The Crystal Heart and The Prophecy

Long ago there was a girl. She lived in the Magnoliam dimension. This was before the portals and doors between the dimensions were sealed closed and it became illegal to use magic on earth. Just before the last door was closed a fifteen-year-old girl predicted that there would come a day when the light and the dark would start a battle of epic proportions and it would take years before the balance between light and dark would be restored. She foretold of her family fighting the dark and saving the world from being plunged into darkness. She told of a crystal heart that would have to be protected because if it fell into the wrong hand’s chaos would ensue and life as everyone knew it would be destroyed.

Drake and I ran around the house in the yard playing tag. Drake was tagged last, so he was it. Drake knocked the both of us down. We fell in the grass. Laying in the grass we laughed super hard. For once since I lost my mom I felt truly happy. Little did I know that my life and those around me was about to change. Sitting in a car on the corner of the street watching us was my nana and birth mother. “Do you not see how happy she is?” “Why would you take that away?” “She’s my daughter.”

“No, she’s not you gave that right up the day you gave her to your sister and walked out on not just her but the rest of the family.” “I wasn’t cut out to be a mother then and you know it.” “Why do you want her now?” “You can’t just walk back in and say hey I’m your real mom and we’re moving to Paris.” “Look at them can’t you see that they love each other?” “Are you really prepared to take that away from her?”

“She doesn’t belong here.” “She belongs with her mother.” The woman looked out the windshield to see her only child playing with some boy and a little girl. As she watched she couldn’t help but think her daughter would make a better mother than she could have ever been. This would be good for when they got to France. She planned so that when the court ruled in her favor, she would have Harmony put in French lessons, riding lessons, and dance lessons. This would ensure to get her engaged. “Give this to her and tell her who it’s truly from.” The two drove away and the three kids knew none of what had happened. Harmony was so happy she thought nothing in the world could ruin it. Little did she know things were about to change and fast!

Nana pulled up to the sidewalk near Dray’s house and said it was time to go. Climbing into the front seat I couldn’t wait for school the next day. I looked over and noticed Nana looked like something was wrong. I got this feeling things were going to go from good to bad very fast. I decided to ask what was wrong. I mean it couldn’t be that bad right? Wrong!!!! Nana handed me a pink envelope that was big. I wondered why she gave it to me. I decided to open it. Opening it would be the one thing that I would regret for the rest of my life.

Once I opened the envelope I found a pink iPhone, a pink credit card, and a letter. Reading the letter made tears of pain and sorrow as well as anger and betrayal fall uncontrollably down my face. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. I didn’t want to believe it either. I turned to my Nana hoping she would laugh and say it was all a joke. Instead she gave me a watery smile and told me to wait until we got home, and she would explain everything.

Getting out of the car at home and looking around it felt so different than it would have an hour ago. I just couldn’t fathom the thought that my real mother didn’t want me until now. Even if she didn’t feel like she could care for me. She should have stayed. She could have asked for help, but she didn’t. Instead she ran from her troubles. After walking into the house, I put down my stuff and sat down in the chair. Nana told me that the court would decide whether I went with that women that was my so-called mother or not since I wasn’t really sixteen until February.

I wasn’t supposed to go to school the next day but knowing it could be my last day I went against my so-called mother Anna’s wishes. I grabbed the cell phone Nana had got me and ran to my room. Right now, I just needed my friends and the one I loved. So, I called Drake and Linzie trying to explain everything through the tears. My two best friends in the whole world couldn’t understand anything I was saying.

I got off my bed with my phone in hand irritated because I wasn’t comfortable, so I grabbed my night clothes and headed to the bathroom to change quickly. Back on my bed I thought about two of the six people I really cared for. I finally cried myself to sleep. Waking up the next morning I was dizzy and disoriented with sleep. Sitting up in bed I could smell chocolate chip pancakes and banana nut muffins coming from the kitchen?

I got up and got ready to face the day with as much confidence as I could muster, which wasn’t very much. I grabbed my phone from the tote by my bed and went to my closet, so I could pick out my outfit for school. I picked out a pink sparkly top, a black mini skirt, and my pink and black sandals as well as my head band and cupcake necklace to match as my outfit for school that day. I got dressed and ready for school as normal as I could with all these thoughts swimming around in my head.

I did my hair and makeup, grabbed my charger, phone, glasses, my purse, and my backpack before walking out the door. I decided to act as if I had never opened the envelope. Walking into the kitchen I sat down at the table with Blaise and Nana for the first time since losing the one I considered for all intents and purposes my real mom. I still couldn’t believe this was happening to me. The one question running through my head was why me?

I mean the one who gave birth to me would never be considered my mother so why now? As I ate, I talked and laughed with both Blaise and Nana. It was great. In the car on the way to school I was so excited. I couldn’t wait to see Drake. Drake was the only one who could make me feel like a princess. Walking the halls of the school on the way to the library like every day I felt like I would be losing something important if I left. This was the place Jake and I became friends as well as it was the place I met Dray.

