What Hurts the Most

Chapter 3

     "I can't wait until you move out!"

     "Good thing, because its happening tonmorrow!"

     That was the first thing I heard after coming inside. I walk into the kitchen and see my parents, yelling at eachother. "Oh, hi Sage." They say once they realize I'm home. I just half-heartedly wave and go upstairs to my room.

     Just another usual night in my house. Me coming home and hearing them fight, going up to my room, and turning on music for hours. It wasn't that bad, they usually never fight when I'm home, unless they just don't know that I am, like now.

     I throw my bag to the floor, which is pretty light considering I don't do homework. Never have, never will. I figure I'll just cheat my way through college, and start studying in Med school. It can't be that hard, I mean I do watch Grey's Anatomy and I've picked up some stuff from there.

     *Bing*

     I hear my phone coming from my bag, pulling me out of my thoughts. Good its Austin, I was about to die from boredom, doing the same thing over again.

     "Bailey just said you're a man. I don't believe her, just thought you should know."

     What. The. Hell. Okay, so her talking to him on the phone, I didn't really mind. But now making up rumors about me? And not even good ones!

     "Omg, I'm going to fucking kill her."

     "Its fine. I knew she was joking." He said laughing. Why was he laughing?! This is NOT funny!

     "Why are you laughing? It isn't funny!"

     "Because, you're hot when you're mad. I've seen you mad in the hallway, just thought I'd talk to you when you were." Hmmm.... this made me smile.

     "Wow, whatever. But would you believe me if I said she was?" Haha, payback.

     "Perhaps. So its official, she's a man."

     "Yes, she is. Its actually kind of obvious, don't you think?"

     "Yeah I do. And she's such a man, that man said she is going to tell me what you got for your birthday?" Oh shit.

     "From who?"

     "Alyssa?"

     Shit shit shit. For my birthday a couple weeks ago, as a joke Alyssa drew a picture of me and Austin, because she caught me looking at him. I still have the picture obviously, and now Bailey was going to tell him?  She was going way too far.

     "I will kill her. Did she tell you?"

     "No." Oh thank god, that would've been embarrassing.

     "Okay, good."

     "Yeayeayea! Uh, I gotta go."

     "Alright, bye."

     Well that was sudden. Oh well, at least he texted me first. I look at the clock, 11:00. Damn, I completely zone out when I talk to him. My stomach growls, reminding me that I also skipped dinner. I go over to my desk and grab a muffin. I usually keep food in my room so I don't have to go downstairs. After eating, I change and go to bed, even though tomorrow is Saterday.

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     I wake up to Ivy's tail suffocating me, once again.

     *Bing*

     I hear my phone right in my ear. Wow, I must've slept all night with it there. It's Alyssa. "You still coming this morning?" Shit, I forgot. We were going to do some stupid school project, working on a farm.

     "Yeah, give me an hour." I type back. I take a shower, and dress in the most country clothes I have: an old, ripped Led Zeppelin t-shirt, skinny jeans, and my mom's boots. When I come down the stairs, I hear Dad getting his keys off the key rack. I look out the window and his dresser is in the truck bed.

     "Uh, hey Dad." I say with a worried look.

     He turns around, surprised. "Oh, hey. Where are you going?"

     "I have to go to do that school thing with Alyssa."

     "Oh. Well... I'm leaving now. Taking my stuff to Aunt Janice's. But, if you are leaving now then I guess I'll see you sometime this week maybe."

     "Oh, uh okay." He's leaving? He never told me he was leaving.. I just heard them yelling yesterday, but I thought he was just saying that.

     "Okay, bye sis. I love you." We never say that. "I love you", its just not a thing our family says, ecspecially not my dad.

     He pulled me into a hug. Definatly new to me. "I love you too." Tears started to well up in my eyes, and I started shaking. I cried all night the night I found out, but I swore I wouldn't cry anymore. No one even knows, except a few of my friends: Alyssa, Brittany, and Chelsy. And the only one who really knows what I'm going through is Alyssa. She's the only one I've talked to about it.

     I pulled away, rapidly trying to wipe away the tears. "Well, I have to go. Alyssa is waiting.

     Hope you guys liked this chapter! Sorry I haven't written for a while, I've been trying to figure out how to explain this without going to fast into the part that is actually happening now. Comment, vote and become a fan please! I need more insentive to write! Thanks(: