my best friend ~t.h.~

Part 11

My eyes widened at the sight of her face.
She looked all messed up like she was drunk and high.
I started to say something..
"M-mom?" I asked in a low voice. I had noticed that Nathan and Liz were home and they ran over. Tom stopped Nathan from running over to hug her.
I turned around.
"Could you please take Nathan upstairs?" I asked Liz and she followed him up.
I turned back around.
She attempted to come inside,
"Woah woah what are you doing?!" I asked pushing her back.
"We need to talk!" She said mumbling.
"I really don't think now is the time to talk. Come back when you're sober and drugless" I said in disgust. I attempted to close the door and she stopped it with her hand.
"LET ME COME INSIDE! THIS IS MY FUCKING HOUSE! I OWN IT NOT YOU!!!" She yelled in my face.
If I cried she would be able to walk all over me like the last time and this isn't happening again.
The only way she would listen is if I didn't yell back, nor cry,
"Yeah well you're not the one who's been taking care of everything and everyone that has to do with this house. I've been working my ass off along with school, doing YOUR JOB! You're out doing who knows what..well you know what you can go fuck yourself! You leave unexpectedly and come back like you've been pulled out of hell!" I said raising my voice.
Her expression suddenly turned from wheezy and tipsy to actually looking like the fucking devil. I could swear she had smoke coming out of her ears.
I noticed tom trying to pull me away from her because she was getting closer to me.
All of a sudden I felt a whip on the side of my face and I fell to the floor. I held my hand on my cheek and started to cry. Tom was on the ground seeing if I was okay.
He dialed 911 as he picked me up and layed me on the couch.
He whispered in my ear, "if I could beat the crap out of her you know I would"
I didn't really have any words to respond to that. I wanted him to but at the same time he'd go to jail for beating up an older women that was twisted.
I layed there holding my hand to my face and tom ran over and gave me and ice pack. Damn she hit me pretty hard.
From the angle I was I could see my mom rolling around on the lawn and puking everywhere. It was so sad to see. I just wish she was like she was 5 years ago when none of this happened.
I closed my eyes as I saw the red and blue flashing lights in front of my house.
I started to shake as the thoughts of when my dad died all came back to me. There were police cars in front of our house to give us the news. I kept my eyes closed tight as I felt a presence pick me up. I couldn't open my eyes at how frightened I was. I'm usually good with this stuff and I'm not easily scared, but when it comes to my family and real life problems, my body can't help but to go into a lockdown mode.
I felt the presence put me down in my bed and cover me with sheets. They went around the other side of the bed and got in. I suddenly realized it was Tom the whole time. He pulled me to his chest with one hand on the top of my head and the other around my waist. He slowly calmed me down and I stopped shaking. He didn't say anything and all I could hear was his light shushing.
I felt safe, and warm, and everything came back to me. The world didn't feel like it was falling apart. And then I slowly drifted off to sleep...