Ruins.

Chapter 17~"run in"

              Friday, 4:00am.
     Me and Brent lye in bed talking about our wedding.
"What if we bought a horse for the reception?" He asks sarcastically. I laugh and elbow him.
"No seriously it would be great."
"Oh stop lying." We both laugh then he kisses my cheek.
"On a different note, me and a couple of friends were gonna go out and get some drinks or dinner, watch the game. You wanna come?" Yeah of course I want to watch football, and sit in a room with a bunch of drunk guys.
"We wouldn't be getting drunk, we have exams coming up we can't. And we have to start moving soon so that's another reason."
"Also Kaiden, wait does anyone else have kids?" I ask out of curiosity.
"Yeah I think Blake has a daughter but she's not even a year old." We then end up talking about who has kids, who wants kids, and if we would have anymore. After I mention that I would like another child he buries his head in my long messy hair.
"Kaiden has your eyes, your beautiful blue eyes." I just smile.
"So are you coming?" I laugh and cuddle up to him.
"I guess." After about an hour we fall asleep.

10:25am.
     Kaiden walks in and lies down with us. Brent and Kaiden look so happy.
"Do you want to go see grandma and grandpa again or have kailey over?" We've met her before and she seems really nice and good with kids.
"Kailey!" He says and Brent picks up his phone. I tell him to go get dressed and he jumps up and runs out of the room. Brent tells me she's available. I get up and go to the bathroom. I look in the mirror. I have huge dark circles under my eyes, my hair is a mess it looks like a birds nest, there's a bit of acne, and my lips are chapped. I tie my hair back and wash my face, then get in the shower. I still feel like I'm seventeen. At one point I did think I was going to end up dead due to everything that happened, although I probably could. I stand in the shower letting cold water run through my hair. I try not to let my mind wander but it happens anyway.

       I get out of the shower and get dressed into jeans and a t-shirt. I walkout of the bathroom and hug Brent. He leans out of the hug and keeps his hands on my waist. He kisses me.
"Kailey said she will be here by noon so I'm going to go to the bank, put more gas in the car and maybe get a coffee." He lets go of me and looks in the mirror attached to the dresser.
"Okay, I'll clean up and get him to eat something." I go to find Kaiden sitting on the couch in the living room watching Sesame Street.
"Hey, come with me and we'll get something to eat." He looks up at me and doesn't say anything, he just takes my hand. He sits on the floor and plays with a car he found. I grab apple and kiwi and start to cut it up.

       It was just a normal day, me, my mom, and my dad were just sitting and eating dinner. It was just a normal family dinner. Until my dad decided to pull me out of my chair and drag me into a room I've never been in, it was dark, cold, and there was only a small wood table, three or four cabinets, and a few chairs. He pushed me into one of the chairs and rushed to grab a needle out of the cabinet as I tried to leave the room. He put his arm around my neck and stuck the needle in my arm, I then dropped to the ground and saw nothing but darkness.

     I see blood pouring out of my thumb. I look and just noticed it's all over the apple and the knife.
"Fuck." I say under my breathe, I go to the sink and let the water run over the large cut.
"Mommy, are you okay?" Kaiden asks looking up at me.
"Yeah I just cut my thumb I'm okay." Brent walks in.
"What happened?" He asks.
"Mommy cut her thumb." I don't look at them.
"How?" He comes up to me and puts his hand on my shoulder.
"I was just lost in thought and wasn't paying attention." I turn off the water and grab a paper towel and apply pressure.
"Oh...do you want a coffee?" I nod. When we're alone he's going to ask what I was thinking about. I throw out the fruit and pull out fresh fruit.
"Sorry bud, it's just going to take a bit longer." He continues to play with the car.

                              6:23.
       We're at his friends place and I don't really know anyone. They keep offering me nachos, other kinds of chips, burgers, and hot dogs. I go and stand beside Brent. Everyone's crowded in the kitchen/ dining area. It's a nice house. It's all very open, there'a a lot of counter space, bar stools by the island, a small fridge, the dinning table can only fit about five people, the living room is also connected so it's crowded and a bit small. The living room has a huge flat screen tv, two couches and a coffee table. Nothing interesting. I haven't seen the rest of the house. I look to where I hear a door open, I see Chelsea walk in. Shit.
"Hey." She says walking up to me. I put my hair in a bun.
"Hi." Brent looks over and recognizes who she is.
"Hey, Chelsea come here." She walks away and goes to the guy who looks mature, a lot of muscle, no facial hair, and a small quiff at the top of his head.
"You're allowed to eat you know." The guy talks to me while leaning on the counter, I sit on one of the bar stools.
"Yeah I know." I just look at the huge plate of nachos.
"So, do you even like sports?" He asks and smiles. He has long blonde hair. A huge tattoo on his arm that says temporary, he wears all back.
"No not really, actually going to see the game is better." I say Brent walks away and talks to other people.
"Yeah same. I wasn't going to come since my daughters sick and hasn't been in school but my girlfriend and my mom decided to stay with her." The name Blake runs through my mind but he mentioned that she wasn't in school so it can't be him.
"Yeah, my son hasn't been in school due to the schools being full and the time he was born." Right, he's going to be five in four days.
"Yeah Brent told me." He opens a beer.
A man walks over to me. He has a bright pink shirt on and black pants, his hairs short, and he has green eyes and a small head, with no facial hair.
"Hi." He says in a squeaky voice. He's the stereotypical gay boy.
"Oh hey, Jordan." I just start eating the nachos.
"I can't stay long, I have plans." He says and takes a chip.
"Oh course you can't." He just sits still and bored.
"What does that mean? All I was saying is that I have plans." He kind of reminds me of a snobby uptight girl.
"You say you always have plans, what are you doing now? Getting your nails done?" He asks sarcastically.
"Yes actually, oh time to go, bye!" He walks and picks up the purse that was on the floor.
"And that's Jordan-" he stops talking.
"Oh I'm Parker." He says. He jumps off of the counter and goes to sit on the couch. People start to leave.
"Hey Madeline, I'm sorry about I did awhile ago." Chelsea says walking up to me.
"Yeah I'm sure."