This was the place I learned I loved to cook and bake while still being happy about it without missing my mom. In the library also known as my favorite spot and sanctuary I sat where I always did and started listening to music on my phone while I read a book. I kept glancing at the clock wishing time would move just a tad faster. I just wanted to curl up in my bed next to Dray until it was all nothing more than a terrible night mare. But sadly, this was reality.

Dray came into the library when I wasn’t paying attention. I didn’t know if he would sit with me or his friend Tyeman. I didn’t know much about her but from the way Dray talked about her I wouldn’t like her. I however knew he was in the room the minute he walked in. I don’t really know how to really explain it. I guess it’s kind of like everything warm and happy settled over me. The reason for me feeling this way around someone I had just met was not lost on me. I don’t really know how or why it happened, but I knew in my heart that he was completely and irreversibly connected to me for life. Looking back, I almost think it was love at first sight. I know that sounds cheesy and you probably don’t believe me. I didn’t believe it either at first.

As for his friend I didn’t know much about her either. All I really knew was that she and Drake had been boyfriend and girlfriend. As well as the fact that even though she scared me to death I still got the feeling that she would protect me with her life if at all necessary. Why I have no idea, but my instincts were almost never wrong, so I always followed them no matter what. Leaving might be a bad thing but I really couldn’t tell because I had two different feelings telling me to stay. One is telling me to stay with Dray and the other with her. Almost as if she was family.

Drake or as I called him Dray came over and sat next to me in the other chair. We immediately started talking. Finally, he asked me what happened. After thinking I couldn’t handle telling him, I decided to let him read the letter for himself. I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. He finally looked up and asked, “can they really do this?” “I don’t know but I don’t like this.” “I have this bad feeling.”

Walking down the hallway hand in hand to our locker was the best feeling ever. I felt safe, happy, and loved. First period was fun. Well at least for me it was. I got to sit at my table and listen to music on my phone while I worked on my worksheet. The worksheet was so easy. I tapped my foot under the table in anticipation because I just couldn’t wait to go home and curl up on my bed and go to sleep. Second period wasn’t all that fun. I had always hated history, politics and all that crap because of all the stress it caused. We didn’t really do anything but notes anyway. Writing notes was so easy because I could do it on auto pilot. I would type my notes later and organize them anyway.

Speed walking to grab-n-go I felt like I was being watched. I shook it off and thought I was just being paranoid. However, I was completely wrong. Meeting up with Drake in the cafeteria we grabbed something to eat before we walked back to the auditorium. Once inside the doors Dray pulled me against him in a hug. He wiped away the tears that had started to leak since I had been trying to hold them back.

He leaned down slowly and kissed me softly on the mouth and told me everything would be okay. I was so shocked because that was my first real kiss. I walked dazedly down the walk way to my seat to put my stuff down. After that I walked to the trash can where my friend Brier Rose was, so we could eat together. When we finished, and the bell rung we went up onto the stage, so we could sing and work on E-Rev and the other concert pieces.

In my head I wished I could sing just as good as the other kids. The women who came in and tapped us was assigned to really tape me so people in the courtroom could see during the custody trail. So far, they had seen me from the beginning of the day. Little did I know that Drays dad and his fiancé would be in the courtroom watching this too. They were shocked to see Dray wipe my tears away and kiss me like he loved me because he didn’t normally show the emotions he felt.

The woman sat down in a chair and recorded as we started to sing. I sang with all my heart. Finally, Mr. Dodes told everyone but me to sit down and be quite for a minute. He had me sing the song all the way through by myself without the sheet music. He asked me if I was going to try out for festival this year. I explained that I had made an audition tape. When he asked to hear it, I was so nervous.

I climbed off the stage and got my sheet music as well as my memory card. I handed them both to him. He placed the SD card in his laptop and my voice filled the room with hope, happiness, and love. Mr. Dodes asked if it was an original song. I explained that it was a song I had written after spending a day with Dray. It was one of the best feelings in the world and I had hoped that my song portrayed this. The rest of class was so much fun. We worked on a few new songs.

Everyone could see how happy I was here. Going through the halls to yearbook class my partner and I were told to go take pictures for one of our pages. Everyone could see me playing with my cupcake necklace because I was nervous. I was of course nervous for no reason as the pictures turned out great. It wasn’t really all that surprising. I had always loved taking pictures. I even had my very own camera to take them with. Lunch was in the middle of yearbook class. Since I had no friends in my lunch period I sat by myself listening to music like always.

The rest of class was spent in the computer lab working on quotes and stuff. When the bell rung for English class, I was super-duper happy. I couldn’t wait to see what we were doing today. Plus, Dray had that class with me. Walking to our locker I kept thinking how much I loved my life here. Linzie came up and asked me if I was okay. I had to explain that I didn’t want to leave even if Paris was the city I had always wanted to see. Kentucky was my home and had been ever since I was a baby.

