Chapter 2 - Confronted
Later that night, I was setting the table with Jake and Sam for dinner. My mom was making something we didn't really like. Which meant she was going to the bar tonight, so I was going to make them something they like.
We sat at the table where I made Jake and Sam their plates. We all ate silently until my mother asked me about my day. "What'd you do today?" she asked me. "Uh nothing. School." She looked up at me. "Oh where you go to see "Amy" to complain about how i'm such a bad mother?" she said.
How could she have possibly found out about Amy? "No. I just talk to her about my day at school and stuff." I said, lying. I really sucked at lying. "hm. Not what I heard." She said grinning. "What'd you hear?" I asked her trying to act like I didn't know what she was talking about. "Amy said you don't like living with me because i'm a "drunk"." She said. Amy told her? Great.
She got up from the table and threw on her jacket. "I'll show you a drunk." She left and slammed the door behind her. "Where's mommy going?" Jake asked. "She's uh. She's going out with a few friends. She won't be home when you go to bed. You'll see her in the morning alright?" I said. "Okay." Jake said.
After dinner I gave Jake and Sam a bath before bed time. Watching them play in the bathtub made me smile. Them having fun. Not having to worry about anything. Like I used to be. Sam splashed me with water and him and Jake started laughing. "Oh no you didn't! I'll get you!" I grabbed a mini squirt gun fron the sink and filled it up. "Pew! Pew! Pew!" I said squirting them. "Help! We are under attack! I repeat we are under attack!" Jake said. They shut the curtain on me."hahaha. you can not get us now! we are under protection!" Sam yelled. I ran to the other isde of the curtain squirting them. "Gotcha!!" They both pretended to be dead.
"Alright guys. It's almost time for bed. Gotta get dressed!" I said.
They got dressed and I layed them down for bed. I went upstairs in my room. I layed on my bed and looked up at my ceiling. Thinking about everything. My mom. Amy. The safety of my brothers. My dad. I couldn't help but cry. It just kept coming out. The fact that I had no friends. No nothing. I was alone. I closed my eyes and dreamed of the life this could have been if my dad hadn't left.
I saw me, Jake, and Sam running in a field playing. My mom and dad sitting under a tree laughing at us. The day was beautiful. The bright sun. The warm weather. The laughing.
Why? Why did my dad have to do this to us? Not even a goodbye. Nothing.
I cried until I fell asleep.
I was woken up by my mother at 2 a.m. "Get up. Now." She said. "It's 2 a.m. What is so important?" I asked. "Just get up. I need to talk to you." She said sternly.
I got up and sat on my bed. "I don't know who you think you are telling people at school i'm a drunk and a bad mother. I do everything for you and your brothers. You just don't appreciate anything you ungrateful little snot. The next time I hear about this you are out of the house for good. Understand?"
I stared at her. I got up and got in her face. "I am your daughter. yeah, i told Amy about that. Because you aren't here for me. And kick me out. I dare you. But no more partying for you. Who will take care of Jake and Sam? It surely won't be you. You can't even get them dressed in the morning. And you can't even pay for a babysitter. I'll talk about you all I want. You'll drink it away that night anyways."
She stared at me in the eyes. She lifted up her hand and smacked right across my face. "Mommy!" Sam yelled! She turned around and Jake and Sam were standing in the doorway. I sat on my bed and rubbed my face.
She went to hug the boys and they rejected her hug. Instead they came running to me and gave me big hugs. "are you okay?" Jake asked rubbing my cheek. "Yeah. I'm fine buddy. Thanks for asking." I gave him a big hug.
"Boys! What are you doing awake?! You need to go back in your room and go to sleep!" My mother yelled at them. They both hugged me tighter. "We want to sleep with sissy tonight." Sam said.
They got under my covers and pretended to sleep.
"Go to sleep mom." I said pushing her out of the doorway.
Thanks for reading! Chapter 3 up soon <33
Alexa~
