Unfair

I'm now 12 and consider myself an adult, or well at least a teenager. The past years have gone by so quickly, but nothing has changed, I'm still not allowed outside the village and nor am I allowed outside our fences, that cover up around our house.

I sit by the river that run through our garden as I feel up the buckets full off water when someone pushes me from behind and I fall into the water with a loud groan leaving my mouth and a spa lab from hitting the water. " Rivo!" I snap angrily as I look up at my brother who stands above me and reaches his tongue out and makes a funny face that I can't help resist but to laugh at. " That is so unfair! I only did it to you once and this is your 2 time doing it with me " I grumble as I push myself up from the water and squeeze my clothes to get out as much water off my clothes as possible. " You needs a wash and so do your clothes " he chuckles as he grabs the buckeyes and carries them towards the kitchen. I roll my eyes and followed after him " What's for dinner today? I'm starving " I say as my stomach let's out a grumbles. " Remember that deer I talked about that I've seen in the forest?" He asked me " Yes, do you get it?? Are we going to eat deer for dinner?" I asked excitedly as I couldn't stay still and jumped up and down whilst smiling brightly. He laughed at me as he bent down underneath the kitchen and drags out the big pieces of meat.

I've not seen so much food in our house for a very long time, it makes me droll a little bit. Considering Rivo doesn't have a job because he always have to watch out for me, even though I don't need to be watched all the time, I mean I'm 12, soon 13, we don't have much money for food, supplies, clothes or any weapons if we were to be attacked. He usually spares up the money he earns from helping the old women across the street for food, but sometimes for weapons, but then he spares for the sharpest and most dangerous once to make sure that we're truly being protected. " Rivooooo..." I say as I bit the inner off my lip and looks up at him innocently and with puppy eyes. He slowly turns around and looks at me with a sighs and shakes his head " No... I've told you before..." he grumbles and turns back to doing the food. I pout and crosses my arms above my chest before I settle down " Can you at least learn me some combat fighting.... what if we were to be attacked when your out hunting and I don't know anything about combat... or fighting " I whine as I looked up at Rivo who seems rather frustrated and sad. " no one will ever attack our village and if so I would know when they would do it so that I could protect you..." he told me in a clear and loud enough voice.

" you don't know that Rivo... just please, I'm not 4 anymore, I'm actually 12, soon 14!" I hiss back at him. It takes him a few moments before he finishes the steak and placed it onto the table, he then turns to me and kneel in front off me on both knees and placed his hands on my thighs . " on one condition... we don't use any weapons, got it?" He asked me sternly as he looked me in the eyes " But... " I start as he gives me a glare and I nod my head " Fineee, but I will need weapons soon. " I say quickly before positioning me on my seat.

He lets out a faint laugh before he gives me the biggest steak along with adding some vegetables.

I look at the vegetables as I squeeze my mouth with both my fingers and let out my tongue. " Hey... remember what mom said..." I cut him off as I roll my eyes " Yes... if you eat well you'll live well " I grunted as I let out a faint laugh and started to eat.

Even though both our parents are gone we still talk about them frequently, but not too much because sometimes Rivo gets emotional about moms death and the way dad just left us. But out off that I think he's happy, or what off him I can see before he goes hunting he seems very happy, and I know that he tries everyday to make me the happiest girl in the world, no matter how down or sad he feels, he always makes me feel like the best person. Without my big brother I would lift ally probably not be here... you see orphans are barley taken care off at least in our village because mostly all off us are poor and no one here can afford to have another family member. It's sad to think about, and sometimes I've tried to talk my brother into helping one of the orphans, but he tells me that " Children that are orphans who doesn't have a family is the most vulnerable people in the world and if we were to take them in, we would be vulnerable and then we would all starve and eventually die... but remember if we weren't poor, we could've adopted at least 3 orphans, but in our situation I've barley enough money to take care off both off us ". Everything he says makes sense. And he's right, if I ever get much fame when I grow up, which I'm most likely not to because I live in one off the poorest cities, I'd help everyone that would need help, I'd do anything to make them feel as the best and happiest person the world has ever seen.

-Isn't Lexa cute and adorable as a kid? -