Agliophobia

Chapter Two

"You ripped me up into pieces so small, I wasn't sure I still existed" -Unknown

Sawyer
Growing up I was afraid I wouldn't remember my mother. Sure, I looked like her, but that just wasn't it. But one thing I found out I had from my mother was her voice. She was an amazing singer who could make any and everyone fall in love with her voice. So growing up I'd sing to release the pain. The pain from my mothers passing and the pain given to me by my father. So today when my father went out to the bar I decided to shower. Nothing unusual with me showering. Its just when he's home I can't sing. Not that I don't want to, he doesn't want me to. My voice reminding him of my mothers, he beats me for bringing up the memories he buried deep inside of his evil self. My song of choice was 'Gravity' by Alex and Sierra. I hummed the verses as usual and sing the chorus out loud, putting as much emotion into it as possible. 'Set me free. Leave me be. I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity. Here I am. As I stand so tall, just the way that I'm supposed to be. But you're onto me, and all over me..." Next I wait until the bridge of the song to put power into that as well. 'But you're neither friend nor foe. I can't seem to let you go. But one thing that I should know is that you're keeping me down.' By then I'm in tears because while singing my mothers image was in my head, as was my fathers, post alcohol. His loving smile looking at me and my mother with pure aspiration. Pure love. Where is that look? Why don't I receive it anymore?

When I step out I hear the door bell ring and I run trying to get it in time. "Hello. Are you Sawyer?" Hmm. I answer suspiciously. "Yes. May I ask your name? And how you know mine..." She giggles while I stand looking like a fish out of water. "My bad. I'm Arialosè. My little cousin Parker is just fascinated by you. So I had to see you for my self. And let me tell you, you're really hot. Wanna come over. I promise we don't bite. Most of the time..." I laugh at that. She's really funny, plus I did all my 'chores'. When my dad gets home he'll most likely pass out. I'll just sneak back into my room through the window like usual. "Sure. Just let me get my phone." I hope I'm doing the right thing...

Parker
After we got home from the diner I waited for her, Sawyer, to reply. But she never did. I waved it off thinking she had better things or people to worry about. I'm pulled out of my mind when my cousin Arialosè, aka Aria, walks in laughing with someone. I turn around to see her. Sawyer. Standing in my house. On the inside I'm freaking out while on the outside I smirk and put on my game face. "Hola Aria. ¿Por qué la trajiste aquí? Y Juro que si usted le dijo ..." She smirks while Sawyer looks around the house, completely ignoring use. "No hay necesidad de pánico pequeño primo . Ella no lo sabe. Todo ello..." She shyly looks down as her voice gets quieter as she goes on. "¿EN SERIO? Confié USTED ARIALOSÈ . ¿Por qué haría eso a mí ? Yo pensaba que tenía la espalda , pero supongo que no ..." Before she can continue I walk away and up to my room. I slam the door shut and start to knock things over. My desk and chair. The empty book shelf. But before my dad hears my from his study I change and walk to the gym. I'm so angry at her. She said I could trust her and tell her. She vowed she would tell Sawyer if they ran into each other. But she did. She broke a promise. She knows how I can't trust easily due to my fathers job. But she turns around and does this. It may not seem like much to others, but to me its another person trying to get close to only hurt me or my family. Because if you grow up like I did, everyone was like that until they could prove otherwise. And I hate it like that. But thats just how its supposed to be when your dad is the leader of a drug cartel. And thats something I don't want her to go through. So I can't get close to her. I will not get close to her. Thats was not just a mental note. That was a promise. A promise I will try my best to keep. No matter how hard it is to do so.

