All I Ever Wanted
Chapter 2:
Kelly
"Allayla, come on. Get yourself
out of bed! It is the first day of school and if you aren't
ready to go by the time your father is walking out that door,
you're gonna have to walk to school. He's already ready and
he's not gonna be late. Now, let's go," I yelled for
the fifth time.
It felt like nothing I did could get my daughter out of bed. I just
had this feeling that she was never happy with her life. She
wasn't really ever excited for anything... She refused to try
out for cheerleading. She hated going to the Friday night football
games... She never hung out with friends. Never was really into
guys or dating. Something was always off.
"Let's go!!" I yelled again. And then finally gave
up.
If she was gonna be late and have to walk to school, not my
problem. She definitely could be if she wanted.
"Mom! Shut up! I'm getting out of bed! Give my a
break!" Allayla yelled back.
"Excuse me, young lady. But you will not talk to me like that.
Try again."
"Okay," she said in a sarcastically calm voice.
"Mom, don't worry. I'm getting out of bed right now.
Love you!!!"
"I give up," I mumbled as I walked out of the room.
I walked to the kitchen to put together a lunch for Allayla and
Chris. As I started making the sandwich's, I heard Chris
mumbling to himself in the living room.
"Honey, do you need help with something in there?" I
asked.
"Yeah... I can't find my list of players..."
He had just hosted tryouts yesterday and he already lost the list
of kids who tried out. And let me tell you, that was a long
list.
"Oh. That's over on the counter next to the fruit bowl.
Lord knows what it was doing over there... You should probably get
more organized," I said.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Kelly. What would
I do without you?" He asked with a smile on his face.
"You would probably have to redo try outs," I said,
shooting a smile back.
As he walked by, he gave me a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Is Allayla up, yet?" He asked, looking over at the
clock.
"Yeah. At least, I'm pretty sure... I woke her up like, an
hour ago... But she wouldn't get out of bed.. I heard her
walking around her room. So I'm gonna guess and say she's
getting ready for school."
"Okay. Well, we have to go soon. I have a big meeting today
after school, so you're going to have to pick her up,"
"Alright," I said. "Well, have fun at your meeting.
Have a good day at work. What time will you be getting home for
dinner? I was thinking we'd just have chicken..."
"I'll probably not be getting home until around seven. We
have to pick out players tonight at this meeting. Practice starts
in a week. Allayla! Are you ready for school?!" Chris yelled
down the hallway.
"God, dad. Yes. Chill," She huffed as she walked into the
kitchen. "Look, ya'll. I just wanted to apologize. For
real. And my mom, I've been doing some thinking. Cheerleading
tryouts are today after school... And I think I'm going to try
out. It wouldn't be my first pick, but it'll give me
something to do. And I was thinking, maybe I could make some
friends or something. I don't know.. Never mind. That last part
sounded stupid. Anyway... I'm pretty sure they end at five. So
just pick me up around the front," She said as she grabbed an
apple and started to turn to walk out the door. "Dad! You
coming?"
"Yeah, hun. I'll be right there. Bye. Love you. Have a
good day," Chris said as he gave me one last kiss and walked
out the front door.
"You too baby!" I said in return, doubting he heard
me.
I was so happy at that moment, though, that I didn't care. My
baby was going to be trying out for an actual school sport. All I
ever wanted was for her to make some friends and join a team or a
club of some sort and be happy.
Allayla was a beautiful girl. Her hair was brown and long. It was
beautiful wavy but also beautiful when she straightened it. It was
thick and shiny. Her eyes were a beautiful bluish green color. She
was about 5'5; a half inch taller then me. Her skin was pale
but flawless and she had a perfect ski slope nose. She was
gorgeous. She just needed to put herself out there more.
I was aware that many of the young boys on the football team had
asked Allayla out, but for some reason, she had a strict, no dating
football players policy. And it got to the point where almost all
of the players would ask her out, and she got so annoyed that Chris
would have to make it a rule that they were not aloud to ask her
out or even think about it. So the boys stopped and Allayla was
content.
As a mother, I worried about her. I wanted her to be happy and grow
up with a lot of friends but it never seemed to be on her wish
list. That's just always how it was with
her.
All I Ever Wanted Chapter 2: Kelly "Allayla, come on. Get
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Aug 18, 2010 4:48pm
