To Love Xavier Mason

1.Promise

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ran as fast as I could to my room then jumped on my bed after slamming my door shut.

By this time I was already crying hard into my soft purple pillow and relayed what had happened that day. How could Theodore push me? I mean it's not like I did anything to him and Elizabeth said all those mean things about me while the whole class laughed at me.

I was caught up in my own thoughts that I didn't realize that someone had entered my room until I felt the bed dip a bit due to extra weight.

"Sweety, are you alright?" I heard an all too familiar voice but it was a bit muffled by the blanket that I wrapped around my head.

"Yeah Mom I'm fine" I mumbled in my hoarse 11-year-old voice. I had cried too much and now my throat was all scratchy.

"Honey, I know you aren't fine, why don't you tell me what had got you soo sad?"

I contemplated my options. I could tell her about everything but risk the chance of her making it worse and going out of her way to report it to the principal. But what if she doesn't? I could always do what any other normal 11-year-old would do and run away from home, living off nothing but chicken nuggets and choci milk fro Mcdonalds' and trusting no one and my only friends would be my own two fists. But I soon realized my plans flaw, that I won't have enough money for chicken nuggets so I gave up on that plan.

I hesitantly pushed myself u from my beg and sat with my legs all Crisscross next to her. then I pushed the part of the blanket that was on my head a bit backward so it was like a hood. Then I said what had been eating me up inside.

"Mommy, am I different because-" I paused, looking for the right words, "Because of my condition?".

I could hear the heavy sigh my mother blew out then I felt hands wrap themselves around my little frame.

She put her head over mine and places hard chin in the center then slowly pulled down the make-shift hoodie and weaker her long fingers through my hair, instantly calming me.

She gets me.

"Sweetie pie, don't care about what people say because they will always look for reasons to bring others down," she said as I listened to her calming velvet voice.

"You are and your brothers and dad mean the world to me and I don't want it any other way." she kissed my head a feeling of warmth spread through my body.

"My love, My life, My world. You mean all this to me and more my little Jedi"

I laughed at the name she gave me when I was obsessed with StarWars. I watched all the movies, read the comics, and had a lightsaber.

She would always be Darth Vader and I would be Luke skywalker. My brothers will be everyone else.

Nicolas will be Yoda,and twins Carlo and Luis will play R2-Ds and BB8. Marco was Obi-Wan Kenobi, , Jose will be Chewbacca and Diego was Rey (He lost the bet between him and Jose, their twin relationship is wired).

"Mom, do you remember when Jose and Carlo were arguing, so Carlo took some shampoo and poured it down Jose's through?"

Her head shot back as she laughed
Her long wavy chocolates brown hair moving up and down as she laughed. The slightest wrinkles were on the edge of her eyes but they were nearly impossible to see and her silky voice rang throughout my room.

I really loved her laugh, it is heavenly and was very contagious, making everyone around her laugh or smile at the least. She was a ray of sunshine.

"He was coughing up soap bubbles for hours and when he finally calmed down-"

"HE STARTED SCREAMING THAT IT WAS HIS SHAMPOO THAT WAS WATED!" we both said at the same time and immediately started laughing wildly.

Then we heard a low mumble from behind e my door then a "thud" sound following after.

"Come in boys. You blew your cover" I shouted as all eight of them pulled into my lavender coloured room mumbling and I didn't miss the dirty looks they gave to Jose.

Carlo sat on some bean bag chairs, Luis sat on my desk and Marko sat on the chair next to it. The rest laid on my bed or sat on the floor.

"So who blew your cover this time?"

They all got some kind of mystery cold cause they all started caught and looking at Jose.

He jumped to his feet and flailed his arms up in exasperation.

"It was a goddamn mistake okay!"

"JOSE! LANGUAGE!" my mom screamed at him because he went against one of our rules, you can cuss but not in front of Valerie.

I swear I am treated like a baby in this house.

He mumbled a 'sorry' and continued in a whisper " I just got annoyed about the whole bubble insident"

Mom rolled her eyes but I couldn't miss the smile on her face.

"See Valerie, you have lots of people who love you for you and you shouldn't be ashamed about something you can't change. You are perfect and we will always be here for you"

"Promise that you will always be with me"
I looked around and all my brothers nodded in agreement

I looked over to my mom and said
"Mommy, promise you will always be with me"

She hugged me and said
"I will always be here"

"Promise?"

"Promise."

She didn't get to fulfill that promise.

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