Breaking Free • TFC 2.0 • l.t. au

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Seventeen

"She's doing it again, Edward! I don't know if I can deal with that! She's come through a long way to be who she is now and you're going to ruin it all!"

I jolt up when I heard yelling just outside my door. I checked the time on my bedside table. The giant 6:00 AM frustrated me. I got up and grabbed a towel on the rack and took a quick shower for school.

I put on a pair of jeans, my boots and a cashmere sweater for this horrible weather. I walk out of my room after drying my hair. Aunt Cecile and dad are on the couch, what looks like, having a serious talk.

Aunt Cecile saw me walking out and soon I heard her feet sound on the floor, getting louder. "Meg, you didn't have breakfast." She says.

"I'll grab some on the way." I tell her before walking out of the house. Honestly, I don't really have the appetite. I've been thinking a lot about dad's sudden reappearance and how mad at him for lying that I don't feel like doing anything.

I took my usual bus rides to the university. Since it's only 7 and class starts at 10, I went to grab breakfast at the nearby deli shop. I pick up a ham sandwich and a bottle of iced tea. I'd rather spend my time near the school than at my aunts house. I might as well move back in my dorm if I have to. I can't stand being in the same room as my father.

I was sat in the corner, pondering at the universe, when someone sat infront of me. "Is this seat taken? Of course not." Well if it isn't the devil himself.

"All the tables are vacant but this so what made you choose this one?" I ask him. Maybe a bit harsh.

"This is my table."

I chuckle and shook my head. "You're lying."

"But you could use a company. You come here often?" He asks.

"Nah, just today. Don't really feel like staying in the house."

"Ah. Acceptance problems?" He asks and I raise my eyebrow for a yes.

"Can't believe dad has been lying to us all these times..." I say, picking on the bread. Yeah I'm not really that hungry.

"It's not that bad, in my expense anyway." He says, leaning back on his seat.

"Really? What's in it for you?" I ask him coldly. He's always been cocky, one of the things I can't stand about him.

"Not just me, you too. I mean would you have done those things in high school when your dad was alive? Admit it, you had a blast!" He says exasperatedly. I roll my eyes and cross my arms over my chest.

"It seemed fun at the time but now I realize how stupid I was for putting up with drinking when I could've just went to a therapist or had crazy anti-depressant pills and shit like that."

"Yeah you were a baaaad girl." He says with a chuckle. "But hey, we all make mistakes no matter how small they are."

"When did you suddenly turn into Gandhi?" I ask him making him laugh.

"Since you went all emo on me. And back with your dad, your mad at him huh?"

"can't you tell?" I ask him sarcastically.

"Give it a little more time"

It surprised me that we can actually talk without malice and insults. We've been sitting in that deli for half an hour talking about the bloopers in high school without bringing up our so called 'relationship'.

I saw Ellison on the lawn just as we got to the campus so I went to join her and she kept eyeing Vlad suspiciously. "Y'know, I have a feeling he's not a stranger to you." She says whose eyes are following Vlad as he enters the building.