The door to the small cottage opens and a beautiful white-haired woman in her early 60's putting on a white trouser, a sparkling blue shirt with silver earrings and a blue band on her head, with her hair packed in a loose ponytail, steps in with a bag of groceries.
A very young beautiful girl runs to meet the woman lending her hand to help her carry the bag,"Grandma Eunice, please let me help you with the bag", isabella asked stretching her hands out.
"No my darling Isa, it's not heavy let me car..."
not letting her finish with her statement, Isa interrupted her by snatching the bag and taking it to the kitchen,"*laughs*..Isa you are really stubborn, I can't believe you snatched the bag from my hand" already going into the kitchen
"Grandma Eunice you know I don't want you to stress yourself you have already being doing a lot, and anymore, u would break"
Grandma let's out a loud laugh,"my darling, there's no amount of stress I undergo cause of both you and your sister that'll be able to break me cause the love I have for the both of you is enough to keep me going and no stress is enough to break me "
Isabella chuckles from the kitchen, "ok grandma Eunice and we love you too. I'll keep them in a bowl after washing right grandma Eunice!??"
"yes" the old woman still wonders how a young girl like her who's gone through a lot within this short time she's spent out of her life, still be so strong unlike her sister, and suddenly she remembers that there's supposed to be another human being in the house "isa!!"the old woman called,
"yes! I'm already putting the groceries in a bowl" sighing,
"that's not what I wanted answers for, where's your sister???"
coming out of the kitchen, she sits close to the old woman, tapping her cheek trying to remember when last she saw her lovely sister "hmm.....I think the last time I saw her was when we both came back from school, immediately we got into the house, she went up into her room and that was it"
the old lady let out a deep sigh "why can't your sister take things easy? why doesn't she see things from your own perspective? why stay like that a become a shadow of herself? huh?....", after thinking for some time," anyways I don't blame her much cause she's hurting but doesn't want to show it , she's trying to act strong when she's not and it's draining her"
"I know that too grandma Eunice and I've asked her to stop holding things in and let it all out cause it will make her feel a lot better, but she's still adamant and is trying to keep everything sucked in and keep everyone else out even at the expense of her happiness", saying this, Isabella starts remembering all the bad incidents that has happened to both her and her sister that have let her once loving, cheerful and sweet sister transform into a cold-hearted and insensitive being, her once happy sister who loved sharing her crazy thoughts and ideas with everyone who cares to listen, has now become reticent and and a taciturn. she hates seeing her sister like this locked up in her room all day, staying cooped up in bed and only coming out when it's time for school, it breaks her. she didn't know when she started crying she only knew when she felt tears rolling down her cheeks. noticing this, grandma Eunice pulls her into a hug and starts caressing her back, this always calmed isa down whenever she recalled those horrifying incidents and it hurts grandma Eunice as well seeing her like this.
"ok my darling, let me go check on your sister and try beg her to come downstairs to spend time with us, alright???" thinking this was the right thing to do after Isa calmed down, but was still not happy.
"ok grandma Eunice" she breaks the hug so as to let the old woman do as she had said. she immediately stood up and started climbing up the stairs and walking through the small hall way to get to the girl's room on getting there, she made an attempt to go in by twisting the knob but wasn't the least surprised when the door didn't budge meaning she locked the room. sighing, she decides to call out to her while tapping the door "Anna!!!! *no response* Anna!!!!!! *still no response* Anna!!!!!!, *there was still no response, but as soon as she tried shouting again a very sweet and melodious yet hoarse voice came out sounding from the other side of the door,
"yes madam Eunice!!??" the girl calls the old woman madam unlike her sister because she feels that calling the woman Grandma would create some kind of emotional attraction between them and that was one thing she was now avoiding at all cost. hearing this, the old lady knew that it was more than a statement but rather a question which was a signal for her to say what brought her up to the girl's room to disturb her this peaceful evening and in response;
"Anna you need to come out of there ..*after waiting for a response and none came, she decided to continue talking*..look I have told you countless number of times that you shouldn't be doing this to yourself, you should share your pain and sorrows with us so that you can feel a little bit lighter but..." interrupting with a mixture of anger and sadness now lacing through her voice,
"but what madam?huh? I have told you and I'm still telling you that I'm not in pains or any sorrow, so there's nothing to share. please just go away from here I don't want to come out"
feeling tired already but still had to get this stubborn girl to her sister, she decided to keep trying "ok just this once come downstairs and help your sister and I in the kitchen...*there was no response cause this time, Anna was already crying silently recalling all the terrible things life has thrown at her and her sister within this short period but not wanting her younger sister to see her like this and also break down, she decided to stay strong but staying close to her sister won't help cause she hurts seeing her little sister the way she is now so the only option left was to stay away, locked in her room all by herself all day*...please come out"
coming out of her thoughts,"I am okay, I don't wanna step out of this room"
still trying to persuade her, grandma Eunice tries to use Isabella as a way of blackmailing this girl who loves her sister more than anything in the world, "but..."