So, I said that they were going to have to drag me kicking and screaming. Walking into Mrs. Macey’s class with Dray I felt great. We had a bell ringer like we always did. This one was over correct grammar. There was a very good reason this was my favorite class. Reading and stuff always came easy to me no matter what grade. Half way through the class I was called to the office. I wondered why. In the office there was a woman who looked nothing like me. She looked a little like Nana. She tried to claim that she was my birth mom and that she was there to pick me up.

Having read most of the paper work needed at the beginning of the school year I knew she couldn’t pick me up because she wasn’t on my pick-up list. I told her this calmly even though I didn’t feel it. I even told her I didn’t know her and that my Nana would pick me up at three like everyone else. I turned on my heel in agitation and walked as calmly as possible back to class. When the three o-clock bells rung I ran down the stairs after getting my back pack and out the door to find Blaise and Nana waiting for me just like normal.

Nana explained to me that I had until four o-clock tomorrow to have everything I would need right away packed and ready to go. She told me for now it could wait because I was staying with Drake tonight since it would be a while before I would see him again. We drove to Drays house and we decided to watch TV. After watching TV for a little bit, we snuggled up under the blanket on the couch before falling asleep with my head on his chest listening to the beat of his heart. In that moment I wanted to freeze time, so I could stay there forever. My breathing finally slowed and evened out as I slipped into the best night sleep I ever had in a very long time. Waking up the next morning something felt off, but I couldn’t place it.

Nana came to get me, so I could pack my bags. After we were done packing, she treated us to lunch at El Mozelon. When it was time to go home I took one last picture with the one I would always love no matter what happened to me. We were soul mates and nothing and no one could change that. My heart would always belong to him. My home was wherever he was. That afternoon I listened to music as I packed my clothes, shoes, books, pens, notebooks, my laptop, pictures, and my jewelry. When that was done I sat down to write several letters to friends and family.

Dray’s letter was the hardest because I had to tell him about my gift that I had kept secret, so I didn’t get called crazy or put in some hospital or on medicine like my mom just because I was gifted and different. After finishing my letters, I got up and made super. I fixed sloppy joes and mac and cheese. After that I did all the dishes and cleaned the kitchen. When super was eaten, and the kitchen clean I couldn’t sit still so I started to pace back and forth across the carpet. Nana told me to calm down, but I couldn’t. So, she told me I was going to wear a hole in the floor. At four o-clock exactly there was a knock on the door. Opening the door, I could see the woman from the school yesterday.

She told me to get my carry-on stuff, so it could be placed in the trunk. I grabbed my bag, jacket, and purse I put my bag in the trunk. After many hugs, kisses, and promises to call, text, and write I slid into the black car as my friend Linzie said to start a new adventure. The woman I now know as Anna tried to talk to me, but I just put my head phones in and sat back closing my eyes. Behind my eyes I could see a pair of eyes that reminded me so much of Dray with his expression the only thing was his eyes were the wrong color.

Waking up in the car I looked out the window and watched as trees and houses passed by as we rode to the airport. I had only been away from Dray for a few hours and I already missed him. Dray always made me feel special even though we had only known each other a few months. By the time we got to the airport I was bored, tired, and hungry. I decided if I was going to be here I should at least attempt to be nice. I knew we had twenty to thirty minutes before it was time to get on the plane, so I grabbed my wallet and marched over and ordered something at the small café to eat. Anna told me to go to the restroom before we boarded. Boarding the plane was one of the harder things to do. I didn’t want to leave my friends and family.

Once on the plane with my carry on I grabbed my laptop out of my bag as well as one of the few DVDs I packed to keep myself occupied. I picked my High School Musical movie to watch while we waited for lift off. Riding in a plane even in first class wasn’t all that. After watching DVDs for a few hours, I grabbed my blanket and curled up to sleep. Most of the time, my dreams were filled of a beautiful little girl with me and Dray. I didn’t recognize the garden we were in, but I had a feeling it was ours. The flowers looked so pretty. There were Roses, Tulips, Begonias, and more.

The garden was extraordinary from the fountain in the center to the pretty white wall around it. The wall looked to be at least 8ft high and extended all the way around the house behind us. Turning in a circle, I could see a very light purple house with black trims. The house was very pretty. From where I was standing, it was possible to see the dining room from the glass wall that covered the sliding screen door we came out. Knowing I didn’t have much time here I turned towards Dray with a huge smile on my face.

The little girl looked like the perfect combination of the two of us. She had Dray’s black hair and the curls my mother and I had as a child. She had my nose, Dray’s eyes, and a beautiful smile. It didn’t matter what she looked like she was our daughter and we loved her. Turning to Dray I couldn’t help myself even if it was just a dream I had to kiss him. I flung my arms around him crashing us to the ground. After my heart slowed down we got up off the ground. Dray pulled me close to his side.

