Ivy Monologue

Two Sisters by me

There once lived two sisters. The older one was named Hazel, and the younger was Ivy. Their parents had always loved Ivy more, so from the beginning, Hazel had hated her sister.

Now, both of their parents had passed away when they died in a tragic accident. Ivy cried for months and so did Hazel, but inside, Hazel didn’t really care about her parent’s death. Because of her parents’ lack of love for her, she refused to show any love to anyone, even her own family. For years after the death of their parents, Hazel and Ivy lived together in a small house, where Hazel was always in control of her younger sister.

“Go wash the dishes, Ivy... Go clean your room, Ivy... Go sweep the floor, Ivy... Go do the laundry, Ivy...” Hazel ordered. Not only did she force her sister to do these chores, she would also punish her if she was not working fast enough. That was how life was at their house.

Hazel never cared if Ivy had done all this work in

tears, neither did she care about how tired and pained she was. But even after all this that Hazel was putting on Ivy, Ivy had always respected her sister. Never once had she complained about what she was forced to do. And even after all this injustice, Ivy always reminded her sister over and over again,
“I love you, Hazel. I really do,” she said, in her soft, fragile voice.
“Yeah, I love you too,” Hazel replied, though this statement was not true. She had never loved Ivy from the moment her sister was born. It sometimes pierced her heart to look into Ivy’s eyes, knowing how much her sister respected her, yet also sure she would never be able to return the love.
From time to time, she would wonder how Ivy could even love her, after everything she had done in return to her. Ivy’s just a foolish young girl, she often thought to herself. Hazel refused to apologize for treating her sister cruelly, and she would not stop forcing Ivy to do all this work that they could have easily split between themselves.
One day, Hazel was giving out some chores for Ivy to do. Hazel was getting stricter and making life harder for Ivy everyday. When Hazel was pushing Ivy to the limits, and it was too hard for her to take, Ivy decided to talk with her sister.
“Please, Hazel.

This is too much for me. Is there any way you can soften this load?” Ivy asked Hazel with tears streaming down her face.

Hazel struck her sister in the face and watched her shrink in terror. She said loudly and clearly, “No, Ivy. This is what you have to do. It’s for your own good,” she added.

On the inside, she knew very well she was lying to her sister. The only reason why she made her do all this work was because she didn’t want to do the work herself, and it was fun to watch her sister obey her out of fear that way. Deep inside, Hazel knew what she was doing was wrong, but she made excuses for herself, and continued to convince herself that it was better for Ivy to learn to grow up and become more independent.

“Seriously, Hazel. I’m not joking. This needs to stop,” begged Ivy. Then she added softly, “What have I ever done to you?” Hazel looked her in the eye once more, and then Ivy backed away. “I love you, sister. That much has always been true,” Ivy said, when Hazel had not answered her

question.
Thoughts stirred in Hazel’s mind, as she knew she would never have to courage to answer her own thoughts. Why couldn’t she just learn to show kindness to Ivy? Why wasn’t she able to give her sister the love she never had? For the first time in her life, she started to soften her heart a bit, and she felt just the slightest feeling of sorrow for her sister. Hazel needed some time to calm herself down, so she reached for the door, pushed it open, and decided to go for a run to keep her mind off of her sister, Ivy.
“No! Hazel, it’s too dangerous out there, you can’t go running alone,” shouted Ivy. Hazel didn’t listen to her sister and continued running. She wanted to leave their dreadful house for once and to forget about all that she had done to her sister. Ivy ran after Hazel and tried to persuade her to return home. Hazel kept running, and it was hard for Ivy to keep up with her sister.
Hazel was not watching in front of her, so she did not realize that she was crossing the street when the light had shined red. One of the drivers in a car had not seen Hazel and was zooming fast towards her. “STOP!” Ivy shouted as loud as she could, but Hazel could not hear her anymore. Then Ivy ran so fast that she thought her legs would burst open. She was crossing the street, pushing her sister to safety, knowing she might not have gotten out of the situation alive…
“NO!” exclaimed Hazel, as she got down to her knees. “It should be me lying here instead.”
“It’s okay, Hazel. I’m fine,” replied Ivy, struggling to breathe. “You’ll be okay without me, I promise.” Ivy took one last breath and managed to say these final words, “I love you, Hazel.”
“No, no, no…” Hazel said shaking. As she looked at her sister lying on the ground, she thought to herself once more. She never had the chance to say sorry to Ivy, after all these years. She had made so many wrong choices in her life, and this was the end of her brave, young sister. She took one last look at Ivy, and then she muttered these words, full of sincerity and sadness, and replied to her sister, “I love you, Ivy,” and a tear rolled down her cheek. ✿