𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃

Chapter 9

Kiara

The ringing of my phone wakes me up.

"What?" I groggily answer the phone, putting it to my ear. I sit up alarmed from hearing Daisy cry. I switch the light on realizing it's a video call.

"Daisy, why are you crying?" I ask her to try to understand what's happening.

"I- Kiara I-" She tried to control her cries. I think she's having a panic attack, from the way she's breathing.

"It's okay, listen to me. Breathe in and breathe out." I instruct her.

I also suffer from anxiety which causes panic attacks, it's a prickly bitch who never leaves my side.

Once she's calmed down I ask her to explain what happened.

"Family problems," She starts. Family problems are the worst.

"My parents are having a divorce and my mom is moving to Chicago with me." I take a second to say something.

"Trust me, family problems can kill all of your happiness and that destroys you. That's what happened to me." I explain slowly.

"It will get better, right?" She asks.

"You have no idea how bad it gets." I mumble under my breath.

"What?" I guess she heard me.

"If I speak honestly, for me I held on to a hope that it will get better. But it never did, it just became bearable. So I advise you to not hope. But that's on you." She slowly nods through the phone.

"Okay. Thanks for the advice, Kia. I panicked and I called you." I gave her a smile.

"But hey guess what, I'm moving to Chicago." She grinned, moving the subject.

"Wait," I raised my hand to the phone. "That means we can meet and have sleepovers and can do all the shit besties do!" I exclaim.

"I know right! That's the best thing out of the divorce."

We both did some weird hand movements like dancing.

"When are you moving?" I asked her.

"In a few days." She answers.

"That's great, I'll see you in a few days in person I guess."

"Yeah."

We end the call.

-×-

It's 6:00am and I failed to fall back asleep. I'm sitting on the window divan looking at the sunrise with a mug of tea in my hands and the chirping of birds in the background.

I go take a sip of tea but there's none. I go down to the kitchen to refill. I sit on the kitchen counter as the water boils.

Footsteps.

What the fuck.

I hear footsteps coming near and nearer. I grab a knife from the drawer. I hold the knife ready to stab someone.

"What are you doing?" Felix asked me. His face was bruised, a slash on his forehead and a punch bruise on his cheek bone.

I let out a sigh of relief, it was just Felix.

Hold up, did I just catch the almighty Felix Kian Russo sneaking back home?

"I should ask you that. First of all, what happened to your face. It looks more uglier than normally" I sarcastically ask him.

"It's none of your business," He scowls at me. "And I'm not ugly I have a huge line of girls who want to fu-" I cut him off.

"Eww, TMI." I say with disgust. He shrugs, giving me a lopsided grin.

I search the cabinets for a first aid box. "What are you looking for?" Felix asks me but I ignore him.

"Why are you wearing a Shrek t-shirt?" He tries asking again.

"Because Shreks cool." I finally answer him.

"Found it" I place the box on the kitchen counter.

"Sit" I demand.

"No, why should I even listen to you."

"Yeah, and I'm a great snitch," I say getting up. "I wanted to talk to Declan about something anyways."

I'm smirking mentally.

"Wait, I'm sitting." He says putting his hands up.

I cleaned him up. Muttering a sorry each time he winced. I picked a duck bandage, Felix gave me a death stare I ignored him putting it on.

I need a camera. This should be plastered on a billboard.

"Why are you helping me? All I have been is rude to you still why? He questioned.

"Because, humanity." I shrug. "You want tea?" I ask. He nods.

I pass him his mug, taking a sip of my tea.

"I saw your necklace, so stop your nonsense I know you didn't forget us." He leaves the room

Unknowingly my hand goes to my necklace and clutch it protectively.

I'm screwed.

-×-

Everyone now knows that the forgetting act was a lie.

There goes my other plan.

"Do you think I can fit fifteen marshmallows in my mouth?" Noah comes from the kitchen with a bag of marshmallows and sits on the couch beside me.

"You're a hazard to society." Aaron shakes his head from the place on the couch.

"And a coward. Do twenty." I challenge him.

"I'm gonna film this." Ezra says from beside me. Declan shakes his head. Felix looks up from his game interested.

It is afternoon and Declan announced that there will be family time everyday in the afternoons. And movie nights every Friday.

Noah fits each marshmallow in his mouth. We all gape at him, as he fits the last marshmallow he yells.

"I FUCKING DID IT BITCHES!"

All of the marshmallows fall over me and Declan since we were sitting next to him. "Noah Language!" Declan reprimands.

"Give me the bag, I'll eat the rest." I motion Noah to give me the bag of marshmallows.

I stuff my hungry stomach with yum soft sugar balls. Declan occasionally steals one or two, which results me to glare at him.

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