In that moment I felt like everything was as it should be. Our daughter ran up to me yelling mommy making tears of both joy and sadness role down my cheeks because I felt like this would never happen unless this was one of my visions, but since this is something I had always wanted in life when I was older I chalked it up to be a regular dream. If it was, I was going to enjoy it while I could. You never know when you might lose it. It started to get dark, so Dray told me to tell Melody it was time to go in and take a bath. Inside Melody’s pink room I helped her get her princess night gown and everything else she needed while Dray ran her bath water.

Dray and I helped Melody into the bath and to the bed. Dray asked her if she wanted to hear a bed time story. She got up and went to the big pink bookshelf before finally settling on Cinderella. Dray and I took turns reading to her until she was fast asleep. Placing the book back where it belonged on the shelf I thought that this was what life should be all about. I walked over and kissed Melody on the forehead before we backed out of the room turning out the light and shutting the door quietly.

Holding hands, we walked down the hall towards a black door. We stopped outside the door only for Dray to pull me to his side while he opened the door for me. Stepping inside the room I could see the big king size bed with a black and light blue bed spread. The blue and black curtains blowing in the breeze matched the bed and the rest of the furniture in the room. The room had a closet on one side, and the door to the big bathroom.

On the other side sat a black love seat and two chairs in front of the fire place. Two end tables between the love seat and the two chairs. There was a matching coffee table in front of the love seat. To top it off there was a 10-inch t.v. on the wall above the fire place. The fire was lit, and the room felt warm and cozy. It was a room I could only dream of. Dray came up behind me pulling my body back against him until he was hugging me from behind.

He leaned down and asked me in a whisper like voice that sent tingles down my spine if I wanted him to draw me a bubble bath. I turned around in his arms smiling I leaned up on my tiptoes and softly kissed him on the mouth before pulling away and saying I would love it if he would. Walking over to the dresser I opened the drawer where I kept my pajamas back in reality.

I pulled out what looked like a black silky shear night gown. The garment was something that would make me blush a red tomato in real life but here Dray was my husband. Dray walked into the room and told me the bath was ready. I walked into the bathroom and grabbed a towel as I shut the door quietly. Stepping into the tub after having taken some time to get my dress off I realized the water was the perfect temperature. It wasn’t too hot or cold.

I could smell strawberries as I sat down in the water. That’s when I realized that the bubble bath was strawberry scented. I sat back, and my muscles relaxed, and I felt light, free, and happy. I drained the water and stepped out after wrapping the fluffy purple towel around me and drying off I became very nervous to step out of the bathroom in my nightgown.

Even though Dray was my husband and the father of our daughter the worry that I wasn’t enough set in. Standing in the bathroom in my nightgown drying my hair I was nervous as all get out. I could feel butterflies in my stomach as I turned to the door and slowly opened it. Dray was sitting in the bed with a book on his lap. He looked like he glowed in moonlight as a beam shined in through the window.

Sitting the book down on the nightstand he patted the spot beside him on the bed. Lifting the blanket and sliding beneath the silky blue sheets I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. I slid down under the blankets. Pulling my glasses off and sitting them on the nightstand I shut my eyes to go to sleep. I felt Dray pull me flush against his naked chest as he tangled his bare feet and legs with mine before telling me goodnight.

Waking up being shaken while someone is standing over you is not cool. You get the feeling to either push or slap whoever it is to get them to leave you alone and let you sleep. You do this especially if you were waking up from one of the best dreams you have ever had. You want nothing more than to curl up under the blanket and go back to sleep. Sleeping gives you what your head denies your heart during the day. In your dreams anything is possible. If people could sleep all day every day I believe they would.

Finally, the woman who considered herself my mother told me it was time to land. Then she said we would take another plane to Paris France. Before taking a car to the house. I really didn’t care what we did. I checked my phone as we got off the plane. I had only been gone four hours and it was night here but morning there. I had about six missed calls and several texts.

They all said the same thing except one. They all said that I was missed and that they were thinking about me. The last one from Dray said that he loved and missed me more than ever. Dray wouldn’t be saying that if he read my letter. I was worried he wouldn’t love me once he knew the truth about me.

Turning my phone off to keep from bursting into tears seemed the best thing to do. So, I turned it off. I grabbed my purple carry-on bag and went to the restroom before we had to leave. Boarding the second plane I really felt like my heart was breaking even more. It felt like I had left a part of me behind. On the plane we found our seats. I grabbed my blanket, laid the seat back and feel asleep crying. Waking up disoriented I didn’t recognize were I was. Finally waking up fully I rolled over only to be met with Drays beautiful eyes staring back at me as he smiled. I couldn’t help how my heart rate sped up when he smiled. A smile lit up his face and made me melt almost like goo.

