Chasing Stars

One.

It was two weeks into summer vacation and I was sitting on the living room couch watching criminal minds. I sat around lazily with the curtins closed and some junk food by my side. My mother complained that I needed fresh air and sunlight. She walked in the living room grabbing the remote from the coffee table and shutting the T.V. off.

"Mom what are you doing? Turn it on!" I screeched.

"I need to talk to you" she said.

"Can't it wait till after the show?"

"No"

She walked overand sat on the couch next to me. I crossed my arms and looked foward at the blank screen.

"Im sending you with your father for the rest of the summer"

I looked at her like she had something wierd on her face. Thats when I brust into laughter. My father? I hadnt seen him since I was five when he walked out on my mother and I without, a word. Not a phonecall, a note, a warning, nothing. At first we thought he had been working late, then he didnt come back home the next day, or the next, or the next... thats when mom called the police. They ended up doing an investigation and turns out he had moved to California and told the cops he requested a divorce. When my mom asked the cops to speak to him they said he declined. The money was split evenly and we never saw him since. That ended up sending my mom into a deep, depression causing my brother to come back home and take care of me. I always asked mom when dad was coming back. She would always tell me 'real soon' but as I got older I relized that 'real soon' meant not ever.

"What do you mean your send sending me with dad?" I asked.

"He wants to see you apperantly, and I agreed to it so your flight leaves tomorrow"

"What about what I want?" I screeched.

"Scarlet what eles do you have to do around here? All you do is sit around and eat junk food all day"

"A simple 'Scarlet go outside' would have been okay, you dont have to send me with him"

"I cannot fathom how many times ive told you to go outside and he is still your father at the end of everyday"

"Yeah I wish he wasn't" I mumbled

"Yeah well your not giving me much of a choice here" and with that she exited the room.

I didnt waste a moment more before grabbing a pillow and screaming my lungs out into it. I lifted my head heavily breathing. I really did have no say in this.