Choosing Him

Prologue ✅

This is just a prologue, so sorry that it's short. I miss the feeling of writing so I am going to start again, but to give myself more of a push I am going to publish this prologue. Let's see what happens. Thank you for reading!!!

"What?" I sink further into the couch.

"We are sorry darling," my Mother says "It's just not working anymore"

"Your mother and I are just going different ways in life." My fathers face is emotionless, all except for the single tear in his eye.

"What do you mean different ways?" I manage to choke up through the waterfalls running down my pale face. Both my parents go silent. My mum looks away as my dad just stands there. In the end I know what they are both thinking and why they don't want to say anything. I stand up off of our two-seater couch and walk slowly up the stairs into my bedroom. I shut the door and fall asleep thinking about what just happened.

I wake up at 11:00. It's Monday. My parents must've thought it was better just to let me sleep in today, I roll over and grab my phone. I walk downstairs to see my mum sitting on the couch with a tub of ice cream watching Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. I go and sit down beside her. She silently hands me a extra spoon that was just sitting in the ice cream container, showing that she was waiting for me to come down. Ice cream and Harry Potter is her comfort things and it's also becoming my comfort things too. We watch the rest of the movie cuddled on the couch shovelling cockie dough ice cream down our throats.

Tears were falling from our cheeks with the last movie of the Harry Potter collection. But we finished it. Just then dad walks in, hands an envelope to mum and one to me, then walks upstairs without a word. Mum and I look at each other then carefully tear the envelopes open to reveal a letter each. Mine read:

Dear Bianca,
I know what's happening must be hard for you, but you must know that we both love you dearly. I am going to be going away for a while and I don't know when or if I'll be back. I have given your mother 2 tickets and some money if you both would like to start a new life in America. I know how much you have wanted to go there and I believe it would be the best for the both of you to get out of town. I don't know what else to write so I'll say this, you are amazing girl and there is nothing you could have done to stop this happening. Me and your mother are just two people who have grown apart overtime. I am so glad to be your father and can see that you will do something great one day. I love you and I hope I will be able to see you again.

Love your father.

(First of all: OOF

Second of all: Thank you for reading)