Just a bet

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You woke up to some disturbances in your house . You rubbed your eyes and looked at the time . It's only 3:20 am .

You heard voices of your mom and dad . They were shouting at each other . Suddenly your heart rate increased in fear and anxiety . Your breathing became uneven and you started having panic attack .

You closed your ears tight and eyes shut trying to breath normally . Tears flowed down from your eyes and you just hoped their fighting would end soon .

Since past few months this became like a everyday event to you . Your dad has become addicted to alcohol and comes home late . He never tells your mom where he goes or when he will be back . Your mom doesn't have any idea where your father is until he comes home .

Your parents were a lovely couple before . They did a love marriage . Everything was so fine few months ago . But since few months your father has changed . He is rarely at home . He doesn't show any affection to your mom nor to you . He doesn't have time to spend with you guys . He is always out, god only knows what he is doing .

You are 15 year old now . All these 15 yrs you were so happy with your family . But your dad has become distant and since then your parents started fighting constantly. He comes home late and drunk and your mother is very worried about him .

You curled up into a ball and covered yourself with the blanket taking your phone and plugging in the ear phone playing some songs which helped your panic attack to calm down  a lot . After few minutes you drifted off to sleep .

Next morning you woke up and got ready for your school . You went and saw your mom preparing breakfast . You greeted her and she gave you a smile . It wasn't a genuine and cheerful smile . It's a forced one . You could tell . Your mom's eyes were red and puffy . She looked so stressed and tired . She didn't had a good sleep again . She cried .

Everyday you wake up to see your mom this way and it's sickening you . You tried to talk to your dad about it but he just ignores you . What happened to your once happy family ? What's happening to your dad ? Everything was fine but why did he change ?

'Everything will be fine mom . '

You said hugging her and leaving for school . A small smile appeared on your face because of the thought that you are going to see your boyfriend .

His name is noel. He confessed to you a year ago . You rejected him at first but he didn't leave you . He continuously made some stunts to impress you and finally few months later you accepted him . It's been 6 months you have been dating . He likes you a lot and you too .

he is always so touchy and intimate with you . But you never complained since he is your boyfriend . He once even asked to have sex with you . But you declined . You are only 15 and you didn't wanted to lose your virginity so soon . He was sad that day . He didn't talk to you . But later he talked to you .

You made your way to the locker and took your books . Usually Noel would wait for you at your lockers but today he didn't . It's unusual . You searched for him in the corridors but you saw few people staring at you and gossiping.

You frowned in confusion . Why are they looking at me like that ? Where is Noel ?

Then suddenly your best friend lia came to you but she had a pity look on her face .

'What happened ? '

'Did you see our class Instagram group ? '

'Nope . Why ? '

'Actually y/n- '

She was hesitating to speak .

'What happened lia ? '

'Noel and rosy......'

'What about them ? '

'Well , Noel had cheated on you with rosy . They were very intimate yesterday. '

I felt like my heart has been crushed .

'W-what are you talking ? I d-don't believe you . '

'See for yourself .'

She said and handed me the phone and my hands shook seeing the news . There were photos of them kissing and so close . Tears flowed down from my eyes and my throat felt dry .

And then I saw Noel entering the school with rosy beside him . His hand was wrapped around her waist . My heart ached a lot .

My hearted shattered into pieces when I saw him pecking her lips . I couldn't believe what I was seeing .

'N-Noel ? '

I called him once he was infront of me . He didn't notice he was coming my way because he was busy eating rosy's face . When he saw me his eyes were shocked .

'W-what are you d-doing ? '

My voice croaked and I hated showing that it was affecting me .

'Uhm look y/n I am sorry , let's break up . '

'Everything was g-going fine then what h-happened ? '

'Actually the thing is I lost feelings for you few weeks ago . '

My already weak heart shattered into pieces . So he was with me forcefully?

'I developed feelings for rosy and yes I like her now . I don't like you anymore . '

With that he left me without giving me any chance to speak . Lia supported me and we went somewhere silent . I couldn't stop myself and cried a lot . Even though I don't know what love is at this age but I did like him genuinely . I gave him my heart . I was loyal to him . Why did he have to do this to me ? Did he even like me? Why did he have to break my heart like this ?

We skipped the classes and I am thankful to Lia for staying with me . I went home with a heavy heart . I shouldn't cry for a boy like him . I am not a weak girl .

I opened the door and my eyes widened seeing the whole house . It was just a mess and my mother was in the corner on her knees crying . I ran to her and kept my hands on her shoulder .

'Mom what happened ? Why are you crying ? '

My heart shattered into million pieces seeing my mom crying. She looked so depressed and hurt . Automatically my own tears flowed down
too .

'Y/n honey , I am gonna say you something and you should be strong okay ? '

She spoke weakly looking at me . My heart raced at highest speed out of anxiety .

'Me and your dad are going to take a divorce .'

'WHAT??????'