What’s Expected Of Me

I'm in a body of water. It's huge, I can't see the top nor bottom of me. I'm looking around, I see sharks and little fish. The sharks only stare at me but the fish look starved. I reach to feed a fish, but I hear someone call, "AVA!!" I look around and I don't see anyone, but I hear it again, "AVA!!!!!!!!"

Finally I'm pulled back to the reality. I'm in the pool and my mother is yelling for me. I slowly go back to the top of the water, and I glance at the timer. This time I was underwater for a straight 5 minutes, yes a new record!! "AVA REID!!" Oh right, the crazy the woman is yelling at me. "Hi mom.." "AVA REID WHAT ARE YOU DOING??" "Uhm I think I'm swimming" I laughed. "We will talk about you SUFFOCATING YOURSELF later. Now, why aren't you dressed for the ball???" "Simple. Because I don't want to go" I shrugged. "Ava... I will say this again. You know what's expected of you as the heir!! Attend all parties, all balls, all birthdays, all celebrations, all paying events, everything! You have to accept all gifts. Giant, small, expensive, and even (ugh) cheap. And most importantly, NO. SWIMMING. It's bad for the nails~" I run inside. I'm so ANNOYED by her always doing this. She knows I love swimming. Plus, why does she have a pool if she doesn't use it?!? I go to my room and slump on my bed. I look over at my closet, so many dresses. I waltz over and choose a dress that's less frilly than the others. It's my favorite one.. It has blue flowers on the bottom and the base is white. It's really simple and my mom hates it, which is why I love it!! I put it on and head to the limo. I get in and Father looks in disgust. I sigh and put on the seatbelt. Mom gets in and she gives me worse look. Before she could say 'Go change right now,' I told the driver, "ON THE DOUBLE!!" That's our secret code for go quickly or my mom will kill me on the spot. For real.

We arrive at the event and it's just a bunch of people with fancy suits like every other one. I walk over to the food stand. Also like every other party, it has sushi and these little foods that crumble in my hand when I pick them up. This time it has a punch bowl so I bulge on that. Surprisingly it's very good. I take my 6th or 8th cup when I see someone staring. It's this tall guy around my age. My mom is talking to him and pointing at me. Ughh I can't believe this... quick side story: My mom has been trying to get me married since I was 13. For 2 years now.. She walks up to me with him, and I look away. I've seen this wayyy too many times. He's gonna come with his ugly face and say- "Hello." I turn around and I can't believe my eyes.. He is remarkably handsome with sea blue eyes. Same as mine.. But I've learned that handsome guys like him are 2 timers. Now that I'm realizing how close he is, I step back. "Hi. I'm Ava Reid of the Reid's Family" I bow. My mom says, "I'll give you two some privacy". I nod my head and look at him. Dang he's so handsome.. I look in his eyes and I see an ocean with stormy skies. I flinch and it's gone. "Hello Ava" he smirks. "Hi.. imma go if you don't mind." "No.. of course I dont." He looks at me weirdly.. like really weirdly.. like he knows me. Awkward- But I walk away. I just go to the limo and wait for the party to be over.