future is ours<miniminter>

twenty five

'how did u sleep?' simon said over the facetime call.
he had just woken up (10:50). I'm staying at home for a few days because mine and talia's older brother Finley is coming back from LA to stay for a few weeks, god i miss him and how close we used to be.

'as soon as my head hit the pillow!' i smiled, which he returned.
We talked for a little while and then the topic of mine and my parents' relationship came up.

'i hate it here' i sighed and rolled over onto my back holding my phone up.

'it's your home Lib, where you grew up' simon said

'i know but they always have something to say to me' i huffed once more before looking at simon and frowning.

'Libby, Finley is here!' i hear my dad yell from downstairs.

'i'll call you later, love you' i smiled and blew him a kiss before ending the call and getting up from my bed.

I fixed my hair and headed downstairs eagerly.

'it's good to see you lib!' fin said as he engulfed me in his big warm muscular arms.

'been working out have you?' i smirked while squeezing one of his arms.

'a lot actually, i have a lot of spare time in LA' he smiled and pulled away from me.

'great to see you too T' he said as he also engulfed talia into a hug.

'so what's this i hear lib, you have a boyfriend aye?' my brother spoke up, bringing everyone's attention away from the tv.

great, here comes the lectures.

'uh-huh' i replied bluntly avoiding the conversation.

'what's his name? age?' fin continued clearly not noticing me avoiding the topic

'simon, 18' i looked up from my phone and over to him. His reaction was surprisingly good.

'as long as he treats you good i don't care'

'oh yeah he treats me well. He takes me out on dates. He lets me stay at his place. He buys me gifts. He's loving and caring' i started rambling about how wonderful si is

'so everything you want and need in a man then?' fin chuckled. I nodded in response.

'he's not all that perfect' mum stated to which i glared at her and shook my head.

'He parties a lot-' mum began stating the things she didn't like.

'come on mum, every teenager parties' Fin raised his eyebrows.

'he smokes marijuana' she continued

'smoked, actually' i corrected her and then looked at fin.

'you smoke marijuana libby' talia said. I turned to her and glared.

'Libby Barns!' my dad raised his voice.

'here we go again' i murmured and rolled my eyes

'what did you say?' mum said

'i said here we go again' i got up.

'mum we've had this conversation so many times now, it's getting boring' i moaned

'and everytime you've told me you have stopped smoking' she crossed her arms

'i have.' i gave a short and blunt reply.

everyone looked at me.

'fine, i smoked one blunt at the party the other day' i huffed and started to make my way out of the living room, but my dads hand stopped me.

'get off of me! i'm not having the conversation again because it doesn't get any of us anywhere! fin is meant to be here to have a good time, not hear about how my life has apparently gone to shit!' i yelled as i shoved my dads arm off of me and stormed upstairs.

i picked up my phone and dialled simons number almost instantly. He didn't respond, so i
called harry.

'haz, is simon busy?' i questioned

'he's out with the boys, why is everything alright?'

'uh yeah, no worries i'll call him in a bit' i sighed and hung up.

i sat up against the wall by my bed with my head in my knees. This is getting so repetitive now. Everytime i come home.

*knock knock*
'go away' i raised my voice sternly.

'it's fin, can i come in?' his muffled voice asked from the other side of the door.

'whatever' i replied.

The door creaked open and shut, before long i then felt my brothers warm body sat beside me.

'let's go for a walk' he said

i lifted my head from my knees and up at him.

'are you not mad at me?' i said and got up once he had responded with a no

'look i know mum and dad can be harsh, i've been through it all' my brother spoke.

'you haven't though have you..not with marijuana and a relationship involved.' i said with a stern tone in my voice.

'i smoked marijuana when i was young, i partied when i was young, i had sex when i was young, i had a girlfriend when i was young. That's what being a teenager is about' he said as he looked across at me from the other swing.

'were you ever ashamed of it?' i replied more calmer than a moment ago

'well no not really, mum and dad always went on at me about it but i knew that it was making me happy so i didn't let it bother me' he smiled softly

'then why did you move away?' i asked out of curiosity

he sighed 'Mum and dad sent me away, to go live with our aunt Sarah'

i furrowed my eyebrows at him in confusion wanting to know more.

'they said they'd had enough of me and that i needed to grow up and learn what life is actually about' he continued.

'that's so dumb. You were only young. This is why i hate them, they want us all to be perfect-' i started ranting

'i bet they weren't perfect when they were younger.' i rolled my eyes.

'they weren't and that's why they want us to be perfect, so we can have a good life and do what's best for ourselves.' fin looked at me softly

'they're just looking out for you, that's all' he smiled and got up off the swing.

'come on, let's head home. It's nearly 2pm'