Unbreakable

Chapter 7

"Got anything to tell me?" I say to my dad who just woke up
He groans and looks at me "what have I done now?" He smells like alcohol and old socks "go for a shower take two panadols brush your teeth and eat the food I've made you then we'll talk" I say, he gets up and stumbles off to the shower, I run my hands through my hair and sigh out loudly, I walk over to the kitchen and make him some steak and salad. I go into my room and my phone is buzzing like crazy messages and miss calls from dick, I pick up the phone and call him "what haven't you answers my callas I'm worried sick" he says "well don't be, I'm fine I can take care of my self" I say "are you ok?" "Yep fine, what do you want?" I say "just seeing if your okay" he says "okay well I'm kinda busy so bye" and I hang up. I don't have time for him right now, not when my dad is like this I hate seeing him like this he's just throwing his life away because of my mum, I'm so angry at her all the time now, for leaving us, for making us live thinking we'll be fine without her without her not saying a word just packing some stuff and leaving without a trace.

Dad is scoffing down the steak and salad I made up for him, I sit across from him and watch him inhale it down and make him take the panadol and drink a litre of water before I talked to him once he's done I just stare at him "what?" He finally asks, his voice is rough "what the hell is going on with you, I come home with my friend for a drink and you attack me in front of him, what's even more worse is I had to knock you out then cover your tracks" I nearly yell at him, he looks at the empty plate ashamed, "I'm sorry" he mutters "sorry? You think that'll cut it!? Nuh uh what's going on with you dad why don't you have a job yet why haven't you gotten your life back together I have so why can't you!?" This time I'm yelling at him he looks up at me, he looks hurt, good so he should. I didn't only loose my mum I also lost my Dad "what happened to you, you used to be my hero my everything now look at you wasting your days drunk beating your daughter living off the tiny amount of money we have left, we are going to be homeless soon, or am I going to have to get a job now on top of all of the training and school work!?" That came out too strong but I need to let it out and he needs to hear it.
He doesn't move or say anything "you know what, I'm just not even going to try with you anymore, I'm getting a job and my own place taking all of the money because it's all in my name anyway and leaving you moving away leaving you to rot, that's all you've been doing since mum left and look where Jayce ended up because of it" my voice is lower now, tears are starting to form in my eyes and stream down my face but I don't notice them until they fall "I'm done Dad, I'm don't looking after you I'm done living off the small money we have, I don't eat at home only at chook because the food is in the fees, that I had to pay for, I'm so done with you Dad" I say and walk off into my room and get changed and pack a bag and go out of the fire escape and onto the roof for a bit deciding what to do.

I already know he's there before he says a word "what do you want?" I say looking down onto the street "nothing just coming to enjoy the view" he says and comes and stands next to me, he leans over and breathes in heavily "I can see why your up here, great view and it feels free" he says and the turns his back to it and leans against the wall with his arms folded across his chest "what's the bird?" I ask he turns his head to me, I keep looking out to Gotham, "why not a bird, they are free, get to go anywhere do whatever they want" he says I nod, "I wish I was a bird, just fly off and start again with no one I know" I say blankly "well what I always say, you'll never learn to fly, unless you take the risk of falling" he says and that sentence sticks in my head "since when did you become so wise Nightwing?" I ask "when I took the risk of falling" that's the last thing he said before he fell off the roof again and dos the spins and flips off into the night.

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