The big boy and the young girl

Ana Contreras
3 min readJun 17, 2021

The big boy and the young girl. Sitting on a bench while people walk by. It’s a cold afternoon after a hot morning. The two brothers enjoy the view after the fight at home. The park suddenly became full of laughing people although their hearts are dejected. The golden sun shined in the sky caressing their faces and all the dark places in town. A tear slid down the girl’s face as she heard all the kids chuckling in the park. The boy lowered his face as the sun rose in the sky. He hugged the girl’s tiny body as an enormous breeze surrounded him. The two of them alone watched families gathered in the park to enjoy their Sunday afternoon. They were sitting still like stones while everyone played. They didn’t have time to play but time to be sorrowful. What happened that morning was unbelievable but as the afternoon showed up, they came to believe it. The weak women and the brawny men. The two adults and the two children. They formed a family that was no longer a family. The boy and the girl were both together although the women and the men could no longer be together. The incident of that beautiful morning had caused the afternoon to be total chaos. Violence had flooded their house that morning while the park became flooded with joy that afternoon. The incident happened in a couple of seconds yet the situation came from lots of years earlier. The men arrived home drunk while the women stayed at home sober waiting for his presence. The women had to submit to the blows while the girl and the boy remained intact. The girl and the boy witnessed this show where the women and the men acted as the protagonists. But as an unknown calmness entered the men fear took hold of the girl and the boy. Now the girl and the boys were the actors of the show and the women could just watch the atrocities the men did. But as different from all nights the incident occurred in the morning. Everything seemed normal but nothing was normal. Breakfast was full of tension although the men felt it was relaxation. The man forgives himself with his family for last night and harmony fills the place except for the woman’s heart full of pain. The girl and the boy are afraid of what can happen yet the woman is confident. The girl and the boy sitting in the park remember the scene although the women can no longer remember. The woman suddenly revealed to the men her thoughts about their relationship and the men just listened, not revealing a single expression. She wanted to divorce and take the boy and girl away yet the men didn’t want a divorce. The men’s anger rose but the women remained firm and calm. Yells inundated the house and a slight sight of peace peaked for the first time through the door. It took the men a couple of seconds to kick out this guest the women had invited. Blood covered the whole floor where the women laid still while the girl and the boy ran. Agitated the boy and the girl reached the park where people were calmly having a picnic. The girl and the boy didn’t know what they should do, but the man did. The girl and the boy sat at the bench while the men had no time to sit but to find them. The golden shiny sun-faded while darkness took over the city. The boy and girl both watched the families walked away from the park and solitaire arrive at their hearts.

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