Ehh..Love

Ch. 13

It's Monday and today I decided to just hang out alone at lunch today.

I'm not feeling too good and I haven't been since last night. I'm definitely sick. Stuffy nose, sore throat, and a headache.

I'm sitting in my car with my head on the steering wheel.

I told my dad I wasn't feeling good but he said that I need to go to school anyways. I already missed too many days.

I hear a knocking on my door and I groan and look up to see Braxton looking at me confused.

I open my door and look at him. I probably look crazy right now.

"Yes." I say with a raspy voice.

"Um why are you out here? Lunch is almost over." He says and I start coughing like crazy.

"Are you good. You look like shit?" He asks me and I glare at him.

"I'm fine." I say and then get out of my car.

We start walking back towards the school and as soon as we get in I start feeling dizzy.

Crap.

"Hey Braxton." I say to him and sniff my nose.

"Yeah?" He says and turns to look at me.

"Could you get my homework for me?" I ask him in a shaky tone.

"What why?" He asks and then I quickly fall and all I see is black.

Hours Later.

"She's waking up." I hear someone say and I slightly open my eyes.

I look around to see that I'm in a hospital. I see a doctor, my dad, Braxton, and my sorry excuse for a mother.

"Wh-what's happening?" I ask in a raspy tone while trying to sit up.

"Here." My dad says and gives me a cup of water and i immediately drink it.

"Well she should be fine now. Just no school for the next two days. Aiyla are you okay?" The doctor asks me

"Yes, but what happened?" I ask her.

"You passed out in school earlier. You were dehydrated and you had a high fever." My dad says and I look around and my mom looks mad, Braxton just looks concerned.

"Why are they here?" I ask him.

"I drove your car here from the school. I just wanted to make sure you were okay. You passed out in my arms." He says and he looks nervous.

"Thank you." I say politely.

"Baby girl why didn't you tell me you were feeling this bad? I thought it was just a cold." My dad says looking a bit upset.

"It felt like a regular cold. I just got dizzy when I was walking into the school." I say to him in a low tone.

"Um are we going to pretend that I'm not here?" My mother says with an attitude.

"Yes." I say and don't even look at her.

"Arielle just go home." My dad says with a sigh

"My daughter is sick Anthony! You let her go to school like this and she passed out. What is your problem?" My mom says to my dad with her voice full of attitude.

I can't believe she's gonna do this with Braxton in here.

"My problem? I don't have a fucking problem! Get the fuck out!" My dad yells at my mom

"No!" My mom yells back.

"I'm in a hospital bed sick and y'all wanna argue now?" I ask my parents in an annoyed tone.

They are always arguing. I'm sick of it.

"Aiyla sweetheart I really think you should come stay with me for the rest of the school year. Your father doesn't pay attention to you. Look at the situation your in right now!?" My mom says and she's being super dramatic right now.

"She's not going anywhere with you! She's sick and she has to stay home for the next couple of days." My dad says to my mother

Still arguing. I look over at Braxton and he looks shocked.

"Please explain to me how you're gonna take care of her when you work all day everyday? She could pass out again! She'll be home alone!" My mom says to my dad.

"Mind your fucking business!" My dad yells

"She is my business!" My mom yells at my dad

"GET OUT!!" I yell at both of them. I've had enough of this nonsense.

"Aiyla I-" my dad starts but I cut him off.

"I feel awful right now and the yelling isn't helping. Both of you please leave." I say in a low tone. My throat hurts, my head hurts, and I feel horrible.

They both hang their heads low and then walk out to the hospital room.

It's silent in the room for about 5 minutes.

"So your not just a spoiled brat." Braxton says finally breaking the silence.

"Far from it." I say in a plain tone.

"I'm sorry." He says and looks at me

"Because you feel bad about the way you treated me? You thought that I had a perfect life huh? Now you wanna be sorry for being a jerk." I say/ask him.

He nods his head.

"Well Braxton, I'm glad you know the truth. But, I don't forgive you. You can leave too." I say with an attitude.

I don't like being judged and I definitely don't like pity.

He looks shocked but he walks out the room too.

I need a vacation.

Three days later

The last couple of days have been peaceful. I've basically been taking care of myself. I barely talked to my dad, of course I didn't talk to my mom, and as for my friends, I didn't talk to them either. I needed my space. However Z did call me and we had a nice conversation. He told me that he's actually only in for 1 year. Which is great news. I really miss him. 

"Aiyla!!" I hear my dad yell up the stairs.

"Yeah?" I yell walking down the stairs

"Here." He says and hands me 2 letters.

One is from the doctor and one is from my mother. I know because her address is on the front of it.

"What's this?" I ask my dad.

"They said to give that note to the main office. It explains your absences and what happened on Monday. I don't know about that letter from your mom." He says without looking at me. He's a little upset cause I've been ignoring him and he's not used to it.

I toss the letter from my mom on the couch

"Dad I'm sorry about how I've been acting. I've just been dealing with a lot emotionally and when you and mom were yelling when I had just woke up from being dehydrated and passing out. It made me feel as if I was being ignored and y'all didn't really care about what happened to me. Y'all only cared about who was louder and who would win the argument." I say to him with a sigh.

"I know, I regret the way I acted. Your mom just annoys me. I should have been more focused on you and not her. I'm sorry." He says and then pulls me into a tight hug.

We're good now. I just needed to be heard by him. My dad is a great father, he just doesn't think sometimes. He always reacts first. I love him but being raised by a 18 year old man left me emotionally detached, lonely, and lacking emotions in general. I don't blame him though, he didn't have much help. His parents rejected me at first because they didn't like my mom. My mother left me, and her parents moved away as soon as I started living with my dad. I see them sometimes but I think they also resent me in a way. I made their only child go away.