"You coming downstairs? Dad is grilling cheese" Riley said.
I didn't respond.
"You know last night mom thought you ran away and started crying" She said again.
I didn't comment.
"Come on you know it's partly your fault that you're grounded" Megan said "You slept with Dylan and you ran away"
I was enraged but I didn't talk.
"Shut up Meg.. We're trying to make her talk not mad" Riley said.
"Well I figured if she's mad she'll snap at us and talk.. You know she can't keep it in for long"
"Oh"
"Just forgive me!!" Jade jumped on me "Mom forced me to do it" I pushed her of off me and got off the bed to the bathroom. "Come on.. You shouldn't have lied to us in the first place" Yeah right, didn't she see what they've done when they knew I slept with him.
We were in the hospital with Samantha's yells and screams.. She went into labor two hours ago.. It's been a week and I'm still not talking to anyone except for Samantha who was allowed to come over.. It's like a prison in my own house, I can't call or have my friends over so Samantha is the only one I could talk to and now she'd in labor. "OH MY GOOODDD" She yelled "GET HER OUT NOWW" She cried.
After spending 8 hours in the waiting room finally Steven was out holding a little baby girl with tears in his eyes holding her carefully as if he's afraid to break her. He walked towards me..
"Here" He said.
"What?" I asked.
"You're the first one to hold the baby.. Take her" He handed her to me delegately warning me not to drop her. "Now you forgive me?"
"Only you" I smiled at him not looking away from the sleeping beauty in my arms.
"Good.. I'm special"
Two days passed and we were ready to take them home.. Dad was doing the paperwork and the rest of us were looking at Emma.. A nurse came to us.. "Excuse me" She looked at us all "Where is Samantha?"
"In her room" Riley said with a Duh tone.
"She's not.."
"Did you check the bathroom?"
"Yeah she's not there"
We searched the hospital and there was no sign of her.. We checked her bed and found a letter directed to Steven..
Dear Steven
I love you and our little daughter, but I can't do it.. I can't raise her.. I'd be a terrible parent and I just haven't lived my life.. I'm only 17 and I need freedom.. I can't ne bound to a baby.. Tell Emma I love her.. Someday I'll return but I have to leave for her sake and mine.. I hope you understand.
Samantha
What a shitty goodbye note.. She left him and her baby.. What the hell was she thinking..
"Her aunt says not to call the cops.. And to leave Samantha alone.. She knows where she is.. She helped her leave" Steven said shaking his head "She left her baby.. Now I can't go to college" He said taking the baby from mom.. I need to take care of Emma"
"I'll take care of her until you finish honey.. It's an hour drive to college.. You'll go take your courses and come back before it's dark."
"It's three years mom."
"I know but if you want to take good care of your child you should have a descent job." She said.
"It's alright son" Dad said "We took care of all of you.. Why not our grandchild too?" He kissed him on the head and looked at his grand daughter.
"We went home, Zack, Amanda and Jade were already there. I still didn't talk to anyone but Steve.. Zack came a week ago and knew what happened then he called me a stupid whore for giving myself away so I called Amanda a whore since she slept with him before marriage which got us in a huge fight and none of them talks to me. I went to my room and found Riley and Megan sitting on their beds talking about something. I long to know what but I'm giving everyone a silent treatment.
"Hillary still not talking to us? It's been 10 days.. Just forgive us and stop holding a grudge.. I'm dying to ask you how it was" Riley said but I ignored her and sat down on my bed.
Riley launched at me and started tickling me which annoyed me.. I didn't smile.. It was just the opposite.. I wanted to cry but I just covered it up and got mad. I tried showed her an anmoyed face but she kept doing it until finally I snapped..
"Get off of me you bitch!!!" I yelled pushing her to the floor with a loud thump. Riley started to cry which enraged me even more..
"Gosh since when are you violent?" Megan yelled "She was trying to cheer you up"
Everyone gathered on the door to see what happened..
"You're out of control!! What is wrong with you!" Dad yelled "I'm fed up with your stupid actions."
"Then buzz out of my room and stop intruding into my freaking life." I said.
"It's better when you're silent" Mom said.
"So let me be and leave me alone!"
"You can't be alone in this house"
I walked to my closet, took my school bag that I've filled with cash from my job and made my way past them.
"Where do you think you're going?" Dad said. Everyone was silent and I could hear dad's furious breaths.
"Away from all of you" I said.
"You're grounded" Dad reminded me but I just ran outside to the bus station and bought a ticket for the first bus out of here.
