A girl always needs a little love, Z. Timol [best inspirational books TXT] 📗

have to stress, I'll do what needs to be done'' I smiled

''Thank you for understanding'' she said hugging me

''So I decided we're going to sell this house and move in about a week if that's possible. We can save the money for your college funds.''

''Yeah, that sounds fun. Can I go and call Linda to tell he?'' I asked

''Sure go ahead'' she smiled

 

I got off the couch and went to the house phone, I dialed her number and rung about 4 times and then I got their answering machine, so I told her to call me back when she gets the message. After about 15 minutes the phone rang but my grandma answered it before me since I was in my room and she was in the kitchen.

 

''It's Linda'' grandma said handing me the phone

''Thanks'' 

''Hey Linda'' I said

''Lizzie!! Hi, are you okay?'' she asked

''Yes, I'm fine. Why?''

''Well, I heard about your parents, I'm so sorry''

''It's ok, not your fault.''

''I know. I mean I was worried that day Stacey came to call you and you never came back so I thought you went home. But then you didn't come to school for 2 weeks so I called and your grandma told me you were in the hospital. I came to see you but you were sleeping, I cried so much, I wanted to stay with you there but my parents wouldn't let me''

''Thanks for coming to see me anyway, when I woke up I didn't remember anything. I lost my memory for a short while but then when I got home my grandma told me what happened and then I remembered everything''

 

We spoke for a long time then I remembered why I actually wanted to talk to her

 

''Uh Linda'' I interrupted her while she was telling me about the class party that I missed

''Yeah?'' 

''I wanted to tell you that my grandma and I are moving to Durban. We're selling the house because this house is a bit too big for us two'' I told her

''Oh'' she said, just that, then I heard crying, she was crying.

''Linda, don't cry, it's not my choice'' I said crying as well

 

My grandma came and took the phone from me, she asked for Linda's mom, I couldn't hear what she was saying because I went to the lounge and sat on the couch crying. She came into the lounge a little while later. Handing me a tissue she sat down and hugged me. After I stopped crying she made me sit up.

 

''Lizzie, I'm sorry, if you want we can sell this house and buy another one here''

 

I wanted to say yes, but I know that my grandma loves her own cozy home, I didn't want to drag her away from her comfort zone just because of my stupid tears.

 

''No its fine grandma, I'm just being a baby. So what did Linda's mom say?'' I asked

''Well I asked her if Linda can come over to spend some time with you, she said okay, she can even sleep over for 2 days''

''REALLY!? Thank you, grandma, you're the best'' I laughed

''You're welcome, now, why don't you go get ready for her, she'll be here in about half an hour''

''Ok'' I said

 

I ran upstairs to my room excited. We had many sleepovers but none too recently. I remember the last one we had was when my parents went out leaving us with a babysitter.

 

We had fun that night.

 

 

Sleep over start

 ''Mom where are you guys going?''  I asked

''We going for your father's conference'' she said

''Ok, but why do we have to have a babysitter? We're not babies'' I groaned

''Yes we know, but you know it's dangerous you girls can't stay at home alone'' dad said

''Besides, you girls can do whatever you want, Anne will keep Daisy away from you, so have fun''

 

They both kissed me on my forehead and walked out. I watched them then turned to Linda and smiled.

 

''Ok you girls are big enough to know not to make a mess'' Anne said, she's the babysitter.

''We'll behave'' we both said together.

 

Once she was gone upstairs to Daisy's room, the fun began!!

 

*******

 

''Lizzie!! Get the door'' grandma screamed pulling me from my thoughts

 

I ran to the front door to open, I almost tripped over my feet and fell but I caught myself just in time.

 

''Hey bestie!!'' I said hugging Linda

''Hey Lizzie, how are you?'' she asked

''Good, Hi Mrs.Grey'' 

''Hi darling, it's so nice to see glowing''

''Thank you''

''Rose! How nice to see you again, how are you darling?'' grandma said coming from behind me

''I'm fine Mrs.Grace and you?'' 

''Good good, come in, come and have a cup of tea with us before you go'' grandma said

''Oh, of course, thank you'' Mrs.Grey said

 

We all went inside, I ran to the kitchen to put the kettle on. Linda came in behind, she's been here before so she knows where everything is. She took out the dishes and biscuits. I stared at her, she was really pretty. She had red hair with fair skin, hazel eyes and chubby cheeks. I poured the tea into the cups, placed them on the tray and took it to the lounge, with Linda behind me with the other stuff.

