Double Trouble

Ch 1 - The letter

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THEAS POV

I read the letter again. The words imprinted in my brain as Kayleigh's shouts echoed from down the hall. I picture my mothers scrawny fingers as they roughly glide across the innocent paper that she has poisoned with her words. The last sentence lingered in my mind.....

"why couldn't your father of taken the biggest mistake of my life and left me with the only thing that kept me sane"

Kayleigh's heavy footsteps stormed through the doorway, the sound of shattering glass came from down the hall.

"We're leaving" Kayleigh managed through her clenched jaw and gritted teeth. I could see the anger pile in her eyes as she stood stood as calmly as she tried, but her stance did nothing to fool me.

(KAYLEIGH'S POV)

Thea's voice came out strong, but I could see it in her eyes that her mind was far from stable.

"the moment you were born I loved you like any mother would, as you grew older the love faded like the spark I once held in my bright eyes. Now they are just dull, dark and meaningless"

At that moment my mind flared with rage, and before I could hear more of the gruesome tale, my feet guided my body down the hallway. I saw the son of a bitch, sitting in her arm chair with a fag hanging out of her mouth and a beer bottle dangling from her long, scrawny fingers.

Whipping the cigarette from her yellow teeth, I crushed the ends of the butt underneath the heel of my shoe.  I growled at my mothers blank face. her emotion died the same day her soul did, too bad I could never remember my mother when she was 'alive'.

"you lied to us, to me, to Thea. you were supposed to protect us, to care for us, be the mother she never had. you lied to us" I managed through my gritted teeth. it took all the strength I had, to not tear out her throat and wring her dry.

"don't speak to your mother like that, child" she sneered at me condescendingly. to hell with her if she thinks I'll back down to a piece of shit.

I loomed over her face menacingly. her revolting breath caught in her throat. and she thought I was the weak one.

I spat in her face, a face I never want to see again. it landed in her eye, she flinched and grimaced as my saliva blurred her vision.

Anger fuelled my body as I ripped the now empty beer bottle from her hand, smashing it against the wall behind her head.

"I'm not taking any more of this bullshit. I've been such a good mother to ye, raised you's both as if you were my own"

I scoff and cross my arms. "I am your own-" she cut me off.

"you were expelled, again, and now you dare to disrespect me, child? get out of my house, and never return"

my eyes widened for a millisecond, before a smirk crawled its way onto my lips. "gladly" I snarled in her face

I stormed up the stairs to Thea. "Were leaving"

Her head was dropped low and I could see her eyes scan the paper again and again, and again.

She nodded silently and stood following my actions as we packed our rucksacks, only bringing essentials.

We hopped out the window and jumped the one story both of us not speaking, our minds too wild.

The television could be heard clearly from outside and only fuelled my anger.

Two homeless, young best friends with no where to go. What could go wrong?

After walking 3 miles we stood in an alley way. The cold midnight breeze helped to cool me down and now my worry for Thea grew. Her mother was a right prick, both our mothers were, but I was scared on how she would handle herself.

Her right hand held the crumpled letter that she had smoothed out. Her left holding a lighter. The corner of the page was lit, slowly spreading throughout the writing. Her hand still held it as it slowly crawled to her, burning her knuckles.

"Thea" I tried to get her out of her mind but she didn't move. I hit the paper out of her hand before it burned her badly.

She blinked and took in a breath before nodding. "Lets move. We have to find shelter outside but not somewhere dodgy or near pubs. Let's hop the park wall and sleep under the slide"

I nodded, grateful of her plan. I had no idea where to go and was hoping for her to think of something.

We got to the park 10 minutes later and hoped the high fence. I cut my arm in the spikes at the top but the anger was cursing through me so hard that I couldn't feel it. I didn't even notice it until I felt Thea wrap her bandana around it.

We huddled together under the slide for warmth. I could tell Thea was tense and I'm sure I was the same. Sleep felt far from me right now but I knew we had to get sleep for the long day tomorrow.

I started to quietly hum a song to try and distract my mind. I heard Thea sigh and lean onto my shoulder. I rested my head on hers as I started to sing.

"Well do it all
Everything
On our own"

A song we both would sit in silence and listen to as we sat on the roof, watching the stars.

I felt Theas breathing deepen and she leaned more into me. I sighed and leaned against her.

"We'll be okay Thea, I pinky promise"

My eyes started to close as the song continued on.

"I don't know where
Confused about how aswell
Just know that these things will never change for us at all"