Solace (Complete)

4. Brother

When I came back home, i went straight to my room. I went for a shower and changed into my pjs. I sat on my bed took out the joint from that parcel. I really needed that after a long and tiring day. When I was about to light it up, a knock on the door came. Instantly I shoved the pack under my pillow and sat straight.

"Yes" I said and inside came my brother.

"Hey, you didn't go back?" I asked him.

"No actually I was waiting for you, I wanted to talk to you about something" he said coming towards me and sitting at the edge of the bed in front of me.

"If that something involves what happened at dinner, then I really don't want to talk" I told him.

"Come on please, tell me what's going on in your mind. Do you really not want to do anything? Or are you just pissing our parents" he said. He knows me very well. I smiled at last part.

"You know me better" I said.

"Look I know you are doing this to make our parents mad. But this involves your future. I don't want you to take it for granted." He told me.

"I know, I know. But I also don't want to work with her. I want to do something of my own not something that is already set up and I just have to sit there doing nothing of my own will. And I need sometime too." I told him what's going on in my mind. He is the only person who will understand it better than anyone else.

He smiled at me, a smile that shows he is proud of me.

"Fine you do what you want and I will be there to help you with that." He told me.

"And about our parents I will also handle them. You don't have to worry" he added.

"You know I love you the most" I told him with love.

"Hahah no but now I know" he teased.

I hugged him tightly then he stood up to go. When he reached at the door he turned to look at me and said

"You know that I am just a call away" he said.

"Yes" I replied back and then he was gone.

I felt bad about doing drugs, I felt bad about not telling him what I have gotten myself into. Knowing him he will blame himself for my this bad habit. There was no one to blame but my parents. Because of them I started finding solace in these things. They ignored me and I fell into this trap. I hate them.
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Next morning, I wake up to go to Elizabeth's. It's been a week we haven't seen each other, so I will go and pay her a visit. When I went down the stairs, I was called by my parents who were eating their breakfast.

"Cali come here. We have to talk" my mom said.

"I don't want to" with that I went out of the door. I know I have to face them if not now then later at some point. In the meantime I will figure out what I want to do.

I didn't take my car with me, its literally in front of our house. Their house is as beautiful as ours with the more homey feeling. It felts like home. I enter main door and I was greeted with the beautiful aroma of pancakes. I went towards kitchen knowing Elizabeth will be there. And she was there making her yummy pancakes.

"Hey look who's here" I shouted.

She turned around with her beautiful eyes shining with happiness and love. She ran towards me and took me in her tight yet comforting hug. Then she kissed my both cheeks.

"My baby is here. You know I made your favourite pancakes, when Matt told me that you are coming today I was beyond happy" she said excitedly and pulled me towards the dining table making me sit their and then served my plates with stack of pancakes and orange juice.

"Come on eat, look how skinny you have gotten. Eat all of them or I will spank you very hard and you know that I am not joking" ofcourse she is not but she will never spank me.

"I am not skinny, you are exaggerating. And I cant eat all of them. I am not an elephant" I joked.

"Hush now eat I am watching" she said sternly but i know that tone is fake. She is literally an angel, she can't even hit a fly but she can be angry and angry Elizabeth is someone you don't want to see. But thankfully that anger was never directed towards me. It was mostly to her both sons especially Matt because he was always a naughty kid.

"Hey who's this beautiful angel sitting in our kitchen" Matt came towards us.

"You know you should stop flirting with me" I told him rolling my eyes.

"Who said I was talking to you, I was talking to this beautiful angel" he said and went towards Elizabeth and kissed her cheek.

"Really?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Don't tease my daughter. Sit and eat your breakfast" Elizabeth said to him.

"Mom sometimes I think you love her more than your own sons" he pouted. I know he is just teasing his mother.

"Yes I love her more than both of you naughty boys." She told him and we started laughing.

"You are stealing my mother" he said to me.

"Whatever. Its not my fault that she loves me more" I said nonchalantly. After that our bickering continues for sometime then Mr Miller came into kitchen.

"My daughter is here, it's been long I have seen you" Stephen came towards me and kissed my forehead lovingly.

"Hey you guys are over exaggerating, it was just one week." I told him.

"Still it was long" he said sitting on the head chair and started to eat his breakfast. I rolled my eyes at this.

"My both parents don't love me anymore" Matt said once again feigning hurt.

"Shut up Matt" Stephen said to him.

I smirked at him. Some time pass in silence with us finishing our break fast. I couldn't eat more than one pancake. It's not like I don't want to, they are scrumptious but I can't eat alot. It's more like I can't. My body won't accept.

Then stephen said he is going to office. Before going he ruffled my hair lovingly and then went out.

"Come more often, my wife here misses you alot and me too." he said before going, I smiled at him.

"Bye" we all said him bye.

"Why are you not going with him? Don't you have any work" I said to Matt.

"No dad said I can join whenever I want to and that whenever is not anytime soon so I am free for now" he told me happily.

"Whatever" I can't help but felt jealous of him. Stephen and Elizabeth had never forced their sons into doing something that they never want to unlike my parents who force their decisions on us.

"What happened?" Elizabeth brought me out of my reverie by placing her hand on mine.

"Are you okay?" She asked with concern lacing her voice.

"Yes I am okay. Dont worry" I gave her a smile.

"Okay then finish this" she pointed towards my plate.
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