Mine

Chapter 2

Thank you to all the readers who gave my story a chance. Who voted, commented and took the time out to talk to me. This chapter is dedicated to you. xx :D

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11 years ago

"Anya! Anya!"

I turned around and leaned across the timber fence of our cubby-house that was set on top of the big willow tree.

Emir was holding up a lizard by the tail and waving it around vigorously, a big smile plastered on his face. My cousin was a crazy kid. And he did many crazy things to annoy me. Like wave a lizard around for no reason. I wondered sourly what the poor lizard ever did to him?

I scrunched my nose and narrowed my eyes at him.

"LET MR LIZARD GO EMIR!" I screamed, hoping he heard the irritation in my voice. Emir cheekily smiled back up at me, his eyes twinkling with mischief. Fear gripped my heart as I watched with wide eyes Emir drawing out a pocketknife, flicking it open and sharing the poor lizards tail off. I screamed in horror as I realised what Emir had done. Why did he have to be so cruel? In my fear driven state, I quickly rushed down the wooden ladder I had made with my Niccolo Eniste and ran over to where Emir was placing the now tailless lizard into a clear empty container.

"Emir you meanie! How could you? Why would you cut off Mr lizard's tail? Now all his friends will laugh at him for having no tail!" I said in between sobs as I gaped down at Mr lizard.

I looked back at Emir through glossy eyes as he frowned down at me. For an eight-year-old kid, Emir was pretty tall. He was already towering over me and some days it made me feel little even if I was little.

"Why are you crying Anya?" Emir demanded in his sweet confused voice. He made it sound like being weepy over a tailless lizard was silly.

"B-because you h-hurt Mr lizard." I whispered while puckering my lips in sadness.

Emir dramatically rolled his eyes and let out an annoyed sigh as he placed his small arm around my shoulders and squeezed.

"Your such a girl Anya!" He snickered.

"AM NOT!" I cried.

"Yes you are! You're crying over a stupid lizard." He shot back.

"It's not fair! Why did you have to hurt him?" I asked softly, slowly checking in my loud, quick breaths.

"I'm a boy and I like to cut things. You're a girl so you wouldn't understand. Girls are too stupid to understand." He laughed as he shoved me away. I tumbled backwards trying to keep my balance so I wouldn't fall. I frowned at my cousin as he walked away. My feelings crushed.

"I'm not stupid." I said, more to myself than him as I wiped away my tears with the edge of my long sleeved pink T.

"And Anya!" Emir called out, just as he was about to enter my house, "his tail is going to grow back again. Lizards tails always grow back so you don't need to worry about Mr lizards friends laughing at him." I looked back down at Mr lizard and sure enough his tail was growing back. I broke into a huge grin and my heart bloomed. I picked up Mr lizard and placed him on the ground and laughed as he scurried away with his new tail. As I was turning back around I noticed a single white Gardenia flower lying next to the now empty container. My favourite type of flower. I squealed in delight, knowing that Emir had left it there, just for me. My ruthless Emir was always breaking my little heart but he always found one way or another to mend it again.