Even I Need Love

Chapter Three

Phoenix's POV

"Hey mom." I mumbled pushing past her and walking into the house I took it all in, it was just as I remember leaving it. "What are you doing back here?" I turned around to see Steve, Willow's dad walking twords us. I groned a little, I've never liked him he always gets on my nerves hes annoying and doesn't treat my mom right, not that I care about her but still. Not too long after my dad died my mom found Steve and shes been with him sense, but I met Willow out of all this so I'm not too mad.

"I said why are you back here!?" he yelled. I looked at him "I figured you missed me and wanted me back home" I said with a smirk. He snickerd and Willow lightly punched my arm. She hates when I talk back thats one difference between me and he,r she keeps quiet while I speak my mind. "Phoenix you walked out of my house and I told you not to come back." I now could tell he was drunk, this doesn't suprise me though, he always is. "Go to bed your drunk" I snaped. "PHOENIX" Willow yelled at me. "You better shut up kid" he growled steping closer.

I saw this as a opportunity to mention I'm pregnant "If you keep acting like a jerk then I won't let you see your grandkid" I said holding my stomach. My mother gasped while he laughed. "You got knocked up!?" he looked around, "and wheres the dad?"  I froze. "Well" I stuttered. "I knew it you lil slut, you've always done the stupidest things, but I think this one makes the top of the list." "Who are you to say anything about me? You don't know me, and the father of my baby is a wonderful man who loved me." Steve looked up, "awh he loved you? You mean he fucked you and left you with a kid." "I left him" I said holding back tears. "Slut." he taunted. I know most of this is because hes drunk but that still doesn't make it okay. " I am NOT a slut, I loved him alot and he loved me." "Thats not love honey" he said. "OH WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE YOU'VE HAD LIKE FOUR WIVES!" I know I striked a nerve now, I glanced at Willow she looked like she was texting. "I know a hell of alot more about it then you do" he said. "No you don't" I snaped back. "LISTEN I KNOW MORE THAN YOU, YOU'RE JUST KID!" I knew coming here was a bad idea, I hate him and he always thinks he knows so much more than me about everything. "JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT OLD AND WRINKLED LIKE YOU DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"

I know I need to calm down but when I get like this its hard to. I looked at Willow, "I wanna leave can we please go?" I asked holding back more tears. She closed her eyes and nodded her head yes. I know she really was hoping I could get along with him for atlest one day, but I can't help it. I walked to the door and looked back at him one last time, "why don't you go OD again while I'm gone" I ran out before he could respond. I waited as Willow walked out behind me.

She started the car in silence and drove a little ways, untill she pulled in a Walmart parking lot and stopped the car. I looked at her as she rested her head on the steering wheel. "Why did you have to do that?" She asked. "he started it" I said. "PHOENIX" she started to yell but calmed down, "Phoenix, you still didn't need to over react you could have just stop talking." "You know I can't do that! he treats me with no respect so I'm not treating him with respect." "Well now where are we going to go!?" She asked, I shrugged. Willow looked at her phone and texted someone. "Who are you texting?" "No one" she said putting her phone down and starting the car. "Where are we going?" "on a road trip." "to where?" I asked. "To see our baby daddys" she said with a smirk, I looked at her wide eyed "WHAT!?" I yelled

~Time skip, few hours into the trip~

I took another sip of the Dr. Pepper I had got at the gas station. "I hope everything goes okay. I feel bad because I never really appreciated him, I took him for granted, he loved me and I never showed him how much I loved him. I must have hurt him so much by doing that, and spending so much time with Kyle! Man, I was a bad girlfriend. I just miss the good times before things got all mixed up" I said looking out the window. "I miss everything too but we all made our choices" Willow said. "Why did we have to be so young and dumb?" I groned. "We have to be young and dumb, so we can grow to be old and wise" Willow said trying to comfort me. "Love is so confusing! I wish I could figure it out and understand it." "Phoenix Love isn't some math equation you can figure out. Love is a adventure, love is a roller coaster! You just have to get on, enjoy the ride, and see what it throws at you along the way. Through all the twists and turns you still have to hold on because you know you have to, and one day you will see it was worth the ride." "Wow. Just holy shit Will, when did you become the responsible poetic one?" She laughed. "I don't know I guess becoming a mom and with all the stuff we have been trough lately, I've had to grow up some."

"I can't wait to see them, it's going to be great! I even look forward to seeing Ronald!" I laughed. "Me too! and you have to admit that you love Ronnie, you guys had a brother-sister like relationship. You'd fight in public but were there for eachother in private." I jokeingly crossed my arms "I don't have to admit anything." We both laughed. "Dude I love this song!!" Willow exclamed turning up the radio. We both broke out into a singalong and the song blasted through the speakers.