If you'd like to read my novel please come in!!!
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A Life With Autism
The Fictional Story of Katlyn Marie Gallina
Introduction
Light... Bright Light... Buzzing... Lots of Buzzing... Bright light, lots of buzzing... As I opened my eyes slowly and carefully... Bright light peaked into them powerfully... A loud buzzing was coming from a bright, white, circle... Loud... Loud voices... Two people, were yelling... They were in fear, fear of what? I ask. What's your fear? But the question, they don't respond... The questions in my head... I listen to the people... They speak words I don't quite understand... I only see fear... The woman cries "Our baby!!! Alex! It's been a week and she hasn't opened her eyes!!!" The man named Alex hugs the woman... "I'm worried too Val... But don't worry. It's probably normal! She did come out early." The man calmed her.
"I guess..." The woman named Val sighed. gently wiping the tears from her face. Why is there fear? I wanted to ask. My eyes became sore so I closed them. The light was to bright. Finally, the light disappeared. "Good night Alex..." The woman sighed. "Okay. Good night Katty..." The man replied. I felt a big finger stoke me gently. I opened my eyes to the now quiet room. Why is there Sadness? I asked. "Aaah ga?" Is what came out. "Val? Val! Katty's eyes opened!!!" The man shouted. The woman ran back down the wood passage and she put her pretty arms in the wooden bars that stood beside me. I looked around the dim lit room as I rose from the bed surrounded by bars.
"Hi Katty!" The woman cheered. Her eyes were leaking, but she was no longer sad. She was happy... "Hi Katty!" The man cheered, laughing. "I'm your daddy!" He said. Daddy? I asked. "A ie?" They heard. "Yes! And I'm Mommy!" The woman cheered. They laughed happily! I laughed with them. They were loud, but I managed to match their volume. "She's a loud laugher!" The man cheered. I stared at them confused, I stared at them. I was quieter than them... This didn't make sense. "Look at her!" The woman sighed. "She's so beautiful!!!" I smiled and cheered Mommy! What came out was "Om ie!" But she still smiled and placed me back into the soft bed surrounded by bars. "Good night Katty!" Daddy whispered. "Sweat dreams!" Mommy whispered. They walked up the wooding passage. It creaked with each step they took.
I closed my eyes in the now black room. It was peaceful... dark... quiet... A week ago, I couldn't remember anything behind a week ago... Because I didn't exist till then... I remember black... Because my eyes were closed... My ears were open though... Loud, loud black, for the past week. Now everything was pretty. I flew in the soft, pink sky... Orange clouds danced around me... This is called... A Dream... Reality would come again tomorrow. Until then, I enjoy my sky... I enjoy my clouds... I enjoy my dream... -
2 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS LATER
Chapter 1
My Family!
"Weee!!!" I shout! I shout! "Weee!!!" My toy is so fun!!! Up and down it goes!!! "I'm glad you like your swing Katty!" Mommy laughs, tapping my feet to send me up!!! "High!!! UP!!!" I laugh, happy to talk! "She's really loud!" Daddy laughs. "Am not!" I laugh! "Am not! Am not! You loud!!!" Daddy laughs. Daddy jokes.
"Weee!!!" I say again as the soft chair lifts me up and down. "So, what should we do for Katy's Third birthday tomorrow?" Mommy asks me, taking me out of the toy. "More!!! More!!!" I cheer, holding the swing. "No, sorry Katy, but there's more to do than the swing." Mommy says. "What should we do for your birthday?" She asks again. "Cake?" I ask. "Cake! Like cousin's party?" I ask Daddy. "Yes! There will be cake!" Daddy laughs.
"Cake!!! Yay!!! Cake!!!" I cheer. "Ahh!" I yell as the man next door makes noise. Horrible... Buzzing... Noise... "STOP!!!" I shout at the bright sun. "Mommy!!! Please stop the noise?" I ask. "You mean Mr. Donay's lawn mower?" Mommy asks. "YES!!! STOP NOISE PLEASE!!!" I answer, holding my ears. "Honey, calm down. You'll get used to it." Daddy says. Daddy hugs me and pats my head. "Ok... Thankyou..." I whisper. I covered my ears gently while Daddy hugged me. Soon, the noise was over.
The sun was getting too bright. So luckily it was time for lunch! "Peanut Butter sandwich! Please?" I ask, hopping into Mommy's arms. Mommy places me down in my high chair. "No, not today. We're trying something new today!" Mommy answers. "No! I don't want new! I want peanut butter sandwich!!!" I scream, kicking my feat. "How about, we try something new, and if you don't like it, I'll give you peanut butter sandwiches. Deal?" Mommy asked. I thought carefully, then answered "Yes."
Mommy smiled and walked to the kitchen. She came out with yellow-white sticks and a different kind of sandwich with melted cheese. "What this?" I ask, scrunching my nose. "French fries and a grill cheese sandwich." She answered. I tried the french fries first.
"YUMMY!!!" I hop and cheer! I took more french fries and nibbled on them. They were very salty, soft, and yummy. "They taste better with this!" Mommy laughed, putting red stuff on my plate. I dipped my hand in it and rubbed it in my mouth. "YUM!" I cheered, stuffing french fries into it and nibbling on them.
"Yum um yum!!!" I yelled, sad when the fries were gong. Mommy laughed wiping my face with a cloth. "Ow!!! Stop!" I yelled as she squished my face. When she was done I picked up the grill cheese. It was soft and gooey! And the taste was very yummy! "More please!!! Can I have more?" I asked when I was done. "No," Mommy laughed, picking me up and putting me into my brand new real bed. It was bigger and much better then the play pen!
