It was her | h.s

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^^ what the kitchen looks like for when it gets to that scene :)

As I looked at myself in the mirror, I actually liked what I saw and what I was wearing. I was wearing a blue blouse that revealed part of my chest and sat nicely on my arms, it was tucked into a black pencil skirt. I had my hair straightened and had on some light makeup which I barely wore. With the sun still slightly orange, it reflected off the necklace I was wearing. Charley's. She gave it to me as a gift and I hadn't worn it in ages. I felt today as though I needed to so I felt like I had her with me. She is my good luck.

I don't normally get dressed up like this but today I needed to. Today I find out as to wether I get my dream job that i've wanted ever since I was 15. I looked over at the time.

7:00am

I still had half an hour until I needed to leave so I decided to eat. I had constant nerves and butterflies in my stomach that made me not want to eat but I knew I had to. I walked down my Oakwood stairs, and if you haven't guessed yet, my mum really likes the theme of Oakwood.

As I reach the bottom of the stairs I take a left into the kitchen where I saw my mum, Darcy. Our kitchen was beautiful. I needed to take more time in the morning to appreciate my house, even if most of it is Oakwood apart from our kitchen. Our kitchen is mostly white with marble counters. At the back of the kitchen we have a huge window which gave us a nice view of our back garden. She was cooking something but I wasn't sure what. When she noticed me she smiled, her face then dropped a bit when she saw-

"Charleys necklace."

She was like Charley's second mum with how often she came over. She looked like she wanted to cry which made me tear up a bit. She noticed and decided to change the subject.

"You look beautiful honey. Are you nervous? I made your favourite chocolate chip pancakes."

NOW I was hungry.

"Thanks mum. I am a bit nervous yes but I'm more excited. I can't get my hopes up too high though as there's still a possibility it doesn't happe-"

she knew what I was about to say and she hates me saying it. She gently held my face in her hands as she stroked away a piece of hair I had in my face. She just looked at me with nothing but love in her eyes. The sunlight that reflected off the back window made her look like an angel. My mother was beautiful. She had deep blue eyes, but when the sun hit them they looked like the ocean. She had naturally wavy blonde hair that sat shoulder length on her nursing suit.

Her words were a whisper, "I'm sure you'll be amazing sweetheart. I love you and I'm so beyond proud of you. If your father were to stay then he would have been proud of you too"

My father left us in the middle of the night. No warning. Just a note saying

Always Stay Happy darling. Raelynn, Look after Your mother. Remeber, Take on Your dreams. Love, Ethan Smith x

Then we heard nothing of him or where he is now. We never really had a good relationship but that's okay, my mum has always been so supportive of what I want to do and I will never be able to thank her enough. But I could always tell she missed him. Sometimes when I was up late I would hear her crying in her bedroom reading the note over and over again. She still kept her wedding ring on because she couldn't picture herself with anyone else. I couldn't blame her, they were together for 20 years. They were happy so neither of us really knows why he left.

I grabbed the plate of pancakes and sat down at our breakfast counter. We both simultaneously looked at the clock.

7:15am

"I need to go honey, I'm late for work. I'll be back at 9:00pm however, as soon as you find out call me on my work number okay!"

"Okay mum" I couldn't help but giggle a bit. She was more excited than I was.

She came over and kissed me on the side of my cheek. And she squeezed my shoulders and said,

"You got it. I love you"

She rushed out the door with her stethoscope around her neck. My mum works her ass off and it blows my mind that she can manage everything she does.

After I'd finished my pancakes I went up and brushed my teeth. I looked over at the clock

7:28am

"I need to go" I said to myself.

I looked at myself once more in the mirror just to top up mascara and lip gloss, I took a deep breath in. Then out. I had to think positive. My dream future all depends on this interview. I can't fuck it up.

// Raelynn's mum is so sweet🥺 let me know what you thought!