"Where have you been!" my mom yelled
"I was worried you were captured! Or snuck out!" I look at her with wine in hand and a cigarette in between her fingers
"Yeah, looks like you've been really worried" let that slip out before I can capture myself. She looks at me with utter disgust
"You don't talk to your mother that way!" her voice coming an octave higher,
"What kind of mother leaves and doesn't come back for two days!" I don't care what i'm saying anymore because in all reality she needs this slap in the face
"I have been trying my hardest to sustain this family so we have all of our needs!" her voice cracks and I can tell she's on the verge of tears
"WHAT WE NEED IS A PARENT!" I shift my anger to last night to my dad to everyone who chose to hurt me
"You've been off, working and doing god knows what, saying 'Im sustaining the family" I break then start back up again
"But in all reality who's been taking care of leo?! ME! Who's been cleaning up your messes, your mistakes?! ME!" My voice cracks
"ALL SO YOU CAN GO PARADING AROUND SAYING YOU HOLD THE FAMILY TOGETHER! WELL GUESS WHAT THATS NOT HOW ITS BEEN FUCKING GOING" I slam my hands down in the air, she stands up about rain all hell down on me,
"ELISE! I have been trying my best!.." I cut her off
"Don't try that, dont make fake statements" I stare her down trying to make her feel little
"I know, I know I did you wrong" she looks down at the dusty coffee table
" no shit sherlock" I deadpanned,
"I've been dealing with so much!" I stuttered "An..and I needed help, but you added more problems to my SHIT MOMS DUMPED ON ME LIST! Instead of being there like a normal PARENT INSTEAD OF BEING A NORMAL PERSON you're never there! LEO THINKS OF ME! MORE THAN A MOM THAN YOU EVER WERE!" I close my mouth in a thin line, both of us just staring at each other. Both looking like we are going to tear each other's throat out, but we still do nothing. I observed her glassy eyes and a dropped glass of wine. I must have hurt her badly, no matter, she needs to grow up. With that final statement I leave the room, the anger still up in the air. I turn on my heel and run upstairs to my room, shutting the door behind me. I grip my hair while flopping down on my mattress, I rip off my old worn down boots. I close my eyes and replay the argument that I've been needing to do for a long time now. WAIT, she runs out of the house when someone confronts her. I open the door frantically not only because she probably downed a lot of wine, mostly because Leo needs her. I run the stairs as fast I can and look out the back window. I see her silver mazda pull out of the driveway and turn the corner into town. I slide down to the floor head in my hands
"What the hell did I just do"
****
I look over at the clock on my bedside table. It's three in the morning and I have only gotten an hour or two of sleep. I manage to pull myself out of bed and look down at my phone seeing if any one is up at this ungodly hour. Nope.
"Ugh" I groaned, pulling myself out of bed. I already went downstairs to get a cookie but another one wouldnt hurt. I open my door ever so slowly trying not to wake leo I walk down to the stairs skipping over the creaky ones. I hear the back door open and close, I stay to the side of the wall, who the hell was here? I enter my dad's dusty study and grab the bat by the side of the door. I haven't been in here for years. I slowly walk in the shadows of the hallway and raise the bat up ready to strike when they come by. A large shadow comes my way I swing the bat at the figure missing
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" I screech, the light turns on and I see Leo holding a mangy, probably flea infested cat.
"Leo" I sigh and drop the bat
"What are you doing up, and with that cat" I ask pulling him towards me
"Can we keep him! I'll watch him and pay for his food and everything pleaseeeeeeeee" I roll my eyes and then think over it logically maybe it would teach him discipline to have a cat
"Alright but let's go upstairs and wash him. He stinks like rotting fish" I hold my nose as I get close to leo.
"YES! Thanks Elise I named him milo" I laugh, of course he already named him.
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Totally unprepared for the day I slam my hand on the alarm clock making it stop its annoying beeping. It's six in the morning and life is an utter mess. I got almost no sleep because of milo and now I have nothing to wear to school but a sweatshirt and some jeans. I walk over to my closet opening both the doors praying to god that there is some parcel of clothing in there. I hear a beep from my dresser. I trudge over there and find a distressed message from alia. I open my phone and look a her message
'WHAT DID YOU DO?!' I stare at that confused
'What??' I ask, she sends me a picture of the park and OH, OH NO it was of me and Liam sitting on the bench while I pushed the hair out of his face.
'WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?!' I send panicked
'IT'S ALL OVER INSTAGRAM' I looked at her text horror struck. Im contemplating writing instagram a very colorful message to take that down. But then she sends
'Mariah posted it'
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My love Letters to You
Teen Fiction13 year old Elise Enders has never been noticed in her life.she always hid in the shadows with her small group of friends. elise is barely getting by in school, her family is a wreck. When one day like a falling star crashing into earth the popular...
