Mellow Vibes (MJ)

16. Stopped Wishes

When I saw you, my heart thumped. Your hair was in a large afro, it was no longer in the flowing state. You looked so beautiful. I was heartbroken. Your lips were touching Marlon's. They should've been connected to mine..just mine...

It was December 31st. It was Anita's birthday. It wasn't special-James was not here. Again? This was a let down. Anita would have to act like it was a normal day. Devastating.

Anita woke up. Her face was wet with tears and her hair extremely messed up.

Her heart pounded. She swallowed. She felt hot. Anita put a hand to her chest and breathed slowly in and out.

Mother....my mother...

She started sobbing.

Anita quickly wiped her tears.

She dressed herself in a white long sleeved shirt with a little bit of detail.

Then she wore purple bell bottoms. She tucked in her shirt into her bell bottoms.

She applied lip balm to her plump lips. She placed black shiny shoes on her feet.

She wore her long leather jacket, the one she wore when she had met the Jacksons at Motown Studio.

Anita went across her room to James'.She opened the door and sighed. He wasn't there. She heard him come through the night, and come into her room.

He tapped her to awake her, but Anita did not want to talk to him. James kissed her forehead and left the room.

Anita shut the door. She made her way downstairs and did not bother eating anything. She grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and closed it.

She locked and left the house.

Anita breathed in the slightly cold air. She decided to walk to the large park to lose herself in thoughts. The park was empty.

She sat down on the bench and punched her water bottle. She felt tears come to her eyes. She breathed out.

A tear escaped out of her eye. Then it was the tears. Warm, big tears.

She felt somebody sitting next to her. It was Marlon. Marlon. He looked a bit more mature. Bigger afro, more grown face. He looked nice, Anita thought he really did.

She took all of his features and changes while gazing at him. Then she looked down at her lap. Marlon...why? All this time....Marlon was now 18 years old. Goodness...

"Hey..." Marlon whispered in a deep voice.

Anita moved down from him. She didn't want to hear from him.

"We moved from Motown Records. Now we're with Epic Records," Marlon said, guilitly scratching his neck.

Anita had butterflies in her stomach.

"Yep. Found out a couple of weeks ago. Berry told me. Good for you," Anita said not looking at him.

"I'm sorry you didn't find out straight away. We've been extremely busy and our band is becoming quite hard work," Marlon said softly.

Anita didn't say anything. She looked ahead at the trees. Her hair blew around her shoulders in the wind.

More tears came from her eyes. She wiped them away furiously. Why didn't they tell her? This made her even more upset than she already was.

"I'm sorry," Marlon said. He looked down and rested his hand on his chin.

Anita got up and turned to him. She placed a hand on her hip.