Making the Best of it...Again
Prologue
"I can't believe he is dragging me to this party... I don't wanna go to some party for a seven year old." thought Jessica while glaring ahead in the car with her arms crossed.
Her father looked over and saw the look on Jessica's face and sighed. "Jess, you know I'm doing this for your own good right? You need to get out of the house more and hang out with friends, especially at your age," he said with authority
Jessica looked over at her dad, pouting. "But daaaaaad, I don't even know this girl, plus she's what? Seven? I'm ten, I don't wanna go to some babies party," Jessica said trying to mimic Eric Cartman as best she could.
"It won't be some baby party. Besides, she invited you herself, so we're going."
"But-" She was cut off.
"No buts, Missy! We're going and that's final!" her dad said, getting the last word in.
Jessica glared out the side window, crossing her arms for the rest of the drive. When they reached the street that the party was on, they saw that the parents had gone all out. There were balloons of different sizes and colors, a clown, and even a jump house - everything that a kid would love at a party - but Jessica didn't want any part of it. All she wanted was to go back home. They parked a few houses down and walked to the party, Jessica feeling more and more hate for her father with each step. When they got to the house and went through the door, Jessica went wide eyed, it was much worse than she feared. She had thought it would just be filled with Disney Princess stuff, but no, it was filled with My Little Pony party decoration stuff!
It wasn't that Jessica hated the show itself, she had never watched more than two minutes of any given episode, but her dad was obsessed with the show. It was to a point that she felt that he cared more about the show than he did of her.
Jessica was about to just run back to the car, but before she could escape, the birthday girl came by to greet them. "Jessica you made it, come on!" Monique grabbed Jessica's hand and pulled her inside her own personal hell. They went to the living room and sat with the other girls, who were watching some of the later second season episodes. Once Jessica found out that she would be forced to watch the show, she wished for God to kill her right then and there. But when that didn't happen, instead of waiting for God's intervention she came up with a plan to get her kicked out of the party.
"I can't believe that you guys like this show, it’s so stupid," Jessica said, sounding a little dickish.
One of the other girls spoke up in the show's defense, saying, "The only reason you say that is because you've never watched it." The rest of the others agreed, speaking in unison, "Yeeaaaah."
"I don't have to watch it to know that's its for babies."
Another one said, "It’s not for babies, it’s for anyone!" Once again the group said, "Yeeaaaah!" in unison.
"Oh, believe me, I know; my dad is obsessed with the show," Jessica said with a lot of anger in her voice.
"Your dad's a Brony! That's so cool!" Monique excitedly said
Jessica took a deep breath before she blow up and sighed, "It’s not cool, he is freaking obsessed with the damn show. He loves it so much, that he cares about it instead of me!! Every time I ask him why he loves it so much, all he says is that he likes to see what his friends are up to. He’s so freaking weird!!"
The others were speechless. It took a minute or two before one said, "Yeah... your dad is weird."
After that Jessica left the group and went outside, sitting at the side of the house next to the trash cans. She could hear the screams of the party from the side of the house for what seemed like an eternity. The sky was changing color and Jessica could hear people starting to leave, so she got out of her hiding place and went to go wait by the car. She waited ten or so minutes before her dad came by.
" So... did you have fun?" Her dad asked.
"... Yeah dad, tons of fun..." Jessica sarcastically said.
Her father either didn't pick up on the sarcasm or he just ignored it. The drive back home was a quite one, it was getting dark out by the time they got home. Jessica's mother was out of the state for business at the time, so she couldn't vent out how she felt normally by just talking to her mom. When they got home her father went straight to the computer and searched for the newest episode of MLP. That was the last straw for Jessica, her hatred for her father boiled over and she had to let it out.
"Will you STOP WATCHING THAT GOD DAMN SHOW!!!" Jessica yelled at her father.
Her father shocked at her outburst looked at his daughter and could only ask, "Why?"
"BECAUSE YOU’RE OBSESSED WITH IT! You care more about that FREAKING SHOW than YOUR OWN DAUGHTER!" She started to tear up.
"You know that's not true Jessica," he tried to grab her shoulders but she jerked away.
"YES IT IS!" Jessica ran up the stairs and into her room, and slammed the door as hard as she could. She grabbed her iPod Touch and some headphones, then laid down on her bed facing the wall with the headphones blasting music in her head. Sometime after she had cried herself to sleep, a brilliant golden light flew through her window and engulfed her in its glow.
Moments later she heard a twig snap, and opened her eyes. "Where am I? Why am I surrounded by leaves?" She struggle her way out of the bush, the branches scratching her skin in the process. As she stood up, she saw a man watching her, standing at a nearby tree. Her eyes went wide. "D-dad?"