Seeing Love (bxb)

13. Four Letter Word

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2/2/17
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Aden's POV

I fucked up, royally.

It's not that I don't love him, I just don't know him. We've been dating for like a week. Talk about moving fast.

I wonder if his storming out means he wants to break up.

"Boyfriend!?" Dad yells  "Is this some fucking joke!"

"Dad... I..."

"James?" I heard my moms beautiful voice in the distance.

"Mel what are you doing here?" Dad asks.

"The Event Coordinator needs to talk to you about your speech later."

"I better go then. Aden you're grounded for one month, you go to school you come home nothing else and I better not hear about you spending time with that kid or its two months."

I wasn't usually the rebellious type so I never knew my dad to be a strict person. In fact I only knew of 'happy-go-lucky' dad that spoiled me as a replacement for his constant absents in my childhood.

"A month! YOU can't ground me. " I said the word 'you' in a harsh tone lashing out like venom on my tongue, offended that he would tell me what to do.

His recent permanent entry into my life was welcome but I couldn't help but feel a lingering sense of detachment. While he would skype us, buy me candy and toys, spoiling me and my mother in the past. I had yet to realize how resentful I was of his absents till now.

"I'm leaving, Mel you handle him." He says storming off back to the main room.

"Wait what's going on? " Mom asks, she had just walked in on the tail end of my own personal nuclear disaster.

"I don't wanna talk about it. Can we just go back?" I say in aggravation.

"Ok honey." She replies with confusion ripe in her words.

Dads speech was great he sounded composed and unaffected by our earlier dispute, unlike me.

Dad being home was supposed to be the 'Happy Ending' moment of some overly emotional straight to tv family friendly movie. Instead I brought drama to my parents relatively happy lives. Even still, my mind kept wondering back to Nick and that moment. Would he still like me after today... Love me even?

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After the scolding I'm receiving from my father on our way home I was sent to my room.

I cracked my door open when I heard him yelling.

"James calm down." Mom tells dad in a soothing voice. Mom had been caught up on dads version of events in the car.

"Mel you didn't have to pick our son up at that god forsaken party. You didn't have to search for him for 20 minutes with the worst possibilities in mind, I almost had a heart attack."