Downhearted (COMPLETE)

Part 3

4 years old, mother was sitting on the kitchen floor, drinking, "Cathalina come here I need to tell you something" she said, I walked up to her, hug my teddy bear as tight as I can, "men are selfish bastards, do fall in love ever" she said, I didn't say anything and went to my room. I went to my window and opened it, "Antonio!"  I yelled, he opened the window, "hey Cathy" he said, "I need to tell you something" I said, "why does mother tell me not to fall in love?" I asked, "ew she right who wants to fall in love?" He said and made a disgusted face "well I don't know, I like it will be kind of nice to fall in love" I said "ew that's gross" Antonio said, "I'm serious" I said "maybe if I do fall in love I hope it's...you" I said, Antonio looked up "I guess if I ever fall in love I hope it's with you too" he said, then we both smiled at each other. I think about that time a lot, think why would I ever want to fall in love with Antonio?, he was right to be disgusted.

We were all talking in the hallway, me, Antonio, Aurora, and Lucia. Then a older boy bumped into me, a senior, "sorry are you ok?" He said "uh I'm fine" I said, then I got a real close look at his face, I was so shocked, he looked a lot like Carlo, no it was Carlo! He must have recognized me too because he looked just as shocked, "C-Cathy?" He said "C-Carlo" I replied, I was so happy my eyes filled with tears, and jumped up to hug my brother. We hugged for quite a while, "I'm so happy to see you," I said "uh I'm confused who is this?" Antonio said, "Antonio?" Carlo said "you really don't remember me?" He finished, he hesitated for a second until he realized "ohh" he said "you're Carlo, Cathy's brother" he said "so who is this?" Carlo asked referring to Lucia and Aurora, "I'm Lucia, and you're gorgeous" Lucia said basically drooling, "thanks I'm Carlo, and you're beautiful" he said "ugh" I groaned in disgust, "Um I'm Aurora" said Aurora awkwardly "see you're making everyone awkward, brother" I said "stop flirting you two" I finished. "Hey Cathy you should come to my house after school, I'm sure dad will be so happy to see you" he said.

After school me and Carlo was going to his house in Carlo's car, we walked up to the door and I stopped "I'm kind of nervous, Carlo" I said, "there's no need to be nervous, dad has missed you a lot" he said that made me feel so relieved.

We walked in the house, "hey dad I have someone you'll definitely want to see" Carlo said "who is it?" He asked and walked to the door, I looked at him, it was daddy his same red hair and green eyes just like mine, his looked shocked, "Cathalina? Is that really you?" He said, I nodded, we both ran up to each other and I gave him the biggest, tightest hug. "I missed so much daddy" I said "I missed you too Cathalina" he replied. "So how have you been all these years?" Daddy asked "I've been very Lonely, and mom-" I paused, I thought about all those things mother had told me about falling in love, "mom has been good" I lied "that's good" daddy said "I just can't believe it really you," he said "I finally get to see your beautiful face again" he said, I smiled "I'm can't believe I get to see you again" I said. I really couldn't, all those years I told myself was going to be lonely forever, then I glanced at the clock, it was 6 pm! "I gotta go" I said as I quickly got up "mother's gonna think I'm at Antonio's house and she's gonna get really mad" I said "bye daddy bye Carlo" I said and gave them both a big hug. It was silent as I walked out, then daddy's eyes widened "who's Antonio!!" He said in surprise, Carlo knew we were just friends of course but he thought it would be funny if he played along, "I bet it's her bf and that why mom would get mad thinking she was at his house" he said "boyfriend!!" Daddy said angrily.

That's right mother always thinks I was at Antonio's house when I'm not home before 6 pm, I've told her so many times we're just friends, but she always says "that's how me and father started out and look what happened" or "that's what they all say." I walked in the door, "where were you?" Mother was on couch, obviously waiting for me, "um-" I said I couldn't tell the truth, mother would be furious if she found out I was with daddy, "you were with that boy weren't you!" She said angrily as she stood up, "I wasn't" I said "then where were you?!" She said "um-" I hesitated "I-I was with daddy and Carlo" I said nervously, mother was furious, "how can you have been with them after what they did!" She said, I was so mad "what did they ever do!" I said angrily, mother looked mad then sad, she fell to the floor and started to cry, "they abandoned us!!" She said through her tears. My eyes widened, I've never seen mother like this, had she been holding in this feeling for that long? I went and hugged my mother, I had never been close to her, but at that moment I felt the closest I've been to her in 12 years. We stayed like that for so long, it felt like we were sitting on the floor, hugging for hours, "I love you mother" I said "I love you too Cathalina" she said and smiled, I haven't seen mother smile in so long, it felt so nice that I was the reason she smiled.