I Am Ten Novels & Stories

CHAPTER 3: THE GREATEST STRIPPER “Louen, where's your parents? Why are you still waiting here outside? Let’s go inside” I was 10 years old when we had a family event in my school. We are told to bring our parents with us for the special day.

Rain poured relentlessly, and I stared at my phone, irritated by Terence's last text. [I'm busy today. Can't be there with you. Head home and help me pick someone up at the service area.] I turned off the screen as memories of those rainy days flooded my mind. When I was ten, my mom leapt from the 18th floor, her body broken and alone in the rain. Blood and tears flowed from her eyes. My dad glanced at her, cursed under his breath, and pulled me away.

I knew despite all the heartaches and the tears I shed for him, he was still the only one my heart was craving for. It had been almost a full year of me trying to move on. I tried to go on dates, but I would always cancel at the last minute. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t look at any other man and not compare them to Zach—the old Zach—the one who never gets upset regardless of what I do. FLASHBACK. Amber - 10 years old. Zach - 12 years old (almost 13) 10-YEAR-OLD AMBER’S POV. I locked myself up in my bedroom. Yesterday was my 10th birthday, but it was the worst day of my life. I didn’t want to face anyone. Not even my siblings. I was sure Cyrus and Eva would laugh at me.

I pressed my lips together. Leia was seven. Seven. Jimmy had been about the same age when he became obsessed with the guitar. By ten he was telling everyone he was going to be famous. He played Metallica constantly. Loud, angry, screaming music that covered the pain a little boy with shitty parents was going through.

Ten years later Anne's P.O.V Time really flies when you are having fun. That is what we have been doing for the past ten years. Alexia is at the legal age and still my happy little girl. She and her brother Darren get along fine. I have heard that kids with an age difference between them fight like cats and dogs, but these two are playing nice. Might begin changing now with Darren reaching his teen years and Alexia exiting them. Who knows, we will have to wait and see what happens.

To be the best in all I do! I know Daddy says that I have only now to be a kid, and to be just that. I play along with it. But I know who I am, I may only be 11years old, but I am in line to be the next Alpha of this pack, a Female Alpha!

Even though my heart feels like it's being squeezed, I can't stop smiling. Somehow I see myself in her. Innocent and fragile yet lived in life's reality at such an early age. Poor little creature. Only if people are responsible and kind enough to choose the right path, children like Jane will surely have a brighter future ahead. "Oh... You know so much..." "Of course I'm ten!" he said in a voice full of pride. "Ten years?" "Yes!" I cringed because of his thin body and height that is not tall, it would be thought that he was playing at five to seven years of age.

"Tell us about your most embarrassing moment that happened in front of many people." A ghostly smiled crept on his face. "While I was studying 10th standard, I used to go to a tuition centre. I always hate maths. One day, the manager of the tuition centre came and introduced a 22 aged woman, as our new maths teacher. I instantly had the crush on her and went to sit on the first row for her lecture.

Was it really the end? I was suddenly lost in thought, as my mind wandered back to a chilly winter day when I was just 10 years old. I had wandered to the cold river, feeling distressed, frustrated, and utterly hopeless. The weight of my problems had become too much to bear, and I had intended to jump into the icy waters, seeking an escape from the pain. Just as I was about to take the plunge, a small, gentle voice spoke behind me. "Hey, don't do that!" it said. I turned to see a tiny, five-year-old girl perched in a tree, her big brown eyes looking at me with a deep understanding.

Some friend and teammate he is. My gaze pivots away from him—since he clearly has no intention of showing his sister the door—to her again as she bats her eyelashes. Her feigned innocence is lost on me. “I had my tenth birthday on a track, winning regionals instead of spending it at the local go-kart place.” “But did you have fun?”