Mother Knows Best

𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ? 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑢ℎ..

𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐴𝑣𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑖𝑑. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒.

𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙:

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑦.

𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑦.

𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠.

𝐺𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜.

𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛.

𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡.

𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑂𝑆𝑇 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡: 𝑂𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 16𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ. 𝐼𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝐻𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠. 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘. 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝. 𝐼𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.

𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑜. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘. 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜.

I close my mother's journal. That was... wow! And also, how am I supposed to make friends? My mom keeps me in the castle all day every day. You know what? I'll figure out something. I put the journal back into it's hiding spot, and I go down the stairs. Mother and father- well... the Queen and King are in their room, so I sneak out the front door. The butler Oliver doesn't mind, I do this a lot to go to the park.

I get one of the family bikes, and I pedal rather quickly to the country side of town. You may be wondering why. Well all the kids on this side don't know I'm the princess, so it'll be easier to make better friends. I finally reach the country. It didn't take too long, we don't live far from them because we have to keep our distance from the village. I pedal to the local park. It's so... run down. I instantly feel guilt, we could've sent money or something to help this town! But we didn't. And I'm pretty sure the Queen knows about this side of town.

I see a few kids playing at the park. I park my bike and run over to a girl around my height. She has black hair that's long, and she looks Asian. "Hi! I'm Ava."

"Oh.. I'm Chloe. You look well off, what are you doing in this part of town?"

"Oh, just meeting new friends! And it looks like I found one!"

"Oh.. I'll just I'll leave you be then."

"No silly I'm talking about you!"

I look at her expression. She looks sad, almost depressed. I walk with her over to the swings.

"So Chloe.. why are you so sad?"

"Oh.. Well, my dad passed today. We didn't have enough coins to get a doctor" Chloe mutters.

Chloe starts crying. I start crying with her. I could've saved her dad! Sent money to this part of town or something. Chloe hugs me, and we just share each other's embrace for a little.

Chloe and I talked for the rest of the day. About her life, my life (yes I told her I'm the princess), and just funny stuff. We laughed, we sang, we cried when I started talking about my 'parents'. But now it's time for me to go home.

"I'm sorry Chloe, I wish I could stay longer."

"It's fine!! Can I get your number?"

"Sure! It's 321-654-0987."

"Great. I'll catch you later Ava!!"

"Bye!"

I finally arrive home. Hanging with Chloe was so fun!! But of course I forget the consequences.