After Lilly opened the door she giggled “what are you supposed to be”, Mike’s smile faded “I am Harry Potter”. She looked at him with bright eyes “I know that, but why?” He knew that she loved the Harry Potter books, and he just wanted to make her smile. In his mind everything he did was trying to make her happy. “I thought you might like it” he said,” I do, I really do” Lilly said while smiling at him. “Ready to go? ” Mike asked still standing in front of her house, “yes just let me get my witch hat, you can come in sit down. It’s just upstairs” she ran up the stairs looked at her phone for a second and put it in her purse.
Lilly’s mothers pone was never phone that why she was so scared that her mother called, but she just thought to her self that number probably belongs to someone es now. But how does Lilly’s number still exist on that phone. Lilly and mike standing in front of the house that the party was located at, “guess we are here” mike said with an existing smile on his face, “smashed pumpkins and drunk teenagers, yeah we are here” Lilly jokingly said. Mike and Lilly looked at each other for a moment and walked in. Lilly sitting on the stairs her mind wondering off like a little girl on the playground, she looked over in the living room and saw mike laughing with his friends, she closed her eyes and her pupils started moving from side to side as if she just had a vision. Lilly opened her eyes and saw her mother standing there, she looked around, and she was alone in the house “mom” she mumbled “mom” Lilly spoke louder. “My dear Girl” Lilly’s mother uttered. “Mom, mom I miss you” Lilly said hysterically with tears filling her eyes, she tried to ask her a lot of question but nothing came out of her mouth, it was like her throat was blocked. A hand touched her shoulder “Lilly?” Mike was trying to wake her “Lilly, wake up, hey. Open your eyes” as Lilly grasped for air her tears wouldn’t stop tumbling down her eyes.
As she opened her eyes, Lilly noticed everyone was looking at her, Mike didn’t care about anyone. He was scared for her,” come on I’ll drive you home” he quickly said before slowly Helping her up. Lilly looked at her phone whilst Mike was driving, her phone going dark after every 2 minutes and her tapping it again to see the missed call from her mother. “It’s not good for you” miked said, Lilly looked at him confused “you know?” He had a little smirk on his face “well it’s not like you were wired all day, plus you’re not a good lair, and you weren’t hiding it” meanwhile he took her phone hoping she would maybe she would feel better.
The car stopped inform of Lilly’s house, she got out of the car and got to the other side the car, to mikes window “i am sorry about today didn’t mean to spoil it for you” she leaned against his window, “no, no not at all. When you’re ready to talk you know where to find me” she smiled and stretched her hand though the window to grab her phone, “thank you” he smiled back and took off she watched him drive off and toured around. Her father standing in front of the door. They looked at each other, Lilly took two steps and gave her father a hug, just like that, no talking, no crying. Just father and daughter. “I saw her today” Lilly said after wards, looked at him again and went upstairs.
© Sirine Aouichaoui 2023-08-19