Monday, February 6, 2012

Groan. It's Monday.

Blah.  Yay!
It's the worst  best day of the week. !
 Stupid Happy Monday!
How was your Monday?
Mine was a real surprise!

TERRIBLE.
 
Now isn't that such a surprise?

Here's part of my latest chapter.
"Chapter 13- Be my escape



I can't believe it.
I'm watching my sister's memorial service, and I realise how much I miss her. Her smile, her laugh, just her. But now she's gone. Dad is speaking gravely into the microphone. Lindsee looks pale, Leo has lost weight, Lynn is staring at the ribbons and flowers on Wil and my old chairs like it's the most interesting thing in the world.
Written on the projected screen is :

Charlotta and Wilma
1998- 2012 1998- 2010
You will be missed



I want to laugh, but my eyes are stuck on the screen. Somehow the two connect and my mouth opens and closes like a goldfish.
"It was two years ago that we lost one of our twin girls to cancer. They were Leah's fourth pregnancy." His carrot head made everything about him seem slightly comical.
"Charlie was my little girl. When I had I fight, she was there. She was amazing, an amazing child...." His eyes filled with tears and he stepped off the podium.
Mum nodded at him and stepped onto the podium. She's stifling a smile. She knows that I'm alive. She's enjoying this. She's dressed in a tight polka-dot silk shirt that outlines her muffin top. Her navy blue skirt is tight on her hips and she quells another smile. Professionally she changed her face to a somber expression. "I can't even imagine life without my girls. They are so important to me..." Distractedly ,as a servant handed me a sandwich, my teeth clamped over it, letting the nutrients sink in into my mouth and down, down into my growing stomach. I had been comfort eating. I glanced at Lindsee. She was wearing a black maternity dress, only giving us a sneak- peak of he baby bump. He hat was tilted and her face went very red for a second. Then her face went pale. She gave Leo (in too tight morning dress- totally un-suitable) a little kiss and a whisper in his ear. He got up and picked her up. He took her to the limo. The camera focused on them. The commentator's voice was exactly like he was talking for a tennis match. "And that's Diana, known as Lindsee, with her boyfriend Leo..."
A shot of realization shimmied down my spine. She was in labour!
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Mwah, Hannah


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