It felt like the day was lasting forever, from spending the night before trying to gather her things, to the morning spent getting into her father's car and making sure nothing she needed was left behind. While it didn't normally take so long for someone else, it was particularly hard for her given her inability to walk. Since she was born Amelia couldn't walk, something about her nerves not working properly causing her to not have the strength to use them and occasionally have bouts of pain, or at least that's the way they described it when she was little. She could manage to move them slightly, which helped when moving around, and she could even manage to stand with her upper body supported, though she couldn't take a step or stand up completely on her own.
It was a long quiet car ride with her father, having not seen him in so long due to the divorce. She wanted to be able to talk with him about something, but she only saw him briefly during special occasions, her mother having full custody until only recently. Though with her mother getting into the drugs that were meant for her condition, the one she needed to take care of her was now spending time in jail for using the condition to get more drugs and abuse them. It was hard for her to think of anything the two could talk about, and thinking of all the things she would have to get used to was a lot for her to process. Sitting in the passenger seat as they headed to her father's house, Amelia looked out the side window, her hands resting in her lap. Not knowing that she was going to be picked up so soon she was wearing a simple tank top and a pair of pajama pants, though the clothes she had laid out weren't too much more appropriate for the situation.
"So... how long ago did you remarry? Mom never said anything about the marriage.... Is she nice?" she finally asked, her voice soft and somewhat uneasy as she tried to find something to break the uncomfortable silence, and knowing if she would be welcomed to her new home was something that bothered her. She glanced over expecting an answer, brushing a strand of her fine black hair from her face to fall in line with the rest that reached down to the top of her lightly tan shoulders.
Amelia:
It was a long quiet car ride with her father, having not seen him in so long due to the divorce. She wanted to be able to talk with him about something, but she only saw him briefly during special occasions, her mother having full custody until only recently. Though with her mother getting into the drugs that were meant for her condition, the one she needed to take care of her was now spending time in jail for using the condition to get more drugs and abuse them. It was hard for her to think of anything the two could talk about, and thinking of all the things she would have to get used to was a lot for her to process. Sitting in the passenger seat as they headed to her father's house, Amelia looked out the side window, her hands resting in her lap. Not knowing that she was going to be picked up so soon she was wearing a simple tank top and a pair of pajama pants, though the clothes she had laid out weren't too much more appropriate for the situation.
"So... how long ago did you remarry? Mom never said anything about the marriage.... Is she nice?" she finally asked, her voice soft and somewhat uneasy as she tried to find something to break the uncomfortable silence, and knowing if she would be welcomed to her new home was something that bothered her. She glanced over expecting an answer, brushing a strand of her fine black hair from her face to fall in line with the rest that reached down to the top of her lightly tan shoulders.
Amelia: