Blinded by the Light

one

"I'm home." I projected through the house as I closed the door behind me. I took off my shoes and walked up the stairs.

I walked into my room and set the Forever 21 bags on my bed. Nat eventually stopped calling me sometime while I was in the car. I felt a churning feeling in my stomach as I wondered about what he'd say/do to me tomorrow. I brushed off the thought and changed into a large t-shirt and some black shorts. I slipped on some knee-high socks so my feet didn't get cold.

"Allison, can you go downstairs and get the Ibuprofen?" I heard Andrew, my stepdad, yell. I rolled my eyes at the sound of 'Allison.' "Yeah." I yelled back as I ran down the stairs and into the kitchen. I opened the medicine cabinet and grabbed the medication. I ran up the stairs and into my parents' bedroom. I saw my mom laying in bed, paler than usual, and Andrew sitting beside her.

He rudely snatched the medicine from me and opened it. I rolled my eyes and sat down on the bed by my mother. "Hi mom." I said softly and she gave me a soft smile. "Hi sweetheart. How was your day?" she half whispered. She seemed extremely weak. "It was ok. Nat and I got into a fight again. Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just feeling really warm. Can you turn on the fan?" she asked. I hopped off the bed and flipped on the fan switch. "Are you hungry?" I asked her. "I'm ok. Andy just fed me, but thank you." she replied weakly.

It was silent after that. "Don't you have homework?" Andrew snapped all of a sudden. "I just have to study." I glared at him. "Why don't you go do that instead of bothering your mother." he coldly stated. I bit my bottom lip from saying something I would regret. I got up and closed the door behind me as I went back into my room.

I was actually hurt by that a lot. I don't understand why he gets mad at me when I try to talk to my mother who is really sick. When she recovers I need to tell her about how much he hates me. "Andy loves you," she says, "He wants to spend time with you." Really well if he wants to spend time with me why does he avoid even looking at me? I hate him so much it hurts.

I took out my science text book and began to study when I got a call on FaceTime from my best friend Carter. "Hey girl!" she chirped. "Hi." I greeted blankly. "What's wrong?" she asked. "Nothing." I stated. "Ali."

I sighed and began to tell her about Nat and my stepdad. I always vented to her. We told each other everything. She always heard the same thing about Nat and Andrew because it never stopped.

"I'm sorry. I just wish guys weren't such asscracks." she stated. I laughed at her choice of insults. We just talked and studied until it was about midnight. I told her I was going to bed and we hung up.