"You play for now. Ok?" Mommy asked, handing me my favorite toy, Elly! "Ok." I nodded, hugging Elly the Elephant. "Elly! Elly..." I whispered, talking to the toy. I decided to take a nap. Lots of noise was happening. Mommy was talking lots on the phone. Talking helps me sleep... I'm back in the pretty world. My pretty sky. Now, after 2 years, there was a ground under my sky.
When I got Elly, Elly's house grew! Then when I met my cousin Mary on her fifth birthday her house, a salon (she loves playing with my hair), the bakery (CAKE!), and the church (my Aunt taught me about God) grew! During my first Christmas I got a rattle and the music stadium grew, on my second Christmas I got a swing and the park grew, and we went to meet Santa so Santa's house grew!!! On my third Christmas I met Nana (daddy's mommy) and her house grew!
When I got paper and markers last easter the museum grew! We also went on a scavenger hunt and the game house grew, and the chocolate factory grew! (We ate chocolate while watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)! Then, last month we went swimming with Mary and Izzy and the sports plex grew! It was really noisy there...
On my first birthday, I learnt to walk and I got a microphone that made my voice louder! The stadium got better after that! I also got costumes and Izzy taught me how to act! Chak taught me how to sing some native american songs and make crafts! So the crafting school grew! On my second birthday, I got to go for a walk with Mary and Mommy and Aunt Lisa!
We had to move last month so we could be close to my relatives. Chak hasn't liked his new school. We live in Los Angeles U.S.A so my special land is called Los'Katess! Clever right? I like that everyone wears sunglasses indoors in my world because in real life the lights at the mall hurt my eyes so I wear sun glasses there and in other houses. People think I'm weird, but they ignore it because I'm little.
Later after unpacking my stuff into the living room, I explored the hall out of our apartment and I met my new best friends Sandy and Mandy who are twins and their house grew next to a friendship center!
and now, I fly over it all! My own world! It keeps growing! Of course, there was my house, with Mommy, Daddy, and Chak. My dream is almost done, as I fly down to play hide and seek with Elly and Marry my world turns black and I hear people talk...
"Hi Aunt. Val!!!" I heard a familiar voice say. "Where's Katy?" The voice asked. "Katty's been sleeping for the past ten minutes." Mommy answered Marry. "Where should I put the gifts?" Aunt Lisa asked. "Over there in the closet should do." Mommy answered. Now I knew where to look! "I'm going to wake up Katty now if that's ok." Marry decided. Aunt Lisa sighed knowing she couldn't stop her.
I could hear Marry's loud foot steps... Closer... Closer... Louder... Louder... Very Close... "BAH!!!" I yelled jumping up. "AHH!!!" Marry screeched, laughing. "I scared you!!!" I yelled. We both fell laughing! I climbed out of my bed and ran to Uncle Tim and Aunt Lisa!
"Up!" I laugh when I get to them. "Up!!!" Uncle Tim lifts me up shouting "Look at you fly!!!" in a really high voice! He puts me down so I quickly hug Aunt Lisa and I run off with Marry. "Who can shout Louder?" Marry asks. "Me, or you?" "Me!!!" I shout. "Me!!!" Marry laughs at my answer. "ME!!!" She shouts. I cover my ears. "Too loud. You win." I yell, sitting down and playing with Elly.
"I got an Idea!" Izzy announces to us. Izzy is Marry's big sister. She's really pretty and is 12 years old! She's really smart and we both look up to her! She's best at art, music, and ballet!!! "What?" We ask. "Let's go for a walk! We might find something really cool!" Izzy announces! Me and Marry looked at each other excitedly! They've never gone on a walk before! At least, not outside in the city. The adults say the city's more dangerous than our old town. That meant we haven't explored yet.
"With the adults?" Marry asked curiously. "No." Answered Izzy. "Adult's are no fun!" I thought for a bit about this. Izzy was really nice, and cool, but ever since I was able to walk she has been getting us in trouble when he thought of ideas. "I don't think we're allowed." I said. "Maybe we will, if we bring Chak!" She suggested. Chak is my adopted big brother. He is 14!!! He works as a babysitter to earn money for his 'nerd stuff' (That's what Izzy calls it) He was adopted 10 years ago. I know because he told me.
"No! He's busy! We can't take him." I told her. Izzy rolled her eyes and ran up the stairs. Me and Marry followed her. From out the bright, orange door with superhero facts and game cheats taped onto it, we could here loud, sad music playing. "See? He's busy! Let's go!" I yelled at Izzy. She didn't listen. *KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK* The loud knocking made the music stop.
"What!!!" An angry, choked voice yelled. "Chak, come out! PLEASE!!!" Izzy yelled. "WHAT!" Chak yelled, ripping open the door. "We were wondering if you could take us to walk around town?" Izzy asked sweetly. "No." Chak yelled, slamming the door. "What's his problem?" Izzy asked Marry. "He's sad! Leave him alone!" I yelled. "Fine!" Izzy yelled, throwing up her arms -
I'm only leaving the intro and chapter one there. Someone might steal my ideas. Leave any comments you have on the story here!!! :)
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I think I can say, with all certainty, that no one is ever, ever, EVER going to steal your story. You may as well keep posting it.
f---, maybe I should just make a thread about the basics of story writing so I don't need to keep repeating myself.
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