Leah awoke the next morning from a scrumptious dream of a playing at recess, on the swings, with a cute boy and couldn’t wait to do it again at school today. Still a bit hazy from such a nice long night’s sleep, it took her a moment to notice a cold moist feeling and as she shifted a bit. It caused her to nearly leap out of bed with a start. “Oh no I’m in second grade, I can’t do this anymore.” She whispered softly, then realized to her horror, she is 15 and in 10th. . At first she thought to hide this, the last thing she needs is for her evil step mother to notice she wet her bed.
“Leah, are you up yet?” Tina called from down the hall.
Panic struck her, “Ah,…. yeah.”
“Nice, you’re up early for once. I’ll get breakfast going.”
Leah breathed a sigh of relief having dodged a close one on that. “That would be nice.”
Tina found Leah’s response curious. Usually the teen was much more surly in the morning.
As quietly as she could, Leah stripped the bed and use a towel soak up as much of the urine as she could from her mattress. It was no use. Fortunately it was a twin, so she flip it to the dry side.
Tina could hear all the noise up in Leah’s bedroom, and knew something was up.
Leah thought she got away with it as she finished up in her room. She remade her bed, stuffed the soiled linen and damp towel into the back of her bedroom closet, hoping she would have a chance to launder them before Tina found out.
Tina served up coffee, orange juice, scrambled eggs and toast and jam.
Leah typically stood at the table, too embarrassed to be sitting in her booster seat so she could properly reach the table, but today, though she still ignored the booster seat, she sat on her knees in a chair.
“Tina, do we have any apple juice?”
“Don’t you want the oj?”
“Not really.”
“I think we have some in a juice box.”
Leah thought for a moment. A juice box was a bit immature.
Reading Leah’s pause “I could squeeze it out into a cup….” Tina offered.
“No, that’s okay.”
“Well, do you want it?”
“I guess so.”
They ate in silence. Till Tina notice Leah humming a happy tune as she ate her eggs and sipped her apple juice through the tiny straw.
“Do you have anything planned today Leah?”
“No.”
“Well, I have some work to get done in my office.”
“When will you be back.”
“No, here at home.”
“Oh. Guess I’ll just get use to this new place.” Leah was disappointed, figuring she wouldn’t have a chance do her laundry.
“Why don’t you have some friends over?”
“Leave me alone.”
Tina just rolled her eyes and cleaned up breakfast.