If you asked the people around her they would all describe Mel in the same way : happy, funny, helpful, selfless, smart and so much more, so would Walker Scobell.
What could possibly go wrong with a girl whos THAT perfect, right ?
We heard a knock on my door in the middle of the movie followed by a "it's me can I come in ?" I had to fight the urge to say something like no you can't actually
"Sure"
"I brought you guys some of my cookies so you can enjoy it while watching your movies" she came into my room and set the cookies down looking at my television "oh I used to love that movie, it's really a good one"
"It's fine" it was probably one of my favourite movies but her saying that just ruined it entirely for me, my mom turned to me and sighed leaning against the doorframe behind her
"You always seem so angry Chloe, why is that ? I barely recognise you anymore, where did my sweet girl go ?" I had to take a breath to calm myself down and not jump up to her right then and there, I got up from my bed and looked at her
Trigger warning: talk about alcoholism !! If you don't feel comfortable reading this skip to the flowers <3
"Oh I don't know mom, maybe the girl left with you when you decided to chose alcohol over your 8 year old child or maybe it was when that 8 year old had to fend for herself everyday so her 6 year old sister would be a little less miserable than her. Or I mean she could've also left when she had to find a job at fourteen so she could feed her sister. Or perhaps that sweet girl could've also left when she was let down by her mother over and over again. I'm not an angry person mom, I'm just really angry that I wasn't enough to make you choose us over your alcohol and I am really really angry that you are here to mess up cassies day and I can do nothing against it" I had tears falling from my eyes as I stopped a little in front of her
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"Chloe-"
"You should leave her room" I heard Cole speaking up behind me, mom looked at me once more with a pained expression before leaving my room
I closed my eyes and took a shaky breath in before starting to wipe my tears away which were replaced by new ones
I saw Colton step in front of me and wrap his arms around me, pulling me into a really rare hug since we didn't hug each other too often, Destiny went into the hug too so we just stood there a bit like that while I calmed down
"I'm sorry" I wiped my tears away laughing a bit
"You're not"
"I am"
"You shouldn't be" Destiny nodded in agreement to Cole and pushed my hair behind my shoulder
"This has probably been growing inside of you for years, it was time you let that out and she deserved it"
"It felt really good" I laughed again nodding, I just hope me lashing out at her didn't have consequences
"To be fair the cookies do taste good" we looked to Cole who had a half eaten cookie in his head
"The pizza driver is a minute away" Des said looking at her phone, I looked into the mirror and scrunched my face a little
"You'll handle that right ? There's money on the counter"
"We got it" the two of them went downstairs while I sat on my bed in silence for a second, I took my phone out and went on insta, I clicked on walkers chat and just started typing, I didn't know why but I felt really safe texting him and he seemed interested in what I had to say all of the time which felt really nice
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I smiled a little to myself, pushing the smile away and leaving the chat before Destiny and Cole entered my room mid conversation
"That is such a lie"
"Sure, Mel agrees with me" I looked up at them putting my phone aside with a frown
"Nu uh, she so agrees with me"
"No way, Mel ?" I looked from one to the other
"I would love to answer if I knew what you were arguing about" they sat the pizza down on the floor, the three of us sitting around it
"Cole is saying that football is way more of a sport than cheerleading" destiny shortly explained, the two of them looking at me
"No way. Have you seen the amount of coordination cheerleaders have to have to like not break their bones or like die ?"
"Have you seen what football players do ?"
"I have seen what both of you do and both are sporty sports, you can't compare them. Can we continue the movie now ?" We finished the movie and then went on to the next one changing our positions in my room every once in a while to get comfortable
We also spent a lot of the time either on our phones or talking while the movie was playing rather in the background
I heard some glass shattering and sat up from my bed immediately looking at my door, Destiny hit pause on the movie and we just listened quietly to hear what was going on downstairs
"Cass is everything alright down there ?" I called out but I didn't receive an answer which was weird, I looked at my friends who were both as confused as me before getting up and opening my door "Cassie ? What's going on ?"
"Mom please what are you doing ?" A million alarms in my head went off the second I heard her voice, she was sobbing and I heard harsh noises from downstairs
I rushed down the stairs to where I heard the noises coming from without looking back or thinking about it for a second
Authors note: We got a bit of backstory everyone 🥳🥳 Well it's not really a celebrate-able backstory but it is something... But like what's happening downstairs ? 😧🤯
