My World Came Too Soon - S. D. A. (reading strategies book .txt) 📗

My parents were like that all week...I still blush thinking about it. Well after that one week, my parents waited for Erica to get her pregnancy test back. When the Healer came out, Lionel spoke to him. I was conceived! Erica wouldn't stop laughing, she was hysterical with joy. They even embraced, though neither had confessed their love still. Those idiots.

Even I know how stupid it was for them to not say anything. But hey! Young love.

After the checkup, my parents had to wait at least a month before knowing if the pregnancy would take a normal human birth period. And you guessed it. I did take all nine months. Nine long happy months for my parents. And then....well, I was born. Lets have a flashback.

It was in the Hospital wing. The Women Elders were around my mother's cot, preparing her for my arrival. My father was outside the room, forced against his will, pacing non stop. It was the perfect picture. Until I came out.

"A girl! A beautiful girl just like you hoped!" The women cried with joy! And just as they cut the cord they saw my back. And so did my mother. She screamed so loud, my dad came rushing in. Everything went quiet as Lionel strode over to me and picked me up. Along the small of my back was a silver scar in the shape of a flower. From the center there was a short black tail; a Dinosaur's mark. And there my mother realized her true love was part Dinosaur.

Before anyone could say anything, I opened my eyes to see the world. Eyes that were the color of the universe. Lionel stared into my eyes, with tears escaping his own. He cautiously smoothed down the patch of black hair on my head and brought my tiny body closer. He kissed my forehead, and whispered hoarsley, "My Aveline..." He quickly moved me intoa woman's arms and turned to fled.

With one glance back towards Erica and me, my father disappeared before someone could call out. My mother hadn't said or down anything after she screamed. The only thought that passed through her head was, I gave birth to a monster... That part always makes me cry. But then she shook herself and looked at me as she silently cried. Erica held out her arms to her aunt, the woman who held me. I was tucked into them quietly.

My mother's best friend Tanya sat beside her as she just looked at me. With an arm around the two of us she said clearly, "A beautiful girl; just expected from Lionel and yourself. She's both blessing and curse... What will you name her, love?"

It didn't take my mother long to answer as she held me tight, shielding me with her hair as she kissed my brow, "Aveline. Aveline Chance Pederson."

My birth was obviously tragic to most people.. I don't blame them. Looking down at all of this now-quite literally, too- I can see the pure disgust when my mother hands me over for people to oogle at.
Very few people treated me just like other babies, only Tanya, my mother.. sometimes, Jeanette an Elder, and Blaise...my father's best friend. And my dad but then again, I wasn't conscious of him being by my side.
Time seemed to have stopped when everyone found out what kind of blood I had. But like everything else in life, it sped into fast forward. Before we knew it I was growing up from a baby to a toddler.
And then, it was my sixth birthday. Probably the day my life slowly turned upside down.

10 YEARS AGO~

" Mommy! Are you sleeping?" I tugged on her nightgowns sleeve. "Mommy.... I want to eat with you today."
Around that time Erica had stopped looking me in the eyes, had stopped looking at me period. Whenever I tried to talk to her she'd be halfhearted-leaving her only daughter to crumble.
"Aveline Pederson leave sleeping." Her voice was sleepy but cold. I shivered but went to touch her cheek."Mommy are you ok..?" Her red hair ducked under the covers as she cringed away from my hand. I stood there, looking into her icy purple eyes as she stared at me through a crack.
I then started to cry.. hiccuping for breath. That was the day I got my very first beating. Bam... Right across the face, I got a slap. I stopped hiccuping right away. I started shaking uncontrollably, backing away to the door though. My vision was so blurry, I remember falling down half way..That's right; Erica's eyes got so wide...and she reached out to me, to hurt me again or comfort me I don't know...
She began to speak, "Baby, I didn't--" But I'd gotten up and had ran out of the room. That day, I didn't receive any presents. And the only people who came over was-you guessed it. Blaise, his daughter Rosie, Tanya, and Jeanette. We ate something called cake... and I blew out the six matches on it, making a wish I can't recall... Mommy didn't come out at all for the rest of the day. Tanya went in to check on her though.
I tugged on her suit and she knelt down beside me so I could hug her. I told her: "Will you give this to mommy and tell her I'm sorry?"
Tanya hugged me close tightly after that...for quite awhile. When she came out she didn't say a word, though her eyes seemed moist. My mother's door remained shut. I showed everyone the way out, gave hugs and kisses, and cleaned up everything as soon as they were gone.
I wanted everything to look good; to make my mom proud and happy of me.
That night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt of a warm man hugging me close, whispering how much he loved me. I swear I cried with my eyes closed; I believed it was my daddy wishing me a happy birthday.
And as I cried in my sleep, my mother pulled the blankets closer to me...and kissed me goodnight... There were tears on her cheeks, too. My lovely mother... she regretted what she did...I see that now. But......
I feel so weak.......again.....maybe she'll be happier this way.....if I remain sleeping in this empty space and never wake up......

Text: This book is officially mine. If you use it at all without my consent, not only will I be pissed, you'll be fined.
Publication Date: 11-13-2011

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Dedication:
To Haley and Abbey...who dealt with this dream without freaking out too much ;)