Sawyer

After a long drive to a house on the outskirts of our small town Arialosè turned into a drive that connected to an AMAZING house. My jaw dropped as I imediatly feel intimidated by how big it is. Upon seeing my reaction, Aria chuckles and places the car in park. "Come on Niña bonita. We don't want to keep them waiting." Her words cloud my head with confusion, but as we walk through the doorway I hear the same voice as the guy at the diner, my cheeks heating up. "Hola Aria. ¿Por qué la trajiste aquí? Y Juro que si usted le dijo..." Him. Parker. He exchanges spanish words as I stare around the house, still completely mesmerized. Soon a loud voice snaps me out of my trance and I turn to see Parkers retreating figure, along with everyone staring in Aria and I's direction. I look over to see her looking down slightly. "Tal vez es fue una mala idea traerla aquí , ¿eh ?" The group of spanish teens shook their heads and looked away."If I'm ivaiding on...anything then I can leave. My dad is probably wondering where I am" For all the wrong reasons. "No hay necesidad de dejar hermosa. Parker no le importa comparti." He finishes with a wink as my eyebrows furrow with confusion. The guys crack up laughing at his apparent joke while the girls just shake their heads. "No need to piss him off even more Cabrón. You can only do that when you two are alone." Speaks a girl looking very similar to Parker. She is probably his sister retard. That makes sense. "Allow me to introduce everyone then. You know me, Arialosè. The guys are Drake, Marco, and Victor." She says, pointing to them one by one as they either wave, or on Drakes part, wink. "Then the girls are Maycee, Mae, Raquel, Julià, and Michelle." All the girls smile and waved, other than Maycee, who I concluded as Parker's sister and the one who replied to Drake's smart remark. Maycee gave me an unconvincing smile, sarcastic even. Its official. She hates me. I wave at the group of strangers and they then continue what they where doing before this whole fiasco. I then turned to Aria who seemed to fully recover from the event that had happened only moments before. "I really should get going. But first...can I use your restroom." I smile sheepishly and blush and she giggles and nods. "Yeah. Go down that hall and take a right. Then you should pass a glass wall. On the very end on that hall on your left. I you get lost let me know." I roll my eyes at her comment and head in the direction she pointed to.

As I rounded the corner a gut wrenching sound flowed through the hall. I peered through the glass wall to see someone, whom I presumed was Parker, viciously punching a bag handing by chains on the ceiling. I gulped and knocked on the glass, a lame way of trying to get his attention. But hey, it was worth a shot. His head snapped in my direction as his usually vibrant green eyes were dark, almost black. His features softened once he realized it was me. I opened the door and carefully shut it, as if the wrong move would make him explode. I'm not gonna lie when I say what I saw him doing to that punching bag terrified me. Sure, I've seen my dad through punches, but his were sloppy compared to Parker. A red target was placed on the bag, while the center had been warn away due to so many violent blows. He started towards me and I backed away, immediately regretting even getting his attention. He saw the fear visible on my face and cursed quietly. "I'm sorry you had to see that mi amor. I was just angry," I looked down as he continued only to be confused with his words: "No me gustaría que usted tenga miedo de mí . Nunca." The serious glint in his eyes made me thing it had to be some type of apology or something. "Look I'm sorry to disturb you. I was just leaving and wanted to say bye before I stepped out." An emotion in which I could not detect flash over his eyes as they turned their normal color.

"Oh, okay. Well..Uh bye then." He cautiously hugged me as I froze. Once he pulled away I quickly turn around and open the door. Speed walking back to the living room. Once I start hearing voices I slow down, and meet that watchful gaze of the teens once again. Could they ever stop staring? I wave a goodbye as Aria leads me out. Once in the car and I give her my address we sit in silence. After what felt like hours we pull into my drive way and I carefully inspect my house and driveway before confirming my silent thought son if my father was home. He was. "I'm sorry for that. Really. But thanks for the ride. I'll see you around." Before she got to answer I hopped out of the SUV and walk up to my door. Dreading what I see inside.

My father. Dead. I walk in to find a note sayin he didn't need my bitchy self and a shard of glass through his chest. No matter what he did to me he was still my dad. I'm an orphan. Both of my parents are dead. After calling the paramedics they told me to call anyone I could stay with. In the spur of the moment I dialed the number. Not thinking of what I was doing.

"Hello?"
"Hey. Sorry to bother you but my dad is um..dead. And I have no where to stay. I didn't know what to do so I-"
"No need the explain hermosa querida. I'm on my way."

And that is how I ended up here. Riding to Parkers house. Parentless.

============================ I'm truly sorry for the short chapter coming up at only 1,947 words. Some Parker and Sawyer drama. I assure you that plenty more is to come. This was more of a filler chapter anyway so..yeah.

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