11 Moms

                 1 Dad

                   Life with 12 parents

Mary-Scott’s story

Story by: Avah LaMothe

{…} = perspective change

Dear Diary,                                              3-13-1918

This is my first page. Let me get something straight. I don’t speak like a “fancy” girl. I speak how i want. Also I know my name is Mary-Scott, but i go by Scotty. And my “dad” and my mom are So…extraordinary. My mom says I cannot use sang like ankle, bearcat, berries…But I dont care! My Mother is named Orca. I LOVE my mother she is a very nice person…my “father” on the other hand is….abusive. He hits me…with…fryng pans…and rubber sticks sometimes. He hurts my mother too, but she doesn’t show it. She wants me to have the best life i can. I also would like to say how much i still miss my little sister and my aunt, they passes on the unsinkable. My brother made it to a scrap wood to survive. He had a blanket, long sleve shirt/pants, and a jacket on, he jumped on the wood piece, it was 20 feet below him. He survived with medium hypothermia. I am VERY protective of my brother. Nothing will happen to him.

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“SCOTTY! BREAKFAST IS READY MY DEAR!” yelled her mother

“Coming!” Said Scotty. Scotty ran down the stairs wearing her night gown, which she cut into a shirt, and she is wearing shorts.

“Scotty what are you wearing? We talked about this. I am fine with this. But your father has expectations. He wants you to be modest! And that night gown was new Scotty! Now go change, and do your hair, remember two hair-ups with a bow, unless you want dad to yell at you.” says her mother

“Actually…I had a question…You know i hate dresses right” asks Scotty

“Well yes…I do not understand why…But it is your choice dear.” says her mother.

“I want to go to school in a boy uniform…You know, pants and a shirt, I hate dresses and bows and hair-ups! I checked the rules and it doesn’t say I can’t wear a boy’s uniform!Please! I can wear Bradley’s old one from when was in school! Please please please PLEASE!” asks Scotty. Scotty’s mother thought her a minute. She knew what Scotty’s father would do to her. But she couldn’t say no.

“Yes…But when you get home go in my closet and let me take care of your father.” says Orca

“Mother he isn’t my father. He is my guardian. NOT my father. Deren is not a father to me” But thank you mother! I will make it up to you!” says Scotty. Scotty runs upstairs to Bradley’s room and opens his closet, she grabs his uniform and puts it on. While she looks in the mirror it looks normal. She lets her hair down and asks her mom to cut it in a bob. Her mother cuts it. Scotty goes in her room to grab hr shoes when she hears laughing coming from her parents bedroom. she sneaks down the stairs to her parents bedroom. she opens the door and sees another women in her dad’s room with her father. They are drinking in the morning! Who is this women?

“Dad? Who is that?” asks Scotty. Her dad doesn’t hear her. Her father kisses this women. Scotty’s face fills with rage. She runs in the room and tackles the women, Scotty is screaming fr her mother. Orca comes in the room and grabs Scotty off of the women.

“SCOTTY GET OFF OF HER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!” yells Orca.

“WHAT AM I DOING? DAD IS CHEATING ON YOU!” yells Scotty. Scotty looks at her father’s pocket and sees the shape of a little box. The first thing that comes to her mind is a ring box. Orca looks at the women and asks if she is ok. At this point scotty is confused. Her father looks at scotty wearing a boy’s uniform. He screams.

“Scotty! What are you wearing? Put on your dress and your bow before i let Bimbo at you!” My dad stormed upstairs, grabbed one of her dresses and put it on her in 3 seconds. he put the bow in her hair. Her father grabbed her bag in one hand, and her hand in the other hand. she threw her in the car. They drove to the school. he threw her bag on the sidewalk and pushed her out of the car. He drove away without saying that he loved her. Scotty grabs her bag and goes to the bathroom and takes off the dress, the bow, and puts her hair back down. She walks to class with her boy’s uniform. Her friend, Betty looked at her strange.

“What are you wearing Scotty?” asked Betty. The girls heard the kids in the hallway gasping and scurring to class. They looked back and saw the worst person ever, Ms.Smith. Ms.Smith is 60 years old and is a widow, she has bron hair is a horrible bun and a long dirty dress.

“Oh no” said the girls at the same time. They rush to class right before she saw them. “Close” they said together. They went to class and sat in the back.

Scotty whispers to Betty, “Betty i think i won’t