The sun streamed in through the window as Dray leaned over and captured my mouth in the sweetest kiss ever. Soon the kiss turned passionate as he rolled half on top and half off me. Soon we were tickling each other until he looked over at the clock saying it was time to get up. I whined and pouted. I wanted to stay there in his arms forever. I wanted to forget that none of this was real. I wanted to forget that my life had been drastically changed and I had just about no say.

“Come on Melody will be up soon.” No sooner than he said that the door opened, and Melody came in. She climbed onto the bed her curls flying around her face as she started bouncing on the bed saying wake up. “Melody stop bouncing on the bed.” I scolded her immediately. “Yes momma.” “Can we have chocolate pancakes for breakfast?” “Only if your dad agrees” I replied getting out of bed. Dray said it was okay with him. “Okay can you take her downstairs while I get ready for the day?” Dray turned to Melody and said I’ll race you to the kitchen. I had to tell them to be careful.

I walked to the bathroom washed my face, brushed my teeth, used the bathroom, and washed my hands before walking into the bedroom only to see a light pink almost white dress laying out on the bed. I pulled my nightgown over my head and folded it neatly laying it underneath my pillow like I always had. I unzipped the dress and stepped into it. I zipped it up myself since the zipper was on the side.

Grabbing the purple hairbrush from the bathroom I walked over to the mirror in the bedroom and brushed out my long hair and twisted it into a bun at the top of my head. Looking down I was startled out of my thoughts to see the letter I had wrote only a day ago sitting in a frame on the dresser. Picking up the frame and sitting on the bed I closed my eyes recalling word for word what I wrote not so long ago. I could feel the tears run down my face as the hardest moment in my life back to me. The words in the letter coming easily to my mind.

Dear Dray, 1/8/18

Our love is so powerful that there is no other place or person to be at or with but you. I will cherish every day I had with you until the day I die. No one will ever compare to you. You are everything to me. You are my first, my middle and my last. There is no one who could measure up to you. I loved you in the past, I love you now, and I’ll love you in the future. I will love you until the day I die. I will love you forever and always even if you don’t love me. Even though this is how I feel, I also fear that you will not love me when I tell you my secret. But I must tell you. You need to know the truth.

From the time I was little I had dreams that were almost always nightmares. My mom or who I thought was my mom at the time told me it was because I had the gift of sight. She basically said I was a seer. I didn’t want to tell you because my mom told me never to tell anyone because they would label me as a freak or lock me up and see what makes me work. I’m sorry I never told you. I was just trying to protect you because I love you.

Your love

Harmony

Dray found me sitting on the bed when he came in. He said that he could remember that day like it was yesterday. To me it was though. He told me that it was the best day of his life when he found and read my letter. He said he knew I would be the one for him. He told me that I’m amazing and that he loved me gift and all. I couldn’t help as the tears poured down my face. I however knew none of this was real.

Dray walked over and sat down and leaned over as he wiped the tears from my face. Dray looked at me and pulled the frame out of my hands and sat it back on the dresser he pulled me out the door. We ran down the hall, down the stairs, into the dining room, and out the sliding glass and screen door. Dray said he was it and he was going to get me as we ran into the garden. I knew what Dray was trying to do. He was trying to cheer me up.

As I ran from him I could feel my heart swell with love. I couldn’t believe this would never happen for real. This was the life I wanted more than anything in the world and I would do whatever it took to get it. After running around for about twenty minutes we sat down under our tree in the garden. I turned my back to Dray and laid down with my head in his lap. Drake ran his fingers through my hair.

I loved the feeling of contentment and peace that always washed over me when he did this. One minute I was laying there in the shade of our cherry blossom tree and the next I was being shook awake by Anna. Anna told me to grab my stuff and get ready to go because we were landing. I folded my blanket and put it away in my bag. I grabbed my shoes and slipped them on my feet. I was ready to go. As I strapped my bag to my shoulder and walked down the hall behind Anna my phone rang the song I had programed as Nanas ring tone.

I grabbed my phone out of my purse as we walked out of the airport. I asked about our suitcases and she said a servant would get them. I called Nana back and started talking with her. As I talked about everything I missed back home the scenery outside my window changed from hill side and pastures to houses upon houses. After talking with Nana for twenty minutes I went to put my headphones in and listen to music.

When I did this Anna started talking about the house, lessons, and stable as I sat there looking at her. My anger and hatred for her and this stupid situation continued to get higher and higher until I couldn’t take any more and finally yelled for her to shut up. She sat there stunned as I grabbed my first aid kit and pulled out my Ibuprofen. I took a drink of my bottled water and swallowed down two pills. I put my headphones in and leaned back closing my eyes. I hoped with all hope that I would fall asleep again.

Sadly, I didn’t fall asleep again. After about 30 minutes we pulled up to a beautiful white house. It looked to be about two or three stories high. Stepping out of the car I could see about seven or eight women dressed like Maids and even more dressed as Butlers and other kinds of servants. I seriously felt way overwhelmed.

