A Forbidden Fruit

Chapter One

A/N: Hey Kitties! The first chapter is here!
Song of chapter: All Comes Down, by Kodaline

"I can't believe it, my babygirl grew up so fast!" My dad says as he presses a kiss to my forehead, and even though he denied any tears that were brimming in his eyes I knew they were there and he was trying to hold them back as much as he could. My father always played a manly role, he was as tough as Popeye he would say to me. But even I knew that Popeye had to cry from time to time, because it was only human. "It's your first day in college, don't stress out too much babygirl, and please don't party too hard." My dad says holding onto me tightly. I roll my eyes at the thought of him bringing up a party, I hadn't gone to a party since I was sixteen and I wasn't planning on going back to one anytime soon.

"Dad, you know you don't have to worry about any of that, except me stressing too much you know I'll always stress out no matter what." I say grabbing my keys from the counter before heading out.

    My dad chuckles in response and nods, "I know that you will you got that from your mother. That women never stopped stressing, in fact the moment I met her she was stressing over whether to watch a horror movie or a romantic comedy with her friends." I laugh knowing how much my mom would stress over the tiniest things. My happiness begins to drop as I think of how my mom isn't here to see me start college. "Hey, bring that smile back onto your face." My dad says pinching my cheeks lightly, you know that your mom is with you everyday and she is so incredibly happy at the women you have become and are going to become over time." Tears come to my eyes as I nod. I know my mother would be happy at my achievements. I know I made many humongous mistakes after she died but I also overcame them and became stronger for her and my father.

Beep beep.

    I turn my head and look out the window to see Valerie's car. Valerie and I have been friends for as long as I could remember. She herself struggles with her own problems, as much as I want to have a family she wishes that she never had one. I never understood why, it seems that her family loves her and that  they try to make her respect herself. But Val says that it isn't true she says that they have bigger plans for her that don't involve Val ever being happy and as much as I always ask her what she means by that her response is always "Just our weird japanese customs."

"Dad, before I go I just wanna tell you that I might come home a little later than usual or I'll probably stay over Val's house tonight because she wants to do a little 'First Day at  NYU Celebration.' We'll probably watch a movie and go out to eat as usual." I had no clue what we were actually going to do, Valerie was the one that was making up the plans, and I was waiting for her to drop them on me. "Alright that's good babygirl, you've been trapped inside this house all summer you need a little time with your friends." My dad says taking a sip of his coffee. "Thanks dad," I say giving him a peck on the cheek and walking over to Val's car.

    "What the hell took you so long? Were you saying goodbye to your dad or writing a letter to the president on how he can suck your ass?" Val says as she begins to drive the car. I laugh and look over at her, "As much as I would love for Trump to suck my ass I actually was a little busy telling my father that we were going out tonight." I remind her, but as I do I see Val's lips turn into a devious smile. "I'm glad you've mentioned the celebration my youngling." Val says making me laugh and cringe at her calling me youngling. "We are getting wild tonight!" Val cheers making a sharp right turn making me slam against the window. "Shit! Wait what?!" I say rubbing my head as Valerie laughs at my pain. "Val we are not getting wild, you know how I feel about parties!" I tell her rolling my eyes at her even thinking I would let her drag me to a party.

    Valerie looks over at me and rolls her eyes, "please we are in college we don't go to parties." Thank God I say to myself throwing my head back. "We obviously go clubbing!" Val says beeping her horn in excitement. I quickly stop her and give her the best mom glare I can. "Oh don't give me that face Em, you need to adventure a little bit, I'm not taking you to a dumb teen party or a dumb frat party, I'm taking you to a mature club where we can dance and have fun a bit." She tells me trying to make me feel a bit better.

    It would be a lie if I said I didn't want to go, but I've always felt that if I did I would fall into some old bad habits, ones that could control my life forever. I deserved better, and partying wasn't better so I stopped.  "Stop overthinking it! Emma, I know you've had a rocky past but lets keep it in the past and try to move on, and forget." Val says giving my hand a tight squeeze.  I knew that Val was just trying to make me feel better but everything was easier said than done.

Something I really never realized until the moment that I broke was that:

I could always forgive anyone that has broken me, but I could never forget on how they chose to break me.

I wish I knew that their was choices when breaking a person maybe I would have studied people's actions and attitudes, maybe I would have become more cautious, maybe I would have never fallen in love.