✹ chapter four ✹

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This is what I wanted for crying out loud. I wanted her to stop talking to me, I wanted her to hate me! So, why do I feel this way?


Is it because I'm so used to overseeing things? So, used to being the one who called the shots, the one who's always one step ahead?


Now, that Xael has cut me off. I feel so strange!


I took off my shirt and threw it in the hamper. I got into bed and went to sleep so I could calm my nerves...


Hours Later


*P O W*


"Eli­as! Get the fuck out of bed, now! Because of you, we're screwed!" Izaac shouted. Him, Tomas and Alexis barged in my room and dragged me out of bed.


"Huh? What did I do?-- Get off me man! You're hurting me!" Jazmin watched helplessly as they beat on me, punching and stomping me out.


They stopped and gave me a chance to catch my breath. "What did you do? What did you do! Do I really have to explain?" Izaac grabbed me by the neck and slammed me against the wall.


"You pulled the fucking alarm and walked out of school retard! Does that ring a bell?"


I nodded my head up and down. So what I pulled the alarm. I didn't want security to stop me, but it looks like I made things worse for myself.


"We're getting a five hundred and fifty dollar fine, on top of that you're probably facing six months of jail time! Good luck on that one, pendejo."


"He's lying, you're not facing any jail time. You're getting suspended for a month. Thank Mateo for getting you out of this, idiot." Alexis slapped me across the face and watched with a smile as I collapsed to the ground.


I hate my brothers, I always have, and I always will. They've never been there for me, they constantly ridicule me and pick me apart! They're just like father, cruel and heartless.


I laid on the ground and groaned in pain. Jazmin crept into my room slowly and crouched besides me.


"Are you okay? I'm so sorry, I-I-I didn't know what to do! They were punching--kicking I couldn't help you! I'm so sorry! Forgive me!" She tried to reach out and comfort me, but I pushed her away. "Don't touch me, just get out of here." I said faintly.


Jazmin wiped away her tears and left me alone. This constant torment I get from brothers is killing me slowly, I am sick and tired of this! Most specifically, Izaac.


My sides ached, and my head throbbed. This pain was excruciating! I managed to pick myself up and walk downstairs where everybody was. Mateo sat at the kitchen table, he covered his face with the palms of his hands.


"Five hundred dollars, where the hell am I gonna find that fucking money? Tell me Elias, tell me!" He yelled, Mateo sprung out his chair and got really close to me. I clenched a fist, but I quickly stopped myself. The others watched in shock as I got yelled at and treated like a baby. Izaac, Tomas, and Alexis laughed their heads off, I wanted to run over to them and knock all of them out, but I wasn't physically ready to do so.


"I'm going to the school right now so I give Mr. Cooney all the money I have left. When I come back... I expect all of you to be packed. We're leaving tonight. I don't care!" Mateo grabbed his coat and stormed off. All of us called after him and tried to negotiate but he ignored all of us. "Mateo please, you cannot do this! I told everybody that tomorrow was my last day in town! If I leave now, they'll be hurt!" Jazmin cried.


Mateo closed the door behind him and everybody glared at me. "You... this is all because of you! Father told Mama to abort you and she should have! You ruined everything for us! If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be moving in the first place!" Izaac picked up an old phone book and threw it in my direction. With instinct, I dodged it.


"You're blaming me for all of this? Are you kidding me? We're fucking moving because we're not financially stable, I have nothing to do with this!" There he goes again, blaming me for everything! If I have to stand here another minute, I'm going to lose it!


"It's kind of true. Elias, I love you but you're... you're the cancer of this family! You're the problem, not us!" Jazmin added. My heart completely tore in half...


"Jaz, you too?" I asked on the verge of tears.


I bit on my lower lip and ran upstairs to my room. "Keep running, keep running!" Izaac screamed.


"Fuck you!" I slammed my door shut and started packing my belongings. I took a huge black trash bag and threw all my clothes in it. I took my shirts and threw them into my second Jansport book bag. They think that I'm packing my bags and leaving with them.


They're wrong.


I'd rather be a homeless bum on the street than live in a boarding house with them and a bunch of strangers. My bags were in hand and I made my way for to the door,


"Where do you think you're going?" Izaac asked.


"Out."


"With all those bags in your hands? It doesn't look like you're just 'going out' Elias." Izaac's eyes turned into narrow dark slits. I shrugged my shoulders and walked through town. This'd be the last time I'd see my siblings.


Best decision I've ever made...

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