Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Romance

Charli woke that morning. The generic day she thought. She threw on a pair of sweatpants and tied a bun in her hair. She left her bed unmade and walked slowly and hungryly down the stairs. She opened her pantry full of Ramen, Cereal and Potato Chips. She grabbed the chocolate coco puffs and poured them into the same bowl that she used every morning. She pushed old mail off of a chair then sat down and ate her cereal.
The day slowly proceeded. She finished work which she did at home on the computer. And she spent the rest of the day relaxing. Yes, this was the generic day for Charli Cantrese. Until at about 4 in the afternoon the door bell rang. 
Charli walked to the door slowly and opened. She was surprised.
"Well, Charolette Cantrese" her older sister said as she stepped into the house with out even a welcome. "Mom has been wondering what's up". And you didn't come over to the house for Dads birthday. What's up, I don't think you've been busy and out of the house" she said as she looked around the house in disgust. 
"I guess I have been busy." Charli closed the door and sat down on the couch.
"Charli you can't live like this" she said waving her arms around the house." Look at this, I mean," she walked into the kitchen
"Really Charli, when's the last time you've done the dishes? And really" she said opening the pantry " You can't live like this!" 
"Nezza I work, and I don't focus on my house."
"Oh ya, no kidding, this is disgusting, really Charli, what is going on?"
"I've been busy!" 
"Do you ever pay attention to how your house looks?"
"Yes!"
"You have visitors?"
"No, not really." 
"Who's the last visitor you had" 
"Well, Merrick"
"Charli! You need to get over Merrick! You guys broke up over a year ago!"
" It's been hard" she said with the returning pain that sat in her throat for the last year."
"Charli, you need to get out, you need to clean up this house and you need to connect with Dad and Mom more" 
"I have friends"
"Oh ya? Where would you meet these 'friends' the grocery store where you get all this crappy food?"
"Really?" 
"Yes, I'm serious, I'm coming back tomorrow with my cleaning supplies and air fresheners and Mom is coming too" 
"Nezza, I can clean my own house thank you" 
"Well obviously not, look at this place!"
"Nezza?"
"No Charli, I'm serious. We are all worried about you."
"That's very sweet of you but I can handle myself."
"No, Charli you need us. I get it when you and Merrick broke up, you had an excuse for this behavior. But I can't just let you sit here wallowing in your own misery while your house is rotting!"
 
Next Day
The door bell rang again a few seconds later it was opened by the people out side. 
"Charli, I let myself in." Nezza said aloud
"Coming down stairs in a minute" Charli yelled back.
"Mum's here too." Nezza said
"Charolette Marie what have you done with your self?" Her mother said while Charli came down stairs. 
"Good to see you too Mum" 
"CHARLI!" Her mom yelled at the first site of her daughter in while. 
"What?"
"You're so pale, you don't look good at all"  
"Maybe it's all the junk food she's eating"Nezza said. 
"Okay, let's clean this mess up" her mom said. 
They cleaned the whole house. Charli house stunk. The kitchen counter tops were sticky and unwashed. Everything was a complete mess and once her mom and sister left Charli felt like she was in a new house. 
Tomorrow her sister was going to pick her up but Charli wasn't as excited as her sister was too have her meet new people maybe even some boys. But Charli knew that her life needed a fresh  start and so she plunged forward into anything that would fix her heart break.