in between Ruby and her.

"I said," She started, "How did you sleep?" This question always made Ruby feel cheeky about what she would say.

"I slept with my eyes closed, of course," Ruby sarcastically said. She could hear her mother cackle a laugh.

"I'll take that as 'Yes, I slept well'," Her mother placed two plates on the counter, one for Ruby and the other for herself. Ruby could not help but look at her mother and see how happy she looked when Ruby was around.

Ruby never met her father. Ruby's mother told her that he died due to heart problems. That was always felt odd to Ruby. Died due to heart problems? She pushed the thought away. Ruby was more concerned about why her mother did not find herself another lover. Of course, Ruby wanted to make her mother happy, but she always felt like her mother was still holding back, because of her father.

 Her mother was astonishingly beautiful and funny as well. Ruby always thought her mother always deserved to be happy, even if her mother was more happy with another man than she was with Ruby. All Ruby wanted was her mother to live her life as well and not always live for Ruby's life. Because sooner or later, Ruby would spread her wings, leave the nest and go find her purpose in life. But that meant leaving her mother, and she didn't quite want to leave her alone.  

"So how are Zach and Erisa?" Her mother asked as she sat opposite Ruby on the other side. Erisa and Zach are her friends since the beginning of middle school. They all went to the same school and immediately became friends. There was also another friend of theirs, but... something happened. It broke Zach and Erisa's friendship. But Ruby is still his friend. 

"They're good," Ruby grabbed the pancake on top of all the other pancakes. "They had gone on a trip to New York and came back last Monday. They had a project to do."

"You think," Her mother started, "They are together now?" They both looked at each other in excitement. Her mother and Ruby knew how Zach acted around Erisa. But Erisa never noticed it, which made Ruby questioned Erisa and her love life. Ruby got her hopes excited.

"It would make sense," Ruby started to ramble on and on as her mother just listened to her and kept smiling and quietly ate the pancakes.

"Do you think so too?" Ruby almost fell off her chair in excitement. Her mother laughed.