Leaving The Friendzone

Chapter 40

Matthews Dunlop.

"Hurry up!" Mom kept screaming at me to come out of the bathroom but I kept her on hold. We had two bathrooms in the house but the other was occupied by my dad. The only moment I planned to have inner peace to myself but my mom made it her mission to ruin it by coincidence.

I was done with the feeling in me, the feeling of not being good enough and having it all. Everything evolved around Elena and I disliked it. My regrets started to set in, something I have been trying to avoid for a long time. I never wanted to have any second thoughts about being with Elena become all I had were true feelings but what if this wasn't supposed to happen?

My phone was with me in the bathroom. I wasn't trying to take a bathroom or freshen up, probably the reason I was taking forever to get out of there. My eyes were glued to my phone screen as I looked at pictures and videos in my gallery about Elena and me. The fun times we had and the moment where we got crazy and documented it, mostly the time we were so close before our relationship took a promotion.

This took me back to times when we were living our lives like nothing mattered when we were both together. Just like the ice cream date we had recently to celebrate her win. We took videos of us singing and laughing while we scooped our ice cream into our mouths. There was this one song we liked singing together when we were kids, as long as you love me by Justin Bieber, the lyrics always bring back any lost connection we thought was gone and keep it intact.

There were a lot of pictures to glance at as my hands kept scrolling. It made me realize how we are when we had each other's company. We enjoyed having fun and there was no room for bad energy or argument. Maybe I was taking things too far with my actions but she needed to see my side too.

"What do you think you're doing?" Mom jacked the door open and got me worked up. I nearly screamed for help thinking someone was planning an attack on me while I heard the sound of the door opening. I thought I asked her to wait till dad finished using the other bathroom.

"Mom what do you think you're doing? My focus switched to her face but my heart rate increased. That feeling when you're caught doing something you shouldn't be doing, was me in that state.

"I told you to hurry up because you're getting late for school but you think I want to use the bathroom." Oh, I guessed so quickly. She should have been specific when she was screaming at top of her voice to get me out of there.

"Well you can see mom, I'm kind of busy and I'm not that late," I took a glimpse of my phone screen just to realize time has gone passed me. It didn't matter since I never wanted to go to school anyway.

"Busy? I have been hearing voices coming from your device for like five minutes now. I taught you were watching something else. You know how you teenagers can be." I couldn't believe my ears even though her words were funny. Of all places, she thought I was watching pornography in the bathroom? I must have been tripping.

"So you were eavesdropping? Mom, not cool," I said to her with a frowning face. My privacy should be respected. I wasn't a child anymore and she knew that.

"I'm sorry dear. I was only worried and I couldn't help it." She sounded helpless and I could understand where it was coming from. I would also be worried if my child was seen staying in the bathroom for long for his/her reasons. "What are you even doing?"

"Nothing!" I was firmed with my words while I was in denial. At this point, she needed not to know about my problems with Elena for it will cause her to ask a series of questions I was avoiding answering.

"I know it's about you and Elena. I'm your mother, Matthews. Things don't just stay hidden from me. I have my ways."

Oh shit! She was right. My mom loved to be involved with what was happening to the people around her especially when they were down. It helped her with ways to assist them with any solution they require then but my issues needed no solution. Elena and I just need to realize that we can't do without each other then we will be back together easily peezy.