Want what you can't have (TEACHER/STUDENT) 18+

Chapter 10 - OLD FRIENDS

It's after I get home and have a bath that I hear my mother crying from her room next door, I grab a towel and wrap it round myself before quietly opening her door, to see her sitting at the end of her bed, eyes red and puffy, face stained with tears. I run over to her and sit next to her, worried. I have never seen my mother cry.

She instantly pulls me in to a hug, crying on my shoulder. Her shoulders bounce up and down as she weeps, I try asking her whats wrong but she is sobbing to much to answer, so I sit for a while until she calms down. After around 10 minutes of me rubbing her back trying to reassure her that whatever it was she is upset about I can help her; her sniffling became less frequent and she sits up, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.

I run to the toilet and bring her back some tissue, and while she takes it and starts dabbing at her sore looking eyes, her shaky voice attempts to tell me what exactly she is so distraught about.

"It - it's your father" she says before tears begin running down her face again. I keep my arm tightly wrapped around her, for reassurance. "He - he said he thinks our marriage has stopped working, and wants to" she cries harder. My eyes begin brimming with tears as I know what she is about to say. She manages to push the word "divorce" before going back to sobbing violently.

Everything around me becomes blurry, the sound of her crying ringing in my ears, the tears fall over and soon enough I'm crying with her. I have always thought of my family as happy, but now that I think back maybe it was always too happy. I don't remember my parents ever fighting or even arguing; which is quite strange.

After a while of just sitting in our own thoughts i tell my mam it will be OK and that I wish I could stay with her longer but have to go and do work for tomorrow. I run in to my room, and grab my phone. After checking if I have any texts and see one from "Unknown",I ignore it for now and try to find jack's name (in the photo).

He's Casey's older brother by 3 years, but was also my best friend growing up where I used to live, until we moved to where I live now 2 years ago, I had lived next door to them my whole life. I would see him everyday, tell him everything. I think looking back, to him I was just another little sister; the age gap too much to be anything else. We used to say when we grew up we would get married and have 2 children; 1 boy called joey and a girl called phoebe (we were a big fan of friends), but he never actually flirted with me, or showed any interest in me in that way ever; so I think he was probably just humouring me.

I don't know why I suddenly think to contact him, as the last time I'd seen him was at Casey's birthday meal last year; but we were at opposite ends of the table and didn't really speak. He had went to a different school to Casey because his best friend had gone and he wanted to be with him; so I hadn't even seen him around. He was always the one who would be my shoulder to cry on, wether it was if id scraped my knee at school, or something more serious he would always be there to pick up the pieces. More than anything he was the one that was like the son my parents never had, he was a big part of their lives as well as mine and for some reason I just think he has a right to know what's happened.

I sit for what feels like hours thinking about what I can say to him, without sounding weird for just texting him randomly. In the end I just send it and hope for the best

Me: Hey Jack, um I was just texting you because I think you should know my parents have decided to no longer be together... I'm telling you because I know you were a big part of their lives and they would want you to know. You don't have to reply or anything, I know it's been a while. Anyway, just thought I'd let you know. Renee X

I want to let him know I'm not expecting things to go back to how they were after 2 years, as I don't know how he is going to react. As soon as I send the text I put my phone down and go to sleep; forgetting about 'unknown'.