In the heart of darkness

5

  "I'm done with listening to her dream about every Tom dick and Harry in that place then when a girl actually approaches me she nearly took her head off"
 
  "A girl?"
 
  She asks him, I watch them
 
  "Yes a girl"
 
  He answers simply
 
  "And do you like this girl?"
 
  "What? No, no I don't like her but I'm the one standing back and watching her flirt her heart out one minute and the rest of the time she spends her time thinking about who to flirt with next and who she wants to fucking marry and one girl approaches me and I'm not even allowed to talk to her!"
 
  "That's because she wasn't fucking interested in talking to you Carter! We both fucking know that!"
 
  My dads heads appear out of the office as Carter glares at me
 
  "Just because that's what she wanted doesn't mean that's what she would get! You fucking know that! But no I'm not even allowed to talk to a girl when your texting around 4 different boys as we speak"
 
  Mum looks to me, dads both fall in and I growl at carter
 
  "Fuck you carter they are my friends! It's not like I'm going to sleep with them I'm just talking to them!"
 
  "News flash Carly they all want to sleep with you!"
 
  He screams at me
 
  "Hi hi hi, settle down here, who wants to sleep with her! Why do you even know what that means"
 
  Scott snaps at me, I roll my eyes
 
  "Oh please, the walls might be thick but they ain't that thick"
 
  Mum snorts but grabs her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
 
  "They all want to sleep with her but do I interfere? Nope not even a little"
 
  "Not even a little! Are you kidding me!"
 
  I shout at him, by now my blood was boiling
 
  "What about the time with Greg on sports day, you told him I was only pretending to like him, that I really preferred girls and I just couldn't come to terms with that fact"
 
  Jaxon snorts but stops himself
 
  "I'm sorry honey"
 
  He looks to mum then continues as he tries to wipe the smile of his face
 
  "I just wasn't expecting that, Carter that's bad"
 
  He clearly did not think it was bad, his tone was more of an approval on his part.
 
  "That's because he was going to kiss you and THATS MINE!"
 
  He says zeroing his eyes in on me
 
  "And that girl wanted to kiss YOU!"
 
  I shout back, mum blows out a breath shaking her head and stepping in between us
 
  "That's enough, Carly go back to your computer and please stop texting boys that want to sleep with you and Carter your officially graduated from school. Go to your dads office and make yourself useful and I am done listening to this at least for today"
 
  "But"
 
  He starts but stops when she gives him the look, the one that every mum should have but fail to have. The one that doesn't need words, the one that makes you want to shrivel up and pretend your dead because she's that damn scary. He drops his head and walks straight into the office. Dads smirk as they watch him go but as they do a roll of tape if lobed at jaxons head
 
  "Do you want help or not you old fossil"
 
  Scott throws his head back and laughs as jaxon retrieves the tape and storms into the room. Scott kisses mums cheek then he skips after other dad, closing the door behind him. When they are long gone mum sighs smiling at me
 
  "Now that they are gone, what the hell happened?"
 
  I blow out a breath and tell her everything, by the time I'm done I feel a whole lot lighter.
 
  "Angels really? Actual angels? How pretty is this teacher"
 
  Dad teases me, a smirk on his face
 
  "Scott stop it"
 
  Mum warns him at the dinner table, it was very tense and quiet and he was just trying to lighten the mood.
 
  "Oh come on, everytime he talks it's like angels sing, maybe we need to change his day job or none of the girls will get any work done"
 
  I snort and laugh, I couldn't help it. Dad was as camp as they came and I loved it.
 
  "It was pretty funny 'his eyes have stars in them"
 
  Carter adds, dad snorts throwing his head back and he laughs his ass off
 
  "You actually thought that! I think I'm going to have to meet him"
 
  Jaxon laughs, mum pats his hand
 
  "You have, remember the one who tried to arrange the trip to the met"
 
  He groans
 
  "Oh that goofball, yeah he might be pretty but he ain't all there if you ask me, imagine an entire grade of Lycan teenagers going to new York with little to no supervision"
 
  To be fair that was a dumb idea, our teenagers are hard to handle on a good day, they have the ability to kill almost everything yet they have the  sense of a 5 year old on speed, add alcohol to that mix and your looking for a all sorts of trouble.
  ———————
 
  5 weeks later....
 
  Life had been so quiet since Carter left school, we hadn't talked since the last day we fought, I hated that I missed him but I also liked the time away from him bugging me all day everyday.
 
  "Please come, it will be so much fun"
 
  Janey pleads with me, all googly eyed and pouty as she begs me to go to a party. They always had parties, I don't know why this one was so important but apparently it was.
 
  "You know if I go I have to take Daniel and nobody wants that"
 
  "Just sneak out, please, please, pretty pleaseee"
 
  I roll my eyes at her, she was relentless
 
  "I can't promise anything, but I'll try. But you can't text me about it or he will hear my thoughts"
 
  She grins
 
  "Good, I promise. See you tonight then?"
 
  "I'll try ok?"
 
  "That's all I ask, your the best"
 
  She grins waving as she leaves the classroom, since Carter was no longer at school daniel followed me basically everywhere I went, waiting outside every classroom. It was embarrassing and really annoying. I smile as I come face to face with him
 
  "You ready?"
 
  I nod
 
  "Yep let's go"
 
  I chirp following him out of the school to the car, I jump into the back seat and yawn. I needed to keep my mind quiet so I had to focus on something else so I go over my homework and work on my house plans for design class.
 
  As I walk into the house carter meets me at the door, we say nothing, we just look at each other until daniel clears his throat. I shake myself out of my daze and go to the table and pull out my work
 
  "Are you guys ever going to talk? It's getting beyond awkward"
 
  Daniel asks bored
 
  "No, it's better this way, it's better than fighting"
 
  He shakes his head, going to the sofa and taking a seat, he flicks on the tv as I concentrate on my houseplants for design class. I'd been working on it for so long and I was almost done.
 
  I go through the motions all evening, talking about school, having dinner, watching tv, and finally going to bed.
 
  "Abcdefghijklmnop"
 
  I rhyme it off repeatedly over and over again looking at the roof. I just need to keep it up for a little longer. I continue singing in my head loudly until I feel him relax. Probably blocking me out so he could sleep. When I'm sure he's sleeping I get up and get dressed quickly,
 
  I sneakily open the window. I listen out again and the place is definitely in silence. Everyone is actually asleep. I jump the balcony landing on my toes and I make a run for it. I was not missing this party, my friends never bothered me about parties much before but this one was different, Jessie's parents are gone for the weekend and apparently this is THEEE party of the year, whatever that means.