Livia All Alone
By Jasmine Sheherazade Ebrahim, from the Livia Series
“Ow!” Livia moaned. “You stood on my foot!”
“Budge up!” Roxanne hollered. “That’s my guitar you’re poking at!”
“Hey, hey, hey! Roxy, you’re not bringing your guitar, are you?” Their mother, Mrs Bell, said wearily. Roxanne glared at her mother.
“That’s mine!” Brittany shrieked. “Stop it you pig!” Roxanne had grabbed Brittany’s suitcase and was throwing out the contents.
“Well actually, that suitcase was for all of us? Remember? And you were just cluttering it with your stupid junk!” Roxanne shouted. Brittany leapt forward but Roxanne grabbed her and shoved her onto the carpet.
“ENOUGH!” Mrs Bell screamed. Everyone looked up. “Roxanne and Brittany, separate. That suitcase is for all of you, but if you run out of room, you can always use the spare one, up in the loft.” Roxanne and Brittany both rushed up towards the loft. Mrs Bell sighed. She glanced around the house. “Oh God! This house is a mess! Your cousins will be here in an hour! Alexa! Catherine!” Mrs Bell shouted. Alexa emerged from her bedroom in jeans and socks.
“Huh?” Alexa looked up, taking her headphones off. Mrs Bell sucked her teeth. Catherine then emerged, fresh like a daisy: her hair blonde and fluffy, her eyes a bright blue and her clothes comfortable and in fashion. Livia stared at her sister.
“Hey.” Catherine said before walking towards the front door. Alexa replaced her headphones before stomping back upstairs.
“Alexa? Alexa!” Mrs Bell shouted, following her daughter upstairs. Catherine slammed the door shut behind her.
“Mum! Mum! Catherine just left!” Livia called. Mrs Bell rushed to the front door. Lavender then proceeded to pack her suitcase, Rosalind went to apply more make-up, Brittany and Roxanne wrestled over the suitcases and Livia sat down to watch T.V.
Then the phone rang. Mrs Bell cautiously walked over to it. She picked it up. “Hello?” Mrs Bell smiled. “Luka! Yes, yes. We’ll see you then. Great. And Zain? Yes! Of course. Drive safely. Bye.”
“Who was it, mum?” Brittany asked.
“Luka. He’ll be there in about 45 minutes depending on the traffic.
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