I wanted nothing more than to curl up and sleep until this was all one big nightmare. Stepping out onto the top step Anna introduced everyone. When their name was called, they each gave a bow or curtsy and called me Miss. I didn’t like being called Miss one bit. It made me madder than I was before. I had never been called anything besides my name or a cute nick name that I loved. I felt completely out of place in my pink skirt and blouse. My flip flops and my hair in a ponytail. This place was one of those houses were rich and stuck up kids lived.

I never did like those kinds of kids who thought they could get away with disobeying the rules just because their parents are rich. I decided then and there that I was not going to take being called Miss. I turned to Anna and asked if this was all the staff? She said it was. I walked to the top step and clapped my hands to get everyone’s attention.

Once I had everyone’s attention I spoke: I will say this once and once only with Anna standing right here no one is to call me Miss. You may call me Harmony. If you call me anything else I will not respond no matter what and if it continues I will yell and scream at you until I’m blue in the face.

Every one of them looked shocked beyond belief. I didn’t really care, I had made my point. I turned to Anna and said what time does school start in the morning? Her response was that lessons would begin after breakfast. I turned towards her and said I did not say lessons I said school as in public school. The look on her face when I said that was so priceless. She looked like a gapping fish out of water before she collected herself and replied that I would have private tutors teach me.

I turned looked at her and said that she can have them come but I won’t be here. I said that just because she wanted something didn’t mean that she would get it. I’m going to a regular school whether you like it or not. You will not change who I am just because you think you have the right to. You are not now nor; will you ever be my mother. I climbed the stairs and walked past her.

I walked up to one of the workers. I asked her to please show me my room? She said of course Miss. She turned to walk away but before she could I grabbed her by the shoulder and spun her to face me. I screamed and yelled that she was to never call me that again. I was completely seething as I ran up the stairs as the tears burned hot and heavy down my face. I had no clue how many twists and turns I took on the first floor, but I did not care.

Not knowing or caring where I was going I opened a door and walked in. I slammed the door shut behind me. Turning around I found myself in what looked like a sitting room or entertainment room attached to a bedroom. Walking into the actual room I could see a king size bed with blue silk bedding and blue curtains on the windows. There were three doors in the room. It made me curious, so I walked over and opened the one on the farthest wall.

After opening the door, I could see it was like a miniature office/library. I walked over to the couch by the window and decided to sit down. I pulled out my phone and pulled up the picture of me and Dray. I just couldn’t help myself as I pulled my shoes off and laid down as the tears I had been holding in all day streamed down my face. As I laid there on the couch I cried myself to sleep.

Waking up two or three hours later I realized I had no clue where I was. I looked down to see that I had a blue and white swirly patterned quilt covering me. One minute I knew I was alone in the room and the next I felt like I was being watched. I looked up to see a cute boy looking at me with amusement in his blue eyes and a smile on his face. He was cute but not as cute as my Dray. No one could be as cute as my Dray.

He started speaking and I had no clue what he was saying. It took my sleepy brain to realize he was speaking French. I stood up pushing the blanket off me and stretched. I slipped my flip flops on and grabbed my phone. I turned to the stranger that was still trying to get my attention speaking French. I gave a huff and said if you can’t speak English stop talking because I can’t understand a word your saying.

He immediately shut his mouth and said “my apologies I thought you could speak” French. I said, “I can only speak a little.” I stuck my hand out and he bowed and said he was so sorry for disturbing the Miss’s sleep. I just wanted to read and was told I could get a book from the office/library in my guest room. I was so mortified that I had come into someone else’s room. This was so embarrassing. I couldn’t believe I had fallen asleep in someone else’s room. Now my cheeks were a bright pink. I was blushing so much it wasn’t even funny.

I quickly walked to the door and got ready to step into the hallway and retrace my steps. I just wanted a hole to open in the floor and swallow me whole. He stopped me before I could get through the door though. He asked why I was trying to leave. I explained that I was trying to leave the room before I embarrassed myself even more. I finally looked up and our eyes locked. I got the feeling that we would become close friends. I don’t know why I get the feelings I do I just get them. Looking into his sparkling blue eyes I felt like I was drowning although I felt completely safe. His eyes were so familiar, yet I had never seen them before.

This wasn’t the same feeling as when I locked eyes with Dray. Drays beautiful brown eyes enchanted and trapped me like molten pulls of melted chocolate. Where Drays hair was messy and as dark as night, his was completely blonde as the sun. The two looked completely different because where one was closed off and brooding the other was open and fun. Where one wore glasses, the other did not. Where one wore black and liked it the other did not. The two where complete opposites. Yet being in the presence of either one of them made me feel perfectly safe.

After I finally got over my shock I walked over and sat down on the couch. I decided to ask him his name since he wasn’t being forth coming with that little piece of information. So, “what’s your name?” “My name is Luke.” I gave a bright smile and said my name was Harmony. “So, Miss Harmony why were you crying?” I blushed and held my phone closer to my chest. With my mind made up I said, “for me to tell you that and you to understand you would have to know what my life was like when I was little. I’m not the snobby stuck up heiress everyone wants me to be.” He asked if I would tell him my story.

