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Mommy, come back
Pov : innocent young girl (10-15)
Fiction
Flow : Day/week/month
TW : Neglect


I don't think Mommy was ever mean to me. She never hit or yelled. Come to think of it, mommy never even touched me! She never held me, even when I was younger. Papa did that. But Papa is gone now, I only have Mommy. Mommy says Papa left the country to find the greatest things for me and her so we can live better! Oh how I miss him. 

Mommy said she was going out with some friends, work has been stressing her out lately. Someday I wish to start work so maybe Mommy won't be in so much pain! Maybe then she'll hold me. 

Mommy has been gone with her friends awhile, I have enough food and water to last me awhile though. It's fun being alone but the sounds under the house scare me. It's scarrier at night so I leave the TV on all my favorite cartoons! I don't sleep at night, only during the day is when I take naps. At that time I turn on grown up shows on the TV so it doesn't seem like I'm alone. The grown up shows bother me though. I can't ever tell what's going on but there's lots of yelling and bad words. Hopefully it tricks someone though. 

I've gotten a few calls on the home phone recently, I always tell the person on the other end Mommy is asleep or in the shower. Mommy told me never tell anyone when you're alone! Hopefully I sound convincing enough, I don't want me or Mommy to get into trouble. 
I've gotten some calls from Mommy too to remind me to do my chores so the house is clean when she gets back. I'm glad she's alright! 

It's been real quiet recently. Mommy hasn't called, I'm worried for her. I hope she comes home soon. Maybe Papa will come home with her, then I'll have them both back!

I tried calling Mommy because I burned myself by accident. She didn't answer so I searched the closets for something to cure me. I found a burn gel so hopefully it works. 



I don't think Mommy is coming back. I haven't heard from her and food is run dry. I wonder where she is, I'm super worried! 

The phone hasn't rang in forever! It's like people don't know this house exists. I've stopped turning the TV on because there aren't any sounds anymore so the house isn't as scary. I looked at the calendar and my birthday is soon, maybe Mommy will come back then. Mommy has never missed my birthday, even a minute of it! 



Mommy still isn't back, my birthday is tomorrow. I'm going to look for a cake recipe and try to bake even though Mommy told me not to touch the oven, I've seen her use it a lot before. 

Mommy wasn't there when I woke up so I made myself a cake and heated up some food and had my birthday alone. I sang myself happy birthday and turned on my favorite cartoons. 



Mommy hasn't been back at all. It's been a few months, I'm losing hope. I don't think she's ever going to come back. I went outside for the first time since she left. I went to the store with some money I found under Mommy's bed and got myself some already packed foods that I don't have to cook. Somehow, everything still works even though Mommy told me that if she was gone a long time everything would shut off so she must still be alive. 

Someone knocked on the door asking if anyone was home. I told them me and Mommy were, they asked for her and I said she was feeling sick. I'm scared they may come back later so I looked for the grown up shows just in case because as long as those are turned on nobody wants to bother me. 





It's been about a year and a half. Mommy didn't even come home during holidays. I'm already planning my next birthday. I've been working at neighbor's houses with the excuse that Mommy hasn't been feeling well enough to work so I wanted to help out. I got extra money that way. Just enough to get different lunches. 
I'm going to try using the stove for real tomorrow. Mommy told me it was a bad idea for me to use it and told me I wasn't allowed to until I was 13. I'm almost a year away. 

A strange man followed me around the store today. I found a kind lady that stayed with me, I used the same excuse I've been using this past while. Somehow, people still believe me. They even ask about her. Some bring fresh food and leave it at the door. I think I'm learning how to survive like an adult now. I'm still scared though. 



The police came to the house today looking for Mommy. I asked why they were looking for her and they said I should've been in school months ago. I told them Mommy must have forgotten to sign me into homeschool and that's what we've been doing. They believed me. 





The neighbors keep me busy these days, a few brought me food for my birthday, I sat outside and ate with them saying Mommy had a terrible headache and would be upset if we woke her. They sang happy birthday, gave me food and presents, then they left after telling me some schedules I could work by. For the gifts was stuff like schoolbooks and clothes and collectable toys. Mommy I wish you could have seen it. 

I got to pet-sit for one of my neighbors today, they had me look after their goldfish, Kenny. I had to set an alarm to feed him right and change out his water. When they neighbor came to pick him up they noticed he seemed happier than ever and gave me extra money because of it. Not long after, another neighbor called and asked if I would like to look after her cat, she offered a lot of money for it so I said yes. She's dropping the cat off next week. 



The cat's name is Worthie. I found it an odd name but he came to me when I called it anyway. Again, I set alarms to feed and play with him. Again, the...