All Consuming

Chapter 6- Home Hell

I find myself unlocking the door of my house again... I take a deep breathe and get ready for my drunk mother and of course her 'lovely as always' boyfriend.

The latch clicks and I step in to find my mother sat down happily reading a newspaper, I frown for a second and then she looks up at me;

"Hey mum" I say inquisitively

"Hey Erika, Chris has popped out for the day, gone with some mates" she says with a sincere smile

"Okay mum, ah I have a letter for you in here somewhere"

As I'm scavenging through my bad the note falls out onto the floor, my eyes widen... Oh no oh no, my mum picks it up

"Is this it Erika?"

"NO MUM that's just school work give it back" as I'm jumping up to retrieve it

"Don't be silly let me see"

She opens it and sees the party invite written boldly and a giant smile takes over her face.

"MY LITTLE GIRL A PARTY?!" She says it like I'm getting married.

"Yes mum but you know I'm like quite busy with ho...mee..w"

"Erika don't even say the word. You are going to this party, you need to socialise"

I shurg so I don't make my mother angry

I see a glint come over her face and she smiles.. I know she has an idea.

"Erika!!! We need to get you a dress"

I roll my eyes at the thought

But my mother is adamant I go to this party, and socialise and must have a good time so I just go with it.

I nod at my mother and she grabs her keys and rushes out like the world has just ended or something

And shouts "I'll be back in 30 minutes!!!!"

While she's gone I sit up on the bar stool and just think to myself, all of the things that could happen like who will be there? What's gonna happen? Do I drink? How do I even 'socialise'?

Before I know it my mum is back waving a bag in my face... Wow she was fast

"Open it Erika!!!"

So I do and I find a very tight quite small dress. I look at my mum like seriously?

But I give her a slight smile and say thank you and and take it to my room and wonder what I'm going to do about tonight.

So I decide that I'm going to put the dress on, and I kind of sort of do my hair I brush it through and try to straighten the fluffiness out of it and then I do my best to apply my mascara (well my mums) to look presentable and all I have is my black plimsole trainers so I slide them on and head downstairs and make my way to the party....