Pearl

"M-My father?" My head is pounding and I hear a loud ringing in my ears. The woman looks at me sympathetically, which makes me angry. I cross my arms to hide my shaking hands.

"What do you know about him?" Two hands are placed on my shoulders and my mother rests her chin on my head.

"Darling, I think you need to listen for a moment."

"As you know, your father worked for the GFPP." The woman had a folder in front of her, with her hands on it.

As a matter of fact, my father worked for the GFPP before he died. He was a gamemaker, and I started playing games because of him. Sometimes I play my games not for myself, but for him. Then I hear him in my head telling me what to do to win.

Just before he died, he was working on a game called Dragons Faith. He wanted to make the unreal real and acquire all the magical creatures ever created, dreamed or drawn for his game. A shadow slid across the woman's face as she continued.

"When your father was told he had metastases, he asked us if we wanted to finish the game. For you, Pearl."

I feel myself turning white. "For me? Dad has a game, for me?"

Dad. Tears stream down my cheeks and I squeak with embarrassment. I rub them away with my arm and stand up, shaking.

"I want to see it." The woman nods understandingly and stands up, but my mother shakes her head.

"I'm sorry, darling, but you have school tomorrow."

School! I find out that my father has a game for me and my mother wants me to think about school?

"But Mum!"

"No nothing 'but mum' you are going to school young lady."

I grit my teeth and look at the woman. She chuckles and slides the folder over to me.

"It's all in here. Come back when it's holiday time."

I reluctantly take the folder and sigh dramatically. My mother gives me a warning look and escorts the woman to the door.

I slip upstairs and slam the door. She can't be serious. Everything in my body wants to play and now, for once, there is something I am not allowed to do.

I throw the folder on my bed and grab the controller from my desk.

"OK DuncanTJE, I'm pissed and I want to throw things. You're going down!"--------------------And that was chapter 3. I can actually sympathise with Pearl a little.

But thank you, thank you, thank you for coming this far and listening to all my nonsense. Haha

You're the best and rest assured there will be a chapter 4.

All my love

Xxxxx