Acceptance - Creek // SP

Slamming doors

All you can hear is cutlery hitting plates and making scraping noises.

Tweek starts to down a glass of water, my dad puts a potato in his mouth to chew.

"So what have you boys been doing today?" My mom asks.

Tweek puts his hand over his mouth to stop water from coming out as he begins to cough.

My dad begins to choke on his potato making my sister smack his back.

After a few smacks, out comes a potato that flies and splats in the middle of the table.

"Nice." I mumble.

"Erm, right okay, conversations over." My mom mutters.

My dad pulls a scared look and then starts to eat his meatloaf.

"Karen fell over at school today, I laughed at her and apparently that's bullying according to Mrs. Ashwin," Tricia says rolling her eyes.

"Did you help her up?" My mom questions.

"Well yeah, I just laughed for a little bit first" Tricia shrugs.

"Well, Mrs. Ashwin seems to be a boring old bitch." My mom giggles.

"Laura! She's 10!" Dad grumbles.

"She'll be 11 soon." Mom waves him off.

"I'm done! Can I go upstairs now?" Tricia questions.

My mom nods.

Tricia scoots out of her chair and as soon as she's out she runs upstairs.

"Two things, Craig you need to get your sister a present, and what happened today?" Mom asks.

"Yeah, I'll get her present soon." I shrug, poking my broccoli

"Our sons a gay." Dad mutters.

My mom snaps her head to Dad and clears her throat.

"Thomas." She says with an angry tone.

"It's true! I walked in on these two kissing!" My dad nearly shouts.

Tweek's face goes pale and he quickly looks down at his plate.

"Okay? So what if they were kissing?" My mom shouts.

"It's not right! Craig's been brainwashed I didn't raise him that way!" Dad retaliates.

"How dare you!" Mom screams.

She snaps her head to me with a sad look.

"Can you and Tweek go buy a present for your sister, there's money near the couch on the key shelf." She says softly.

I quickly nod and grab Tweek's hand.

I can feel him shaking and I rub his hand with my thumb.

He looks up at me and I pull a sad smile.

I go over to the shelf, pulling Tweek along and grab the money.

"Bye." I mumble.

"Thank you for dinner," Tweek says.

My mom smiles at him before continuing to scream at Dad.

"Oh if I'm such a bad guy why don't you go back to Adriano!" My dad screams.

Adriano.

I pull Tweek out of the door and quickly slam it.

I sit on the step and put my head in my hands.

"Is.. Adriano your dad?" Tweek asks, stood staring at me.

"Yeah.. Adriano Franco." I mumble.

Tweek sits beside me and puts his hand on my back.