The Curse on my Life

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The car ride back to mine was a bit awkward at first after what happened with my Dad.

"I was going to punch him if he tried to do anything." Flynn says. I choose to ignore that as I didn't really want to talk about it.

"How old are you?" I ask.

"18." He replies. I let out a gasp.

"No you're not, why haven't I seen you at school and how do you work at the hospital as a nurse?" I ask. He laughs.

"To answer your first question, you hang out with your friends in the courtyard and we don't have any classes together." He says. "And to answer your second question, I started a nursing course when I was young because my Mum is a surgeon so now I work nights and weekends."

I nod my head quite impressed, I've never met anyone my age who works at the hospital.

"Let me guess, you're in all the smart classes and hang out with all the nerds." I joke.

"Well I'm in the smart classes if that's what you call them but no I actually volunteer in the First Aid office at lunch times." He says.

"I just can't believe I haven't seen you around and that's very nice of you to help in First Aid."
I then get curious. "How did you know where I hang out?"

"Just because you haven't seen me around doesn't mean I haven't seen you around." He says. "I just never knew your name but I saw you quite a lot."

"Does my boyfriend know you?"

"Who, Adam?" He nods. "Yeah I do."

"How?"

"Oh we used to be friends, a little while before youse starting dating." I remember how Adam reacted when Flynn was hugging me. That explains a lot.

"What happened?" I ask.

"We got into a silly fight that's all." He says. "Well it looks like we're here." He changes the subject as we pull up to my house.

"Would you like to come inside, I'm thinking about ordering some pizza?"

"I would but I should really get home but would you like me to pick you up on the way to the hospital tomorrow?" He asks.

"Yes, please." I smile at him before getting out of the car.

He smiles back and waves goodbye before driving off.

I walk up to the door and lift up the doormat  to get the spare key.

It's not there. Far out. Adam must've accidentally taken it with him.

I pull out my phone and call him. I wish I had my drivers license, I would drive over and grab them but I'm the only one in our group that doesn't have one.

"Hello." He answers.

"Adam, do you have the key?" I ask. I hear him rummaging through his pocket.

"Shit, yes I do." He replies. "Would you like me to bring it over?"

"Yeah well I don't really want to freeze my butt off out here." I say, adding a little laugh so I don't sound so rude. I'm just exhausted.

"I'll be there soon."

"Alright, I'm going to call and order some pizza, you're more then welcome to stay and have some." I say.

"Can't say no to that."

-.-.-

We sit on the lounge, watching Netflix while eating our pizza. I was getting even more tired.

Once we were finished, I take our plates to the kitchen. I start washing them so I don't have to worry about them tomorrow when Adam comes up behind me and starts kissing my neck.

"Adam, please, I'm trying to wash the dishes." He doesn't stop. "Adam, I'm too tired, I'm not in the mood for it." He keeps going which makes me mad. I turn around and shout at him to leave me alone.

"It's because of Flynn isn't it."

I roll my eyes and go back to washing the dishes. "What about him?" I snap.

"I saw the way he was with you."

"What, are you jealous because the nurse was being there for me?"

"He hugged you!"

"My Mum is dying Adam!" I throw the sponge across the room. "She's fucking dying and I'm a mess and you don't give a shit."

He looks a little taken back and confused. "What do you mean she's dying?" He asks.

"She's got cancer, Adam." I say. "It's why she did it." He goes to comfort me but I step away.

"Just go, please." I gesture to the door and look away.

"Fine." He says.

I follow him to the door to lock it as he leaves. I put my back to the door and just slide to the floor. I put hug my knees and place my head on top of them. I let the build up of tears come out.

I can't believe it. First I find out my Mum is dying and now all of a sudden my Dad is back? I just don't understand.

Why is all of this happening to me? I decide to drag myself to the bathroom and have a shower.

I sit at the bottom with my head in my hands. Letting the hot water just rush down my body.

I swear whenever I sit in the shower, all the horrible things in life come to my mind.

Showers are meant to be relaxing and calm you down but instead it seems to be the one place where I overthink and feel more depressed in.

I wonder why Adam was so pissed off about Flynn hugging me. Was he jealous because they were friends? I have no idea.

After nearly half an hour of sitting in the shower and letting every single thought get to me, I decide to get out, brush my teeth and jump in to bed.

I think I've had enough for today. Tomorrow I'll go to the hospital and see my Mum and Monday I'm at school.

I just hope my mind settles down so I can sleep. I close my eyes and try to think about the dream I was having in the hospital. The thoughts slowly start to fade away and I can see myself running through that field again.

It doesn't take long until I'm dosing off in a dream I wish was real.