One and the Same

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It was 2am when Gaga woke up. She felt as if an elephant had stepped on her. Still very tired.  She looked beside her to find Lukas sleeping peacefully, gently grabbing her hand. He really was the man of her dreams. She then remembered her daughter and how she was still at her father's. She tried to shake the thought out of her brain, and went to shower and brush her teeth, she couldnt sleep anymore.
She sat on the bed and looked at her phone after putting her reading glasses on, -'Work work work...all they want me to do is work' a tear escaped her eye. She wished she wasnt so sensitive about all this.
She checked her bank notifications. Several thousand dollars have been removed. Approximately ten thousand in just one day. She rolled her eyes so hard she thought they were gonna pop out. Maria.
Gaga didnt cared what time it was in New Jersey, Maria was about to get the scolding of her fucking life.

Maria woke up. It was 5am, and her god damn phone was ringing. -'Who the fuck...is calling me...' she looked beside her to make sure her sisters were still sound asleep. She grabbed her pink iPhone and stared at her screen. "Mom👱🏻‍♀️". Her heart dropped, and she felt light headed. She couldnt ignore this call.
Gaga was waiting patiently for her bratty child to get on the phone.
Her hard breathing woke Lukas up, -'Hey, what's up?' He said sleepily, while hugging her leg, -'I'm calling Maria Grazia' she sighed, waiting for her daughter to pick up the call. Lukas got ready for her screams of anger. He had seen how hard she scolded Maria in the past, he was never ready. He remembered one time waking up to screaming downstairs. Gaga had found Maria in her room with a classmate named Josh in the middle of the night. She always knew Maria was sexually active but the thought of her own baby going through what she went through broke her heart. She had yelled so loud the boy almost grew wings and flew away. Maria talked back and Gaga never allowed that. The slap echoed through the hallways.

Gaga closed her eyes when she heard her daughter's sleepy voice through the phone. Like she was trying very hard not to punch a hand through the cellphone and slap the fuck out of Maria.
-'Hi mom' she said, casually; which made Gaga's blood boil even more.
-'Hi mom? HI. MOM?! WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?'
-'I left a note! I'm at dad's!'
-'Why the FUCK did you left without my god damn permission, child?!'
-'I'm not a child mom, Christ....', Gaga sighed deeply and tried to collect herself, -'Why are there ten thousand dollars missing from your debit card', -'Uhmmm I spent ten thousand dollars?', -'On WHAT...you have spent so much money lately, what the hell is going on?!', -'I bought dad a car okay? His was complete trash', Gaga put the phone down and muffled it, she bit a pillow out of anger and breathed in deeply, -'You bought what?!', -'A Car! Are you deaf now too?', Gaga teared up, -'I also gave him a forward on his house and on Robin's colle-', -'Who the hell is Robin?!', -'My brother, see how you never pay attention to me?', Gaga couldn't believe her daughter's words, -'Attention?! ATTENTION?! ALL I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE IS CARE AFTER YOU', Maria frowned on the other side of the phone. Lukas caressed his girlfriend's leg, -'Stef, come on-', -'Just sshhh!' She said, -'Look after me? I don't remember my childhood with you mom!'. Gaga wanted to yell and rip out her throat, -'YOU KNOW WHAT?? I WAS WORKING SO WE COULD HAVE FOOD ON THE TABLE, YOU HEAR ME?!', -'You're yelling of course I hear y-', -'I COULDVE GIVEN BIRTH TO YOU BEHIND A DUMPSTER AND LEFT YOU THERE LIKE OTHER TEEN MOTHERS DO, BUT I DIDNT. I TOOK CARE OF YOU, I FED YOU, I WORKED FOR YOU, I WENT THROUGH AGONIES FOR YOU', -'Good job, you did the basic things moms do' Maria rolled her eyes, -'I WENT THROUGH HELL AND BACK FOR YOU BECAUSE I ADORED YOU. AND I STILL DO. You're the best thing that's happened to me, and I fucking adore you with every cell in my body, no matter what you say, how much it hurts loving you, I'm your mom and you're a piece of my heart...' she was now crying. Sad or angry? She didnt know. -'Why are you crying' Maria asked, twirling a strand of hair with her fingers, -'Because I try to be the best I can for you, and I think it's not enough and that's why you don't wanna be with me anymore'.