I was a naughty girl called Vivian. I extremely hated studying. Therefore, I always played with my friends and did crazy activities. Every day, I played with them until ten o’clock at night, without my parents’ approval and ignored their worry and anger.
Tonight, since I had been to a concert, I reached my home at midnight. My parents stared at me with wrathful eyes. Their growled at me, “What time is it? Why do you return home so late?” I ignored them.
My mum yelled at me, “You just know about playing and saying bad words. Have you ever given respect and care to us?”
I shouted out loudly, “So what? I don’t think it’s a serious problem!” My mum gave me a sharp stare, and she slapped on my face. Anger rushed through my body. I went mad and screamed, “I don’t want to stay in this family!” I ran away from home with tears.
In the street, it was full of silence, very very quiet. It was so terrible. It was very cold too. The air was frosty, making me feel choked and I trembled. I felt very hopeless. I didn’t know where I could go. Suddenly I fell down. My arm started to bleed. It was so painful but no one could help me. I stumbled in the street. The cold weather, darkness, silence made me feel helpless, mirthless. I just found that I didn’t bring anything, no wallet, no food, no clothes. How could I live alone? I was starving and got dizzy due to hunger. I sat on the dirty floor. I missed my home so much. With my family, every day was a blissful day. In the past, no matter whether it was happiness or sadness, we shared everything each other. We got along gladly. But now, I was a rebellious girl. Why didn’t I treasure my family. Although they scolded me, they just wanted me to learn and grow from mistakes. I felt very regretful and sorry for them.
At that moment, I heard a voice, “Where are you, Vivian? Please come out. I am very sorry!” They were Mum and Dad. I felt very touched and I ran to them. We hugged each other.
I wept and said, “Sorry. I won’t do this again.”
Mum and dad peered at me with gentle eyes, “Our home is always open for you!” I finally realized what was more important to my life.