AN: What is up?! So I think I'm gonna enter the field of politics seeing as I'm never able to keep my promises :/ I would bitch and moan about my computer crashing, my iPhone being stolen, and my job actually making me work but you guys probably don't even wanna hear it! Which is totally understandable. I have failed you U_U
So I'll just continue with the story. I must warn you though, this is a long ass chapter! I don't know if you guys like long chapters or not, but if you don't, I'd suggest you take a little intermission break in-between and go fix yourself a snack or take a nap before you continue with the rest of the chapter, that way you don't get bored.
PS: As always thank you, thank you, thank you for all the awesome reviews! You guys are too cool for school! :P
Jade
"Throwing a tantrum is not going to solve anything, Jadelyn." My dad mutters as he continues skimming through the paperwork on his desk, not even bothering to look up at me.
"I'm not-" I let out a frustrated grunt as I remind myself that I'm trying to remain calm. "I'm not throwing a tantrum. I'm just trying to tell you the reasons why I want to stay."
"Stay?" He scoffs while highlighting a portion of the document he's working on. "Stay where, Jade? Both your mother and I are leaving, the house has been sold, we have no family in California… Where could you possibly-"
"I'll stay on my own." I say firmly. He stops what he's doing and looks up at me over the rim of his glasses. "I'll be seventeen next month, one more year and I'll be overage anyway. I can get a job, find a place, and finish my last year and a half of school here-"
"You're being serious?" He asks with a chuckle, making my blood boil. Stay calm, Jade. Stay fucking calm.
"Yes." I say through gritted teeth. "I am." He stares at me for a moment, and my heart skips a beat thinking he's actually considering my proposition.
"Absolutely not." He states flatly as he once again returns his attention to his work.
"What- Why?" I cry. He lets out an exasperated groan as he removes his glasses and rubs his eyes.
"You really expect us to just leave you here by yourself?" He questions. "Your whole life you've had everything you could possibly need and more. You don't know what it's like to support yourself financially while still attending to your studies. What kind of parents would just leave their daughter behind-"
"Oh don't give me that 'loving and attentive parent' bullshit, dad!" I growl, all intentions of remaining calm violently thrown out the window. "You and I both know that the only reason this would pose as a problem would be due to your fear of what your precious friends and business colleagues would say about you for allowing your teenage daughter to stay behind, and not because you actually care about my well-being."
"Jade-"
"This is where I need to be dad." I say in a slightly softer tone. "This is where I can be successful at what I want to dedicate myself to; which is writing and acting in case you forgot." He purses his lips and sits back on his chair tensely. "You're asking me to renounce everything I've worked so hard for. Not only that but I'd be leaving the whole life I've built here behind. All the… all the people that I care for, and that care about me."
"We are your family Jade-"
"Oh dad, for fuck's sake, that is the last thing we could possibly call ourselves!" I cry. "You don't care. Mom doesn't care. I don't care. Nobody… fucking…cares…" He clenches his jaw and narrows his eyes. "I'm not trying to do the whole guilt trip here, dad. I'm just stating the obvious. Me staying behind and out of your life would probably come as a goddamn blessing to you guys."
