She Will Be Loved •Luke Hemmings•

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\\Kindergarten//
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock blaring. I quickly jumped up and squealed. "It's the first day of school!" I exclaimed to myself.

I ran to my dresser and got the clothes my mum had picked out for me the night before. It was a pink shirt with my initials monogrammed onto it with white.

I put it on and looked at my pants. They were white tights to match the white writing on my shirt. I smiled and walked downstairs to be greeted with my mom. She looked a bit tired so I didn't bother her too much. I just asked for help with the things I didn't know how to do. She looked up and me and signaled me to come over. I walked over and sat in her lap. I held out my hairbrush to her and she began brushing my hair. She pulled it into a ponytail and put a little bow on it. I smiled at her and walked to the fridge. I began looking for food. My mom used to make me breakfast before my dad went crazy. It all happened about a year ago.
My sisters and I were all sitting on the couch. We were watching tv together. I looked up and saw my mom cooking dinner in the kitchen. I smiled and went back to watching tv. It was all fun and games until we heard a car door slam. "Daddy!" I exclaimed when I saw my father walk through the door. My sister Rachel jumped up along with my other sister,Brielle, and I. Brielle was 6 and Rachel was 8 while I was 4. Rachel reached my dad first to hug him but when she hugged him, she pulled back quickly. "Daddy you smell funny." She said looking a bit unsure. "Oh honey don't say that. Come here and give papa a big ole hug!" He said. I saw nothing wrong with the situation at the time so I started walking towards him. "Hey baby girl!" He said to me. I smiled and quietly said hello. My mom came out of the kitchen and smiled. She then walked back into the kitchen to continue cooking once she saw it was just dad. I was so close to hugging him when Rachel gently grabbed my shoulder. "Don't do it." She whispered to me. I looked at her frightened. Why couldn't I hug my daddy? When Rachel stopped me from hugging dad though, it made him quite angry. "You little bitch!" He yelled, his loud voice boomed throughout the house. Rachel looked frightened that her own father had called her that. Mom came from the kitchen with a look that I couldn't tell the emotion she had. "What's going on?" She asked. "There you are, my little slut." He slurred. I didn't know what the word meant but I knew it was bad. He walked over to her and kissed her roughly on the cheek and pinched her butt. "Robert! Stop it right now! You have your 4, 6, and 8 year old daughters all standing right there! What has gotten into you!" She yelled. What he did next shocked me. He smacked her. She looked surprised as well. "Do not raise your voice at me!" He yelled. "I'm the boss around here! Not you bitch! Now get over here and give me a blowjob!" He yelled. "Don't talk to my mom like that!" Brielle yelled. "Shut up you annoying bitch!" He yelled. She quickly shut her mouth. "Well, where's my blowjob?" He asked my mom angrily. "I'm not giving you a blowjob in front of my kids. Especially with you acting like that." She said. He grabbed my mom and started taking her clothes off. She screamed loudly and told us to go to our rooms. "No! Don't move or I'll kill you all right now!" My father threatened. We all sat on the couch and tried not to look as my father raped my mother with my moms cries for help filled our ears. While my father was raping her though, Rachel stood up and hit him. He stopped doing whatever he was doing to her and smacked her so hard I saw blood flow down her face afterwards. "Who do you think you are?!" He yelled loudly. She whimpered on the floor with blood flowing from her nose. He sat on her and began hitting her repeatedly. My mother began screaming at him to stop while trying to pry him off of her. I picked up the phone with shaking hands and dialed a number I knew from my mom telling me in case of emergency to call. "911 what's your emergency?" The operator asked me. "M-my dad." I managed to get out with tears streaming down my face. "Sweetie what is it? Is he hurt?" She asked in a gentle voice. "N- no. He's hurting my sister terribly and he did something to my mommy with his clothes off." I cried. "What's your address?" She asked. My mom picked up the phone and began telling the woman the address. She must have saw me talking to them. She put the phone down and tried getting my dad off of Rachel. She was knocked out by now and blood was everywhere. I began crying harder as I heard police sirens in the distance.
