Story Three: Mercury
So, this story does have a bit of the girl's past in it and who she is. I hope you all enjoy it.
It was the day of her fifth birthday that she saw a change in her parents relationship. They were arguing and as time passed they became more and more tense with each other. Her mother ignored her most of the time complaining she needed to do work. The energetic six year old then came up with her own imaginary friends. On the greatest days though her daddy would play with her. They would have tea parties and dress up, her father being the damsel, and her being the knight of course. These were her favorite days. Her dad started leaving for the weekends leaving the girl to wonder just why her dad wanted to leave the house. She didn’t understand why daddy was so angry with mommy. She would ask and he would smile and say, “Don’t worry about it princess.” Before he ruffled her hair. He began to leave all the time. The tea parties and dress up games soon became a rare occasion. They were still the little girls favorite thing. It wasn’t until the day her dad came home from work and she ran up to him with a large smile and he didn’t pick her up that she felt alone. Did he not want to see her? All he said was he was tired. She wanted to be the knight again and watch the strange man on television with a blue box with him like they used too. Her father was almost never there and the seven year old, who not once in her life let her smile falter could feel tension in the house. Her mom only yelled at her and her dad just looked so angry and tired. She could hear them fighting from across the hall. She would hide her head under the colors and sing a happy song to cheer her up. It was a nice spring day when her father brought her a teddy bear. He was all new and silky and she named him ‘Beary’. Her father looked so sad that day even though he had a smile on his face. He told Mercury something she would never forget, “If I’m not around to talk to princess, you just talk to Beary here and I promise wherever I am no matter what, I’ll hear you.” She nodded confused and he then told her that he was leaving for a while. She asked if he would be back for her birthday in a few weeks and he ruffled her hair and said, “Of course!” He never showed up. Mercury waited at the end of her driveway the whole birthday party for a man with a quirky smile and glasses to walk up. Her dad. He never came though and she cried herself to sleep that night. She would ask her mother where he had gone and she wouldn't answer. When she called his number it was disconnected. Her mother became obsessed with perfecting her daughter and enrolled her in classes of so many types. Mercury engulfed herself in things that made her fantasies come to life. She became disconnected from the world just like her dads number but one thing that never stopped was her smile. In her heart she knew her father was going to show up somehow, somewhere and he would hug her and call her princess again. She still talks to the bear and believes he can hear her. Every night she will tell Beary good night but in reality she’s telling her dad goodnight and that she’s okay.