Capítulo 6: Chapter 6- Lessons
Pov- Ivy
I started to walk down the street after getting out of school today. Currently I was counting how much money I made today. As I was counting it though I started to think back at how I got this money in the first place.
It has been a very uneventful week so until this point. That was until I came up with a brilliant plan. You see at my school, every student brings money in to buy lunch, meaning that every student has money. Knowing this, for the last week or so I had been making bets with all the other students in which we wager our lunch money. At first most were hesitant but like any children after a bit of provoking and a bit of name calling it was easy to get them to agree.
Now I was not dumb enough to gamble away all my money. To be honest I cheated a lot to get this money. I challenged each kid to a race, and we put our money at the end of the race so the first one there could pick it up so no one could back out. Of course, to anyone viewing this before we begin racing this would look like a very unfair advantage for me due to me challenging the fastest looking people, I could find so they would be more likely to agree. Although they were fast for kids with this extra speed, I got recently I easily bet each one of them.
So, I have been making deals with kids over the past week or so, that is until today. Today no one accepted my races anymore. The reason being that my scam I had been running on people has finally gotten around so when I tried to make deals with people they were declined.
As I walked home today, I decided to count my profit which brings us up to this current moment in which I have just finished counting and let us just say I am very satisfied.
After I finally made it home, I decided to go tell mom about all the money I made. She is currently home sitting on a couch in our living room while rushing the television. As soon as she heard me come in, she turned off the television, looked at me and said "Hi sweety, how was school today?"
To which I replied, "It was alright mom but more importantly look at all this money I have made in school."
After saying this her smile instantly turned into a frown and she asked me, "Ivy, how did you get this money?"
After hearing her question, my expression also became very grim. I slowly replied in a tone that has lost all its earlier happiness, "I found it on the side of the road." I said that while lying through my teeth.
After hearing this she signed and asked a question that truly shocked me, "Ivy, have you been using your unnatural strength or speed to get money from other kids?" I stared at her, my mouth hanging wide open. She signed again. Clearly my reaction was good enough of an answer for her. "Come sit down next to me Ivy." My mother says to me. Up till this point I had been standing right beside the couch but after getting the invitation I sat down, right next to her and stared her in the eyes. Until she finally said, "Ivy, for what I have to say next, please do not talk unless asked, okay?" To that I nodded.
"Alright kiddo, I have lived a long life but soon my life will be coming to an end, but you already knew that didn't you." For the second time today, I stared at her with my mouth draped open in complete shock. How she knew all my secrets that I had not told her, I won't know. She continued talking a little bit after that, "Anyway, before I pass, I want to impart a bit of wisdom that I think you could favor from. One is that it is never right to lie to people you love. Let me ask you this, how did you feel that I lied every time you asked if I was feeling alright and kept trying to hide it from you?"
I sat there and thought for a moment until I decided to answer her honestly. "It did not feel very good. I hurt me every time you lied to me." I replied with a serious expression.
She grabbed my head and brought it to her chest and hugged me and whispered, "I am sorry that I lied to you, but I need to show you how much it hurts when someone lies to you. So, from now on Ivy, I need you to promise me to not lie to the ones you care about because while you might think it helps them, it is very hurtful."
After hearing this I nodded my head to what she was saying. "I promise mom," I told her without breaking eye contact.
Apparently, this was good enough for her because she continued to the next topic. "I am glad you understand dear, my second lesson I want to impart on you is not something you will understand now but I hope that one day you will understand." She said while looking off into the distance while talking. "Ivy, the world is filled with evil. You should not add on to that evil with more evil because evil does not fight evil. I am not saying that you should go off and be a hero, mainly because hero's never have a happy ending. With that said, even though you are not a hero, that does not mean you cannot show compassion to others because when you do, compassion will come back and help you when you need it."
I stare at my mother in a confused face. I did not understand anything she was talking about. At seeing me, my mother just laughed and said, "I guess that even if you are smart, intelligence cannot compare to experience. One day Ivy you will understand and until you do let me simplify it to one idea. Be a good person. That doesn't mean you can't break rules, it just means you don't hurt others without a valid reason. That includes taking money that you don't need when you don't know the others situation."
At that I nodded and agreed to always try to be a good person. With that she asked me one final question in which she asked me if I would return the money, I practically stole from those people without really needing it. I decided to agree to return the money tomorrow at school.
With that all settled my mother got up and started to walk away. That is when I remember there were questions, I never got an answer to, so I asked. "Mom," I started asking, "how did you know I was going through those changes and how I knew you were sick?"
With that question my mother turned around and looked back at me and with a smile said, "that's an easy question sweetie. The reason is because you are awful at keeping things hidden. You easily started hearing more things, lifting other things that you could not before, and you started to hang out with me a lot more than before. It does not take a genius to figure it out." With that she started to walk away, that was until I started to break down and started to sob on the couch. With that sound she instantly turned around and crouched down next to me and asked me, "What's wrong sweetie?"
Upon hearing her voice, I looked up from the sort of ball I had curled up into on the couch and asked, "How do you not see me as a monster knowing that I am not normal like you." The main reason I had not told my mother until now was for fear that she would see me as a freak and be afraid and hate me. At that question, my mother giggled. When I heard her laugh, I got angry. "How can you laugh at this?" I yelled at her in anger. She just started laughing at a fear I have been dealing with for a few months now. Of course I would be angry.
At hearing my outburst my mother stopped laughing and rubbed my head and said, "Well of course I do not see you as a monster Ivy, no matter what you are, to me you are my daughter and that all that matters." Looking at my face, my mother could tell that answer did not satisfy my question, so she continued, "well I guess that was not enough huh. Ivy treats this as a bonus lesson for the day. Never judge people based on their looks. Only judge people based on how they act. That means no matter how much you change physical it will never change how I see you because it does not change who you are as a person."
After saying that last bit of knowledge my mother got up and told me that I should go get my schoolwork done. So, I went to my room but instead of working I just sat on my bed thinking. Thinking about everything my mother told me and what type of person I want to be. That kept me occupied all the way till dinner, at which point I decided that I don't need to decide now, this issue will be solved with time. With my decision to decide later, I left my room and approached my mother with a smile which she returned in kind.
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CartoonGal
CartoonGal Well its decided. When starting this I thought for sure that plot would be the most diffcult part but I have now relized I was mistaked. The biggest issue by far is character growth and trying to give a reason for why character act the way they do. I think this is a good start for Ivy's character growth but she still has a long way to go.
Anyway, good morning, good afternoon, or good night reader. Hope you have a good day or night.
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