My Perfect Tragedy

Chapter 2

his love roared louder than her demons -anonymous

Chapter 2: I don't know what to do

The day started really noisy as someone wouldn't stop banging on my door, I slowly come back to reality, I look at my phone and see that it's 6:05 in the freaking morning. First of all, who in their right minds would wake up in 6 AM on a Saturday!? Definitely not me. And Second of all, why are they even awake?

"What do you want!?" I shout out in reply, who the heck is disturbing my precious sleep!? It's a Saturday for sleeps sake!

"Nikki! Open Up!" I hear my dearest brother reply.

What does he want now? Is he really looking for trouble this early in the morning? Well, I mean I wouldn't mind ripping a few heads plus it gets rid of stress.

"No!" I shout back in reply covering my ears with my pillow to try and block the sound but it doesn't really work now does it.

"I'm gonna give you cookies if you drag your lazy ass over here, and i'm not kidding this time!" He shouts back in reply, and now that is the way to get my attention ladies and gentlemen.

"Are you serious?" I ask sitting up still closing my eyes.

"Dead serious!"

I lazily drag myself along the carpet towards the door and open it, and standing in front of me is a worried looking Xander. Now Xander here worries a lot, in a nutshell he's a girl, so it wasn't really surprising to see him wake me up at 6 in the morning  looking like he shitted his pants.

"What was it this time?" I say in a bored tone leaning against the door frame as I close my eyes to get some more sleep.

"Let me guess, mom scolded you huh? We-" I got cut off as he says something.

"D-Dad Got into an accident" He whispers his voice strained, I almost couldn't hear .

What did he just say?
Hold Up, Pause, rewind, pause, play.

"What did you just say?" I say finally standing straightly and opening my eyes, to see him take more breaths.

"H-he slipped down the stairs and he hit his knee really hard." He says trying to catch his breath and as he said that I just,  I didn't really react, I didn't really do anything I just kind of stood there doing nothing.

"Are you not even sad Nicole!? Our father is in the hospital!" Xander exclaims in disbelief.

"I-I don't know" I stutter, still in a state of shock. Dad is in the hospital? Unbelievable.

"I'm not going to the hospital, I'm sorry but I can't" I say softly to him closing my eyes preparing for the worst.

"Why? Do you not love him?" He said looking at me in confusion, his eyes red and swollen.

"I'm sorry but I just can't, okay? Even when we're alone together we can't even have a proper conversation, And you expect me to go to the hospital? You expect me to take care of him while he cant even say a single I love you to me!?" I say to Xander hoping and praying that he understands where i'm coming from. 

"That is so childish and immature for you to do Nicole, are you really not gonna see him just because of that? And what do you think he says that to me? Are you that selfish? " He says his words sharp as a knife, it felt like being stabbed, the tears threatening to fall, the lump in my throat making it harder to breath.

"I-I'm sorry but I really can't" I say hanging my head in shame.

"I'll go with mom" He says.