dark nights with darker days

chapter 2

butterflies enter my stomach, he is perfect, i wonder if he thinks I'm perfect too. " thanks for showing me around today marlee i really appreciate it"

"yer no problem... anytime"

"so where should i meet you tomorrow"

tomorrow? meet me tomorrow?omg!!!

"uhhh theres this cute coffee shop up the road from the school, we could meet up there or we could just meet at the front of the school, i mean its totally up to you"

"i like coffee" he said with a smirk

i rushed home to tell my mum and dad about the great day that i had just had but as i walked up the drive way i could tell that something was wrong. usually when i get home my brothers music is blasting, mums usually in the kitchen making afternoon tea and dad is usually out the back working on one of his projects. so it took me by surprise when they where all sitting on the lounge in complete silence. "sit down darling" mum said trying to hold back her tears.

"whats going on? why are we sitting in the dark? "

"i know this is going to be hard on you, but I'm leaving, I'm sorry marlee its not you or your brothers fault i still love you its just i don't love your mother anymore"

what does he mean he doesn't love my mother anymore after 20 years of being happily married and all the sudden he just stopped. my amazing day had just turned into a night mare. we walked around like strangers in our own home, nothing felt right, no music blaring, no smell of cakes in the oven...nothing...

i walked upstairs to my room to try and get my mind around what just happened, when i get a message from eli.

*hey marlee i never got the chance to tell the thing i was going to say in roll call, owe and caught u with rider 2day u 2 looked so cute how did showing him around the school go?*

* hey eli umm can we talk tomoz instead I'm not really in the mood for taking, sorry*

*yer sure, you ok?*

i didn't want to answer his text message because then that would make everything that just happened real. I'm still hoping that in five minutes the bell is going to go and I'm going to wake up in mrs leigh's math class.