Love is for Suckers

Chapter 5 - Disowned

Noah.

I read the name over a million times to make sure I was reading it right.

Noah.

How much I despise that name.

Noah.

How much I despise him for ever being in my life.

Noah.

How much I hated that he was my brother.

My finger itched to press the answer button on the phone just to swear at him, and use all type of modern slang I know.

But I knew I shouldn't because I didn't want to hear his voice. The voice that betrayed me all those years ago.

Stupid Raven pressed the answer button on my phone. She knew my situation when it came to my family. I felt like shooting her with my non-existent laser eyes, but the glare I was sending her way surely felt like laser eyes. I was going to cuss at her, until I heard a faint voice call my name through the phone.

"Skylar?" Noah's voice rang through my ears. I felt like bursting out crying at the sound of my best friend's voice.

"What do you want?" I said in a very sharp and hoarse tone.

"Skylar, I know you hate me, but we haven't talked in about a year." Noah said with a stronger and louder voice then I heard a year ago.

"Well can you blame me for not talking too the person that supported my parents to kick me out of the family!" I yelled. He basically told me in my face that I need rehab.

"I know Sky, and I'm really sorry-" he started.

"Bullshit." I called hoping Luca wasn't around to hear that.

"Skylar you're my little sister. We're family." He said. I prevented myself from snorting.

"Well you wouldn't feel like family when you're booted out of your own home by your own family. And family stick out for eachother, which is something you never did for me. Noah you were my best friend, the closest person to me, and then you did the worst thing a brother could do. I mostly felt b-betrayed by you." I said cursing that my voice was breaking down.

"Skylar please. I just want to see you again. We need you at Thanksgiving." He said. Just hearing to sound of his broken voice almost made me say yes. Thanksgiving was in a month, but I really had no one to spend it with.

"I have nothing to be thankful for. Now goodbye Noah and never call me again." I said. I was about to move the phone away from my ear, before I heard something Noah said that made me surprised.

"Opal is coming." He said.

I thought about in my head. "Okay fine I'm coming," and with that I hung up on him.

Opal is my beautiful 27 year old sister. She's older than both 23 year old Noah, and almost 20 year old me. A few months ago she got married to her military boyfriend of 5 years. When my parents basically disowned me as their child, Opal helped me. She let me stay at her house and eat her food for a while until I found a job and apartment. When her husband was allowed to finish his military term, which was a month ago, and come back home, they moved to Washington D.C. right away. She's currently pregnant with her first baby girl.

I really miss her, and I could only talk to her through phone or Skype. Her husband, River, is a very nice guy, and I'm glad Opal found someone that makes her happy. But I was crushed when she told me that she was moving to D.C. because honestly she was the only family I had left that still loved me.

I took a deep breath as Raven rubbed my shoulder to calm me down. I'd probably looked like a bright red tomato with steam coming out of my ears.

My phone vibrated in my shaky hand. I looked at the text on my screen.

Noah: Thanksgiving is at my condo.

Me: I don't know where that is.

That was the truth. I remember Opal telling me that Noah has a nice place close to his university, where he is studying for his Bachelor in business. But I actually never seen him in like a year, and he didn't even bother to invite me to family parties(not like I was apart of the family), he never called me, nor telling me himself that he got a condo. I didn't even spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with them last year, but he sent me a mug that said Merry Christmas with Santa in only his underpants and undershirt on it.

That bastard.

The vibration on my hand woke me up from my thoughts.

Noah: Frontier Complex @ 1624 Lakefront Boulevard.

I was surprised that Noah had a condo at the lakefront. Nowadays condos and apartments at the lake are so expensive even the crappy ones. In my mind I cursed Noah for being such a momma's boy for having our parents to pay for his home. Because his part time job as a company's intern doesn't pay much or at all while he's at school.

While I only had Opal. If I didn't have her I'd be dead and my brother and parents wouldn't even care.

I was especially nervous to be face-to-face with my parents. I used to be the daddy's little angel type, that was before I started taking drugs. I used to come home drunk every night, and my parents would be furious especially since that time I was underaged.

Noah: wear something nice.

If it wasn't for Raven I would have crushed my phone by now. She took the phone and read over the messages.

She gasped ever so bluntly. "Wow! Noah got a good crib. What did he like screw the lady at the desk who works in that complex?" She said which got my adrenaline running.

"I wouldn't be surprised." I said gritting my teeth.

Luca appeared out of nowhere with a big sour key hanging from his mouth. He had a grin the size of the Cheshire Cat's smile.

"Where'd you get the candy?" I said obviously wanting one. He took two out from his back pocket and handed them to Raven and I.

"I took them from the Candyville store. They didn't say there had to be a maximum to sampling candy." He said grinning as I put the sour key in my mouth.

"Thanks." I said chewing through the hard candy.

"Sky, the concert's tomorrow so I'm picking you up at 5." She said.

"Ya I know. You don't have to bring it up every frikin' minute." I said annoyed.

"Geez, Noah got you down." She said rolling her eyes.

"It's just that I'm nervous to see my family. It's just hard facing my parents who literally told me I was a disappointment to the family, my brother who I'm so angry at because I thought he would be there for me, and my preggo sister who left me on my own." I said angry.

"I'm sorry Skylar. You shouldn't go through this." She said hugging me. I felt Luca's tiny arms wrap around us too.

I smiled. These people are way too important to me. I can't let them leave me.

But eventually they all leave me.

Zac Efron as Noah Chadwick. He's so beautiful ❤️_❤️