FATE DREW ME CLOSER TO YOU

A New Beginning

My eyes welled with tears, that flowed down cheeks. I listened to the music on the streets. I could hear the happiness and dancing, which reminded me of all the memories of my mother dancing to her favorite songs. I could not take it any longer........I broke down. Tears are rolling down my cheeks. The emptiness that ached my soul. The loneliness deep down, the pain of losing my only guardian angel. I heard someone call my name,

" Alexa, Alexa, we have arrived." When I got out of the car, I saw a lady standing on the door. She was beautiful short and had shoulder-length hair. She was happy to see me, and I almost thought that she was my stepmother, so I said,

"Hi." and she replied,

"Hi, my dear, how are you?" She was extremely nice, and I replied,

"I'm fine thank you are you my stepmother." There was a lot of silence until she said,

" No, I'm not. I'm the housekeeper,and my name is Erica. " Then I saw a tall lady with a rough face approach me, and she asked,

"Young lady, are you Alexa?" her face was emotionless, and I replied,

" Yes, I am." and I added,

"Are you my stepmother?"She just nodded and before she could leave I asked her,

"How can I address you ?"and she replied,

" Call me mother but my name is Kelly. By the way you have to stepsisters Ava and Eva ." She told Erica to take my things to the roof and walked away.

Inside the house......

I kept on exploring until I found Erica,and I asked,

"Auntie Erica, where is my room?" She was so surprised that in a long time she finally had someone to call her auntie and she said,

"Oh my dear girl, your room is a little dusty, but we can turn it around."

We entered the room, and it was a mess. We took out the old rusty stuff and brought in new things. I hung up my posters and my other stuff. After a while, we finally finished, and I settled in. It was a comfortable place, but something was making me feel uneasy. It was the love of my mom. I really missed her and I deeply wished that she could be with me. My eyes were already watery, and then I had my door opening. I thought it was Erica but to my surprise, it was Kelly and she said,

"Good night my princess, "and she added,

" Tomorrow is going to be a long day for you so you should get your beauty sleep."and then she closed that door. Of all people, I never expected her to tell me that, but at least it was nice to know that she cared. I never wish to have a stepmother, but now that I did, I realized I it wasn't all bad. As I was about to fall asleep, I had screaming outside the house. I was extremely frightened until I realized that it was Ava and Eva my stepsisters who were a year older than me. I went downstairs only to find a handsome tall boy smiling at them. I didn't know the guy but when I looked closely, I realized it was Lin.

When Lin saw me, he momentarily ignored Ava and Eva. Once they noticed he was staring at me, their eyes flooded with anger. Lin walked towards me and said,

"Oh my god, Alexa. I didn't except to see you here." and I replied,

"Me too."

"How have you been?" he asked gently.

"Not good at all. It has been a very tough time for me because my mom passed away. He moved close to me and gave me a hug as he said,

" I sorry." Meanwhile, Ava and Eva were furious because Lin came specifically for them not anyone else. So they said,

"Lin, Alexa needs to get her precious sleep." Lin looked at them, then at me and said,

"Talk to you later, Goodnight." He let go of me and I matched to my bedroom.

As I entered my room, I noticed my phone vibrating and I hurried to to it. It was Ricky calling so I picked up.

"Hello."

"Hi Alexa, how are you?"

"Not fine."

"Why what's the matter? You haven't been answering my calls or texts."

"That's because my mom passed away............... (crying)..............." At that moment, I cried heavily and Ricky said,

"Alexa, don't cry. I'll be there soon. I promise."

"No, don't I have a stepmother and stepsisters who don't like me."

"First wait, STEPMOTHER!!!!!!!" he said in shock.

"Yes, stepmother."

"How, when, why???" he asked and I replied,

"So my dad fell in love with a woman and they got married had kids and she ran away. Then my dad met my mom, they got married and gave birth to me. Apparently, he died."

"Ooh, I'm sorry I asked."

"No,its okay." I replied and he said,

"I will make sure I see you tomorrow. Love you."

"Love you too.......(call ends)........

I took a deep breath and started crying uncontrollably. I tried to wipe the tears but the more I tried the more they increased. Unalarmed,Erica entered my room and said,

" I know you miss your mom but do you know what?............." I didn't say anything and she added,

"You can write to her."

"How can you write to someone dead?" I asked rudely and she replied,

"You can write to get rid of your pain."Her idea was starting to make sense. With that, she left my room. I got a paper, pen and I started writing.

I can't say that everything's okay

cause you left alone and empty

you were my light in the dark

my new moon in the night

my super star

my mentor of hope

and my guardian angel

Now that you are no longer by my side

I am nothing

My life has shattered in front of me

l am completely lost and helpless

Why did you leave me????

Why did you leave me?????

Come back to me mom.

Come back to me.

A solemn tear rolled down my cheek, my throat tightened, a lump formed that made it difficult for me to speak and breathe. I tried fighting back my tears but I failed. My body looked calm compared to how tangled my mind was. Moans escaped my lips through the suppressed sound of hiccups. I was unable to contain the flood of emotions and I covered my face with shaking hands wishing that I died with my mom.I eventually went to sleep.