Ohia_Lehua
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Mavis woke up slowly, eyes heavy as her whole being. Everything felt… She squinted up at the soft morning rays of the rising sun and sighed before rubbing the remaining bit of sleep from her eyes. She didn’t want to get up but knew if she didn’t get up herself her Mother would wake her up and start the lecture and looks of unparalleled disappointment and it was that and that alone that got Mavis out of bed and dragging her feet to her bathroom to get ready for the day.
A week had passed, a week of full-fledged adulthood and she had never felt more like a child. For the last 18 years of her life Mavis had been the perfect child, doing everything that was expected of her and never once questioning ANYTHING! Her toothbrush clanged to the sink aggressively as the frustration for this entire situation overwhelmed her. Life had always been fair, or what she had thought was fair. Do good, good things happen, follow the rules and you can set your own path, but it was a lie, it was all lies. There was no path for Mavis that she could make her own, even now her life was planned before her. The college, the job, her future… Well, she had thrown a wrench into her perfectly laid out path when she ditched project graduation and went with her friends. Mavis knew it was stupid to break into the country club after hours, to open the marina boathouse and party and drink but she didn’t care. California had always been her dream, a dream that she had achieved but it didn’t matter, it would never matter so Mavis threw up her hand and said fuck it and had one night where she didn’t think out every action and reaction. Mavis drank, got naked and jumped into the lake, hell she even painted a pretty waterscape on the back blank wall of the boathouse with left over blue paint that she found. Police lights had the dozen or so teenagers running for cover, slipping into the darkness of the night but no Mavis, she stood proud in her paint speckled nakedness and held her head high in face of the consequences that she knew would be coming.
It all boiled down to a slap on her wrist, her parents were OLD money and it they made sure that nothing touched her perfect record, as what little punishment was doled out under the table. Today was the start of her community service, hours of her summer eaten up by her parents’ church in whatever manor the Priest felt necessary. She had neve been to her parents’ church, being allowed to attend service through her school an acceptable compromise until she had acted out so foolishly.
Mavis combed her toffee brown hair out until it fell in relative calm loose waves to the middle of her back before pulling it back at the nape of her neck in a ponytail. She dressed quickly and took one last look at herself in the full-length mirror. She had always been the short one in her small group of friends, and it wasn’t until last year that her pinboard body had started to show some womanly curves, curves that her Mother made sure she felt guilty and bad about. Leading to the restricting bras, high waisted panties and baggy fitted plain clothes shopping spree that now filled her closet. Mavis wanted there to be more than the denim capris pants in a faded blue color and standard cut cotton shirt in a solid pale yellow, but this was as good as her closet got and she submitted yet again before heading downstairs for breakfast.
To say that breakfast was a delight would be a bold face lie, even the food was lack luster. Steel cut oatmeal, no sugar or added flavors save the rare cut up fresh fruit, a single egg and a glass of skim milk was the usual fair, added to the fact that her Father had yet to look at her since project graduation all the while her Mother restated all the ways they were disappointed in her, the lessons that she would have to learn from this, her inability to seen grateful for all they did for her and how they saved her future by not letting this stain her permanent record. And like every day since Mavis kept her head down and nodded and repeating her apologies and thanks.
The saving grace was that she was allowed to ride with Courtney, a friend of the family, that would be working at the neighboring summer camp as a group leader. They were three years apart and the model upstanding perfect child that her parents wished she would be. To Mavis there was something very Kate Middleton about her in all the good ways and she honestly liked the older girl and fell into an easy conversation with her on the way to the church,
“I’ll pick you up around 4:00 pm.” Courtney waved as she drove away.
Mavis waved until the hybrid SUV was out of sight before shouldering her worn green JanSport backpack and heading up the stairs to the main church double doors, unsure of what would meet her on the other side of these old doors.
A week had passed, a week of full-fledged adulthood and she had never felt more like a child. For the last 18 years of her life Mavis had been the perfect child, doing everything that was expected of her and never once questioning ANYTHING! Her toothbrush clanged to the sink aggressively as the frustration for this entire situation overwhelmed her. Life had always been fair, or what she had thought was fair. Do good, good things happen, follow the rules and you can set your own path, but it was a lie, it was all lies. There was no path for Mavis that she could make her own, even now her life was planned before her. The college, the job, her future… Well, she had thrown a wrench into her perfectly laid out path when she ditched project graduation and went with her friends. Mavis knew it was stupid to break into the country club after hours, to open the marina boathouse and party and drink but she didn’t care. California had always been her dream, a dream that she had achieved but it didn’t matter, it would never matter so Mavis threw up her hand and said fuck it and had one night where she didn’t think out every action and reaction. Mavis drank, got naked and jumped into the lake, hell she even painted a pretty waterscape on the back blank wall of the boathouse with left over blue paint that she found. Police lights had the dozen or so teenagers running for cover, slipping into the darkness of the night but no Mavis, she stood proud in her paint speckled nakedness and held her head high in face of the consequences that she knew would be coming.
It all boiled down to a slap on her wrist, her parents were OLD money and it they made sure that nothing touched her perfect record, as what little punishment was doled out under the table. Today was the start of her community service, hours of her summer eaten up by her parents’ church in whatever manor the Priest felt necessary. She had neve been to her parents’ church, being allowed to attend service through her school an acceptable compromise until she had acted out so foolishly.
Mavis combed her toffee brown hair out until it fell in relative calm loose waves to the middle of her back before pulling it back at the nape of her neck in a ponytail. She dressed quickly and took one last look at herself in the full-length mirror. She had always been the short one in her small group of friends, and it wasn’t until last year that her pinboard body had started to show some womanly curves, curves that her Mother made sure she felt guilty and bad about. Leading to the restricting bras, high waisted panties and baggy fitted plain clothes shopping spree that now filled her closet. Mavis wanted there to be more than the denim capris pants in a faded blue color and standard cut cotton shirt in a solid pale yellow, but this was as good as her closet got and she submitted yet again before heading downstairs for breakfast.
To say that breakfast was a delight would be a bold face lie, even the food was lack luster. Steel cut oatmeal, no sugar or added flavors save the rare cut up fresh fruit, a single egg and a glass of skim milk was the usual fair, added to the fact that her Father had yet to look at her since project graduation all the while her Mother restated all the ways they were disappointed in her, the lessons that she would have to learn from this, her inability to seen grateful for all they did for her and how they saved her future by not letting this stain her permanent record. And like every day since Mavis kept her head down and nodded and repeating her apologies and thanks.
The saving grace was that she was allowed to ride with Courtney, a friend of the family, that would be working at the neighboring summer camp as a group leader. They were three years apart and the model upstanding perfect child that her parents wished she would be. To Mavis there was something very Kate Middleton about her in all the good ways and she honestly liked the older girl and fell into an easy conversation with her on the way to the church,
“I’ll pick you up around 4:00 pm.” Courtney waved as she drove away.
Mavis waved until the hybrid SUV was out of sight before shouldering her worn green JanSport backpack and heading up the stairs to the main church double doors, unsure of what would meet her on the other side of these old doors.