 

''Thank you darling'' Mrs.Grey said

''Welcome''

''So, I heard you're moving back to Durban with your grandma''

''Yes I am''

''You're such a brave girl do you know that? I know people have told you to be strong and carry on with your life but I know how it feels. Everyone knows how it feels, losing loved ones is very painful. Just have faith in life, it will all work out. We are all proud of you, and if you need anything, just know that we are here for you''

''Thank you, I will remember that'' I smiled

''Well, you girls have fun, I have to get going, Thank you so much for the tea, warmed me up''

''Anytime Rose, Thank you for coming in'' grandma said

 

We walked Linda's mom to the door, she gave Linda and I kissed on our cheeks and walked out. We cleared up, talking and laughing. When we were done we sat on the couch together looking at old pictures

 

''Remember that day Lizzie? You just wanted to throw everything that you saw, you were so furious and we had no idea why'' grandma laughed 

''Yes I remember, I ended up laughing uncontrollably and then fell asleep''

 

We laughed at our own stupid things we did when we were young. After about an hour and a half, we got up and started laughing when we saw it was almost dark out.

 

''Well girls, I'm going to relax for a while and then we'll have something to eat, in the meantime you can go do what you want, just keep the house in its original shape'' she joked

''K grandma'' we both said together

 

Linda is very close to me and my family and because of all the time we spent together Linda started to call her grandma as well, and no one minds. We packed up all the pictures and cleaned up then went up to my room.

 

''So now what?'' I asked 

''How about we just talk?'' Linda said

''Cool'' I said

 

We were silent for a few moments

 

''Ummm, talk about what?'' I asked

 

We looked at each other then started laughing and every time we stopped we would look at each other and start over again.

 

''Oh goodness, my sides are painful, enough please'' I laughed

''Ok stop,now, no more laughing'' she said

''Ok now what?'' 

''Tell me about your week''

''Well, We went to the outdoor market and bought a ton of stuff, I'll show you after we eat, we were walking around when I saw a freaky man staring at me, and for some reason, he made feel very scared'' 

''Well maybe he was just looking, you know like everyone does''

''Yeah and then I saw him a few times after that too, it was like he was following me. Anyway, we went to an ornament shop and I picked up a snow globe, it was really pretty and I almost dropped it but this cute boy named Tommy caught it before it fell, and he was so proud of himself he said he was superman''

''Wow, how old was he'' she laughed

''About six or seven and he's mother and older brother, Tyler was with him''

''And how old was this Tyler'' she asked

''Umm a bit older than me, maybe 17, I don't know. So he told Tommy to give me the globe back but I asked Tommy if he liked it, he said yes, so I bought it for him. I told him to give it to his wife when he's older.''

''You said that to a 6-year-old, are you crazy?''

''No I'm not crazy. He liked it but he said it was for girls. Besides, at least he got something to give her, thanks to me. There's nothing wrong with telling him that he's going to get married one day''

''Ok whatever, so tell my about Tyler'' 

''What's to tell? He was a normal boy'' 

''Ok whatever you say darling'' she giggled

''What do you mean by that?'' 

''Nothing nothing, carry on''

''You're crazy, so we walked around and then we went to eat ice cream and that's when the scary part started, we were sitting and eating when a strange man came flying in, followed by two other men and they had gun, the man on the floor was, well, dead. So I screamed and grandma fainted but before they could notice us, Marcus pulled me with him into the back room, so''

''Wait wait, who's Marcus?''

''Oh, he's the shopkeepers son. So we hid there for a while and lucky there was a phone nearby so Marcus called the police. Unfortunately Marcus's father got shot but everyone was fine. They towed our car home and we drove in the cop car''

''Wow that must have been scary''

''The weirdest part was that, in the middle of all the mess I saw something that didn't register in my mind until we sat down in the car''

''What? You didn't finish your icecream?''

''Well that and when that man came flying in there were three men behind him not two, but only two of them got caught. And that one was the same freaky man I saw at the market''

''WHAT? You did tell the police right?''

''No, I didn't, I wasn't sure, it might have just been my imaginations''

''You are insane'' 

''Thank you''

 

We sat in silence again, I was feeling a bit guilty that I left out some parts, like me seeing Daisy but I don't want her to think I'm mental. After a few moments my stomach growled softly, I then got an idea

 

''Hey do you want to have fun in the kitchen?'' I asked

''Yes, what have you got in mind?''

''Why don't we surprise my grandma with supper? I'm sure she's still sleeping. We'll be helping and having fun. Two birds, one stone''

''This is why I love you, come on let's go'' she squealed 

 

Watch out people, the master chef is in the kitchen!!