That day my dad was put in prison and Rachel was put in a coma. I haven't seen her since. Brielle went to live with grandma because mom couldn't handle her and I together. Grandma couldn't take me though because she wanted to keep my mom with company and I wanted to stay in my home. But Unfortunately, mom couldn't afford our old house without my dad working too. That meant we had to leave. We moved to a smaller house. It's not tiny, it's just smaller than the other one. It's perfect for my mom and I to live in though. My mom snapped me out of my trance by telling me to go put my shoes on. I went and put on my pink and white sandals and walked back downstairs. My mom laughed and told me I had them on the wrong feet. She helped me with them and I sat beside her. "Mommy, what happened to Rachel?" I asked. "Well, she's still in her coma sweetie." She replied. "It's been a year!" I said. She nodded. "I understand this dear. Let's get you to school. I'll tell you more about it later." She said. I nodded and walked outside. She drove me to school and I walked to my classroom alone. As soon as I entered, I saw a lady with dark black hair and bright green eyes. She look a little younger than my mommy. "Hello! I'm Ms. Hall!" She said with a beautiful accent. We had the same accent but hers just seemed to flow beautifully together. "Hi. I'm Ivy." I said shyly. "Well Ivy, why don't you go sit on that couch?" She suggested. I was the only one there so I didn't have to sit by anyone yet. "You can read a book if you'd like." She said sweetly. I nodded and picked up a book even though I couldn't read yet. I opened the book and to my delight, there were no words. Just pictures and buttons that I could push that made sounds. I looked through the book alone. I didn't even notice the blonde boy sit beside me. "Hi, I'm Luke." He said. I smiled at him. "I'm Ivy." I said. "That's a pretty name." He said blushing. I thanked him and soon, a boy with dark brown hair sat on the other side of me. "Hey Luke!" He said to Luke. Luke said hello to him and then he looked at me. "Hey! I'm Calum!" He said cheerfully. "Hello, I'm Ivy!" I said being a little less shy. I would have to make a few friends sooner or later. Two more kids came in. A boy and a girl. Two women waved goodbye to them and the girl came up to me. "Hello, I'm Juliet." She said waving to me. "I'm Ivy!" I said with my blonde bangs falling into my face. She giggled and then motioned for the boy, who was talking to Luke and Calum, to come over. "This is my neighbor Michael!" She said. He waved at me shyly. "I'm Ivy!" I said. His green eyes were so pretty and I couldn't help but smile at them. Soon, Luke, Calum, Michael, Juliet, and I all started a conversation together. I was so interested in whatever we were talking about I didn't realize we had been talking for four hours. "Okay, socializing time is over! Time for arts and crafts!" Ms. Hall called out. All of the kids I was talking to, along with some I Haden's notice come into the room, scrambled to find a seat. I sat beside Juliet and Luke. Since it was the first day, we just did freedraw. I drew a pony. I looked over and saw Juliet had drawn a butterfly. It looked awesome! Ms. Hall came over and looked at our works. "Ivy, that's a nice pony." She said. I thanked her and then she saw Juliet's. "Oh Juliet." She said gasping. "This is beautiful!" She said. Juliet said thank you and began talking about her butterfly, giving it a name and personality.
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Finally, it was time to go home. I loved Kindergarten and all, it's just I missed my mum. I walked to my cubby hole and got my backpack. I put my drawing in it and Ms. Hall was waiting by the door. "Come on kids! I have to make sure you all make it outside safely!" She said happily. We all followed her and I talked to my new friends. We all made it outside and I smiled when I saw my mum's car in the parking lot. We got out and smiled. "Mummy!" I said and ran to her. After talking to her about my day, Luke walked up with a beautiful lady beside him. "Hey Ivy! This is my mum!" He said. "This is my mum!" I said to him. Luke's mum shook my mums hand. "I'm Liz." She said smiling. "I'm Amanda." My mum said happily. "Mummy, can Luke come play?" I asked happily. "If it's alright with Luke and Mrs. Hemmings, then of course he can darling." My mum said rubbing my head gently. "Of course it's fine with me!" Luke said. "And it's fine with me too. I'm always up for Luke making new friends!" His mum said. "Well here's my number and address, you can come over anytime." My mum said smiling. Liz nodded and said thank you. I told Luke goodbye and walked to my mums car.
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We got home and my mum sat at the table with me. "So about Rachel.." She said. I nodded. "Well, she's been in a coma for a year now and i got a call today." She said. I knew she didn't die because of my mums tone of voice. It was happy, not sad. "And?" I asked. "And she's coming home next week!" She said excitedly. I screamed happily and jumped up and down. "My sisters coming home?!" I asked happier than I'd ever been. She nodded. I was so happy! She was finally coming home! "So she's awake?" I asked. She nodded again. "When can we go see her?" I asked. "Unfortunately, not until next week. It's only because they're teaching her to walk and eat again. She's forgotten how since she's been in that coma." She said. I nodded understanding. I smiled as I heard a knock at the door.
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It's been a week and it's time to pick up Rachel. I ran to the door and saw an all too familiar face. "Rachel!" I exclaimed and ran to hug her. This was gonna be fun. What a wonderful week!