I don’t know why but I felt like I could trust him. So, I began telling the story of my life. “I grew up in a small town in Kentucky. “I had my Mom, my Nana, my Dad and my Brother. I went to a certain school until first grade. In first grade we moved into town where I had to switch to a new school. I had to leave all my old friends behind. I may have loved all my classes and teachers right away, but I realized fast that my old friend’s names and faces would slowly start to blur and disappear until I could only remember small things as I got older.”

“I easily made new friends even though it was hard. My friends included Rosie, Maddie, and Linzie. In second or third grade I met Dakota and we became friends to. My life was so simple, I got up and got dressed for school with my brother and we rode the bus to school. That’s where I met my other friend Marie. I did all my school work and homework alike. School was just another fun activity for me since I loved to learn. After school I would ride the bus to daycare with my brother and my two friends Linzie and Marie.”

“At daycare I had a best friend as well. We told each other everything. Bree was like the sister I never had and that’s hard to explain. But the best way is to explain it is to say that when I was little, and Blaise wasn’t born yet, I had hoped I would get a little sister I could share makeup and secrets with. Bree was always the one to act like a girl most of the time. I was a girlie girl too, but I didn’t grow up with two parents in love. Instead I grew up with just my Mom until we moved in with my Nana because my Mom had problems with taking care of us. When my Mom passed away my dad tried to get custody of my brother and me.”

“My dad was taken to court because he was never there for us even before my mom died.” Sitting there talking about it made me remember everything just like it was yesterday. By then I didn’t realize I was crying. Luke pulled me into a big hug and wiped my tears away. “Thank you was the only thing I knew to say.” He told me that no one expected me to be perfect because we were all human. I gave him a bright smile and continued with my story. “My Father lied and couldn’t take care of either one of us, so the court decided Nana would get custody of us.”

“The rest of the family said that Nana should have let someone else take care of us, so she could treat us like grandchildren. To be honest I wished with all my heart that my Mom hadn’t died so Nana could spoil us. Then I came to realize that I wouldn’t have had it any other way because there are so many things that having her around could change. Changing a moment in the past could upset the balance and change the future. I loved my Mom with all my heart, but it was Nana who always took care of us no matter what.”

“I have a lot of memories of the one I loved like a mother, but I also have some bad memories as well. The bad ones are kept locked inside because it’s easier to remember the good memories. My school was great as well. When I got to middle school, I met Eathon and we became friends as well as me and Lilith. In high school I met Jake and a few others, and we all became the best of friends. That was the year Marie showed me the Meet Me app. I didn’t like the app to much until I met Zach.”

“Zach and I became boyfriend and girlfriend not to long after talking to each other. We were together for a year before we broke up. Before the breakup we had so many issues because one of my friends from school was into guys and Zach was into both guys and girls. They started talking to each other behind my back causing me to lose one of my best friends. Zach and I broke up before my sophomore year because he lived in another state and just wasn’t a very good boyfriend. At least that was part of the reason we broke up. Through all of that I wasn’t very happy, but I never showed it, I always made sure to hide my feelings.”

“Sophomore year started out and was way better than freshman year. The first semester was great, but the second started out great too. That’s when I met Drake. I walked into my favorite class and he was just sitting in one of the desks in the front row. He looked up and our eyes connected, and I just knew he was the one. I don’t know much of what happened next except meeting Drake at his locker after class and asking him to send me a friend request on Facebook.”

“When Dray added me, I was so elated. To top it off he didn’t immediately stop talking to me when I told him I like liked him. After that we became boyfriend and girlfriend. We even shared a locker at school. I went to his house a lot, and we held hands in the hallway at school. We were perfect for each other; Drake understood me and didn’t judge me when I told him about my nightmares. I quickly realized his friend and ex was going to be a slight problem even though I hoped she wouldn’t be.”

“His ex-wasn’t much of a problem since she stayed away from me. This was okay with me because it meant I didn’t have to deal with any drama. The day that I opened the envelope from my so-called mother, was a day that I had spent playing with Dray and his little sister. I spent my last night and most of the day with Dray. When you found me, I was crying because I miss my home and everyone I left behind. Most of all I miss Dray.”

“Wow!” “I’ve never heard so much love and joy in someone’s voice before.” Luke pulled me into a hug and wiped away my tears. “You shouldn’t cry I’m sure Anna will let them come visit you.” I gave him a watery smile and told him I was just hungry and tired.” Luke gave me a smile and pulled me out the door and down the stairs. Now that I was paying attention to my surroundings Luke lead me to the dining room. A maid came in and placed a plate of stuff I wouldn’t eat in front of me. I pushed the plate away and sighed thinking I would rather go hungry. Luke looked at me weird as I got a brilliant idea and grabbed my cell phone from my pocket.

