Chapter 5 - When Nightmares are Reality

The one good thing her mother ever did for her was put her on the pill as soon as she noticed her daughter developing at such a young age of only 10 years old. She grabbed the bottled water that sat atop her nightstand and drank it all down with anger, and as she began to feel better and stronger she got to her feet and stumbled to her desk. She cleaned up her papers, books, and put them away in her book bag for the next school day. She finally crawled into bed with it being well after midnight and tried to sleep. She finally fell into a sleep after she just couldn’t hold her eyes open any longer. It was just barley morning as the sun was still not up yet, when Bianca’s bedroom door had opened. She was still fast asleep as her mother slowly glided to her daughter’s bed side and took a seat.
“My sweet baby girl” She whispered as she stared down at her daughter’s face that had mirrored her own at times. Running her finger through her daughter’s long beautiful hair, she startled awake. She jumped up and threw herself against her head bored and to the corner where her bed met the wall and up against the side window. While her heart raced she kept her eyes closed, and as Anastasia had started to climb up onto her daughter’s king sized bed to comfort her. Just as Marco yelled for her to make him coffee and something to eat, she rose from the bed and before she left she kissed her pointer finger and placed it on her daughter’s cheek. “shhh baby girl mommy isn’t going to hurt you. I just wanted to check on you” she whispered before she left the room. Bianca just stayed silent and curled up into a ball in the corner, and rocked herself from side to side.
Bianca turned toward the window and pulled open the shades, noticing that it was barley morning. She got up in search of her phone that would tell the time without going to her alarm that sat on the dresser near the door. She finally found her phone and saw that it was only 4:30 am she still had an hour of sleep left, but with the pounding of her heart and the tears that streamed down she knew it would be hopeless to even try to get anymore rest. She made her way to the side of her bed and just sat there for long minutes. She decided that only hiding from what awaited her in the other room; she got out of bed and got ready for another school day. When she finally left her room at 5 am she already knew what she’d find waiting for her, she came around the corner and into the kitchen. One thing she wasn’t expecting was a full breakfast of eggs, beacon, and toast waiting with a glass of milk. She didn’t know what to think, as her mother and Marco sat at the table waiting for Bianca to join them to eat.
Marco stood and walked towards her, as she flinched he pulled her chair out for her and waited for her to take a seat. She wasn’t sure what to think of the whole situation playing out in front of her as she just stood there dumbfounded. She slowly started to walk to the chair that was awaiting her, when she finally took a seat she flinched ever so slightly. When Marco slid her in and put his hands on her shoulders and gave a little squeeze. He came around and sat back down and began to drink his coffee, she looked to her mother and then back to Marco before she picked up her silverware and began to eat. “What the hell is this for, my mother has never once cooked me breakfast SHIT even gave me a bowl of cereal” she said to herself.
Bianca finished her breakfast in silence, with all different scenarios playing out in her head of why this was all happening. Her mother just sat there like it was any other day, and maybe to her it was. Of course there sat Marco like he was the king of this fucking castle that she called home. Marco coughed and grabbed Anastasias hand, “I think it’s time we discuss what is going to happen over the next few days and the events that will take place on Saturday.” “what the hell is he talking about now,” Bianca said to herself. “Mom what is going on? If this is about the situation at school yesterday and you inviting people over after I’ve told you year after year that I don’t want anyone here.” Her mother grabbed her hand and smiled, “Marco wants to pamper us and with that there are expectations and we will be having visitors over the next few days”.
“OH MY GOD” Bianca thought to herself. “You’ve got to be joking mom, I don’t want to be pampered I just want to be left alone to get through each day.” Bianca rose from her seat and thanked her mother for breakfast. She dropped her dishes off and made sure to load them into the dishwasher knowing Marco would flip out if she left them in the sink. She finished cleaning up the table so that she wouldn’t have to be told; knowing that if that happened there would only be consequences. She grabbed her bag that sat on the floor and headed toward the door, as Marco stood and just stared at her with danger lurking just underneath. He grabbed Bianca by her hair as she was opening the kitchen door to head to school, “look her you little bitch your mother is going to take you to the salon after school and you will get everything done that she does. You will then come home and do what you need to do before our guests arrive” he spit out with such violence.
Bianca started to become angry, and that was better than fear it let her keep herself guarded. She shook her head and he finally let her go, she turned to face her mother and replied “I’ll see you after school” and her mother just smiled with a look on her face of fear the one thing Bianca didn’t want to let show. She headed down and around to the side of the house to grab her bike, “only one more driving test and I’ll be done, but with no car to drive at least I’ll have a license to be able to drive maybe mother will let me drive sometimes even maybe to drive her around to drink and do drugs instead of doing it all while driving”. As she came around to the front of the house she saw Tyler’s truck parked out front “oh good god what the hell is he doing here, what could he possibly want?” she got on to her bike and started off toward school and of course with Tyler not too far behind. He yelled out “stop B let me give you a ride to school.” “Why Ty I thought we cleared the air yesterday and you agreed to leave me alone”. “Can’t we still be friends and hang out B, if you’ll just give me a chance I promise you won’t be sorry.” He retorted.
Bianca stopped and put her bikes kicks stand down on her bike with her hands on her hips she stood there. “Fine Ty, but here’s the deal I’ll be the one to drive us to school today and since you have your license and I have a permit I only need two more driving rides pass into getting my license” she said with a smile. Tyler just stood there with confusion on his face and replied “ok, but do you know how to drive a big truck like this?” Bianca started to laugh and as she walked her bike to the back of the truck and lifted the tail gate down she bent to pick up her bike, when Tyler had grabbed it and sat it in the back before she could stop him. She grabbed the keys out of his hand and jumped in the driver’s seat; she looked in all the mirrors and made minor adjustments considering Tyler was only 2 inches taller than her.
To Tyler’s amazement Bianca had handled his monster truck with even more care then he did when he drove it. He just smiled the whole way to school, as they pulled into the parking lot and right into Tyler’s parking spot. She could see that there wasn’t too many people there and since she usually rode her bike 5 miles and it took her about 45 minutes to an hour, so she knew she could only set there and wait. None of their other friends had showed up yet and she was glad, due to she knew if they saw her in Tyler’s truck they’d get the wrong idea. She opened the driver’s door and before she could get out of the 4ft high truck, Tyler grabbed her by her upper arm. “You don’t have to get out we can set in here and talk, or just set in silence and stare at each other” he said with a smile.
Bianca smiled at still hopped down from the truck not having to use the stepper that automatically came down from the truck. “Look Ty I really appreciate the lift and well I’ll think about the whole friend thing and give you an answer on Saturday, since your obviously coming to the party. The unwanted party” She said. He didn’t reply just smiled down at her from where he sat in the truck, he grabbed the keys from the ignition and hopped out of the passenger side. “Well if you don’t mind I’ll walk with you and wait for the school to open for the day.” Bianca just shrugged her shoulders, after locking up her bike she headed over to the gazebo where she always felt safe and guarded.