A Promise Among The Stars

Chapter 1

    "No way Mom! I am not leaving with you!" I was shaking with rage. "Sweetie, " she replied, "it'll do good for both of us. We can spend more time together.

"Oh! Since when did you care?" I asked her sarcastically. She moved closer to place an arm around my shoulder. I shrugged it off quickly. " You can't do this to me! You'll ruin my life. Don't you ever give me a reason to hate you forever. My answer is NO and that's final. Leave if you want but don't drag me along with you."

I ran to my room, turned the stereo volume to full blast. How much I hate her! Stinging tears fell down my cheeks. No matter how I try to control them from flowing, they continued to fall.

After some moment of crying, I felt a terrible headache. Last night had been a long night. I could feel drumsticks pounding at my temples so I lowered the volume of the music. And correction, last night wasn't long. It was HELL. I wasn't able to sleep. Mom and Dad were shouting at the top of their lungs. Well what's new?! They always do it. Although it's worse now. My father is incredibly obsessed with some girl. Mom couldn't stand any of it. So she's planning to move away for awhile until things get back to normal. As if they'd ever been normal! Why don't she just leave him for good? They just make each others life miserable.

They never were model parents but there was a time in my younger years when they  were not biting each others head off. My mom was a socialite and hadn't quite grown out of her partying lifestyle when she had me. Dad was a young, smart and ambitious lawyer who had everything planned out except having a baby. Mom's parents had their way and I came out into this world to two people totally unprepared and still struggling with their own personal inclinations and desires. Don't get me wrong. Mom loved Dad. I remember the cooking lessons she took so she can serve him his favorite dishes. The numerous and painstaking efforts to keep her slender figure and maintain the youthful luster of her beauty. She was always waiting on him. Always at his beck and call. I wonder if that's why he got tired of her. Or was it the increase in money and fame that led him astray from her- the young, beautiful socialite  he used to adore. Anyway, his absences became longer. Mom went back to partying. The fights became frequent and louder at those times they actually saw each other.

Me? Well I've always felt the outsider. With mom, I felt like I was simply a part of her accessories. With Dad, a responsibility that he never quite knew how to handle. So they brought me to several occasions with relatives and friends, but for most of the time, they pretty much stayed away from me.

I was still caught up in my thoughts when a gentle knock on the door diverted my attention.  "Go way Mom! I don't want  to talk about it. I'm not going to change my mind."  I shouted  before she could attempt a second pair of knocks.

"Sorry miss stubborn. But I think I'll pass on being your mommy. Thank you very much."  A voice replied while I heard the door open and shut. I need not turn around for I already heard that voice for a million of times. It belonged to someone I have known all my life. Nathan... my bestfriend. 

Our moms are in the same circle of friends and since they were together most of the time, they had tag us along wherever they were. And so Nathan and I basically grew up together although he is two years older than me. He was there when I took my first step and when I spoke my first word Neth.

"Hmm...so mommy and Lexie had a fight again. Let me guess... it's about your loyal daddy right?" He asked in a teasing tone. I looked at him. He was grinning a breath-taking smile.

Nathan had the most charming face I ever laid my eyes on. Every teenage girl, even some of those older than him are dying to go out with him. He just doesn't see them. Even the most popular girl, that flirty Julie, is head over heels with him. But like the rest, she's a ghost to his eyes. Maybe because of what happened 3 years ago...