My doll house got less and less fun o play with as the day went on. My mommy was working in her office and she told me I had to leave her alone. She brought me breakfast and I watched the shapes on the clock until finally it got to the ones I knew meant lunch time. My mommy cam in with me peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a bottle of juice. Now all I needed were some friends to have a tea party with. I ripped my sandwich into five pieces and poured my juice into five pink flowered cups.
My first friend appeared on the chair without me even noticing. Her eyes were black and her skin was as white as my boring walls. She was little and skinny with scars all over her arms. Her face looked like she had been locked in a room all alone but with no mommy to bring her food. Her eyes were shiny and looked as if they were going to spill out like a cup of juice overflowing. But I knew they couldn't cause she had dark circles under her eyes that not even the sun could make look bright. Her hair was a blanket around her face. So black and long. Her little mouth was as straight as straight could get and her lips were stuck in place. Her whole face made me think of ice in the freezer that never gets used. She looked old.
My next friend dragged her feet across the floor and then slowly sat down. There were streaks on her face, they were red. I knew they were from crying. Her mouth drooped down and her eyes were wet like my puppy when he got locked out. Her voice was whimpery and the words came out in bursts. Her hands were worn and they clenched tightly. Like they held a secret. The hair was stuck to her face and it hid her from everything. The little arms shook and goosebumps raised in my hot room. She had a long face that begged for help even though it knew there was nothing that could be done.
The next girl was like me. She slowly stepped into the room. I could see the fidgeting leg and tapping toes, she was waiting for something she wanted. Her cheeks were rosy and the corners of her mouth were easily lifted into a small smile. Her hair carried my eyes to the sun because it was shiny. But it was tangled. Her eyelashes flicked any tears away and she had a soft face.
Curls bounced when she skipped and made a crash landing onto the pink chair. Her skin was colored by the sun. Her teeth were crooked and she had a permenantly pressed smile. Her eyes were the purest thing I'd ever seen. Laughter spilled from her. Perfect little hands picked up the sandwich and took a big bite. She couldn't have noticed the trail of peanut butter on her face. I knew cause there were no sharp looks in her eyes. Nothing bad could come even close to touching her. Her smell of flowers and dirt crept into my nose and made me feel warm. The sun moved across the sky until it came perfectly onto the table.
My mom opened the door and asked who I'd been talking to, when I looked back at the table my friends were gone so I said I was just playing with my dolls. She looked at me with her crazy eyes and picked up the 2 uneaten pieces of the sandwich. I giggled as she walked out, she didn't know I had friends.
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