Guys I am really sorry for the late update. I was busy with my school works.
Emily’s POV:
It’s been almost a week since I spoke to James about us staying at dad's . I even spoke to my dad about me and James deciding to stay with him 3 days ago. Though it was him who proposed the idea, he didn’t exactly sound thrilled about us staying with him.
Right now I and my friends are in my room having some girls time.
“Did you tell your mom about going yet ?” Britney asked
“No, I am just waiting for the right time.”
“Right time? You do realize that you will be leaving in just 5 days right ?”
“ I know Catherine , I know. But I just can’t bring myself to tell her. No matter we don’t get along she still is my mom and I would hate to know that she will be all alone when we leave. I am starting to think that maybe I made a wrong decision. ”
“Look Emily you always wanted a change, you just wanted to get out of this life. This can be your chance, don’t let go of it. The more that you delay the more difficult it becomes.” Like always Catherine was right.
“You’re right. I guess I will tell her today.”
“That’s my girl! Now enough of this discussion I am starving”
“When exactly aren’t you hungry Britney?”
I started laughing at my friends.
“Hey girls do you need something?” James asked us interrupting the funny gestures my both friends were making at each other.
“Oh….” I was about to say no when Catherine interrupted me
“Oh yes I actually have a crave for something. Guess what?”
My brother raised his eyebrow in a questioning gesture.
“You silly . I have a craving for you. Mind if I have you handsome?” she winked at him in flirtatious manner.
I and Britney exchanged looks knowing exactly where this was heading at but we contained our laughs.
“You also feel the same about me , don’t you my prince?”
Now my brother was beyond irritated.
“Ah… Catherine I told you that wasn’t meant for you. It was just a dare and that too I was supposed to tell it to someone else not you.”
Ok let me tell what happened.
My brother got a dare to tell a girl from his class that he had a bad craving for her. He decided to do it in a park so he called that girl there. He saw the girl’s back and completed his dare not realizing that it was Catherine to whom he said that instead of the girl from his class.
From that day onwards Catherine loved teasing my brother on it. I too didn’t mind because it’s the only time when I see her flirtatious side.
“Catherine you are my sister’s friend which makes you my sister too, so just leave it" , he was pleading her to stop it , aww.
“Wait , did you just call me your sister? Ouch that really hurt” she placed her hand on her chest dramatically.
“Just leave me Catherine!” with that he ran away from there.
After a few seconds we three busted into a fit of laughter.
“That was epic Catherine only you can bring that side of him out.”
“I know , I am great in that way.”
We three calmed down after awhile.
“We will miss Emily”, Britney said with a pained expression.
“Yea, we will be incomplete without you. All the times we pulled each other’s legs and shared our concerns with each other…………. they were just amazing”
I was so engrossed with my problems that I didn’t even think about their feelings when they knew that I would be leaving.
“Hey guys listen , I will miss you both too more than any of you can imagine. But I won’t forget you. All the memories we made together are unforgettable. I will still be in touch with you both.”
“You better be otherwise we will burn you alive.”
I hugged them both.
8 pm the same day :
Taking deep breath I knock on my mom’s study room. It’s time that I tell her.
I enter when I hear her saying come in.
“What’s it Emily?” she asked not even sparing me a glance.
“Um…….- mom there’s something I need to talk to about.”
“Hmm", she urged me to continue still not looking up from her work.
“I was thinking that maybe I and James should go to dad’s for a while.”
Now this grabbed her attention. Her eyes widened, she looked like she just had a heart attack.
“YOU WHAT?!?!” she yelled at me.
For the first time I just wanted to run away from my mom not out of anger but fear.
“I was thinking…..” she cut me off before I could complete my sentence.
“I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN THINK OF THAT?” her tone didn’t change.
“Well….. I thought it would be great to have a little change for awhile and also I heard that New Haven has a good set of education.”
“You just shut your mouth ok? I don’t want to hear any of your non-sense. Neither you nor my son are going anywhere” she continued yelling at me.
“Mom you can’t just shut me off like that. I already spoke to dad and James, neither of them have any problem with this. And however you are speaking as if you actually care about us when you don’t.”
Ok maybe I did cross my line, my mom looked enraged.
“I don’t care? Do you seriously think that I would have worked so hard for you both if I didn’t care for you ? I have full custody of you both. You can’t go anywhere.”
“Ofcouse I can go. I am 19, a major. I can make decisions for both me and my brother. It’s you who doesn’t have a say in it atleast not after you decided to ignore us for all these years.”
She looked like she would have slapped me hard but she restrained herself.
“Fine. You want to go to him? Go. But believe me when I tell you this, he doesn’t care for either of you.”
Ignoring her I started leaving the room but not before informing her that we would be leaving in 5 days.
Seems like the mother-daughter duo can't have a single conversation without yelling at each other.
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