A Bundle of misfortune

When I woke up, he was still sleeping and snoring slightly. I gently tousled his soft brown hair slowly climbed out of his embrace. I rummaged through my dresser grabbing an over sized t-shirt and a pair of panties before heading to the bathroom. Afterwards I wiped at the foggy mirror to begin the process of combing through my bedhead. When I entered my room I was happy to see Ivory awake; he looked adorable as he got up all bleary-eyed. After he took his own shower he joined me in the kitchen. “Good morning, do you want cereal, oatmeal or toast?” I ask with a smile. He immediately ask for cereal, I reach into the cabinet and retrieve two bowls “You're such a copycat”. We sit on top of my bed while watching TV and eating overly sugary cereal. We watch silly kid cartoons and watch Anna attack and hot pink feather toy; because of the weekend we could spend hours goofing off with each other..

A few hours later Ivory’s parents called asking him to come watch his little sister. After Ivory had left, Sapphire showed up again dressed in a large fluffy coat looking even more worried than last time. “Where is Silver? I need to tell him something.” I didn’t really know where he was,

“Have you tried calling him?” Then, she told me what she needed to tell him; she was pregnant with a child. What’s worse is that she was already a few weeks along and was thinking of keeping the baby. She asked me if I thought Silver would help her raise it even if it wasn't his. My brother might be capable of taking care of a baby, after all he had helped a lot in raising me. If she told him he might even completely return to the brother I loved to help her. But there was one huge problem how would she make money with a baby? Being unable to make money would make caring for a newborn impossible! Her hours would become super unpredictable and her steady income would disintegrate; should she abort it? I would help her as much as possible if she decided to keep it.

During the majority of lunch I stared at my hands trying to picture how Sapphire's uncertain future might play out. “Hello, anyone home?” Scarlet waved his hand with a questioning expression.

“Oh I'm sorry what were you asking me?” He sighed in asking exaggerated way.

“We were discussing our life goals because Rose brought up wanting to a professional musician. Sky already said she'd be a historian like her father, even though I don't think it suits her. What about you?” I stare at the ceiling.

“I don't have a plan I just want to be happy. Did you already say your dreams?” They all sighed at my answer.

Sky replied “What is happiness for you; we're already seniors making a plan is probably a good idea.”

A few days before break, Ivory asked if I was free on Christmas eve. I would definitely have a nice Christmas with him, obviously I accepted his invitation. So I sat in my room, clothes thrown about contemplating which outfit was best. In the end, I chose a cute turquoise sweater dress with thick stockings and a pair of long brown lace up boots. I styled my hair so it curled and cupped my face; I also put dark purple lipstick on. “Well, time to go, See you later, Anna.”

The only songs playing on the radio were Christmas songs; we sang jingle bells several times during the thirty minutes drive towards downtown. We went to see the large Christmas tree in the park;we walked around sipping hot chocolate and watching the Christmas lights. The tree was covered from the tip down in tinsel and colorful ornaments with the top adorned with a large silver star. The whole area was lightly dusted in snowflakes but because of all the people it was now dirty and mushy. On every corner there was a man dressed in red, ringing a bell. After the sun fell below the horizon it became much colder. Every few minutes the cold would cause me to have a massive whole body shiver; Ivory re-wrapped my scarf so that it covered my chin and ears; he grabbed my hand and put it in his pocket and suggested we go to his house so it to didn't catch a cold. However, first we stopped by a bakery that was open late for last second Christmas goers and purchased a small Christmas roll cake created to look like a log. We turned around and began walking back to his car; the interior was freezing I sat shivering with my hands tucked beneath my thighs waiting for the seats to warm up.

He parked in front of a large brick front house with electric candles in every window; the house was large with three bedrooms: his, his sister’s and his parents’. Thankfully, no one was home when we entered so I didn't have to worry about greeting them as his girlfriend for the first time. After placing the cake in the fridge and removing our snow covered coats, we sat in the living room watching cute family movies and snuggling in a large plush blanket, our legs entwined and his chin resting on my head. I love him so much I think as I nuzzle into his shoulder.

Some time later I woke up in Ivory’s bed; he must have carried me after I fell asleep. I glanced over at his alarm clock; it was already mid morning. I wrapped myself in the comforter, it smells like him; the room was covered with posters and pictures on the walls displaying bands and video games. There was a messy desk on the other side of the room covered in papers with an open laptop quietly playing music. Once I finished looking around his room he walked in holding a glass filled with orange juice. I walked down the stairs with him and I was greeted with the smell of eggs, cinnamon and brioche bread. His mother was of average height with -jaw length- curly hair and brown eyes that crinkled. She smiled brightly at me “You're finally awake, you hungry for french toast?”

His father was slightly taller than his wife, he had stubble and friendly grey eyes. “Morning! I'm still surprised you two finally got together after so long” he chuckled loudly. Then his younger sister, Little Dawn, came shouting down the staircase, “Is she up? She has time to play with me right?” She froze when she saw me. She stood in front of me and looked me up and down before smiling, showing several missing teeth. “Thank God big brother finally confessed, now she'll come over all the time”