Stay with me

Welcome to Willows

Mom said that i would always be a princess like the ones in those fairytale books... I believed her for a while. Until i learned that life was more complicated than that.

"Ellie are you ready to put your things in the truck?" Mom said 

"Sure, i guess..." I looked to the ground...

I didn't really want to leave my home or my friends.... I was perfectly fine here, why do we have to leave?

  Mom packed up the rest of her things and left the boxes in the moving truck, she called me to join her in the car on our way to our new home in Willows. The truck moved on as we started moving... So many things were going on inside my head. Will i make any friends, Will i finally be able to get a job, Can i save enough for my college funds? Who would want to be with me?

A few hours in the car and i already felt like i was going to puke! 

"Ma, i feel sick.... Imma puke!" I tried to say while holding my mouth and stomach as tight as possible

"Ellie please don't puke in the car! This is all we have left to afford and this is the last thing your father had before he passed away!"

Suddenly i felt a little less sick and a little more sad... i felt tears well up in my eyes but i held them back...

"Mom..." I said looking down at the floor of the car

"Yes Ellie?" She said concerned

"Do you ever miss him? What do you think dad would say if he were here right now?" I felt stupid for asking but i couldn't help it.

  For a good minute there was no response from mom... Finally i heard her sigh and i noticed her face was all red and tears were rolling down her cheeks. "I miss your father so much.... If he were here right now he would have made a joke right now to cheer the both of us up. That's how... That's how i had meet your father in highschool, He accidentally knocked down the books in my hand and he made a joke about it and apologized. B-but he's not here to do that is he? TELL ME! IS HE HERE TO DO THAT?"

I was silent the whole time... i never saw mom yell like this... i shouldn't have brought him up...

  She looked back at me and sighed, tears rolling down my cheeks as i cried softly in the back car seat. "I'm so sorry Ellie, your 15 and you shouldn't have to go through all this by yourself... i'm just a little troubled and sad right now and i don't want you to be. Your young, i want you to go out like normal teens and not end up like me." She took a deep breath in and a deep breath out, then she smiled at me.

  I looked out the car window after wiping my tears off. Things had cooled down a bit with mom, she decided to play music for the rest of the trip, i was so happy and a little relieved that mom was feeling better with less on her mind. The doctors said that she had too much on her shoulders! meaning that she was under a lot of stress with keeping up with bill and getting through the loss of dad.  Finally i had gotten tired and bored of the music and so i decided to look out the window, and there it was the sign that said  WELCOME TO WILLOWS...