Entry #4

Entry # 4

Then they were in the living room of the huge purple house. They wanted to see what was inside, and now they were totally shocked to see it was quite normal looking, much like their own homes. Samuel introduced Sharon and Carol to his wife Vanessa and two daughters and then they were invited to sit and chat for a bit before they had to start dinner. Samuel made tea, while his wife and the ladies talked in the living room. He was happy, things were going great, so far.

Vanessa, Sharon and Carol sat in the living room and talked and laughed about moving, raising kids, and family in general. They were all married, had kids, and loved to shop. It seemed they would be great friends, they already had something in common. It was nice getting to know the new neighbors and become friends. They would fit in just like everyone else here, and both Sharon and Carol couldn’t wait to have them over for a bar b que, or a swim party. The Kids were all the same age range, so they would al have a ready made group of friends. How perfect.

After about a half hour, the ladies left the new family, content that they had done a good thing, and started on home. They were happy to get to meet the new neighbors. As they walked home, they discussed the next time they would meet.

Back at the house, Samuel and Vanessa, ‘Mother ‘, went back to their normal routine. Mother hated being called Vanessa, and she also disliked having to say things she didn’t believe to her new neighbors, but she knew it was necessary from time to time. She hadnt been a very social person latley and preferred to stay inside the house taking care of her husband and girls. Samuel was the social person in the family, and Mother preferred it that way. He kept the outside world at bay just enough so that she could do what she wanted inside the house. The house required her attention, a bit more than she liked. At times it seemed to require all her time and attention. One day she hoped to have more time to herself.

Melinda and Mandy also seldom were allowed to spend too much time outside. They attended school and did as few outside activities as they could. Like their mother, they preferred to stay inside and help with the house. There was always something to do. They too hoped that one day the house wouldn’t need so much attention. Their father took care of the outside issues, and that was fine with them. He wasn’t very good at the house things that required so much attention.

Life went on in the neighborhood like it always had. People stopped being so curious about the house since Sharon and Carol had the visit. People went back to walking their dogs in the park and pushing strollers. Cars drove by and the big house just seemed to mesh in with the rest of the neighborhood. After a short time things seemed to resume like they had in the past. The one thing people did notice was the huge mirrored windows in the front of the house. They thought it strange to have mirrored windows, but tried to avoid looking into them as they walked by.

Although it was hard to avoid looking into the large windows, it still happened. One day while Sharon was walking her dog, she noticed her reflection in the glass. She was sure it was an illusion, but liked what she saw. Her reflection showed her about ten pounds thinner, something she had been working on for a while. She knew it was an illusion though, because she had not lost the ten pounds she had been working on for so long. She smiled and told herself this would be her secret. She didn’t want to tell Carol and have her laugh at her. Carol herself had been trying to loose extra pounds after her last baby was born.

One day Tom, the mechanic that worked at the local shop drove by the house and happened to look over at the house. He too noticed a difference in the reflection that he thought was an illusion. It was probably a bend in the glass causing the picture he saw to be so strange. When he looked, he saw his car that was dented and damaged totally repaired. It looked new. This picture made him happy, but he new it wasn’t true. It was just a bad reflection from the curves in the glass.

From the other side of the glass, Mother, the girls and Samuel watched. They had no curtains or window coverings, as they weren’t needed. This is how it always started, in every town. They tried to change things every time they moved, but they just couldn’t. Everything they tried failed. They knew what was going to happen next, in the next few weeks. They couldn’t do anything to change what was going to happen. So it happens, and then they move again. This time, they planted large shrubs in front of the house, hoping that would help. For some reason, the shrubs and the large fence have had very little effect on stopping this from happening again.