Christmas Past: Oh I see you have not heard of me uh?

Tina: Oh I have heard of you but in the f.ckin movies. You ain’t real and I’m about to get my bat..to send you back to make believe

Christmas Past chuckled at Tina’s fiestiness

Christmas Past: Calm down missy. You and I are going on a ride

Tina: I’m not going anywhere with you

Christmas Past: were you not the one wandering how you are ”doing this life.”

Tina: Well yeah but…

Christmas Past: Are you not the coward that could not stand up to you mother?

Tina: Well…maybe.  How did you know that?

Christmas Past: Well then come. Let’s take a look at what happened to you

Tina was still leary but she was too curious not to go

Tina took Christmas Past’s arm and Christmas Past waved his hand and snap his fingers and away they went

Tina and Christmas Past watched thru the window of an old house Tina had long forgotten was her childhood home

Tina watched herself and her mom argue over the way Tina was sitting in her dress at church.

Cruela: Young girls just don’t sit like that Tina especially in a dress!

Tina was about six years old and nervously rubbed her hands thru her hair.

 ”And they don’t mess up there hair,” Cruela said becoming more, more irritated with Tina.

Cruela: Why can’t you act like a young girl

” I am who I am!” Tina said and ran down the hallway and hid in the hallway closet.

She knew was coming next

Cruela came after Tina with rubber bands.

The next morning Tina stayed in her bed longer than usual.

Her dad John came in her room and sat on her bed.

John: honey your breakfast is getting cold

Tina remain silent

John: Please come down to eat

Tina: Not hu.ngr

John: Really you’re not? Or are you just upset about you and your mom’s fight?

Tina: She ates me

John: No she does not hate you

Tina: Then why is her cruel to me

John: Your mother is just afraid

Tina: Afraid of wha!

John breathed in and out slowly

John: Well honey she just afraid of what people will think of our family

Tina: What does that have to do with me?

Hazel eyes met Hazel eyes

John had no words and he was unsure how to explain it to Tina and it made him furious with his wife that he would even need to

So Instead

John: honey I will tell you what, if you come down to breakfast. I will take you to the park later just you and me

Tina: Maybe later

 ok honey, John said about to leave the room

Tina: Umm. Dad..

John turning around: Yea honey

Tina: Is somethin wrong with me?

John: honey don’t worry, im sure you will be just fine

John said nothing else and quickly left out of Tina’s room.

Tina six year old brain did not understand her dad’s response but she knew for sure both parents thought she was not normal.

Tina seeing her six year old self, eyes were full of tears

Tina: Take me away from here. I can’t watch anymore

Christmas Past: As you wish darling

And with a wave and a snap,  they were gone