My mums going on holiday as she said she needs a break from YouTube for a while. Which means I'm left here with Joe,he moved in with us properly as he can't find a house he likes. My mum hasn't been talking to me,I don't see what I've done wrong. I'm not really talking to anyone. I go back to school tomorrow and I'm dreading it.
My mum won't be back for a few weeks. I guess I need to make the most of this time. I won't try and contact her unless she contacts me first.
It's 10am,I roll over to the other side of my bed and put my phone on charge. I've been scrolling though Instagram and watching YouTube videos for hours.
My phone flashes up. It's an unknown number.
'Hello Mia,it's Charlie. Don't ask how I got your number,I may of asked your mum. I'm not with my mates so I'm not getting dared to do this,but I'm sorry for everything I said and done. I just wanted to make mates laugh. Banta init. I'm sorry. If you want to talk then I'm here.'
I ignore it for the time being. I'll answer it later. I'm annoyed that my mum gave my phone number to the kid that bully's me. What a stupid fucking bitch.
I walk out of my room and slam the door.
Joe looks at me.
"You alright?"
"I don't know."
"How don't you know?"
"Please just leave me alone." I storm off,clutching my phone in my hand.
"Mia,hand me your phone."
"Why?"
"I asked for it."
"Well your not getting it."
"Well if your mum was here she would want you to hand it over to me."
"That's nice."
"Or even you dad."
"DON'T FUCKING TALK ABOUT MY STUPID DAD." I start to cry.
I walk downstairs,into the kitchen and sit down on a chair,I put my phone down. Joe follows me and grabs my phone.
"What are you doing?"
Joe looks down at my phone.
"Who's Charlie?"
"A prat."
"All boys are,even me."Joe says.
"Your alright."
"You sound like your mum."
"That's great." I say,rolling my eyes.
"Why didn't you answer Charlie?"
"I didn't know what to say?"
He hands my phone back to me.
"Go on,say something."
'Urm hey Charlie. I'm a bit freaked out that you've got my number but whatever. Thanks for saying sorry. You really upset me,do you realise that? My life's already crap.'
I walked up to my room as I sent it,I closed my door. I led down on my bed.
Charlie answered with in minutes.
'I know it's none of my business but what actually happened to you?'
'You think I'm really going to tell you just like that?'
'Yes....'
'Well I'm not going to. I've only ever told one person. Plus how do I know your not with your mates?'
'FaceTime me.'
'Now?'
'Yes.'
I FaceTime Charlie and he answers. We don't say anything for a while. I just go though Instagram.
"Are you going to talk or just sit there?" He says to me.
"I don't know,what do you think."
"I would expect you to talk."
"I would expect you to not try and get me to talk when I don't want to talk. You wanted to FaceTime so talk."
"Okay Mia,I wanted to ask if your okay."
"I'm fine." My face drops.
"I can tell your not."
"How? You hardly know me."
"I want to get to know you."
"My names Mia there you go."
"I want to know more."
There's silence.
"Like what?"
"I don't know."
There's more silence.
"My...My past?"
"If your okay with telling me that."
"Promise you won't tell anyone?"
"I swear on my life."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"So my dad and my mum broke up as my mum was in an accident and my dad said that she wasn't a good person for me to be living with. So I moved into this crappy cheap house with my dad and went to a really shit school,worse than ours. I started to feel really low because at the time my mum meant the world to me. I done some things and my dad found out,so he started beating me. It lasted until my mum found out. My dad left his phone at home so I answered it and it was my mum and I told my mum everything that my dad done. My dad wouldn't let me leave,so I ran away. My mum found me and let me live with here,so now I'm here. I've still got bruises and I still self harm. But I'm pretty sure I'll never stop." I feel a tear in my eye.
"I didn't realise,I'm sorry."
"It's okay. I'm fine."
I end the call and walk down stairs. Joe sees me.
"Everything okay?"
"Yes,I'm fine."
