Abellio’s Heart
Chapter 1
The brilliant blue sky that embraced everything within it’s vast reach, appeared to bow down in the presence of the magnificent giant oak that towered below. Primroses in the most alluring of pinks, purples and dark-reds circled the base, as if they proudly stood guard. Days when the wind blew, and the branches swayed, a sweet harmony unlike any other sound imaginable permeated the air, as if a lullaby to soothe away the woes of the worried played.
Soavi adored this tree, she thought it was the biggest and oldest thing ever, and that nothing in this entire world could even come close. It was… her solitude, as well as her best friend. She laid upon her back atop one of the massive branches and soaked up the warmth as the dazzling beams of sun caressed her face.
A breeze began to stir and with it, the lingering song she knew only to well. “Are your words meant for me?” she desperately asked, and with baited breath awaited an answer, just like thousands of times before. Even after all these years she never gave up hope that one day he would. “I know they have to be. Every time I hear them it’s like your trying to tell me something…” she sighed. “Maybe I’m crazy and it’s only wishful thinking, but from the first day I sat here I thought you could…, okay I need to stop this now, I’m fifteen, no longer a child, and you’re a tree.” She tussled with her hair, shook her head, and as her shoulders vigorously followed she quickly sat up. Her hands now covered her ears as she began to rock back and forth.
“Not again….” Soavi growled when she saw her. No sooner had her breath wisped through her pouting lips that her dark-brown eyes rolled and she rambled, “Why does she do this? Who am I kidding? Even if I knew why, I doubt I'd be able to make her stop. Maybe if I yank that brown curly hair of hers from her scalp.” a grin cracks the corner of her mouth, “Hmm, I wonder? Nah, she'd look like a baby rat then I'd have to see that coming towards me, argg, it wouldn't work.” she stood up, her legs already numb from sitting Indian style, stretching she shrieks, “I told you to quit doing this to me!!!”
Sozie smirked arching her brow and continued to skip along the path.
“Can’t you hear me? Do my words mean anything? Or am I to be tortured forever?” asked Soavi as she raised her arms in the air, almost theatrically.
Sozie definitely heard her pleading questions, but not a word did she say as her skip became a long stride. The only answer Soavi heard was her own voice as it echoed in the wind.
“Why don't you ever let me play with you?” asked Sozie when she reached the tree.
“Because you're too small squirt, and you know it. Now, why don't you turn your little ten year old wanna be grown up butt back around in the same direction you came, and leave! And maybe someday, if you're lucky and actually grow a bit bigger, I might let you. Haven't I told you that enough times already?” sighed a frustrated Soavi.
“But-
“And don't give me those big sad puppy-dog eyes either, you know that doesn't work. All it does is make your hazel eyes look like a couple of old pieces of coal that have been left outside to long. Dad wouldn't even use them for the hearth, he'd step on them, and shovel em away, so stop!”
Sozie welled up, “You’re mean.” a tear dared to fall, which she displaced with a brusque rub with the back of her hand.
“No I'm not, but you're a pest!”
“But Soavi….” she whines, “I don't mean to be, I just wanna play with you. Why do I have to wait until I'm big enough? When will I be big enough, and when is someday anyway? When-when-” she stomped her foot on the ground.
“Stop asking a hundred questions, you're just like my alarm clock. I know the buzzer is going to go off and ring in my ears, then I'm going to jerk, fall off my bed onto the floor with a bang that hurts my head.” she said as she began to climb down the tree.
Sozie stood there and bit down on her lip as she tried not to ask another question, her head looked as if it was about to snap and fall straight back, and as long as she had it tilted up, more than a shock it held. She watched her big sister effortlessly climb down, and as one tear dared to fall before, now they poured freely down her cheeks. For all she truly wished was too be big enough to climb the tree and play with her sister.
Soavi reached the ground and when she turned to face Sozie she heard Sammy call her name. “Already.” she mumbled under her breath for she knew that he was on his way to the oak tree and that it was time to go home.
