The Alliance

Chapter 10

Extra long chapter today 💛

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Alisha dropped me off a few minutes before the bell. So while waiting for the bell to ring, I and the girls talked.

When I woke up, I tried to forget the flashback I had. I wrote it in my notes app, and I'm not sure why. Maybe to remind me that it happened. Maybe I'd feel closer if I actually remembered what happened.

Theo was walking towards our car, so I said goodbye and unlocked the car, waving bye.

I got in the car and started it, trying to ignore the way Theo was looking at me.

Even when I'm out of the parking lot, he's giving me a look. When I stop at a red light, I look over at him. "What?"

"Who were those girls you were talking to?" He asks.

"My friends," I look back to the road when the red light turns green.

"Since when?" He questions.

I shrug, "Since school starts again, I guess."

"They look like..."

"Like what?"

"Like assholes." He concludes.

I sputter, 'What? They aren't!" I roll my eyes, "You don't know them, so you can't judge them."

"I just didn't think you'd be friends with people like that," he defends.

"People like what? They aren't drug dealers! And so what if they are? You're Not my father, you don't get to decide who I hang out with, so stop it."

We both stayed quiet for the rest of the ride, and I tried to calm down. Sure, maybe Alisha and Nevaeh look intimidating but they- well \Alisha isn't. I'm still kinda scared of Nevaeh.

I parked, and Theo quickly got out. I sighed. As soon as I walked into my house, I was prepared to walk into my room and sleep.

I could smell the food I assume my other cooked. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and hot dogs. Weird combination, but I liked them all, which is good since once in a while she goes all out for me.

But I wasn't hungry. I had homework, and I still have to figure out when to do my Engli\'sh test, but after waking up early for school, I need my regular naps after school again.

"Ava?" I hear my mother call my name from the kitchen. I sing, making my way over there.

I walk in there and see my father there, and I immediately remember their argument about me, and my mood deflates.

"We need to talk to you," She says, grabbing a chair from the table and pushing it out slightly.

Are they going to apologize? Honestly, I'm surprised. I look at my dad's face and see irritation, and I look down. I guess he's still mad at me for complaining about my life and being ungrateful. And leaving the window open, even though I don't do that.

And why does Fay open the window? It's freezing outside, and snow will come in if she does that.

Maybe if they apologize we can be okay again. I can forgive them, and we can be a happy family again. I try to suppress all the bad memories over the last few months of them arguing and getting mad at me and try to stay hopeful.

"We just wanted to say..." My mom trails off and looks at my father. My hope rises. Only my parents would struggle this much with apologizing.

"We're disappointed in you." She says, and all the hope I felt earlier leaves, leaving me with sadness and heartache.