Maddy Shannon-Invisible

Revelation

I wasn't sure where to start. I didn't know how much I wanted to tell them. I didn't know how they would react to the news. I stood quietly with my back to them before turning around slowly.

"Maddy, what in the world is going on?!" My mother yelled. Once again I flinched and stiffened instinctively. Her eyebrows drew together in confusion at my actions. Looking down at the ground, I whispered solemnly.

"None of you asked where I was."

"What?" If anything, my mother just looked more lost. I repeated myself more forcefully.

"None of you asked where I've been all day. If you guys cared about me wouldn't that be the first thing on your mind? If I was somewhere safe or not? And Mark was right. None of you asked why I wasn't around today either." My parents didn't know what to say to that however, Josh did.

"Why are you being so stupid Maddy?! First you skip all of your responsibilities the entire day, then you make me do all the work before coming home so late at night that it's ridiculous! To top it all off you just ask a bunch of cryptic questions about why no one took time out of their busy day to find you. What is wrong with you?!" I stared at him disbelievingly. Was he serious? Was he really so hypocritical? Was he really calling me stupid because I acted like him one day in all of my life? Another thought hit me. Cryptic questions? These should be so easy to answer! I shouldn't even have to ask them if I felt needed! It's all their fault! Their fault for ignoring me! Not listening to me! Not believing me when I needed their support! Always dumping their problems on me and expecting me to be okay! I. Blew. Up.

"You absolute jerk! When was the last time that you did anything worthwhile?! When was the last time you helped take care of Zoe instead of hanging out with Skye all day?! When was the last time that you actually got home before eleven and didn't scare me because I thought, maybe this is the time he's not coming home?! When was the last time that you didn't spend the entire day complaining about being in Terra Nova instead of choking on air in 2149?! When was the last time you didn't make fun of me or insult me when you saw me?!"

My parents looked stunned by this sudden information and turned to Josh. He was to shocked at the sudden anger in my raised voice to defend himself. I was just getting started. "I seem to remember it being the day that dad got arrested! After that you pretty much disappeared off the face of the earth! I had to take and pick up Zoe from school! I had to make dinner and buy groceries and clean the apartment! I had to go to school completely defenseless because you were never there! I had to wait for you to come home every night so that mom wouldn't worry about you and she could get some sleep before working another shift at the hospital! I had to abandon what ever life I had in 2149 so that you could still have one! All those digs about me not having a life? Only true because I was letting you have yours!" He opened his mouth to argue.

I heard my mom mutter, School defenseless? what does that mean," to herself but I plowed on, ignoring them both.

"And it hasn't changed since! Nothing has changed since we got here! You still leave at all hours of the day! You still abandon Zoe! You still make fun of me! You still go off and do stupid activities just so that mom and dad," I jerked my finger in their direction, "have to chase after you! Have you ever thought about how you're affecting everyone else Josh? Even once?" He didn't reply. The house was quiet until my dad stepped forward.

"Maddy, I think that was a little excessive, besides, I want to know what you meant about school." All I could see was red for a moment before I turned on him with a glare. He stepped back obviously not expecting this.

"A little excessive? If anything that was an understatement! All of that was true!"

"Maddy, that's enough!" My mom shouted. I turned on her next.