life...

chapter 25

Natalie's P.O.V.

With everyone home there hasn't been much privacy. Mom and dad keep checking up on us, trying to make sure we are okay. We rae! All of a sudden when he suddenly, pops back into our life, they care! Megan and Taylor have just been keeping to themselves, but if I try to do anything my parents are right there.

They were the ones that were there when he broke in, not me. They aren't really that happy either about Taylor coming to live with us, but they are dealing with it.

"Why are you all over me?" I ask a week after it happened,": don't you have somewhere more important to be?"

We were in the kitchen, eating breakfast. Megan and Taylor were still asleep, so it was just me and my parents. Not saying I don't love them and all but damn they are getting on my nerves.

"We want to make sure you guys are safe, so we are trying to do our work from home," mom responds calmly.

"We are safe! We will be graduating next year, we don't all of a sudden need you! I needed you when I was younger but no I had to go to Megan's parents or handle it on my own. You never cared, so don't try acting like you all of a sudden care."

" Well I don't care what you think, but you guys were hurt and now we are here to make sure that doesn't happen again."

"Oh okay? So when I really needed you, you weren't here, but now you can play mother of the fucking year?! well fuck you! I don't want you guys here, go fucking do what you do best. Get the hell out of here."

My dad finally steps in by slamming his coffee cup down," Don't you dare talk to your mother like that! We are trying our best and you aren't making it any better."

"I'm not making it any better?" I huffed," You guys are the ones not letting us have our own space. You guys are the ones who decided that all of a sudden we need you. We don't okay? I'll see you in two weeks, since I know you guys have somewhere better to be."

My dad storms out of the kitchen heading to his room. I can hear him pulling out his dresser drawers with a lot of force. My mom gives me a look that says, we will talk later. I know for damn well that, that will never happen though.

I sit there drinking the rest of my sweet chocolate milk. When I'm almost done I hear the front door opening and closing after they went through it. Smiling to myself, I get up and go wake up Megan and Taylor. I tell them everything that happened. and how they left. She gasps at some parts and laughs at others, but in the end she is disappointed in me.

" I know we both didn't like them being here, but that doesn't mean you go all fucking crazy on them like that," Megan yells waving her hands wildly in the air. A few times she almost hit me aside the head.

I slowly nod my head in agreement," I know, I couldn't hold it in anymore. The hurt. The betrayal. Everything! I just couldn't hold it in."

She walks toward me looking like she was going to slap me, but instead hugs me. I break down into Megan's arms. Letting every emotion I had, out.

Once I was done, I walked over to Ryan's. It was awkward at first but the I broke down again. I never fight with my parents, that was usually Aaron who did that. I was usually their perfect little daughter.

He and I watched movies in silence. I didn't want to talk, I just wanted him to sit there and hold me, and he did. After the second movie I had finally fallen asleep. It was the first time in days, and being able to be in his arms was amazing.

I dreamt of a time when I was younger. Mom and dad took us to the beach, since it was the middle of the summer and I had just learned how to swim. I was having a blast. Building sandcastles, playing in the warm ocean, just being able to have no worried in the world.

The something changed. My mom and dad disappeared and Ryan and Megan were in their place. Aaron had disappeared also, but that really didn't bother me. I ran up to Ryan to hug him ,but I ran right through him. Megan looks concerned and tries to hold me but she can't. I was alone.

Then I turned around and tried to look for others on the beach. Everyone that was there had also disappeared. As I turn back to Megan and Ryan, I saw them slowly fade away. Megan was mouthing something but I couldn't quite tell what she was trying to say.

I started shivering and heard Ryan saying my name over and over again. I slowly woke up. He looked concerned and I pinched him.

"Ow! Why did you do that?" He yells as he was rubbing his arm.

" I had a nightmare and I wanted to make sure this is real," I say curling up into his chest.

He nodded and just rubbed small circles into the my back, whispering over and over again that everything will be okay. I believed him. Then I realized what Megan was mouthing.

I'm sorry but you made us do this.

I was actually alone...