This Is Us

Chapter 4

So when I got home Dylan walked me to the door kissed me on the cheek and hugged me good night. I walk in the house to see my mom, my dad, my 3 younger sisters, my older sister, her boyfriend, and her baby sitting in the living room.
Authors note: considering my dad never met Dylan nor do I want him to, he wasn't happy when he saw me kiss him.
"Who the fuck is that Zoella Marie Losievsky?" My dad said sternly and angrily.
"Why the hell do you care?," I snapped back,"You barely care about me anyway all I am for is a free babysitter and someone else to boss around. Are I not?"
"You watch you damn tone Ms. Zoella." My dad snapped back.
Then it escalated from there. It ended with me putting on my boots and coat, then me walking out. I called Dylan to let him know I was coming back over. I also told him my dad and I just got in a fight.
"Okay. One second.," he said putting the phone down," bring clothes for tomorrow you can stay the night. Love ya see ya in a bit."
"Okay. Love ya too." I said walking back in my house, taking off my boots, going.into my room, packing pj's and clothes for the next day, telling my mom I am going over to Dylan's and staying the night, put my boots back on, and walking out once again.
*5 minutes later*
I got there and everyone was gone besides Dylan.
"Where is everybody?" I say walking in to Dylan sitting at one of the heads of the table.
"They went to town. Some one had to be here when you got here silly." He says walking up to me, grabbing my stuff, and putting it in his room.
"I love you, you know that right." I said.
"Yeah. What do you want?" He said weirdly.
"A kiss and not just any kiss. A kiss that you will have to nail my feet to the ground for or I will float away" I say.
"You want a kiss on the lips don't you?" He says with confidence.
"Yes I do. Please." I say with the puppy eyes.
"Okay!" He said excitedly. Just as we were about to kiss on the lips for the first time, his parents and sister pull in the driveway. So we hurry and go in the living room and cuddle on the couch ( not that we had a problem with that ). His parents and sister walk in and put groceries away. His sister walks in the living room, gets on the couch, and cuddles up to me.
"Will you go away? Go help with groceries and put them away or something." Dylan said with an annoyed expression on his face.
"Babe calm down. Okay? I love you."
I whisper in his ear.
"Okay. I love you too. Wanna watch a movie or play a board game or something?" He whispers back.
"Want me to kick your ass in air hockey? I have been practicing." I whispered back to him.
"Bring it Barbie!" He talks in a competitive tone.
"Okay gramps." I say back in the same tone. We run down stairs and start playing.
I get a call from Charlotte, crying, and she says "Zoe, Alan's in the hospital. He's in a coma."
"What? Who? When? Where? How? Why?" I said with tears in my eyes and sadness in my voice.
"What's going on?" Dylan whispered to me, with a worried look on his face. "Alan's in the hospital," I whispered back," What hospital is he in?"
"Petoskey and I have no clue what's going on with him and his mom just said that he was in the hospital and I have no clue what's going on and I am scared and....." By this time she's on speaker, I am crying a little, and trying to calm her down at the same time.
"Char, it's Dylan, take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Okay? You to Zoe." He said calmly. Charlotte and I took a deep breath. Dylan went up stairs to see if his parents could take us to Petoskey so we could check on Alan.
Dylan came back down and said "Could you meet us there?"
"Yeah. Alan's mom just got here to get me." She said with a sniffle.
"Okay see you in a bit. Come on Zoe." He said in a calm and demanding tone.
"Okay. Your parents are taking us right?" I asked.
"Yeah. Sammy is going to grandpa's house down the road." He said as we bolted up the stairs.
"Okay. " I say as I am texting my mom to let her know what's going on.
*1 1/2 hours later*
We get to the hospital and Charlotte was in the waiting room, along with her parents.
"Hey doll face. Where's Alan's parents?" I say as I trying to choke back tears because she was crying and I didn't want her to cry harder.
She looks up and sighs with relief when she sees us then says, "I am so happy you guys are here. Hello Mr. and Mrs. Coppernoll."
"Hello Charlotte I am sorry about Alan." Mrs. Coppernoll says, as she gives her a hug.
I give her a hug and say," I know how much you love him. You didn't answer my question, where's Alan's parents?"
"There in the......"she says before her dad cuts her off by saying,"Wow, wait love. What the what?"
"With all do respect Mr. Willis, when I am over you treat her like crap a), b) why would you care, people fall in love everyday. Some people fall in love with multiple people, some people fall in love with one person everyday over and over and over again. She is growing up, get used to it. Look at Dylan and I for example, it feels like we fall in love with each other everyday and we have been together for 2 months exactly today." I say partly angry.
"Well Zoella Losievsky, are you done?" He says patiently.
"Zoe, just stop or we won't be able to be friends anymore." Charlotte says with sadness in her voice.
"Your lucky I love your daughter." I say super ticked off.
"I do love my daughters. I can't always show it or they will get to mushy." He says with a partly ticked tone.
"There girls for Christ sakes. They're allowed to be mushy. Charlotte, shouldn't be treated like a slave either. You really think that's how you win her affection. You make her so stressed, that she has actually started crying before. Why do you think she loves Alan and I so much?" I say extremely pissed.
Alan's mom comes out and hugs Charlotte,"He might not make it he hit his head extremely hard. No matter what happens you can still come over when ever you want. Okay?"
Charlotte starts balling really bad, turns toward me, and hugs me really tight, then says,"NOOOOOO!!!!! WHY WHY WHY WHY?!?!?!?!?!" Her dad tries coming to comfort her and she pushes him away, literally. She pushes him so hard he stumbles over the table in the waiting room.
I started crying, because a) I knew that my best friend who's like a sister might lose her boyfriend b) I hate it when she cries and c) he was like a friend to me too. "Shhhhhhhhh. Calm down. Shhhhhhhhh." I said as tried to stay calm myself.
Dylan walks up to us and wraps his embracing arms around us. "I found myself dreaming silver and gold like a scence from a movie every broken heart knows. I am walking on moonlight you hold me close. Slpit second and no disappearing I was over thrown." He starts singing /Like I Am Gonna Lose You/ by Meghan Trainor ft John Legend.