So Young - Jade Harthi (reading strategies book .txt) 📗

Chapter 1:


“She was beautiful”


“My name is Jonathan MacAnthony, let me tell you the amazing story about me and Kimberly Richardson. My Mother (Sarah) studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts (from the year 1970 to 1974) while she was studying there she met her best friend (Linda Albertson)”.


“They became so close that nothing could separate them. My Mother met my Father in 1970 just 5 days after attending college…they fell in love then married on December 1st , 1971, I however was born on September 21, 1972. 4 years after I was born my Father left me and my Mother and left us with nothing (at the time Linda was single and living in Boston, Massachusetts) so my Mother had no place to live or no one to turn to other then Linda”.


“Linda, welcomed us to live with her with open arms, it was a small apartment with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a kitchen and a living room…..but to my Mother it was wonderful, she was so grateful yet embarrassed she told Linda that she only wanted us to stay there for a few days until she found a place of our own, but Linda, didn’t agree to this, she told my Mother that she wanted us to move in with her and after a long time of arguing my Mother finally gave in”.


“At the time Linda, was dating some guy named (Kyle Richardson) he asked for her hand in marriage and they got married on September 4, 1977. After she married she moved in with her husband and left the apartment to me and my Mother. She gave birth to her first daughter on the 11th of August 1979 she named her (Sarah) after my Mother".


"Then on the 10th of May 1987 she gave birth to her second daughter (Kimberly)…(her husband also left her while she was 8 months pregnant) my Mother and I went to visit her at the Hospital, Sarah was staying with us at the time, the nurse brang Kimberly for us to see, my Mother held her first then she gave her to me, when I held her in my arms for the first time I felt something strange like I knew something about her, something that I couldn’t explain at the time (I felt the chills go down my spine)it was a weird feeling that I’d never felt before I quickly looked at Linda then gave Kimberly to her, I turned around then all I could remember was me sitting down on a chair very quietly”.


“I remember spoiling her very much I used to buy her candy, toys anything she wanted it was so funny how her mother was like “John stop spoiling her, you’ll turn her into one of those spoiled little brats” but I would still do it anyway, I couldn’t help it she was too cute. Unfortunately it all had to come to an end I was 18 and was on my way to College (I was going to study Engineering I got accepted at the University Of Texas-Austin) so I was going to move with my Mother to Texas (I was the only one my Mother had so I decided that we should sell our apartment and both move to Texas where I would get her a small apartment so she’d be close to me and I can visit her every now and then when I got the chance)".



" And after a long time of thinking about it she thought that, that would be the best thing to do, it was a very emotional goodbye for all of us, we packed our bags then headed of for Texas where we had lived until this very day….I graduated and got a job over here as an Engineer..my Mother is doing great she re-married a wonderful man named (Phil Adams) and their very happy together. We got an invitation to Sarah’s wedding in 1 month so we’re going to go see them in a couple of days, I took my vacation and we were getting ready to head for Boston (My Home Sweet Home)….


Chapter 2:


(Back in Boston): “I think this would go very beautiful with your dress” Linda said as she held up the vale she wore on her wedding day…”what do you think Sarah?” Sarah smiled “I absolutely love it! Let me try it” she headed towards the mirror, than held it up to the back of her head “this is so perfect! Thanks Mom” “you are welcome” she gave Sarah a quick kiss on her head before leaving the room.


“What do you think Kim?”


“I love it too, you look so beautiful….Hey Sarah??” Kimberly asked as she stretched herself while sitting up on her bed… ”Yes??”


“Do you think I’d ever get married?”


Sarah turned around and gave Kimberly a surprising look


“YES!! Of course why would you even ask that Question?!”


“Well I never fell in love, Went out on a date, Had a boyfriend or anything like that and if I never had any of that how do you expect me to get married?”


“Look, you not having any of that means nothing at all, the only thing it really means is that you haven’t found the right guy yet, and trust me when I say that every woman has somebody out there for her, so stop thinking about it okay?” Kimberly gave Sarah the biggest smile then said “okay, I will”.