I used my phone to look up the number for Taco Bell. I dialed the number and asked if they would deliver. I was shocked when they said they would, even though it would cost extra I ordered not even caring about the price. I ordered a box with four soft shell tacos and four hard shell tacos as well as mild sauce. Luke and I started talking about anything and everything while I waited. We continued to talk after the food got there, so when it was finally time to go to bed I didn’t want to even though I knew I would need to get up early in the morning.

I knew it was late and I would have to go to the school in the morning; I just couldn’t stand the thought that my dreams would be nightmares again. Luke helped me to my room, so I didn’t get lost this time. I told Luke “goodnight” and he leaned in and kissed my forehead before telling me “goodnight”. I really didn’t feel like looking at my new room or exploring it, so I got ready for bed and laid down.

Laying down in my new bed I couldn’t fathom how much my life had changed since the day I opened that dreadful letter. I pulled my phone close to me. It had a picture of Dray and I pulled up on the screen and I started to cry and sob until my body was too exhausted to keep my eyes open. I fell asleep thinking that my head would be full of nightmares; only to wake up lying next to Dray on the bed in the bedroom from my last dream.

The light outside the window was just fading behind the hills. With the light quickly fading and not knowing how long I would be there I knew I needed to enjoy it while I could. I rolled over on top of him and trailed kisses all over him. I loved him so much and here I could kiss him as much as I wanted to because here where it was safe he was my husband and we already had a daughter. Dray opened his eyes and stared right into mine. I was so entranced. His voice brought me back to the fore front of my mind. “Hello my beautiful wife.” I couldn’t help but beam up at him a huge smile on my face. I said, “Hello my husband.” He smiled right back before I curled into his embrace and fell into a deep, deep sleep.

I woke up with Drays feet and legs tangled around mine. I gave a big yawn and stretched my hands above my head. I gave a big smile as Drake opened his eyes and said “morning.” I could see hope, happiness, and love reflected in his eyes as he looked at me. His eyes always told me what he was feeling. I loved this, my dreams were always so vivid. Tonight, didn’t disappoint anyways. I got up and grabbed my blue sequined dress from the closet and walked to the bathroom. Not caring if the door was open or not I undressed and climbed into the shower. Feeling the hot water relaxing my muscles I grabbed my purple scrunchy as well as my strawberry scented soap. Finishing my shower, I climbed out and pulled a black fluffy towel off the rack and wrapped it around me.

I walked into the bedroom wrapped in a black fluffy towel to get a pair of panties and a bra. I grabbed the ones on top and went to the bathroom to get dressed. I grabbed my brush and sat down at the vanity to brush my hair out. I stared into the mirror and saw a girl that looked like me, but she was older and looked like she had seen more in her twenty-eight years than I ever thought possible.

While I wasn’t paying attention, Dray came in and took my brush out of my hand. I was just noticing this as he pulled the brush through my hair as softly as possible. I stood up, turned around and gave him a soft and gentle kiss. As I walked by the door to the closet I saw the date on the calendar circled. Then I remembered it was mine and Drakes anniversary. I was so excited as I grabbed my phone and opened all my contacts. I sent a text to everyone saying there was a party to be celebrated at my house.

The party would be a big ball with no expenses spared. I rang the bell and asked Alice to come upstairs as soon as she could along with Ro, Belle, and Sydney. They would get all the decorations and stuff while Alice went to get dresses for Melody and me. I squealed like a little girl and dance over to the desk in my office starting the guest list and the refreshment list. I was just finishing as Alice came in with our dresses.

My dress was a pale purple silk gown with beautiful black roses all over the bottom. It was a Stella original. I loved it, just as she told me to go try it on I started to feel dizzy and the next thing I knew I was waking up in my bed at my so-called moms house. I was so mad because I was having so much fun. Why did I have to wake up when I was in the middle of a perfect dream?

Looking around the room I could see the closet and bathroom on one side of the room and the purple and black dresser and matching vanity on the other. The whole room was in purple and black. At least she got that much right. The bed was to small and everyone who knew me would know that even if I did have a side office and library that I would still have a bookcase in my room. They also knew I would have a messenger board above the bed to hang pictures and to do list on. Not to mention the fact that the room was so impersonal it looked so boring.

I climbed out of bed and sat on the edge. I hadn’t really thought much about what to wear for the day. I walked to my closet and opened the door. My closet was walk in and huge. The outfits and dresses were organized by color style and activity as well as season. It was the same with shoes and purses. The stuff I brought from home was on the other side organized by color and outfit. I ignored all the fancy crap they bought me without asking and grabbed my blue and white dress. I was a true blue and white wearing girl no matter where I was practically forced to go to school. I also grabbed my white hand bag and white pumps with the blue pawprint buckle on the side. I also grabbed my blue leather jacket.