A NEW BEGINNING!
BAND FEVER!
Hannah’s P.O.V.
When I get into the house my parents were in the living room. Dad was doing his normal thing asleep on the couch with the TV on. He could watch anything, and I mean anything and fall asleep watching it. Mom in the study office, doing paper work like always. I go check on my mother in the study hall, but she isn’t there. I check the kitchen, isn’t there. I check in the living room where my dad was still sleeping, not there either. I go upstairs checking their bedroom. Found her. She is lying in bed asleep with her papers all over her lap and glasses on the papers. She works at home 24/7. Not much of a break since she puts food on our plates every day. I assume they already ate dinner. I go over to side of her bed hovering over her for a few seconds. ‘She looks so at peace’ I thought out loud of my mind. I smile taking her papers carefully so I don’t wake her up. I put them on her nightstand along with her glasses in the case. I covered her up more and turned off the lamp. She is always working day and night. She deserves some rest. I go back downstairs to wake my dad up so he can go to bed. He needs to stop falling asleep with the TV on all the time.
“Hey. Dad, wake up. You need to go lay down in bed. It’s almost midnight,” I whisper in his ear making him jump up with our foreheads bumping into each other’s.
“I’m so sorry Hannah. I didn’t mean for that to happen,” he says a little scared and yawning, while stretching.
“That’s okay dad. I wasn’t kidding when I said it’s almost midnight. You should get up to bed.”
“Alright, you better get some sleep too. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow birthday girl. I might as well go get your mother into bed too.”
“I know dad. Finally, turning 18. I’m so excited. Mom is already in bed.”
“Okay, honey. Well why don’t you go ice your forehead, it is a little red. Then head up to bed kiddo. Goodnight,” he says kissing my hair then heading up to bed.
I go into the kitchen pulling out a frozen pea bag from the freezer. I felt a little dizzy from my dad and I forehead bumping. It did hurt pretty badly; there will definitely be a bruise there by tomorrow. I run some cold water on the pea bag and then put back in the freezer.
Before I go to bed, I go outside on the back balcony and look at the stars in the midnight sky. I try to see if I could make something out of the bright burning stars in the sky. Patrick and I used to do that every night before he had to leave to go home. Kyler and I never did that. He never wanted to meet my parents. He wanted to wait a bit. I tried inviting him over for dinner one time, but he rejected my invitation.
I always had a great time with Patrick. He was perfect in every way. He made me feel like I was in a dream, when reality was better with him. Looking at the stars brings so many good memories back about Patrick. I miss those good times. They were the best times.
I only find a couple of shapes the stars make. There was a bunny rabbit, a heart with another heart in it, and a hat. I like bunny rabbit. It was adorable. I come back in the house locking the door behind me, trudging upstairs into my room.
I slip on my bright purple shorts with green polka dots on them, with a plain back t-shirt with the hello kitty on it. After I put on my pajamas, I go brush my teeth and put my hair in a bun. I crawl into bed holding my covers up to my face, shivering under them. I close my eyes, knowing tomorrow will be a bright new day. The perfect day is tomorrow and I don’t want it ruined.
*The Next Day*
“Hannah, come on. You don’t want to be late to school,” I hear my mom say while I finish doing my hair. I curled up into spirals like Slinky’s.
“Today is going to be a good day. I hope everything will go alright at school unlike what happened yesterday, but that’s all in the past now. I am a new person now who is just going to put it in the past, let it go, and get over it. Worrying about it will just make it worse. I like someone else now. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I still like Jakato. I think I’m going to say yes to be his girlfriend. Can this day get any better,” I say out loud of my head, looking at my reflection fixing the ruffles on my skirt. A dark purple with light green smiley faces on it with my white tank top that has little ruffles on the front. Perfect outfit for a perfect day.
“I’m coming mom. Hold your horses. The bus doesn’t come for another 15 minutes. I still have some time,” I say walking down the stairs with my purse on one shoulder and my phone in my hand.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY,” they all shout at the same time with a waffle cake with a mountain of whip cream on it with 3 strawberries on it. A couple of small presents on the table with beautiful bags.
“What is all this? I never expected for this to happen.”
