Journey to the afterlife

The News (intro to Talia+Family)

(The tense will change at random, Sorry in advance)

Hi, My name is Talia... I'm dead, oh you want to know how? Well let's start at the beginning.

Talias POV:

I woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs, a nice unusual way to wake up. Usually I wake up to my parents arguing and yelling at each other while my mother cooks. Sometimes it gets so bad that food is thrown or dishes are broke. I slowly and hesitantly get out of bed. I first go to the bathroom and get ready for the day, I look in the mirror and analyze myself. I was about 5'9 so I was pretty tall, I had lightly tanned skin with freckles speckled about my thin and boney body. My hair was long, it went down to the center of my butt. It was a beautiful lavender color, with some light brown grow out, it was naturally pretty straight with a few waves. I have light blue eyes and pale plump lips. My glasses tend to take attention away from that.

After starring in the mirror for what seemed like forever I finally decide to brush my teeth and hair. I then got dressed putting on some maroon joggers and a grey T-shirt. I was now ready to head downstairs, as I walked into the hallway I can hear music coming from the kitchen. I found this extremely weird at this time of day. As I walked down the stairs closer to the kitchen I can hear my moms voice softly singing along to it. I had always thought she had a lovely voice.

I made it all the way down and now I'm standing in the entrance to the kitchen leaning against the wall, when I take out my phone and record my mom slightly dancing and singing while dishing up the plates. She looked so happy yet something was off. This was rare and I wanted to take in as much as I could before things went downhill again.

Just as I stop recording she looks up at me

"JESUS CHRIST TALIA! You scared the shit out of me, when did you come down?" She asked angrily.

"A few minutes ago I smelt breakfast and heard the music so I came down to scope it out, You looked like you were having fun" I exclaimed

She mumbled under her breath something along the lines of " I was till you scared me" I rolled my eyes.

"Go wait at the table for your brother then we will eat, I want to talk to you guys"

That statement concerned my as soon as it came out of her mouth, my mind starts to race as sit at the table waiting for Spencer to come down. It was clear to me that my dad was either passed out or not home yet. Causing me to feel anxious, where was he? I pull out my phone to browse social medias till I hear Spencer come down stairs. Spencer sits next to me and mom sits at the head of the table, That's strange that's dads spot. Spencer and I automatically look at each other with confusion till mom finally speaks up.

" I can see you guys are confused, Let me explain. I know you guys have seen how your father and I are around each other there's no hiding that. It's been rough lately, your dad has been going through what seems like his midlife crisis." She starts to tear a little bit, you can hear it in her throat "Umm but he wants to try new things and explore, and meet new" she people "... people" a tear rolls down her cheek. Both Spencer and I notice and look at her with sad confused eyes.

"I'm fine guys really" she says with a sniffle " So him and I talked and he thought that" she gulped hard as if to prepare what she was going to say. " we should get a divorce." she looks at us wide eyed looking for a reaction. I stare blankly at her trying to process. I don't know whether I should be happy/ relieved or upset. Spencer loudly says "WHAT" with a high pitched voice. Spencer was 2 years younger than me. " I know it's hard to understand, but neither of us were happy in this marriage. You'll still get to see your dad. It's not like he wanted to leave you guys too." She paused for a short second " he just wanted to leave me" she said almost inaudible. Spencer and her talk for a bit while I just kind of sit there and listen. Both mom and Spencer have gotten up from the table after we talked everything out. I still haven't finished my breakfast.

It was about mid summer so I didn't have to go to school or anything so I go back to my room trying to wrap my head around this. My dad was my best friend, and now he's off somewhere exploring and i'm rarely going to get to see him. I was of course happy for my mom for getting out of this situation that made her unhappy. But what am I supposed to do without him, I was always able to go to my dad with any problem. We went to ice cream once a week, just us to update each other about our weeks.

I was always unhappy and had issues at school and with friends... And myself. I always fought with myself. I think I am fat but there's a part of my that is realistic and I know i'm not fat and developing an eating disorder. But I also can't stop myself from continuing down this path. There are so many things I fight myself about. I subconsciously know that these are bad things and I need to fix them before it's too late, and in that moment I think I'll be fine but those other thoughts always come back and each time they are stronger.

I lay in bed and decide to text my friend about what had just happened.

Talia: Hey... My mom sat Spencer and I down for a talk during breakfast...:(

Aria: Oh no, what she say?????????

Talia: My dads apparently having a mid life crisis and he wants to get a divorce and go explore the world...

I don't get a reply from her for a couple of minutes so I texted her again.

Talia: I don't know how to feel about it, no offence, he was like my best friend and now I don't get to see him everyday...

Again no reply. This made me feel abandoned. I start to cry and slip away into a dark abyss.