Emi stared at the huge package given to her by Jarrett. He looked at her with expectant eyes while Eli was giving him an annoyed look. Those two seemed always annoyed at each other, but they were cousins. Boys were weird. Emi opened the package and was completely dumfounded, yet curious, by the technology. It seemed… complicated.
“It’s a zombie tracker,” Jarrett explained. “To keep the monsters away.” Emi giggled. There were no such things as monsters but it was a kinda cool gift. She thanked him anyway. Eli’s gift was a really cool, silvery mask and a yummy brownie. Emi would eat it soon, but first she had to finish unwrapping presents. She wore Eli’s mask as she unwrapped the others. It made the boy smile and give Jarrett a look. Was this a competition for who gives the best presents? From others she got cute clothes and toys, a rubik’s cube from Maddie, and brand new ballet shoes from her mummy. It was the best sleepover ever with movies, popcorn, cake, pillow fights and even some games on her Wii. No one wanted to go to sleep, but the grownups told them that they had to sleep. Emi didn’t pout too much because she knew in the morning, she’d get to see her friends again. It was a great day! She didn’t even mind sharing her birthday with Elia, because she was just glad that her little sister was doing well. She could remember how scared everyone was when Elia was born. She was so tiny. Like a little baby doll, and Amanda had vowed to protect her. Just like she wanted to protect Angelo, but at least Angelo was bigger now. Soon Elia would be bigger too. Before Emi went to bed, she peeked into Elia’s bedroom and put one of her old teddy bears in her baby sister’s crib. Blowing her a kiss, she whispered, “Happy birthday, sister. I love sharing this day with you.”
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The holidays had been amazing, and there was still New Years Eve to come. For Halloween Emi got to dress up as Susan from Narnia with a bow and arrow and everything. Then on the day before Christmas Eve she got to celebrate her cousin Lucie’s second birthday. That meant yummy cake too and fun games. Then on Christmas Eve, she baked cookies with her family and even got to meet her brand new baby cousin Rhea. It was cool that Lucie had a baby sister now. She hoped she would like having a baby sister as much as she did.
Christmas brought more fun again. It was nice seeing a lot of her aunts and uncles and getting the chance to play with her cousins. She was so tired when she returned home on Christmas night that she went right to sleep. She dreamt of sparkly cookies and chocolatey hot cocoa. Then in the morning she woke up feeling hungry. The night before, she hadn’t even had the chance to check on Bunny, her rabbit. So the first thing she did when she woke in the morning was walk to the cage in the corner of the room. Usually, when she opened the cage, Bunny would wake excitedly and come to the door of the cage, but today, nothing happened. Emi frowned and reached in to touch the white rabbit. But the rabbit was cold. Emi frowned more. Rabbits weren’t supposed to be cold; they were supposed to feel warm and fluffy. She shook Bunny gently, but got nothing. Then she realised what happened. Tears sprung to her eyes. “Mummy!” she shrieked. “Daddy!!” |
Emilia at a glanceNames: Emilia Paris van Loon Archives
April 2017
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