“Well we love you with all our hearts. Your turning 18, so why not do a lot for the celebration.”
I smile setting my things down on the stairs, going over to the table and sitting down. My mom brings over the waffle cake with a candle on the very top of the whip cream. As they all sing, my mom places it in front of me on the table. I can’t help but get red in the face. Once they finished, I closed my eyes and thought carefully of what I wanted to wish for. I blew the candle out hoping my wish will come true.
“Here Hannah, open this present first. We all chipped in and got you this,” my dad said handing me a small bag, which felt a little heavy.
I open it up finding the new iPhone with a case already on it. I smile really big like I’m about to scream. I have been saving up my money to get one of these. It was a white iPhone 5 with a purple case with Yoshi on the back. Everyone in my family knew I loved Yoshi. It was my dogs name and my favorite name from the Super Mario Car Racing game.
“Wow. I have been trying to save up my money to get one of these but I end of spending my money. I love you all for doing this for me,” I say, getting up and giving my mom, my dad, and my little brother each a hug.
“We love you too Hannah,” a familiar voice said behind me. I turn around finding my older brother that I haven’t seen for almost 10 years when I was 10; when he made the x-factor and got in a band.
*Flashback (5 years old giving Liam luck)*
Hannah’s P.O.V.
“Good luck Liam, you’re going to do great,” I say, giving Liam a hug before he went out on stage, “As if you need it. You’re definitely going to make it.”
“Thanks Hannah,” he says kissing my cheek then walking towards the stage. My mom let me come backstage with him. They all call me good luck charms because I apparently bring everyone luck.
Like that one time, our family won the lottery, which was about $5 million. We were all excited that we went on vacation that summer and spent a lot of that money but keep the rest for a rainy day and to help pay bills.
When they started playing the song, it snapped me back into reality. I watch him the whole time while he sang. When he finished, I was jumping up and down of excitement because he did such a good job. When he would practice he would mess up a couple of words.
He came off of stage running towards me picking me up and hugging me while both of us smiled of happiness.
“Hannah, you are my good luck charm. If I win this, I will bring you with me one day if I make the band.”
“Liam, of course you’re going to make the band. You’re too perfect at it not to make it in.”
He hugs me tightly making it a little hard for me to breath, hoping his good luck charm is going to help him get in the band.
“Liam!” I say a little loud making sure he heard me so he wouldn’t squeeze any tighter.
“I’m sorry Hannah,” he says holding me in his arms.
“Now let’s have Liam out here to give him his results,” the announcer says in a microphone.
Liam puts me down and smiles. I kiss his cheek giving him some luck. He smiles then heads back to stage.
“Okay, Hannah I want to say this. If I wave for you come out, that means come to me on the stage. Either way, I want you to do that. Okay?”
“You got it Liam,” I say smiling.
He goes back out on stage. The first two judges gave him a yes. The last judge is a bit strict with stars. I hope he gives him a yes. But either way he will win. I’m so proud of him. He followed his own dreams.
“Welcome to Hollywood Liam,” I hear the last judge says. He looks over at me and waves me to come. I smile really big then sprint into his arms hugging him with him crying of happiness in my shoulder.
I hear the crowd awe in happiness. We both thanked the judges and then waved to the crowd, before exiting.
*Flash back ends*
I just stand there looking at Liam walking closer and closer to me. When he is finally in front of me he pulls me into one of his big embraces. I almost cry but I hold it in, wanting to scream so loud.
“Happy Birthday Hannah,” he says kissing my hair and hugging me tighter.
“Liam, I didn’t know you were going to come. I thought you would forget about my birthday.”
“Of course not. Hannah, you’re my good luck charm. Always has, always will.”
We pull away from each other and he wipes a small tear from under his eye. I can’t stop smiling so big, I completely forgot about the bus.
“Well now I just missed the bus. But it was so worth it,” I say giving Liam another hug.
“Come on Hannah. I will give you a ride,” Liam says grabbing my stuff from the stairs and heading to the car.
I go over and give my parents and little brother a hug and kiss goodbye before I leave, grabbing a strawberry from the waffle cake and running the car.
It’s so good to have Liam back home. I’m so glad he came on my birthday. Could this day get any better.
