2.4 My Saviour
I didn’t go home the next day or the day after that, I had ditched school again, but I was brought quickly out of my drunken behaviour when my grandfather walked into the bar. I knew he was looking for me, mum and dad must have finally done what they had been avoiding and called him in for help. He found me on the dance floor. I just stopped and stood there.
He came up to me, not angry or mad, “Come on Romi I should take you home.”
That made me angry, why was he understanding about this? I walked with him as I respected my grandfather, but I couldn’t help but say quietly, “I don’t want to go home.”
He sat me down on a bench not far from the entrance of the bar, “Romi what is going on?”
I really was surprised mum and dad hadn’t told him why I had gone wild again. I was a bit ashamed as I adored my grandfather but how do you tell him that your whole life has been full of lies, that you were always the centre of attention even if you never asked for it.
“Is this to do with your transformation?”
“Yes and no,” I finally said.
“Come on Romi please tell me what’s going on.”
“Grandad have you ever known what it’s like to hate everything and everyone?”
“I can’t say that I have dear, but please go on.”
“Everywhere I go people take my picture, I am this towns little celebrity, something I never asked for. I constantly battle with what life would have been like for me if I was still a ghost and I’ve found out that the Leigh twins know I’m not normal.” I took a long pause, “They have a sample of my dna.”
Grandad looked at me all sympathetic, “Romi what happened to you was wrong but this isn’t the way to behave. Your mum and dad have done the best they can do by you.”
“I know that..”
He looked at me. “Do you because you sure aren’t acting like it.”
“I know,” I felt ashamed, “I don’t know what happened, how it happened. I just know I feel better when I find an escape.”
He stood me up and pulled me in for a hug, “Oh Romi you can’t hide from your problems. Tell me Romi what do you want to do, in your heart what is it you want?”
I was ashamed to say it but I told him, “I want to leave, I want to get away from it all, away from the watching eyes and everyone asking for my signature, from the people who don’t understand me.”
“What if I try and do that for you.” I pulled away from him and he looked like he was being honest, like he meant it.
“How? Why?”
“Well I’d have to talk to your parents but the how should be easy and the why, well you are my granddaughter and I don’t like seeing you this way. I want to see you happy like you were as a little girl. I miss that little girl in you and I want to help bring her back.”
I pulled him in for another hug, “I love you granddad.”
“Is that a yes?”
“If you can help me get away from all of this then yes.”
He let go of my hug, “You’ll have to do something for me if you want this to work though.”
I didn’t like that, but asked, “What?”
“You have to apologise to your parents, you’ve just said that you know they have done right by you and you’ve been pretty bad to them lately.”
“Is that all?” I knew it wasn’t I knew there was something else.
“No, you need to behave, you need to go back to school, get your grades up, go home and do whatever your parents tell you.”
“How is that going to help me?” I mean I would do it if it meant me getting out of the mess I had made of my life, but I really didn’t get how it was going to help me.
“Pretty simple really, but one thing at a time. Do you trust me?”
I looked into his face, I knew he meant what he was saying and I had to trust someone. Tempest was right I had to talk to someone. “Yes I trust you.”
“Then come on lets take you home, I need to talk to your parents.” It was a long ride in the cop car, I had gotten so used to using my magic to transport me around town in seconds I forgot what it was like to use normal transport. When we got towards the house I thought about turning myself invisible and just running off but I couldn’t do that to my granddad. He walked in the house first me trailing behind him.
“Romi,” mum came running up to me, she had clearly been worried about me and that made me feel bad. Her hug made me feel awful I didn’t really mean to hurt her.
“I’m sorry mum,” I could see dad behind her, “I’m sorry dad. I…”
“It doesn’t matter your home now.” Mum said beside me. I knew I had to sort myself out if anything for mum and dad but it was going to be hard dealing with the craziness that was my life.
Granddad came up to mum, “Let her go and get some sleep, we should talk.”
I was so thankful granddad was there, I realised just how tired I was and with mum pulling away from me and dad watching I headed upstairs to bed.
When I got to the stairs mum said “Romi please don’t sneak out tonight. Please.”
“I won’t mum, I promise.” I went up the stairs and went to bed. I wanted to stay up and listen in to what they said but I think I had only had three hours sleep in the last three days and suddenly I could feel it.
I am glad Romi’s grandfather found her. It appears he has great wisdon working with teens as he didn’t use a lot of “shame on you” in his speech and he allowed her to be a part of her solution, so empowering and refreshing for any teen who constantly feels like their life is being micro managed. She wanted someone to stop her and I guess it just had to be the right someone.
Houston is great and I was glad to add him in Romi’s story. He’s a cop and a fantastic father put together he was never going to make Romi feel like worse than she already does. He’s given her a choice and he’s going to help see it through with her parents permission of course. I think all it needed was the right person to come along and tell her she wasn’t making the best decisions and there always is another way, Houston was perfect for that particular role 😀 I’m glad you thought so too 😀
Awwww. I’m glad she’s starting to clean up her act!
Her grandfather is going to do the right thing and get her out of this crazy mess. She can’t stay there, her life is only going to get worse if she does. ;[
She is going to have to get her act straight or Houston won’t help her the way she wants. She definitely can’t stay in Lunar Lakes she has to get out and I think I’ve made it clear that Romi will be moving early in her gen due to the game issues I have in Lunar Lakes. I of course didn’t want her moving for any reason other than one that made sense and hopefully this does. Whilst trying to get this chapter two people came up to take her pic (she’s a level 5 celeb in game). Lunar Lakes will destroy Romi and none of us want that.
The point really is it’s not her mum and dad but more it’s the town’s fault that she has gone this way and there is only one thing you can do when you find out that, you have to get her away.
Yay! Houstone to the rescue. I’m so glad she listened to him.
Houston indeed to the rescue, I love him so and was really happy to bring him into this gen. I’m just glad she’s starting to sort herself out.
3 cheers for Houston. Hope his plan works for her.
His plan is in the best interest for Romi, but it’s a tough decision for her parents. All will be revealed in hopefully tomorrow’s post.
Aww I have been trying to catch up on Romi’s story I was in her mother’s and OMFG do I hate this Georgia wench! Seriously… first Edna now crazy sibling ;___;! Poor Romi, I can’t believe she did this to her in some many ways… *huggies for Romi*
Georgia is not a nice woman, there is no getting around that she hates her own sister for reasons that are not her fault. Romi was an innocent in all of this and really so are her siblings, Edna was bad but the Leigh’s are a piece of work, a nasty piece I mean of course.
Romi is lovely and in many ways I’m glad she’s not a ghost as she’s just so pretty but it’s a terrible thing to do to a child and she deserved her time in jail.
Yay for Hou!!!! He is very wise, and went about it the right way. I am glad she is trusting him 🙂 And that she apologized to her parents ^___^
Hou is very wise I love him. She had to trust someone and it was only right she chose her grandfather.
Spidergirl,
Just read chapters 3 and 4 and enjoyed them. Was a little disappointed that Romi turned to drinking to block out her feelings. Her rebellious streak reminds me of Scarlett in my wishacy she was ground so much in her early teen life, she also learned the art of ‘sneaking out’ and even when she wasn’t grounded would sneak around the house until she became a young adult.
Glad that her grandfather was able to keep her from going deeper in drinking and help restore her to her parents and look forward to reading the solution as I continue your story.
Silver
I’m glad you enjoyed them Silver. It was an unfortunate necessity for the drinking but she’s stopped now and life is better for her now.
I love Hou and was soo happy to find a way to have him help Romi.