Losing It

4

I was awoken by my phone ringing across the room. I barely made it out if bed and across the room. I looked at the missed calls from 'Gia'.
"Gia?" I said when she picked up.
"Your dad is home!! He's demanding to see you at once!! Girl!! Get over here now!"
"What? Why?" I was on my P's and Q's now walking frantically around gathering my stuff. "He came last night, mom said the jig is up and if you don't show up by the next twenty minutes she's going to talk!"
"I'm coming! Why are you there??"
"I came early I didn't know! Girl get over here! Bye." I ran downstairs looking for Jeff. He was no where to be found. "I have to go now! Where the hell are you??" I screamed in the phone. "I went to get breakfast, what's happening?"

"I'm going to be in so much...get over here now!!!" I screamed hanging up. I couldn't bare waiting on him, frig waiting I'm walking. I begin walking to the main town I know I'll be okay by then. I looked on my phone and calculate I have five minutes left. I begin to sprint.
My phone begins to ring as I approach Gia's street. I ran with my last breath bursting through the doors. "You left me?! What the hell??" I winked at her. She picked up what I'm doing and started to giggle. "Why would you leave me? I told you I was going to get something to eat!"
"I thought you meant I should go ahead."
"Gia! Keroline! Stop right now!" I hear Ms. Patterson scream. My dad walked out with an angry look on his face. "I can't believe what I'm hearing. Why would you go to some guys house??" He asked. I hung my head and so did Gia. "Dad, I can explain." I say.
"Damn right, you are banned from seeing Gia or whom ever that boy was!"
"Mr. Brown, its my fault." Gia said.
"No Gia dont ... Its my burden. Bye." I say wiping a tear and going out the door. I hear Gia sobbing and running up the stairs. I start to cry hard in the backseat.
***
"I don't want to see you outside the house after three. No texting. No calling. You are to go to school and come back before three or I'm looking the door."
"I'm sorry, dad."
"So now I get respect? Who were you with?"
"A friend. He's my friend."
"Namely?"
"Jeffry."
"You were having sex?"
"No, I didn't we just went to the movies and came back."
"I don't believe you."
I feel my head swell. I cannot tell him yes but I can't push him to believe my lie. I roll my eyes just to make him think I'm not lying. He snaps up and eyes me. "Go to your room."
"Its Saturday."
"So?"
"I have practice."
"As a matter of fact, I'm canceling your practices. No more dance for you."
Now he was pushing it. He takes away my best friend, my boy friend and now he trying to kill me. I am not going to let that one die easy because he's trying to get at me. "I'm not quitting dance for you! I hate you! I hate you more than I hate mom! I hate everything about your cheating, ugly ass! That's what you are a cheater and an liar! I hate you! You're no better than your stupid brother! Maybe someone ought to castrate you for you to stop fucking peoples lives up to get what you fucking want!"
"I'm fucking lives up? I'm not being a whore on Friday night! I'm not sleeping with a million boys! You are! You are  whore and you keep fucking my life up! You! You are a fucking bitch! And you know what whores get from daddy's like me? That's right nothing but dicks! Am I speaking your language? Or should I add more slut to it! Go to your room!"
I feel my insides turn over and everything around me crashes. Suddenly I can't breathe or see anything but the words he just called me. I feel my face lose color and its evident cause he puts his hand on my shoulder. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
"No, its fine. I wonder if mom wants me." I say running up the stairs slamming my door and falling on the floor.
***
Its Tuesday and my body refuses to move from where I fell on the floor on Saturday. The smell of coffee and pancakes used to melt me but now it makes me sick. I can hear someone walking towards my room. "Its Gia." I feel a tad happy to hear her sweet, voice. "Open." I say. She walks in and instantly cradles me on the floor. I so so loud in her arms I might have deafen her. "Grace called my mom and we heard everything. I could wait to come hold you." She sobs.
"He's not your dad. He's a monster. He is the monster that keeps messing you up."
I sob more. She sobs too.
"But you're Keroline, and I know you're not sleeping around. I know you're not a whore. Please stop crying. Your not what he says you are. He's the one who left your beautiful mom and cheated on her with grace." I look at her and smile. She smiles and wipes my face with her favorite blouse. I stand with her and look at her. "Gia, I love you."
"I love you more boo. Come get showered and dressed I want to take you somewhere."
"Really? Where?"
"I'm not telling. I'm going to speak with your dad." She leaves me.
***
Gia POV

I walk downstairs and instantly put on my ' I'm gonna hit a bitch' face. "You sure won the award for worst dad in the world award." I say. "I mean I wish I had a dad to lie to. But not in a million years I want one that would call me what he thinks of himself!"
"Gia, I'm already regretting those..."
I cut him off "whore? Slut? Bitch? You mean words I can use to describe you? Look at your life. You cheated with Grace packed up and left your wife took you daughter from her mom and you're saying she's the whore?"
"Gia stop.."
"No! The truth has to come out. I bet Grace doesn't know you aren't divorced. Should I tell her? Or will you?"
"Gia its a matter of time. Stella still hasn't agreed."
"Why? Oh wait she's protecting Grace from your whore ways. Man, I hope you know that I called her to get Keroline away from you. She's coming tomorrow." I say walking back to Keroline. That ought to show him.