When I get into the house my parents were in the living room. Dad was doing his normal thing asleep on the couch with the TV on. He could watch anything, and I mean anything and fall asleep watching it. Mom in the study office, doing paper work like always. I go check on my mother in the study hall, but she isn’t there. I check the kitchen, isn’t there. I check in the living room where my dad was still sleeping, not there either. I go upstairs checking their bedroom. Found her. She is lying in bed asleep with her papers all over her lap and glasses on the papers. She works at home 24/7. Not much of a break since she puts food on our plates every day. I assume they already ate dinner. I go over to side of her bed hovering over her for a few seconds. ‘She looks so at peace’ I thought out loud of my mind. I smile taking her papers carefully so I don’t wake her up. I put them on her nightstand along with her glasses in the case. I covered her up more and turned off the lamp. She is always working day and night. She deserves some rest. I go back downstairs to wake my dad up so he can go to bed. He needs to stop falling asleep with the TV on all the time.
“Hey. Dad, wake up. You need to go lay down in bed. It’s almost midnight,” I whisper in his ear making him jump up with our foreheads bumping into each other’s.
“I’m so sorry Hannah. I didn’t mean for that to happen,” he says a little scared and yawning, while stretching.
“That’s okay dad. I wasn’t kidding when I said it’s almost midnight. You should get up to bed.”
“Alright, you better get some sleep too. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow birthday girl. I might as well go get your mother into bed too.”
“I know dad. Finally, turning 18. I’m so excited. Mom is already in bed.”
“Okay, honey. Well why don’t you go ice your forehead, it is a little red. Then head up to bed kiddo. Goodnight,” he says kissing my hair then heading up to bed.
I go into the kitchen pulling out a frozen pea bag from the freezer. I felt a little dizzy from my dad and I forehead bumping. It did hurt pretty badly; there will definitely be a bruise there by tomorrow. I run some cold water on the pea bag and then put back in the freezer.
Before I go to bed, I go outside on the back balcony and look at the stars in the midnight sky. I try to see if I could make something out of the bright burning stars in the sky. Patrick and I used to do that every night before he had to leave to go home. Kyler and I never did that. He never wanted to meet my parents. He wanted to wait a bit. I tried inviting him over for dinner one time, but he rejected my invitation.
I always had a great time with Patrick. He was perfect in every way. He made me feel like I was in a dream, when reality was better with him. Looking at the stars brings so many good memories back about Patrick. I miss those good times. They were the best times.
I only find a couple of shapes the stars make. There was a bunny rabbit, a heart with another heart in it, and a hat. I like bunny rabbit. It was adorable. I come back in the house locking the door behind me, trudging upstairs into my room.
I slip on my bright purple shorts with green polka dots on them, with a plain back t-shirt with the hello kitty on it. After I put on my pajamas, I go brush my teeth and put my hair in a bun. I crawl into bed holding my covers up to my face, shivering under them. I close my eyes, knowing tomorrow will be a bright new day. The perfect day is tomorrow and I don’t want it ruined.
*The Next Day*
“Hannah, come on. You don’t want to be late to school,” I hear my mom say while I finish doing my hair. I curled up into spirals like Slinky’s.
“Today is going to be a good day. I hope everything will go alright at school unlike what happened yesterday, but that’s all in the past now. I am a new person now who is just going to put it in the past, let it go, and get over it. Worrying about it will just make it worse. I like someone else now. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I still like Jakato. I think I’m going to say yes to be his girlfriend. Can this day get any better,” I say out loud of my head, looking at my reflection fixing the ruffles on my skirt. A dark purple with light green smiley faces on it with my white tank top that has little ruffles on the front. Perfect outfit for a perfect day.
“I’m coming mom. Hold your horses. The bus doesn’t come for another 15 minutes. I still have some time,” I say walking down the stairs with my purse on one shoulder and my phone in my hand.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY,” they all shout at the same time with a waffle cake with a mountain of whip cream on it with 3 strawberries on it. A couple of small presents on the table with beautiful bags.
“What is all this? I never expected for this to happen.”
“Well we love you with all our hearts. Your turning 18, so why not do a lot for the celebration.”
