"Hey girl!!"
"Morning Dad!" I greeted Dad who is sitting on the dinner having his breakfast.
I didn't even notice his presence as I was walking into the kitchen.
"No respect anymore for elders. Isn't that great?" Mom said in a disgusted manner. Making me to notice her. For the record I never knew she was there.
"Good morning Mom..." I greeted taking four steps back to face her before she state that I was being disrespectful towards her. Because of the incident yesterday.
"After you have been reminded how to greet...you are now shining your teeth at me"
"Honey!!..it's too early for all this" Dad said trying to get things under control.
"What is too early?... Matt you better allow me to speak sense into this daughter of yours. So that when she goes out no man will point finger at me behind my back" Mom said throwing her hand backwards.
"Look eh!! just be calming down" Dad try to calm her.
"What should I be calming down for!!" Mom lost it.
"Is she the only child in this house? The other time she went out with Tamara and returned to my house late by 7:30 telling me it's just two hours I spent..." She said trying to mimick me in a high voice.
'Oh my God!! Mercy you are totally in Mom's red card' inner devil told me 'stupid' I cursed myself mentally.
"...she shouted at me yesterday Matthew and this morning you are asking me to Calm down...for what Matthew? For what!!? your daughter and her attitudes needs to stay away from my reach. because if I get my hands on her...!!" Mom yelled at the top of her voice threatening me through Dad. At the rate her voice is high...am sure she can remove the roof if that is possible.
"What did I do Dad?...why is she yelling at me this morning?" I asked getting furious, am beginning to think that they don't understand me or see my point in anything...its almost like no one cares about how I feel about all the responsibilities and expectations they are implying on me. They think I have to live my life without making the same mistakes they made and all lot of other things but I just want to live life and be myself not doing what they expected of me all the time.
" Look honey you just need to stay out of this" Dad said to me. Mom gave me a angry stare and face Dad.
"So you want her to stay out of this when everything is about her" she flipped her left hand in my direction.
"Wow Matthew, you deserve an award for protecting you kids" she said clapping her hands, Dad looked at Mom Furiously
"Love you need to let go and stop all this" Dad tries again to end it while controlling himself.
"Ha..ha...haa...you must be joking Honey. Honestly you are joking!" Mom laughed out and trying to raise her voice at Dad.
I feel terrible that all this is happening and my family is messed up early this morning just because of me. Surpassing the tears threatening to fall from my eyes i turned back and walked out of the dinning room and out of the house whipping the tears Which succeeded slipping out.
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Jason Pov's
Staying alone at home is really a living hell. I kinda misses school, attending a boarding school is fun and in school I'm always surrounded by people but now all am surrounded by is walls and furniture's.
Mom is always off and on at home she doesn't stay home for a complete 48hours she is what you reference to as workaholic. And Dad only comes home once in a blue month sometimes i wonder how they cope with one another especially how they marital life is still surviving...I don't think I can stay far away and come to see my family once in blue month. Noo...it's not happening i shakes my head slightly,I will rather choose my family over that kind of job or lastly take them with me.
After lying lazily on the couch since I became conscious after a long uncomfortable night on the couch i decided to go to the kitchen and look for something that will hitch my interest and eat,unfortunately i couldn't find anything that my appetite will scream for...I left the kitchen shutting the fridge close and walked up to my room. Freshened up got myself a sweat pant and a T-shirt that matches it got down and brushed my hair up.
To be frank i don't have any idea where am going to except making myself end up in a eatery on my way back home. I just want to go out i guess.
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Mercy pov's
I just want to leave home and take a breathing space from my parents.
After walking for about ten minutes I decided to go to the field and jog or sit there to clear my clouded mind.
I turned around at the sound of a car behind me which i am very sure is horning to get someone's attention and 'someone i hope it's not me because i don't want to see my Dad right now'...
Sighting the white Range Rover which i belief does not belong to either of my parents i ignored it and continued my walk.
"Hi...do you mind getting a lift to your destination..." I heard a voice from the car.
"Run off and go look for someone who needs your attention!" I yelled at the man in the car without caring to know who he was.
"That was rude...girl" he replied chuckling.
I shoot him a deathly glare before realizing who he was.
"Sorry about that...I thought you were one of those pedophiles who can't control themselves once they stepped out of their homes"
I blunt out without giving a thought about what I said...after all that was what I was expecting not him.
"Oh, I guess you might have been hit on... a lot lately?" He said winking at me. I looked at him smiling shying at his word.
"So tell me where are you up to, perhaps i can get you to your destination." He said
Letting out a quick breath. I looked around me to think of an excuse. But nothing came.
"I have no destination..." I let my attention fall towards the road." I just came out to let out some steam" taking my attention back to him without looking at his face.
"Wow...you might have been on fire, with all the steams radiating off you..." He said joking and I giggled giving him a 'are you serious?' Expression "—well if you don't mind...I will love to go somewhere with you after all i also got no place to go...just trolling around the place" he said making his offer sounds casual.
"I don't really —" seeing his puppy eyes i decided to give in. Maybe going out with him for few hours won't be a bad idea.
"Well let's go. After all you asked nicely." I said to him smiling.
I walked around the car and get inside the front passager seat and take my sit. He smiled at me and helped me with my sit belt.
"Thanks." I said shyly and look away before something crazy might happen.
"So since we both got no destination let's just go for a long ride,or do you perhaps have any exciting place in mind?" He asked me and began steering the car wheel.
"I don't have any place in mind and i will love to go on a long ride" I said and he just nods his head in response.
"Do you mind if i open up my side window?" I asked him nicely.
"Sure!" He said and off the A\C before whining down the Windows for the both of us.
The rest of the ride was quite as no one voice out anything. We became lost in our own thoughts and barely noticed each other. Or maybe I should said i was lost in my own thoughts and forgot he was there.
I love looking out of the window when ever am going on a ride. It helps me to clear my mind. And one way i feel like my spirit comes out of my body to explore the world.
Sometimes I do daydream and forgets myself. Other times i will just get lost in watching people going about with their businesses and it really makes me to think about how life could be and wonder about what they might be thinking.
Well that's What goes through my mind all the time.
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Falling Before We Started
Novela Juvenil"- it's like tasting different kinds of pudding and then going for the one that is more suitable to your taste even though it may look yucky and disgusting" Mr Joel Matthew told his daughter." Being a young adult is the right time to live life and t...
