Nothing can separate us

Chapter 4

Yelling is what I open my eyes to. Not the everyday yelling about getting ready for school, but the type of parent argument discussion where it's close to being a divorce. Yeah that kind. It's been going on for a couple of months, and Anna is very scared and worried. I try my best to calm her down, and tell her that whatever happens we'll be okay because she will always have me and I will always have her.

I get out of bed, wash, and put on a white lace tank, a plain black skirt, and a small black jacket. I put my platinum blonde hair in it's usual side braid, grab my bag, and head downstairs. The yelling still loud.

I get to the bottom of the stairs and see my parents facing each other, faces red with anger. They stop abruptly after seeing me. My dad grabs his car keys and says bye to me and Anna, and quickly gets to his car.

He drives out to the street. The tires against the gravel being the only noise for a couple of minutes. Anna came down, her eyes a little red. She grabs a granola bar, and hurries out the door to my car. My mom sighs. She looked so worn out. Her shoulders slumped, dark circles around her eyes, and she seemed to be on the verge of tears a lot lately.

I go around the kitchen island and hug her. I've been doing this a lot lately. So, I wasn't suprised when she sagged against me and sniffled. As if she couldn't handle anything anymore.

"I don't think it's going to work out sweetie.", she says softly. Probably referring to her and dad. "I'm sorry you and Anna have to go through this. I hope she'll understand."

"She is a lot smarter than she leads on.", I say matter of factly.

"Yeah. She is." I look up to see my mom's face wet with tears, make up smeared near her eyes. I grab a napkin and give it to her. She dabs at her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize. I know how dad is."
He was a really good father when Anna and I were young, but he started to come home late on work nights when we got older. Mom started to worry. Asking him if everything was going okay at work. I guess she thought that his boss was keeping him late because he needed to catch up on work. Well, that's what she told me.

He started not coming to some our school things. My mom said, that he would say that it was business. I used to believe it, but now I'm having other ideas. I felt tears coming up and a tightness spreading in my chest. I think now, she has the same ideas that I do.

I break away from my mom and she goes to the garage and leaves. Her tires squealing away. I run to my car and Anna was half way up the driveway.

"You were taking a while. I just wanted to see if everything was okay."

I try to hide my emotional state and smile at her.

"Everything is fine. Did mom say bye to you?" I ask.

"Yeah." She looks down and heads to the car.

I plop into the driver seat with Anna already on the passenger side. I put my key in the ignition, my mind still whirling about my dad.

GRRRR UMPH!

My car hadn't made that noise before. I tried again and my car died. It died!

"ARRRRGGG!", I scream with frustration. Anna puts her face in her hands and begins to cry.

That got me even more worked up. My dad was causing all of this. Of course not my car breaking down, but everything else. My mom losing years of sleep, Anna coming to me in tears every other night, and now I was trying to pick up the pieces and save them from more damage.

I take out my phone and text Punzie hoping she hadn't left for school yet. A couple seconds later she texts back that she already was at school. I couldn't text Merida cause she always turns off her phone once she wakes up, so she won't forget. I didn't want to ask Anna if she could text one of her friends. She needed some quiet right now. I had no one else to ask. Then a thought occurred to me.