Those Summer Nights

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Chapter1,/

Every email I got from my father always had the same sentence in it.

'Maybe you should come and visit soon'

I never really thought much of it, dismissing it in every email, its not like I wouldn't want to go visit my father its just with school and exams I don't have much time. Mum says I can visit dad once I've done well and got into a good uni, but then ill have the stress of uni to think about, ergh it's just so complicated.

It wasn't just emails I'd receive, occasionally I would get phone call, but with his busy life of selling cars and having time for his new wife Amanda and her two sons James and Jake, who were in dads word 'troubling rebels' but even I get along with them, but with dad he cant seem to get through to them.

My mother wasn't surprised he and my new brothers didn't see eye to eye, apparently when I was born I wasn't fond of him, but then again she's always been bitter towards him since the divorce.

Mum wanted me to live with her when they split and I agreed, I was devastated by the news I practically lost most my friends, and on Saturdays I wasn't out being a kid, I was in studying.

When I was told I was shocked, I didn't expect I mean I did here them argue when I was up in bed, but thought all couples do that, what of course they do but when my mum and dad argue the issue wont be resolved until a couple days later, they both sat me down and the knelt in front of me.

'Honey' my mum said

'When we tell you just remember its for the best' My dad spoke up; I was anxious, I didn't have a clue what was happening.

'No ones died have they?' I remember asking, I was young, sue me.

"Well done Eric, now you think someone's died, could you get any more idiotic?" Mum raised her voice when she said this.

And with that it started an another fight, I didn't find out until my dad decided to shout, obviously forgetting I was in the room, 'and this is why were getting a divorce' that's when they realised I was still there, I broke into tears, mum did too when she looked at the state I was in, I didn't talk for a whole week, a record amount of time.

Studying was boring? Yes.

Studying was useful? Yes.

Mum has high hopes for me, she think I may get into Harvard; not for my sports, that would never happen, but for the business school it has. Mum wants me to succeed, like she did, she even went Harvard and is now a nurse.

I think dad has trouble with Jake and James because I was always a good child, 'mature for my age' as mum would tell others, proudly may I add. You wouldn't have to worry about me swearing, as I was well brought up, they would take me theatres, meetings, art shows, where I was best behaved, they would bring me to show me off.

I never really had the high school experience; I went high school but didn't really live it up to the fullest if you know what I'm saying? I never went to parties, never got drunk or had a high school sweetheart's kind of love.

I moved to 3 different schools.

South High; a public mixed high school, that didn't workout when the head got accused of stealing from a local shop, it all proved to be lies, but mum didn't care she wanted me out of that school, as soon as possible.

Then I went to StarfieldHigh School; a mix private school, I really enjoyed that school until I tripped and broke my leg, mum thought it was dangerous there so I left.

And my last school was another mixed private school, and have been to that school since the very last day, I've left now because I start college after summer but it was a good high school.

With my upbringing I wanted books other 'nerdy' stuff, we never had time for toys in my household. To be honest I never really had a childlike childhood, I can ride a bike, but I've never been swimming, I never needed to know how to swim, it does look like fun though.

My childhood was different...

And even after all this I still love my parents very much.....

Crazy I know.....