*Warning* This has some social interaction in it, which for me at 13 with Asperger's Syndrome, it may sound a little, how do I put it? Not well done and sounds weird. Yeah. That's it. But, onward!
Chapter seventeen: the troubles of Laura
So hi guys, I’m Laura. That trip three years ago was cool. Anyways it’s been years again and so, birthdays happened. Mom, Dad, Holly and Ethan turned thirty two. Kate turned nineteen and so did Kurt and Alex. I turned fifteen. Melony and Melody are eleven. Serena turned three. Mirabelle turned five. Everyone had a great time, I was out with Sam and Forrest, because I know my family would forget me on my own birthday. They always forget me now unless I’m in trouble. Anyways here are the pictures of us now:
Kate is really pretty and is the only one who is always nice to me.
Alex is cool. He can’t yell at me, he’s not the boss.
Me, pretty cool.
Melony and Melody haven’t changed anything about their appearance, and I didn’t get a picture of Kurt.
Mirabelle at five, wearing her aunt Darlene’s favorite childhood dress:
And Serena:
ONE YEAR LATER...
Today Kate learned that she and Alex can’t have any kids. I will show you their conversation.
“Hey, Alex,” Kate said.
“Yeah?” he said chewing on the eraser at the end of his pencil.
“So I went to the doctor’s today.”
“Yeah?”
“I can’t have a baby.”
“Oh.”
“I’m sorry, I know you wanted to have kids.”
“Yeah, I did.”
“Sorry.”
“Sorry isn’t going to help, Kate.”
“I know.”
“Just go away.”
“What? Why?”
“Go away, Kate.”
“But why?”
“I SAID GO AWAY! I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU FOR A LONG TIME! DOES THAT ANSWER IT FOR YOU?!”
I walked in at that moment and heard Alex say that, Kate and I had a stunned face for a few minutes before she ran away crying.
“Kate! Wait, no!” Alex said, realizing what had happened.
“You’re an idiot!” I said and yeah, I kinda slapped him. You don’t hurt my sisters! Or my brother!
“I know.”
So I walked away. Then later in the day I saw Kate and Alex in the backyard, Alex walking towards Kate. (Yeah yeah, but she isn't short, it's the pose)
“Hi, Kate.” He said softly.
“Hi.”
“I am so, so sorry.”
“It’s okay, I’m sorry too.”
“Katie, please look at me.”
She flinched.
“I don’t care if we can’t have a baby, all I want now is you.”
“I want you too, but you’ve always wanted to have kids.”
“I don’t care. Maybe we could adopt someday.”
He kissed her head.
“Hey, come back, I want more.” Kate smiled.
So they kissed and kissed
again in the air. It was kinda sappy and cute.
Things got serious for me the next day, when I was out like five minutes past curfew and
Kate was the one that yelled at me and grounded me.
It was the final straw, basically. I stormed out of the house and ran over in the rain to Sam’s place and stayed there for a few days. We got bored so Sam gave me a makeover. I loved it, it captures how I feel.
But when I got home...
“Laura, you haven’t been home in days! While grounded! And then you come home wearing that?!” Mom yelled.
“Yeah! I am!” I yelled back.
“Laura Isabelle Right, you will not speak that way to your mother and you will not wear those clothes!” Dad said.
“YES I WILL! I AM SICK OF TIRED OF YOU TREATING ME LIKE THIS!” I yelled, and all my siblings came downstairs to watch.
“LAURA ISABELLE RIGHT! GO TO YOUR ROOM NOW!” Dad yelled.
All of my siblings moved out of the way on the stairs as I ran up.
This is what I looked like, by the way:
I stayed in my room all night and the next day I snuck out to see Sam. We stayed in the yard, ugh, don't give me that face.
The next day was prom.
We kissed for the first time right before leaving.
When we got there I won Prom Queen, my favorite song was played, we danced all night, and we became boyfriend and girlfriend.
When we got home, though...
“Laura Isabelle Right. You were grounded. We extended your punishment for sneaking out. Then you went to prom?!” Mom said, disappointed.
You know, I don’t even think I know what my siblings’ middle names are.
“Hey Mom, what are my siblings’ middle names?” I asked.
She looked at me with a face I found uncomfortable, but answered, "Anastasia, Amber, Elizabeth, Claire, and James." Then She left the room and in came Dad.
“Laura, what has gotten into you?” Dad said with a disappointed face.
“You guys. You did this.” I decided to just tell the truth. No caring what the next words he said were.
“What do you even mean, young lady?” Dad crossed his arms.
“You never notice me! You only do when I’m in trouble! Oh, look at Kate! She’s so nice and happy! Look at Melony and Kurt! Always with their sports! Look at Melody! THE NEW MOZART! Look at Serena! She’s so young but is soooo smart!Oh look at Laura... Wait, who is Laura? My life is horrible!” I yelled.
“Laura! Do you even know how many people have it worse than you? Your life is perfect! Just because your mother and I get stressed sometimes does not mean anything!” Dad yelled.
“Yes it does! You just don’t care about me, do you? I could die and you wouldn’t care!”
“Laura, I am extremely disappointed in you. You go to your room and don’t come out until you decide you can be a good daughter.”
“Daddy?”
“Don’t you “Daddy” me. Go, now.”
So I did what I was told, but not without crying.
“Sweetie, what happened?!” Sam asked as I came up to him and just let go completely.
So I told him.
“So what can I do?!” I said looking up into his eyes.
“Well, first, we need to get you away from them.” Sam took me over to the couch.
“How?”
“We’re sixteen. We’ll... get a house!”
“But we’re only sixteen, how do we do that?”
We’ll figure it out.”
