Breaking Ice

Chapter 44

Isaac's POV:

     I got home after hanging out at the bar to find Carter's car in the driveway. He was a really cool guy, but I thought he went back to Atlanta.  As soon as I got inside I went up to Hayden's room and knocked on the door.

"Hey Hades you ready?" I asked through the door

"Yeah" she said walking out

  Together we raced down the stairs.

"Guys slow down, what's the rush?" Mom asked

"We're gonna go hang out at the ice rink" I said

"The first snow hasn't even fallen" Carter said crossing his eyebrows

"It's not a rink anymore it's where the kids hang out, alright if you need anything we'll be down at Steve's" Mom smiled

"See ya later" I said grabbing my skateboard and backpack while kicking Hayden's down the driveway

"Fuck off" Hayden laughed

   Together we skated down to the old rink. I loved it here. It was so easy to clear your head.

"What do you even do down here" Hayden asked

"Well Steve took me here when my head was really bad and we talked. But when I came here with Jacki we had a screaming contest for an hour. Corey and I just got really drunk and cried. Xavier colored in a coloring book. Quinn and I played chubby bunny. It's up to you." I explained

    Every time I've come down here something different has happened. No matter the condition anyone was in before we came out feeling better. That was the beauty of the rink.

"Can I dye your hair?" She asked

"Sure, I didn't bring any with me but we can stop into Target down the street?" I suggested

   Again we raced down to the store. Hayden made me wait outside while she went in, it had to be a surprise apparently. I really hope she doesn't pick something stupid, like bright yellow. My natural hair was starting to grow in making my hair curlier than I would like. I texted Hayden to grab some scissors as well, no point in dying more hair than necessary.

"What color did you get?" I asked her

"Bleach and dark green" She smiled

"Why do we need bleach" I asked confused

"I also got lilac for me" She smiled

"Sick let's do this" I grinned

    Hayden spread out all the dye and put gloves on. I put the bleach in her hair and pinned it up. Her hair was a lighter brown so it wouldn't take too long. She cut and put the dye in my hair, after we sat and talked for a while, waiting.

"What do you think life would be like if dad didn't die?" Hayden asked

"I probably wouldn't want to die every time I look in the mirror" I shrugged, the rink is a place for honesty no sugar coating. "You?"

"Less anxiety, probably wouldn't have such bad OCD" Hayden sighed

   Hades was diagnosed with OCD when she was seven. It makes it really hard for her to do a lot of things. I was surprised she even wanted to dye her hair, the slightest change freaks her out. One time I put a fork in the spoon slot and she cried for hours. Germs are the worst , shaking hands is completely off the table for her. She started showing symptoms when she started school along with her anxiety. Our whole family is a bundle of mental health issues it seems.

"Why can't we be normal? Have a mom and a dad. Not be drowning in medicines and doctors appointments. Not have an extended family that hates each other." She sighed

"Fuck normal. This is our normal." I smirked

Our normal was dying our hair at a pond with over grown grass. We talked about our family and life for a while longer.

"How are we going to wash this out?" Hayden started laughing

"Fuck. Quinn's house is down the road" I suggested

We skated down to Quinn's house laughing. We were prepared for everything else but washing out the dye. Quinn let us in after agreeing to many rules of not fucking up his house with hair dye. Hayden washed the bleach out first and then I put in the purple dye. She didn't look bad with platinum hair. I washed the dye out of my hair and saw spots of blue. I looked in the bathroom mirror and saw an ocean of hair. It was green with parts of blue.

"Hades why is my hair blue" I asked

"I used green and blue, you always use one color so I thought why not try something new with two colors"

"It looks sick" Quinn said coming upstairs

After we finished up washing out dye we left Quinn's.

"I'm gonna go to bed" Hayden said "thank you for showing me the rink"

"Of course Hades" I smiled "if you need anything just let me know. I'm gonna go to Steve's you'll be fine here right?"

"Yeah I've got Flyzik" she smiled picking up our heavy dog

"Love you Hades" I said hugging her and grabbing moms car keys

    I drove down to Steve's bar jamming to Vesperteen on the way. Shatter In The Night is such a good song. Mom and Carter were sitting at the bar talking.

"Hey Ice how was the rink?" Mom asked

"Hades dyed my hair" I said pointing to the green and blue mess on my head.

"Fucking sick man" Carter grinned

"I'm gonna go show Steve" I grinned I slowly went up the stairs because I could hear Steve and Luke arguing.

"He's Isaac's dad do you know how devastated Ice would be if you hurt him.." I heard Luke say

   How the fuck could Steve hurt dad if he's dead?

"Ahg!" Steve said

I ran down the stairs before I could hear any more of the conversation. Dad couldn't be alive? People don't come back to life. Why would Steve and Luke be arguing over dad? This is just too much. Without saying anything I got back in the car and drove back home. I need to go to bed.

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A/N

Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed!

This week has been so stressful, I'm so sleepy. That's all I really got tbh. Thank you all so much for the feedback last chapter it meant a whole lot that you all were excited and wanted more.

Q: Do you have dyed hair? What color? (If not what color would you like to do?)

-Izzy