Father Ex

Chapter 1

"Dakota, sweetheart, you need to clean the house.  We have a special visitor coming to eat dinner with us tonight, so I want the house to be spotless," my mother, Karen, told me time I walked in the door from school.  I walked into the living room and dumped my book-bag and books onto the couch.

"Who is it?" I simply asked as I made my way towards the refrigerator in the kitchen.  "I don't know honey. You'll just have to wait and see!" Karen said enthusiastically as she clapped her hands.  I swear, sometimes I wonder if she is trying to act like a teenager or if it's just her.  And to be quite honest, I haven't seen her this happy since she got a raise. "Let me take a guess.  Is it the manager of the grocery store coming over to give you another raise?" I guessed while I poured a glass of some ice cold lemonade.

I sat down at the table waiting for an answer, which never came.  "Hello? Mother?" I said snapping my fingers at her to attempt to get her out of her daydream or whatever is happening to her. "Oh, what?  No, it's not the manager and it's not about a raise."  "Well, then who is it?" I asked curiously.  All I can say is if I am having to clean the whole damn house, she better give me a damn answer.

"Let's just say, he is a lot more charming than the manager." my mother said with a smirk as she focused her gaze on something random.  I looked at her like "what the actual fuck" then shook my head.  She might be drunk, but who knows.

I let out a small laugh as I thought about how crazy my mother is. I let out a sigh as I walked into the lifeless place I call my room.  Light colored grey covered all the walls, a small fan hung from above me with a couple of lights attached to it, my light purple bedspread covered my full size bed, and let's not forget about my miniature flat screen in the corner.

We are rich can't you tell?  Let's just say I wish we were.  We aren't broke because my mother is some crazy bitch, even though she acts like one 95% of the time, but it's because my mother has a low paying job at the moment.  I would like to see her get a higher paying job, but since she didn't go to college, it wouldn't be that easy. Let's just say, you can blame that on my birth father.

You see, my mother and my birth father dated all through middle school and high school and were completely in love. Well, that is what mother told me.  Anyways, when they were about to graduate from high school, my mother found out she was pregnant with me. In her case, she didn't have the fear or worry about my birth father leaving her once she told him. She told me that she would always ask him questions like, "Would you ever leave me if I became pregnant or if I became fat." 

Back to the point, mother told me that he said he would stay with her through thick and thin and no matter what happened, he would also be there for her.  Well boy did that son of a bitch lie.  Time my mother told him that she was pregnant with me, he hit the road. Mother said that the time she told him, it was as if he fell off the face of the earth.

I've questioned her many times bout who my birth father is, but she would never tell me.  She would always say, "It's best if you didn't know," or she would walk away as if to dodge the question.

Over the many 21 years of living, I have learned to keep my mouth shut and not mention my birth father.  It doesn't bother me because he hasn't supported neither my mother or me.  It just crosses my mind a few times about who he is, where he is at now, why he left, and why did he run away from his "family."

I plopped down on my bed and sprawled out. College can just about kill a girl. Between drama, boys, and brats, I don't see how I've made it through high school and into college. Well, actually yes I do. I have this guy friend named Ashton Irwin and he is basically my "dad" and brother and my best friend.  He will talk to me in a brotherly way and tell me things I should known in a fatherly way.  And if I ever have questions, I go to him, not my mom.  I've known him ever since I can remember and he has been with me through some rough times. Especially with my ex, Harry.