“Well I’m very hungry, so I’m going downstairs to get some breakfast in my tummy so I’ll see you down there after you get out of bed and freshen up that is” she laughed as she left the room.


Kimberly got out of bed dragging her two feet behind her and headed for the Bathroom , she brushed her teeth got dressed then went downstairs to the kitchen pulled up a chair then sat down “Ah, cereal the best breakfast ever…so where’s Mom?”


“ She went outside to check and see if we’ve got any mail Today” and just before Kimberly could say anything Linda walked in to the kitchen looking extremely exited…”You guys I’ve got some great news!! Sarah, Phil and Jonathan are all coming to the wedding, and that’s not even the best part they’re coming in a couple of days so they could spend some time with us”


“Hey! That means they’ll be able to attend my Bridal shower on Saturday, this is great I’m so exited”


“I would be as exited as you two if I remembered them ha ha”


“are you trying to tell me you don’t remember being spoiled as heck by Jonathan? I swear I thought you were going to turn into a brat”


“Come on Mom you said it yourself that I was only three when they left for Texas, I can barely remember a thing”


“Yeah that’s true so I guess I can’t really blame you but I’m telling you from now you are going to love them, I haven’t met Phil though but from what Sarah’s been telling me he sounds like a wonderful Man”.


“So I’m going to go and try on my dress at 14:00, I’ll take the vale with me so I can see what it looks like with the dress” Sarah said while picking up her bowl and spoon and washing them in the sink


“Oh I’m sure it’s going to look beautiful, you should take Kimberly with you to try on her dress as well, I’m sure they already fixed the zipper by now, as for me I’ve got to go and get the gifts for your bridal shower…so if you guys need anything you can call me okay I’ll see you two later”.


Linda grabbed her purse then headed out to her car. Sarah sat back down with a huge (I can’t believe it) kind of smile on her face “god it’s been 17 years since I last saw them, I can’t believe their coming to my wedding! Kimberly, you don’t even know how close Sarah and Mom were, I mean I know Mom told you about Sarah and how she was and still is her best friend, but you’d have to see them together to know exactly what I mean….Mom is very happy and if she’s happy I’m happy too”.


“Well then if your happy and Mom’s happy then I’m happy ha ha ha”.


“And Jonathan?? What about Jonathan I mean is he married? Is he single? Has he changed a lot or a little bit?? Oh my god Kimberly I’m really exited!”


“Wow there Sarah! ha ha calm down girl, get a hold of yourself, your making me jealous here, cause I was too young to remember anything”.


“Oh, Kim don’t worry you’ll meet them and have plenty of time get to know them and now you are old enough to remember, so now you’ll have lots of memories”.


“Yeah you are right I haven’t really looked at it that way, thank you for that sis. Well I’m off to do my morning jog so I’ll see you later”.


“Okay, well I’ll just go and read a book or maybe take a bath or find something to do while I’m all alone ha ha”.


“Yeah, sure Sarah you do that just don’t do any weird kind of shit” Kimberly said laughing her way out the front door.


“Shut up Kimberly! Ha ha ha”.


Chapter 3:


(Back in Texas): “MOM…..PHIL?? ANYONE HOME ?” Jonathan yelled as he opened the front door to his Step Father’s house. “I’m in the Kitchen sweetie” .


“Hey Mom, I just wanted to drop by and see how you guys are doin’ where’s Phil?”.


“Oh! He’s in his office reading some book, and we’re doing fine thank you dear... Dinner will be ready in 15 minutes why don’t you join us?”


“Yeah sure I’d love to thanks….let me go and say hi to him” Jonathan said as he dipped his finger into the spaghetti sauce then placed it into his mouth……(SMACK)…”OUCH”


“Jonathan that’s DISGUSTING!! How many times do I have to tell you to not put your fingers into food that other people are going to eat from besides you??”


“Ah sorry? I’ll just leave before world war three happens in here ha ha ha” he blew a