Pick Me or Her

Chapter 3 - Problems

Sorry i changed the chapter, if you care or notice. Here's the new one.

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Chapter 3 (problems)

For the rest of the week, nothing had happened, except for tonight, when I walked into my house...

(flashback)

I skated back to my house from another day in hell at school. When I reached my from door, I heard yelling, so I went in. The voices led me to the kitchen where I found my mom with tears streaming down her eyes, and my dad who was painted red by his anger. "Michelle, I wasn't with her last night, for the last time!" He yelled at my mom.

"No, I know you were! Stop trying to dyne everything!" She yelled back in frustration.

"You're still trying to accuse me of something I didn't do."

"No I called your work to see where you were, and they said you left a long time before I called!"

"That doesn't prove anything!"

"Well you lied about that, who knows what you could be lying about right now!"

"You know what? I can't take you any more! You're accusing me of something I didn't do! I'm leaving!" He yelled as he stomped out the front door and slammed the door shut behind him. It was silent for a second, until he made a reappearance. "By the way, keep Cole, Shay, and Ari. I never wanted any kids." The words sung deep, but what could I do? I watched as he jumped into his truck and sped off down the street. My mom went to the dining room table and folded her arms and sunk her head into them. Ari, who was standing in the hallway, went straight to my mom and started to cry. My mom can't be strong for Ari, and Ari can't we strong for my mom. I can't be strong for either of them, so I grabbed my board and headed out.

(present time)

I was sitting on the wall that divided the boardwalk from the sand. I sat starring out at the sea. I've been sitting here for it least an hour, just thinking about what happened. I felt no anger toward anyone but myself. Again, I was too stupid to let him in. I thought about being mad at him, but what did that accomplish? I needed to be stronger, for me. For Ari. For my mom. I would never let someone hurt them again. No doubt they're suffering worse than me, so that means I must be strong for them.

I hopped off the wall I was sitting on and threw my board on the ground. I was about to take off, when my phone started to ring. It was Nicky. "What's up?" She asked casually.

"Nothing much, my dad just left."

There was a pause. "Not much? Shay, that's huge. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, fine actually."

"How?"

"Cause now I found out who he really was. He'd never do commitment, and he was never keen on having Cole, me, or Ari."

She let out a whistle. "Wow, your taking this well."

There was a long pause. I couldn't hold it in, I couldn't fake my strength for my dad's leaving, or the hate I get at school. I started bursting out in tears. So much for staying strong. I probably looked strange to everyone else, but I probably sounded super strange to Nicky. She stayed on the phone while I cried. "I'm sorry," I said through my tears.

"No, Shay get it out. I know you hate it, but just let it out."

I nodded, even though she couldn't see me. I Kept crying for the longest time, until I felt arms come around me. They felt like Keaton and Nicky's. I didn't even look up to see who's they were, but whoever it was, just stated and held me. After, a few more minuets, I gather myself and looked up at the people who were hugging me.

"Chris? Lauren?" I asked. I didn't know who I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting them.

"Yeah. We saw you crying. You looked real sad, so we came over," Lauren said sweetly.

I wiped my eyes. "Thanks guys you didn't have too."

"No it's fine. You wanna talk about it?" Chris asked nicely. Keeping one arm around my shoulder:

I nodded. I was very week and tired and I need to talk to someone. They led me to the grassy area and we sat down. His arm stayed around me, and I started from the beginning.

At the end, they both hugged me again. "Sorry for wasting your time," I said getting up.

"No it's fine. Talk to us whenever," Lauren said.

"Thanks. It means a lot." With that I gave them one quick hug, cause that's all I need, and I skated back to my home filled with sorrow and tears.

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Sniff Sniff. Sad anit it? Well it will get happier hopefully. Idk. This chapped was just written so Shay could be more open to Chris. That's all, and her dad leaving is also important. Tell me what ya think! Love y'all.