Her Loyal
Swing
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I remember the day I met them. It’s as
clear as the water on the beach, in the Bahamas. That’s
because I met them in the Bahamas. I was there for a wedding. It
was a very important wedding to the family. It was my
parent’s renewal of their vows. I didn’t know what that
was at the time, but I went along with it.
My name is Anna, and I was
only 7 when this started. As you see I was the one in the middle. I
was the in the middle for all the pictures, I was in the middle of
all the fights, as I was in the middle of both their ages. Life
while being in the middle all the time was tough!! Ha-ha!! Well,
not ALL the time! I liked it I felt like I was always needed.
The first person I
met from their family was Andrew. He looked so helpless. His mother
had just given Abigal his float, to swim, and his goggles. He
wasn’t able to swim, because the Lifeguard said that he was
too defenseless against the waves at his age.
I walked over to him, as
though I was going to get wet sand. But I stopped and I looked at
him. I waved, and he smiled back. It made me feel special. After
that I kept walking. When I came up, with little sand, because
really didn’t need any, he walked up to me. I stared at him
and smiled. He stared at me right back. I looked into his eyes and
dreamt of chocolate. Hey! I was only 7, of course I could dream of
chocolate. I slowly moved my lips to say “hi”, in my
sweet 7-year-old voice, and he gave a wave
“Uhm… My name is
Anna…” I whispered softly.
He said as though he was
telling me a secret, “My name is… ugh… Andrew,
and… that’s my sister, Abigal, over there.”
I kindly looked over to see
her splashing and playing in the water with her parents. I felt bad
for the poor kid! So I didn’t respond.
After a moment Adrew
continued. “I bet you’re looking to play with her,
it’s okay. I’m used to sitting alone…” He
smiled, a painful smile. “I don’t
mind…”
I replied with a smile. He
stood there awkwardly swaying back, and forth. Then he asked me
curiously, “How old are you?”
I smiled a bigger, and wider smile
and replied proudly “I am now 7 and a half! I have been alive
for a very long time my mama says!”
“Yes… ugh…
I guess. Ha-ha. Longer than me at least.” He said as if he
were ashamed.
“Oh really? How old
might you be!?” I curiously asked.
He glanced at his toes as he
scrunched them underneath the sand, and didn’t look up when
he said “I am 6… my sister is 8” He looked up
and looked into my eyes and said “I hate being younger than
her. Maybe if I were older things would be different.” He
looked back down.
I thought about what I was
going to say. It was like I ran out of time when I heard my mama
yell at me to come back.
“Anna! Have you gotten
enough sand yet darling?” She yelled like she did when her
and papa were not having a good day.
I yelled back “Mama!
I’ll be right there! Can I bring Andrew to play?” I
looked at Adrew to have him confirm that it was okay. He shrugged
his shoulders “I guess it’s okay. My parents are busy
with Abigal right now” I smiled and we both walked over to
the blanket my mama was laying on. She always told me that she was
letting the sun recharge her. Almost like she was a battery or
something.
When we got to the blanket my
mama leaned up and said hello to Andrew.
“Hello there lil’
youngin’. I’m guessing that you’re Andrew. The
boy my lil’ Anna asked to come over.” She had a great
big smile. Mama always left a great first impression. No matter
what the situation was, people always remembered her as such a nice
person.
We both nodded, and smiled.
Then we walked a little bit farther away and sat down. We talked
for quite a while. Until Adrew’s parents were wondering where
he was. We talked about his sister. I thought that she looked mean.
He insisted that she wasn’t. She just had this natural way of
getting all of the attention. He also said that she invited him to
play with her and his parents. She did for a while, but his parents
told her that it was her special time with them, and suggested that
she not invite him anymore. I liked Andrew he was a very nice
person. He wasn’t mean at all.
Ik it's long!
Thanks for reading ;]
Her Loyal Swing < * 2 * > I remember the day I met them.
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