Accidental Proposal by Author Donna Sheldon

Aurora's lids opened and she stared at the white ceiling her.

The voice of a news broadcaster from the TV echoed in her ears, doubling the throbbing aching pain in her head.

"The Kim family! Even the rich and famous are awed by the wealth that surrounds them.A family of idols and beauties. Of Course the saying the beautiful ones are not yet born doesn't apply to the Kims because these besties are from the future and talking about wealth, you got that right, your own and favorite is once again at the top of the youngest billionaires chart, handsome Kim Aguero..a spectacular.. young..

Then she saw a blurred image of her mother walking over to the center table and shutting down the old '60's tv set that was situated on the old wooden center table and walking back towards her,she rubbed her tired eyes yawning.

Her mother touched her comfortably on the shoulder.

"Are you okay honey? You must have been stressed out from yesterday's work".

She said putting down the cup of coffee on a table nearest to the old mattress where Aurora was lying.

Hands on her waist,she looked around the room not satisfied with its untidy condition,her eyes wandered back to Aurora.

Yawning, Aurora sat up on the bed lazily and stretched her body with a soft groan.

"I am a fine mother, thanks for the coffee,"she said with a soft smile.

Just then her twin nieces raced into the room.

"Aunty Aurora look, we found this old picture of you in Grandma's old box"they chorused, showing her the old picture.

The picture was a photograph of her as a high school student.

Her sharp light brown eyes shining through her glasses,long dark brown hair, nicely shaped brows,a well tanned body and a face covered with freckles just below her eyebags and across her nose bridge.

Without much glance at the picture,she shifted her eyes to her overexcited twin nieces and smiled softly at them.

At twenty four,she had no illusions about her appearance, herself,or other members of the human race, including men.

Especially men.

She had decided what she wanted at 11 ,to take the responsibility of her family and make her mom happy and proud. Now she had made it halfway to her dream of being a five star restaurateur.

"Thank you guys".

The twins giggled softly. Mina and Lina were not so different and shared the same brain cells;it's hard to tell them apart even by their birth mom Posha, Aurora's immediate younger sister.

"She looks just like me!"Mina commented.

"That's not true ,she looks just like me!"Lina protested.

Aurora chuckled at their little argument.

"I look just like you two"She said and pecked their foreheads.

"Weeeee!"

The twins shouted in excitement and ran out of the house.

"Be Careful!"Mother cautioned them.

"Where is Posha?"Aurora asked her mom as she stood up on her feet and walked into their tight space bathroom to brush.

It was a one room apartment with only a curtain separating the kitchen from the living room which also serves as their bedroom for the whole family.

"She is yet to come back home".

Her mother replied sadly,and went on arranging the mattresses and clothes scattered around the corners of the room.

"She really needs to be an advised mother,she can't just continue messing around, get pregnant and dump the babies for you and then get back to sleeping around. What kind of a role model is she going to be to her twin girls?"

Mother sighed deeply with a pale look on her face.

"Posha doesn't listen to me anymore,ever since she started hanging out with that stranger guy and then she gave birth to the twins, she's just out of control".

Aurora ran the tap and rinsed her toothbrush,after she walked out of the bathroom.

"It'll be alright mother, please don't think hard of Posha,I'll talk to her myself" she sighed, "again."

Mother smiled at her.

"Thanks alot dear".

Aurora helped her with the room arrangements then she walked towards the kitchen to make toast for breakfast,soon the twins and her youngest sibling Bryann would come in to cry hunger.

"Aurora dear...

Her mother's voice came

"Yes mother".

Aurora paused, patiently waiting to hear her out.

"I hope you won't get mad..but..your brother Bryan..he came home yesterday requesting for his Tuition fees also the twins...".

"Don't worry about that mother we will be paid tomorrow,I will settle all of that as soon as I get paid"She assured her.

"What would I have done without you,I am so proud,if only I begot another you instead of Posha".

She lamented.

"Mother I got this, don't worry about Posha please".

Just then Bryan drew the curtain, gasping out breathlessly.

The seventeen year old who seemed bigger than his age and taller than his two elder sisters, walked into the room with his shirt soaked with sweat and his head bruised,Aurora was fast to notice.

"Good Morning mother,...sister".

"What happened to you?"Aurora demanded,drawing closer to him for a good look.

She tried to touch it but he jerked his head away from her.

"Ouch.. sister!"

He groaned,his voice a mixture of pain and fury.

"Got into a fight again?"

Mother asked angrily,her hands folded and head tilted.

"Yes".