I smile setting my things down on the stairs, going over to the table and sitting down. My mom brings over the waffle cake with a candle on the very top of the whip cream. As they all sing, my mom places it in front of me on the table. I can’t help but get red in the face. Once they finished, I closed my eyes and thought carefully of what I wanted to wish for. I blew the candle out hoping my wish will come true.
“Here Hannah, open this present first. We all chipped in and got you this,” my dad said handing me a small bag, which felt a little heavy.
I open it up finding the new iPhone with a case already on it. I smile really big like I’m about to scream. I have been saving up my money to get one of these. It was a white iPhone 5 with a purple case with Yoshi on the back. Everyone in my family knew I loved Yoshi. It was my dogs name and my favorite name from the Super Mario Car Racing game.
“Wow. I have been trying to save up my money to get one of these but I end of spending my money. I love you all for doing this for me,” I say, getting up and giving my mom, my dad, and my little brother each a hug.
“We love you too Hannah,” a familiar voice said behind me. I turn around finding my older brother that I haven’t seen for almost 10 years when I was 10; when he made the x-factor and got in a band.
*Flashback (5 years old giving Liam luck)*
Hannah’s P.O.V.
“Good luck Liam, you’re going to do great,” I say, giving Liam a hug before he went out on stage, “As if you need it. You’re definitely going to make it.”
“Thanks Hannah,” he says kissing my cheek then walking towards the stage. My mom let me come backstage with him. They all call me good luck charms because I apparently bring everyone luck.
Like that one time, our family won the lottery, which was about $5 million. We were all excited that we went on vacation that summer and spent a lot of that money but keep the rest for a rainy day and to help pay bills.
When they started playing the song, it snapped me back into reality. I watch him the whole time while he sang. When he finished, I was jumping up and down of excitement because he did such a good job. When he would practice he would mess up a couple of words.
He came off of stage running towards me picking me up and hugging me while both of us smiled of happiness.
“Hannah, you are my good luck charm. If I win this, I will bring you with me one day if I make the band.”
“Liam, of course you’re going to make the band. You’re too perfect at it not to make it in.”
He hugs me tightly making it a little hard for me to breath, hoping his good luck charm is going to help him get in the band.
“Liam!” I say a little loud making sure he heard me so he wouldn’t squeeze any tighter.
“I’m sorry Hannah,” he says holding me in his arms.
“Now let’s have Liam out here to give him his results,” the announcer says in a microphone.
Liam puts me down and smiles. I kiss his cheek giving him some luck. He smiles then heads back to stage.
“Okay, Hannah I want to say this. If I wave for you come out, that means come to me on the stage. Either way, I want you to do that. Okay?”
“You got it Liam,” I say smiling.
He goes back out on stage. The first two judges gave him a yes. The last judge is a bit strict with stars. I hope he gives him a yes. But either way he will win. I’m so proud of him. He followed his own dreams.
“Welcome to Hollywood Liam,” I hear the last judge says. He looks over at me and waves me to come. I smile really big then sprint into his arms hugging him with him crying of happiness in my shoulder.
I hear the crowd awe in happiness. We both thanked the judges and then waved to the crowd, before exiting.
*Flash back ends*
I just stand there looking at Liam walking closer and closer to me. When he is finally in front of me he pulls me into one of his big embraces. I almost cry but I hold it in, wanting to scream so loud.
“Happy Birthday Hannah,” he says kissing my hair and hugging me tighter.
“Liam, I didn’t know you were going to come. I thought you would forget about my birthday.”
“Of course not. Hannah, you’re my good luck charm. Always has, always will.”
We pull away from each other and he wipes a small tear from under his eye. I can’t stop smiling so big, I completely forgot about the bus.
“Well now I just missed the bus. But it was so worth it,” I say giving Liam another hug.
“Come on Hannah. I will give you a ride,” Liam says grabbing my stuff from the stairs and heading to the car.
I go over and give my parents and little brother a hug and kiss goodbye before I leave, grabbing a strawberry from the waffle cake and running the car.
It’s so good to have Liam back home. I’m so glad he came on my birthday. Could this day get any better.
8/7/13