Broken

Chapter 4

Ready for school, I walked downstairs to make my way to the kitchen to have breakfast. I heard sounds unmistakably coming from the TV.
My mom didn't watch the TV that early. I wondered why the TV was on.

I walked into the sitting room and my eyes grew wide.
"Dad?!" I snapped.

Why? and How was he here?

His all familiar dark pupils turned to me. His lips curved to a smile. That smile I had grown to hate.
"Morning sunshine."

No!...no!...it's not happening again...

"What are you doing here?" The hate in my voice was obvious as I glared at him.

My mom had heard me snap cause she rushed out of the pantry.
"Ronique that's not a very good way to say good morning to your father."

My ears flared.
"What?!..mom!"
"He had come home Ron. He has come to stay. He arrived late in the night and for once your father wasn't drunk, he apologized to me." She made her way towards me, almost touching me. "We should give him another chance."I stepped back and her hands fell.
She didn't mask the disappointment on her face.

I scoffed. To me she sounded just as pathetic as she looked.

This wasn't the first time this was happening.
He would wrong us so much and then when he gets his senses back he would come back apologizing to the both of us.

The first time, I was so happy I thought there was hope, but nope... After some days the worst happened leaving me more devastated. My mom didn't learn her lessons. She kept accepting him back even when she knew he would leave again.

I glowered from her to him. They were both the worst people I've ever seen in my whole life.
"Do you guys even care about me at all?!" I spat out to my mom.
"Ronique!....how can you say that?!Of cause we do." He stood up and took a step towards me.
"Oh! shut the fuck up dad!..." I walked towards him like a little lunatic. "Why are you back? Why are you back to our lives? Can't you just leave and let me heal finally." Tears streamed down my eyes. "Aren't you tired of breaking me into pieces huh?...aren't you?"

"Ronique...you..." My mom tried to speak. I cut her off.
"And you're the most pathetic being I've ever seen my whole life." I gave it to her fair and square.
I know I shouldn't be speaking to my parents that way but they really left me with no other choice.

With that I stormed out, making sure to slam the door with a loud thud behind me.

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I sat alone at the school pavilion. It was PE time, so the field was so noisy. I watched people do different sports activities. I was fully dressed in a sports gear but I just really wanted to be alone. The morning event still taunted me.

"You've been avoiding me all day, haven't you?" An all familiar voice startled me.
I looked up, it was Nina. She was fully dressed in her cheerleader attire of blue and yellow. She had streaks of sweat running down her forehead. It looked like she had been practicing with her group.

She sat beside me.
"I'm so sorry I forced you to stay with my friends yesterday but I really don't like that you avoided me."
"No no...of course not!" I answered quickly. " It's not that at all. Believe me it was really fun with them yesterday."

She cocked a brow." Then why did you miss the classes you had with me?"

I averted my eyes from hers. Yes, I did avoid her but truely it wasn't because of her friends. Of cause she didn't quite know how happy I was that I ate with the them.

I was actually still so angry about my parents and I was very good at transfer of aggression. I didn't want her to be a victim that was why I missed all the classes I had with her.