Becky by Alexis Fremen
Allison grew up on the rougher side of life but that never stopped her from shining. She was liked at school, creative, silly, and a beautiful young girl. In the first two years of her life, she was already faced with abandonment by her mother, who was too young to raise her. Allison’s father always came home drunk after her mother left and the only person who was around to look out for her was Becky, her grandmother. Becky lived with Allison since she was only two years old and became her mother figure. Becky dressed her for school daily, bathed her, went to Parents’ Day, and colored and played with her.
Allison and Becky had a beautiful relationship, and nobody could separate the two. Today is the first day of Allison’s third-grade year and she’s never been so nervous before. After ten minutes of the bus ride, a young blonde-haired girl named Katie got onto the bus and looked at the spot next to Allison and said “Hey! Is this seat taken?” Allison looked at Katie and smiled and shook her head no. By the end of the day, Allison and Katie were best friends and she couldn’t wait to tell Becky about it. When she got home that day, she noticed Becky looking at reclining chairs online and said “Hey grandma! Guess what? I made my first friend today and she lives right down the road!” Becky was very happy for Allison and looked back and said, “Maybe you should invite her over for a play date?” Allison called Katie over the next day, and it was the first sleepover of many between them.
School wasn’t always Allison’s favorite thing, in fact when the final year of junior high was ending, she began to panic. Report
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cards finally came in the mail after three months of waiting for them. Allison wasn’t expecting straight A’s considering she was more of a solid C type of girl. Finally, she rips open the envelope and looks at the report card “Are you kidding me? Not one F’s but two??”. Allison realized the headaches she had been having might have been affecting her more than she thought. She was scared to tell Becky, but she knew she needed help. She sat Becky down in her room in her reclining chair she always rocked her in as a baby and told her to take a deep breath. “Please don’t kill me grandma but I’m failing two classes because of my headaches, and I don’t think I’ll ever go to high school, everyone’s going to bully me, all my friends are going to leave me and it’s the end of the world!!”.
Becky smiled and told Allison to calm down. “Why aren’t you more upset?” Allison said. Becky grabbed Allison in her arms and gave her a tight hug for as long as she could. She looked Allison in the eye and told her “I would be mad if you failed and didn’t try, but you tried and that’s all that matters at the end of the day, and hey! Tere’s always summer school”. Allison always felt loved and understood by Becky, especially in moments like these.
High School was finally starting, and all Allison could think about was a new car. One day she decided to get a job at a restaurant to save up money for one. She worked every day after school and during the weekends so she didn’t hang out with anyone besides when Katie would pop up. By the end of the day when she came home, she saw Becky’s favorite recliner chair was broken. She asked Becky what happened and all she said was “it had too many memories to hold so it gave up!”. Tat
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