Numb to the Pain

Zafyra slowly tiptoed down the stairs, trying to prevent from waking up the old man and woman up. She closed her white door quietly and carefully behind her. She turned around and made a huge 'BUMP' sound. She had forgotten that her backpack was on her! So when she turned around the backpack smacked the door.

She scrunch up her face and fear overcame her appearance. She started fidgeting and rubbing her neck. She completely froze and started trembling. She knew what was to come upon her and she knew she couldn't get away. No matter how much hate she accumulated towards her fosters, she always froze up in front of them.

After a while, she noticed that not a sound was made and sudden relief poured down her face. Great! That was great for her. She continued walking down the dark brown wooden stairs as she tried to step on the places where the floor wouldn't creak. Unfortunately the odds were against her. She made so much noise and she was aware of it.

Once her feet touched the grey carpet, she dashed towards her grey sedan car. She opened her car door quickly and threw her backpack in the grey back seat. She looked up and saw Mrs. Jones staring at her as she was watering her green plants. Zafyra threw her a tense smile showing her straight pearly white teeth. Then she locked the car and ran back inside the 1 story house. She kept the navy blue door open in the front and then she walked into the grey kitchen.

The kitchen was small and everything looked clean but old. Zafyra opened the refrigerator and took out a few eggs, pancake mix and orange juice. She knew that she had at least 20 minutes to make the old man and woman's breakfast. She had to learn the hard way that she was pretty much their maid. She cooked a couple of eggs and pancakes filling the kitchen with the nice, sweet aroma. She finished and started washing the plates quickly. She made more noise because the metal pans were hitting each other. She was only hoping that they won't wake up. But of course they just loved to bitch her around. She was done when all of a sudden.

BAM!

"HOW MUCH MORE DAMN NOISE ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE?!? I TRIED TO GIVE YOU A PASS BUT YOU JUST KEEP ON PUSHING MY LIMIT!" said the old woman. She wasn't exactly the most ugliest person in the world but right now she just looked like the evil stepmother in cinderella, scary. Her hair was sticking up and her gown had wrinkles in them as her eyes were filled with contempt, which made Zafyra shiver. Any other regular day she would just look like a pretty old lady but right now she looked bitter.

As a matter of fact, she was the campus beauty once. She looked like a German lady, blue eyes and straight blonde hair. Of course that didn't last long due to her fascination with alcohol, drugs and partying. Now, she was just a grumpy old woman bitter over the fact that she ruined her life the moment she married her love. Well she looked grumpy but somewhere in that grumpiness was a tint of beauty, anyways. I truly believe she was in love with the old man due to the fact that she left her family behind for him. Looks can in fact deceive people, especially her husband. I'm convinced that her husband probably still thinks that she is a sweet nice lady that deserves the best. I guess you can say the only reason why they decided to foster a child was to get the old woman to be 'free of labor'. Also known as 'her lazy ass just doesn't want to do anything because she believes she deserves to be rich because of her past looks.'

Meanwhile, Zafyra's face turned pale as she slowly turned around to face the old woman. Zafyra was strong and all but her biggest weakness was the old woman and man for some reason. This was because she always seemed to freeze up whenever in front of them. It was as if her mind suddenly just had gone blank and her 'fight' instinct just seemed to shut down. She looked down and looked like a pitiful young lady. Her mouth was dry and she couldn't find the right words to say, in fact she couldn't find any words at all. She started shivering in fear that she felt her knees go weak but, she locked them in order to stay in place. Her lips trembled and she knew what was about to go down. All she could do at this point was hope the old woman didn't have as much strength in the morning compared to in the afternoon.

The old woman saw her pitiful reaction which only added more fire to her rage. She stepped closer to Zafyra and yanked her bony little hand towards Zafyra's hair. She grabbed it and pulled it towards her making Zafyra fall to her knees as she yelp. The old woman slapped her hard on the cheek making a loud 'PAK' sound. Zafyra was still in shock and her white cheeks turned red and slightly swollen. She could still feel a tingling feeling on her left cheek. Then suddenly the old woman kicked her in the stomach making Zafyra feel empty inside as she winced in pain. The old woman was tired of beating Zafyra that she just wanted to go back to sleep even though it was entertaining watching Zafyra wince in pain. Fortunately, Zafyra had already gotten numb to the pain that she only winced because her body naturally responded.

"Alright get up and FUCKOFF! I don't want to see you anymore today so you better not show me that stupid face of yours for the rest of the day!" Zafyra got up and ran out of the house as quickly as possible. She reached her car with tears in her eyes and decided to drive away from the stupid house. She needed to get out of this street and neighborhood to catch her breath. Tears streamed down her face but she had nothing but coldness in her eyes. She really didn't understand why tears were rolling down her face. At this point Zafyra's eyes looked more dead than alive.

She stopped the car in the nearest convenience store to grab a couple things for her swollen face. She noticed in the rear view mirror earlier that her cheek had already gotten swollen, which wasn't that big of a surprise for her. She got out of the grey Chevrolet car and walked in a rapid pace. She hurriedly got a popsicle and then went to the makeup isle to get some concealer. She swiftly turned around and bumped into someone with so much power making him stagger back.

"Sorry! I'm really sorry, I didn't see you there", said Zafyra apologetically as she looked up to see who it was.

'DEJA VU! DEJA VU!' Zafyra's mind screamed at her but she just shook it off like nothing.