LILLY!
By Sophie Nickson
LILLY!
by Sophie Nickson
“LILLY! GET UP YOU’RE GOING TO BE LATE!” Carol screamed.
“Ughhhhh,” I grunt as I hit the bed beside me. The first day of school after winter
break and I’m already off to a bad start. Carol is my foster mom. Yeah I'm one of those
kids. I swung my legs off the side of my bed and sat up. I started to rub my eyes, then
remembered I forgot to take my contacts out. Yay, irritated eyes. This is specialty of
daily contacts; don't take them out at night, irritated eyes.
I got dressed as quick as I could and raced down stairs. I hurtled downstairs only
to trip on the last step and graze my face. Two bad things in the period of what, five
minutes? I picked myself up and walked to the kitchen. “Good Morning?” Carol asked.
“Oh my goodness, I really hope so,” I replied, “But the rate I’m going at so far,
pretty fat chance.” The day has to get better by this afternoon. I’m meeting my real
parents. I went to start to get breakfast, opened the squeaky cupboard door to see
nothing. Nothing! No breakfast, even better. I trudged back up to my room to get my bag
and slung it over my shoulder. I glanced up in my mirror; Oh man, I thought, graze on
my jaw and irritated eyes. I look like sh
“LILLY! HURRY UP THE BUS LEAVES IN FIVE!” Interrupted Carol.
I checked in the bathroom for contacts on my way to the stairs. None left. Great.
Absolutely spectacular. Running out the door, I jumped on my bike, and rode to the bus.
I walked on the bus, and then people started making fun of me; as usual. “Hey Lilly, how
was your break?” Someone asked. I turned around, it was Jade. Jade has been one of
my best friends for about a year. “Wow what happened to you?”
“Jade! My break was okay, until today.”
“Oh yeah, what happened?”
“I forgot to take my contacts out and then fell down the stairs. Oh the joy.” I
sarcastically smiled.
“Ooph nasty,” her face scrunched up, “C’mon take a seat I downloaded loads of
good music over the break”
We sat in our seats. The seats right in front of the door about halfway down the
bus. Listening to music and dancing is how the bus ride generally goes.
I got to school and walked up the hill with Jade to meet Iggy and Nicoco. We
caught up with what happened over the break and gossiped about “ew people.” Nicoco
was the king of gossip. We walked to first period and departed for the first third of the
day. I wasn't in the same class as Nicoco and Iggy, but that was okay, I had Jade. The
first two classes were all fine, nothing bad happened, phew.
Recess was next and we went to the dome, as we do everyday. We went to meet
up with Pablo, mini person, and Mike. “Lilly!” Mike shouted while smiling. “Do you have
food?”
“Mike? Not having food? Is it possible?” Iggy sarcastically laughed
“Yeah, but it’s in my bag, I’ll give you an apple at lunch” I replied.
Nicoco, Iggy and I left halfway through recess to walk around the classrooms.
The whistle blew outside so we departed for the second third of the day. That was also
fine, except for a pop quiz, but it was all on the stuff I already knew, so it was easy.
Cafeteria. Oh, the dear cafeteria. I walked through the glass doors and turned to
the right to walk to our table. Everyone has their own table. Sometimes they mix, but it's
not right. The cafeteria isn't as bad as most movies make it out to be, it's just loud. We
made it through lunch and only had to change tables twice!
I survived the rest of the day and the bus ride back. TIME TO MEET MY
PARENTS! I walked in the door, no talking or signs of movement, Carol must be with
mom and dad upstairs. I slowly tiptoed upstairs, waiting to be surprised. Turn left at the
top of the stairs and walk to my room. All I see if Carol sitting on my bed with her head
laying in her cradled hands. I asked in a confused tone, “Carol, what’s wrong? And
where’s my parents?”
“I’ve been meaning to tell you for the past month I just haven’t had the courage.”
She started to sob.
“What? What have you been meaning to tell me?” I felt a feeling of dread creep
upon me.
“About your parents… They are both fighters in the Military.”
“So? Where are you going with this?”
“Right. Your mother died a month ago, a month ago today.”
“YOU REFUSED TO TELL ME THIS!?” I screamed. I felt my heart being ripped
apart.
“I didn’t have the courage,” her voice shrunk.
“SO? AT LEAST, tell me what happened to my dad.”
“Your dad went missing in Syria. About two weeks ago.” The words barely came
out of her mouth.
“OH MY GOODNESS CAROL! YOU COULD’VE JUST TOLD ME THIS! BUT,
NO! YOU HAD TO SAVE IT ALL FOR TODAY AND GET ME WORKED UP FOR IT!”
“Please calm down Lilly, I’m not done”
“No! I’ve heard enough! You’ve just told me I’m an orphan! What could you tell
me now!”
“An orphan? What about me? I’m your mother, Lilly. Right?”
“You Carol, are not my mother. And never will be.”
“I have a letter from your mother.” She tried not to sound offended, but she
couldn’t keep the hurt off her face.
“You, you what?”
“Here.” She said as she handed me a old note.
“Oh.” I whispered as I read the envelope. To My Dearest Daughter Lilly. I opened
the envelope and it was a single piece of paper. The letter was handwritten as I could
see by the imprints in the page; and was covered with dirt. I took the page out of the
envelope and just stared, dead silent as I opened the page.
It read:...
End