Ma Cherie// Emerson Barrett

19- Woke Up On The Wrong Side Of Reality

-Destiny's POV-

Today was my moms funeral, I didn't wanna go, and Emerson knew that, but I had no choice.

"Destiny honey are you almost ready to go?" I heard Kellin shout from the other end of the house

"Yeah, I'm ready. Let's just fucking get this over with" I spoke, sitting down on the bed while I waited for Kellin.

"Destiny honey, are you okay? Wait, that's a dumb question, I'm sorry" Emerson spoke as he say down next to me

"It's not a dumb question love. I'm okay, just ready for this to be over" I spoke and he pulled me close, kissing my cheek softly

"You're gonna be alright.. I'm only a phone call away, alright?" He spoke and I smiled as Kellin came into the room.

I kissed Emerson softly before walking out of the house with Kellin.

"Are you sure you wanna do this today?" Kellin spoke and I sighed

"Had you asked me that before I started getting ready, I would've said no, but now, what choice do I have?" I spoke, leaning my head on the window.

We got to the church and I saw my aunt Jennifer.

"Who invited her?" I spoke and Kellin just shrugged his shoulders.

We got out of the car and met up with our dad.

"Have you said hello to any of the family yet?" He spoke and Kellin and I just looked at eachother for a moment before walking off.

Halfway to my seat my aunt stopped me.

'Well well well, isn't it the goth of the two of you" She spoke and at first I just shrugged it off, that is until she made another comment

"Oh and who's that little boyfriend of yours that you're always posting on your instagram? Emerson? He lookes like a lost puppy. You probably forced him into dating you, hm? I'd put money on that" She spoke and Kellin stepped in

"Since you obviously feel the need to know. No, She didn't force Emerson into dating her, he actually asked her out after me and his band started working together and they're very happy. She may be goth, but that's just her style, and you need to accept that not everyone dresses like a popular high schooler named Becky. And if you make any more comments about me, Destiny, or our friends ever again I will make sure you never see another day. That's all. Let's go Destiny" He spoke and I followed him to our seats

'We're just gonna get through the service and then we're gonna go home, okay?" He spoke and I nodded, listening to people talk about my mom and what a kind soul she was.

I wanted to get up there and tell everyone the truth, but it wasn't the place or the time.

Then I was given an opportunity that I wouldn't turn down for the world.

My grandmother had just finished speaking and my dad went up to say something.

"Okay, wow. It seems you all saw a much different side of my wife than I and my children did. But I can't give you what we saw in full, I wish I could. But I do know someone who can. Destiny, Kellin, would you like to come tell the family the truth?" He spoke and Kellin and I looked at eachother before silently agreeing that I would go up and talk and Kellin would record it.

"Thank you dad." I spoke, smiling

"Tell them everything kiddo"

In this moment I was extremely grateful for my father, as he was actually letting me expose my mom at her own funeral, which I never thought would happen

"Okay. hi. So Kellin and I decided that I would be the best candidate to give this in full, so here we go. As you all know, I'm a little bit younger than Kellin is, and usually, in every stereotypical family it's the youngest that's the favorite, but with our mom it was exactly the opposite. Every birthday, she would take Kellin out with the family to celebrate his birthday, but on every one of my birthdays, I would be stuck doing everyones chores. Kellin and my dad would always buy a cake, and bring it up to my room so I felt like I had someone to celebrate with. My ex boyfriend almost caused me to commit suicide, and Kellin saved me. But as I'm aware, my mother told you all that it was her who called the ambulance. This is false, as I have receipts showing that my mom told Kellin that she wouldn't come visit me in the hospital unless he sent her a photo of my unconscious body. And finally, up to this point. Kellin recently came out to our mom. He texted me saying that he wanted to talk, and I didn't think much of it until I got home and found him crying on the couch, my mother had disowned him for doing exactly as she told us to do. Growing up she told us to always be authentically ourselves, and she told us that she'd always be there, but clearly, she lied. If anyone has any further questions please keep them to yourself, because from this point forward I will no longer be speaking to any of you. That's all"

I spoke and then got off the the stage, feeling the most relieved I ever had.

Kellin sent the video to the groupchat and we sat throught he rest of the day.

After the funeral I blocked everyone in my family except for Kellin and my dad, and it was going to stay that way.

I finally felt free, and safe, and like I was living the best life I could ask for.