“What the hell is going on here?” my mom’s voice sent every muscle in our bodies to freeze.
My throat was dry as it ever was, and apparently, so was Bradley's. The lack of any sound coming from both our mouths didn’t calm my mom at all. In fact, it only made her the whole lot more pissed.
“Can any of you sweethearts give me an answer of why were your tongue” she pointed at Bradley “inside her mouth?” then at me.
A laugh nearly escaped my lips but I was able to hold it back. The only thing that I got out was a low “I’m sorry.”
“Saying you’re sorry will not make this go away. What’s happening between you guys?” the vein in her forehead was starting to pop out and it frightened the hell out of me, since that hadn’t happened in a long time now.
Brad looked at me hesitantly, the fear of everything ending mirrored in our eyes. He took my hand in his and intertwined our fingers, causing my mom to gasp. She was getting angrier by the second.
“I- I don’t know what to call this, it just… happened.” he mumbled, shrugging.
“Oh, I know what to call it: WRONG. It’s a disaster. And it needs to stop right now.” she grabbed my arm and started to drag me out of the room.
“Mom! You’re hurting me!” I moaned, trying to get rid of her tight grisp.
“I don’t care, you deserve it. I never expected something like this from you, Heloise! What were you thinking?”
“Do you think I wanted this to happen?” the tears were streaming down my face when we got to the living room, Brad following behind.
I rubbed where her nails scratched me, biting down on my bottom lip. Brad looked at the bruises and then into my eyes, his hand slipping around my waist.
“What happened?” Megan asked, her face pale.
“I caught Bradley and Heloise kissing in their room.” my mom said, disgusted, letting go of my arm.
“WHAT?” Megan widened her eyes, getting up from the couch.
“Mom-“
“Shut up, Bradley!”
“I’m really, really glad grandma already went to bed. She wouldn’t take something like this.” she continued, sighing. “We should know this would happen. I just have one question: does anyone else know?”
“Uhm…” Brad hesitated, his gaze falling over Caroline for a split second. “James, Tris, Connor, obviously, Katy and Kylie.”
“Connor and Kylie knew about this? Then why were they with you?” my mom asked, furrowing her brows.
“To… cover it up.” I nearly whispered, my voice cracking. I needed a glass of water as soon as possible.
“Why did you break up with Connor?”
“Cause he started to like me and I had already fallen for Brad so…”
“You talk about it as if it’s something normal..” my mom stared at us like we were some sort of strangers, grabbing hold of my arm again. “You and I, miss, we’re going home.”
“What? Mom, we can’t just leave like this! I-“
“YES!" she exclaimed, shooting me a glare. "Yes, we can. And we are.”
With that, she dragged me back to my room and then to hers, picking up our stuff and shoving it into the trunk of the car.
“Please, tell mom I’m really sorry.” my mom kissed aunt Megan’s cheek, starting the car.
