Brixia In The Sky

My Parents

I waited for my brother to pick me up at school, it took 20 minutes and 3 more minutes to make it home. I walked into my room and threw my backpack off to the side closest by my shoes. I layed on the bed and turned on the tv. It was around 3:30 and my dad wasn't home yet. I was watching I Love Lucy, it's a black and white tv show that is so funny and cute, a classic in my opinion. Ricky Ricardo has a husband and Ethel Murphy  as a best friend. It must be a nice life. 

I started watching I Love Lucy at a really young age, I was about 8 when my great aunt gave it to me. I was always told I had an old soul because I liked to read and I watch old shows and movies and I don't exactly listen to the most popular songs. I saw this quote or saying “when someone calls you an old soul they are just acknowledging you grew up way too fast” but if you look up what old soul means on google it says it because you're wise beyond your years that you're more than what your age group is. I just have a different taste than the rest in my opinion. 

My door opens a little and my dad pops his head in, “hey im home” he gives me a smile and i smile back at him. Me and my dad never were close like the kids on tv but it was a different bond. If he was happy I was too. When he was stressed I would try to avoid making it worse. We weren't close but at the same time there was a mutual understanding. My dad tended to be closer to my brothers, especially the two older ones. I was never angry that it was more of an envy. I didn't look at my dad that much. He was black and I was lightskin, no color like him and my brothers. Sometimes we would joke i wasnt my dad’s daughter and at a time i honestly believed i couldnt be his. 

I was watching TV and on my phone until around 5:40 when my mom got home running to her room to change into work out clothes. She goes to Zumba every other day. My mom has always been a big lady and I think at one point she pushed that on me. I remember her telling me I would be prettier if I was skinny and since that day I have looked at myself differently. My mom wanted to lose weight more than anything and she pushed herself, that's my favorite thing about mom, she pushes herself to change something i could never do. We used to be close when I was younger but things happen, more fighting than anything.I looked like her in almost every way but I hated when people said that because I wanted to be my own person but we are more alike than I want to admit.  I love my mom that much.

It wasn't until she got back that she made dinner and I ate alone in my room.