The New Girl

Roberts

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My first week of school was average and fairly uneventful. I had no more run-ins with that Arden girl. Over the course of my week, which was just Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, I think Colton and Dakota warmed up to me. Bennet...well, that's a different story. He doesn't really like me, but how could I blame him? I just came in and took his seat, quite literally.

"Your father got you something, Gabby." Mom said, when I got inside after a morning jog.

I figured if I'm going to be friends with Ayden, I'll probably be doing a lot of running.

"What?" I asked, curious. I told him he was a horrible person and I never wanted to speak to him again. He hurt Dom and my mom so much, and me.

"He asked me to drive you to the Chrysler dealer ship so you could pick up the car he got you."

Sounds like my dad, trying to buy my forgiveness. I could never forgive him.

"Sell it." I said. "Take the money. I don't want anything from him."

"Then consider it from me. I want you to be able to have your freedom. I start working 12 hour shifts on Monday and I don't want you to be stuck here all of the time."

"Okay," I mumbled. "Can we get it after we see Dom though?"

"I...need to do somethings." She murmured. I frowned and played with the cap of my water bottle. My mom just doesn't want to come to facts that Dom is in the hospital and no longer emotionally stable.

"Can we go now then?"

"Busy." I sighed and twisted the cap on my water bottle, leaving it on the counter as I walked out of the kitchen.

We just moved in on Monday after Dom tried to kill himself Saturday. Dad left on Sunday. We were lucky mom had a friend in the realistate business. Mom hasn't been at work all week, job searching and interviews, but she hasn't physically been busy all week. Nothing has been set up, we had a beat up old sofa in the family room and a TV. Even my bedroom just consists of a mattress. My mom commonly falls asleep on that old couch at like 2am after I hear her cry from when dinner ends until she is asleep.

So much has happened to my family this past week and I can't blame her for being so emotional and shit; I just wish she would take the time out of her day to go see her son in the hospital. He already thinks one parent hates him; he doesn't deserve to think the other one does too.

I went up to my bedroom and sat on the mattress. I pulled my knees up and wrapped my arms around them. I never knew what to do with myself these days. Even days I didn't spend obsessing over handbags with my so-called friends, I spent with my family. But now I don't have a family.

I had nearly fallen asleep in that position when I felt my cellphone buzz from the other side of my mattress, which also made me jump. I haven't gotten a single text in a week, besides the one from my father that I avoided replying to. I did give my phone number to Ayden, Bennet, Colton, and Dakota though so it could be anyone of them.

Suspicions confirmed, it was Ayden.

Ayden: hey what're you up to today?

Me: family stuff around 2:30, why? I had no intentions in actually having to miss seeing Dom.

Ayden: busy tonight?

I thought through what I had planned for tonight... nothing. Every night has been the same all week. A silent dinner in the family room in front of the TV and then mom crying herself to sleep. Me: nope