Lila Blue by Annie Katz

Author:Annie Katz [Katz, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Annie Katz
Published: 2012-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

Dreams & Visions

After Jamie and Mark left, everything got so quiet it was strange. I tried to remember what we did before they came, but everything felt weird. Lila's house seemed different having had them in it.

I hibernated for the weekend, staying indoors with the cats and feeling restless. The cats were fine. They were good teachers for "going with the flow" and "being here now," which Lila said were wonderful spiritual practices. Siamese cats must be highly evolved spiritual beings then, because they were happy napping, washing themselves, and looking beautiful and serene. I, on the other hand, must have been on the spiritual level of a flat worm. All I did was wiggle around for two days.

Sunday morning in a fit of nerves I decided to do something about my braids. They were more than a little ratty looking, so I took them out, saving the beads in a shell dish on the bathroom counter. If my hair had been wild before the braiding, now it was truly insane looking, so I spent several minutes making goofy faces at myself in the bathroom mirror.

I took a hot shower and scrubbed my hair and scalp good, and then got dressed and decided to try my own braids. The most I could manage was Pocahontas style pigtails, which were kind of cute. I even got the glass beads on right to decorate the very ends of the braids.

"Very nice," Lila said when I finally emerged from the bathroom an hour later.

She gave me plenty of space and was her regular cheerful self, but I thought she missed the boys, too. She only saw them three or four weeks a year. Plus this time she didn't get much time alone with them, because I was involved, reacting to everything and needing her support. I hoped I hadn't been a nuisance.

When she went to work Sunday afternoon, I called my mom. We hadn't had a long talk since before Mark and Jamie came.

"Mom," I said. "I'm glad you're home. How are you?"

"Oh. Sandy. It's you. I was wondering when you'd have time for me again."

"Mark and Jamie left Friday," I said, ignoring her foul mood, "so it's pretty quiet around here. How are you?"

"Baby, put Lila on the phone. I need to talk to her."

"She's at work. Do you want her to call you when she has a break?"

"Who's there with you, Sandy?"

"No one, Mom. The cats. We're fine. This is a very safe place. I know practically everyone in town already."

"I want you home this instant, young lady. You are never to stay by yourself. You know that."

"Mother, I'm twelve years old. People have babies when they're my age. I'm almost grown."

"You're not pregnant, are you?" she said, sounding completely insane.

"Of course not,” I said. “Mom, are you okay? You don't sound right."

"How would you sound if you lost your job and your car?"

"Mom? Are you hurt? What happened?"

"I was sick of that job anyway."

"You always liked the club. What happened?"

"I need to talk to Lila.

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