"*interrupting* but what?? please go I said I am okay!!! don't you get it??"
"Isabella is not happy she needs a sister's comfort, her sister's comfort, so for once come out and help me make her happy" after saying this, she really thought that anna would open the door but no the always stubborn Anna didn't. *sighing*,she decides to leave when she heard the old wooden door squeak she turned her head and saw a sad and lonely girl with an expressionless face, looking like she would snap and break at any time due to sadness and this melted the old lady's heart but looking closely at this sad girl she saw that behind the sadness and weariness, was a very beautiful girl with long curly pure diamond-coloured hair, Ocean blue eyes, well sculpted nose, beautiful red succulent lips;all these on a well molded face complemented with a nice curvy body to go with without knowing, one could mistake her for her an angel. she was putting on a pair of blue trouser and a yellow crop top that showed a little part of her stomach and a yellow flip flop. she stared at the old woman and walked past her downstairs to go see her sister.this old woman really did know her weakness and used it on her. that's right Isabella was her weakness that's why she didn't like to see her unhappy or in any bad condition like this one they are in now but she couldn't help out on this one. although Isabella was her weakness but not just her weakness, her sister was also her strength, her strength in the sense that she could only stay away from people because of the love she had for her sister that gave her strength and also once again proving to be her strength, isa has made her come out of her room which she calls her 'lair of mysery'. on getting to the small but well finished living room with different architectural design from all over the world, a small tv set, a DVD player, a music box and a family portrait of the old lady and some people who were probably her family members not like she would know who they were cause she's not close to the woman*she rolls her eyes at the thought of being close to the old lady* unlike her little sister and she's sure Isa knows the people in the portrait by now cause she's very inquisitive and would have asked the old lady about it.remembering for whom she came, she looked around but didn't see her sister the living room was quite small that she could see every inch of the room from where she stood and so she decided to check the kitchen after remembering that madam Eunice wanted her to join them cook, she saw her sister slicing some veggies and walks close to her but gets surprised when her sister jumps and hugs her tight
"thank God you came I really needed this hug" Anna smiles knowing she had made her sister happy, tapping Isabella's back a little and decided to make her sister happy a little bit more"you are welcome but lssy(Issy was what Anna liked calling her sister and her sister loved it a lot cause it sounded special to her), I can't breathe"
"hahaha that's nice. how?? when I'm hugging you from your waist" Isa laughs and this makes Anna smile.
seeing this, grandma Eunice decides to help this girls smile always and be happy, "i need to see lord Zack". she walks into the kitchen and all three made dinner, ate together and headed to their rooms for a goodnight rest but Isa decided to be a pain on Anna's neck as she insisted that she would want to sleep in Anna's room, Anna begged her that she needed her space but she didn't agree so finally Anna gave in. as soon as they got into bed, Isabella fell asleep in her sister's comfort while Anna stared at the beautiful and peaceful soul sleeping beside her and whispers"I'm sorry I promise to make things right again". she kissed her forehead and soon drifted off to her wonder land.....