Everyone may think that having famous parents is 'cool' or 'awesome', but it honestly sucks. Half the time my mom is on tour. My dad stays home all the time unless he's asked to shoot an episode of some show. I never get to see them but that's not even the worse part. The worse part is that the whole world knows who I am. I get so much hate. My mom won't allow me to have a twitter because of how bad it is. But she doesn't know me well enough, she's never home. I still get online and see what they're saying. I can't help it. I need to know what they think of me. Over the past year i've developed an ED, which nobody knows about. Nobody knows about my self-harm and how bad it's gotten. I get bullied at school but i'm too scared to tell my parents because they're already stressed. They fight all the time. Whether it's face to face or over the phone, or over Skype. They're always fighting. Sometimes I think it's because of me but my dad tells me it's not. He tells me not to worry about it but how can I not? What if it ruins their relationship? I remember last year on my thirteenth birthday my mom wasn't there so they fought and my dad said they were going to get a divorce. But thank god they didn't. I don't know how I would be able to live like that.
Today is mid terms and I better have all A's and B's or my dad will be on my ass. But it's kinda hard to get good grades when you can't focus in school because you're too worried about getting beat up or going home to a big fight.
Once my dad drops me off at school I quickly run inside the building. I look around to see if any of my bullies are around and they're not so I walk to my locker. Once I open my locker it's slammed shut, I gasp. Oh god. "Hello Ariel" Paige smiles smugly. I swallow and keep my mouth shut. Sierra, her best friend grabs something out of my hands and I realize it's just my notebook. "You know, your mom..." She starts. Well, here we go. It's the same crap everyday. "You know she doesn't care about you. She's just using you for money" Is that even possible? I honestly don't believe that. They've got to do better. "And your parents. They fight because of you. Their marriage isn't going to last" "Shut up" Crap. I should have not said that. She slaps me, hard. I look at the ground. I hate them so much. What did I ever do to them. "Guys stop" I recognize that voice. My best friend Nicole. "Leave her alone" She glared at them and grabbed my notebook out of Sierra's hand and gives it to me. "How are you going to make us?" Paige questions. Nicole bites her lip. She has nothing to say. "Get your little bitch friend and get out of our way" They growled and Nicole grabs my arm, pulling me away from them. I then realized everyone in the hallway was laughing at me. "Are you ok?" She asks worried and I nod and flash a fake smile. "Are you sure?" I nod and she hugs me. "I'll text you later" She whispers then pulls away and heads to her class.
The rest of the day went by fast, surprisingly. My dad picked me up from school as usual. "Hey, how was school?" He smiles. "Fine" I put my bag in the backseat and put my seatbelt on. I slumped in my seat and stared out the window. I noticed how we passed our house and I got curious. "Dad we're we going?" I look over at him and he grins. My stomach fluttered. "Surprise" We pulled up to the airport and I nearly screamed. My moms coming home. "Oh my god!" I squeal and rush out of the car. She's actually coming home. I haven't seen her for a couple weeks because of her world tour. I miss her so much. "Ariel wait" He grabs my wrist and I flinch. It burns... "What?" I try not to show my pain. "Paparazzi" He whispers and I roll my eyes. "I don't like them either" He sighs and we walk carefully through the airport. My dad got a message which made him smile and he looks at me. "She's at exit three" Right after he said that I took off. He knows I would. I run and run until i'm out of breathe. Well this is good exercise. I reach exit three and I look around for her. I get nervous when I can't find her. My eyes fill with tears and I start crying. She's not here. "Baby!" I jump when I hear her voice and I see her half shaved head run toward me. "Mommy!" I scream and I jump on her. She falls over but she doesn't seem to care. She runs her fingers through my hair as I cry into her neck. It feels so good to be in her arms. I missed her so much. Even though my eyes are closed I can see the flashes from the cameras but it doesn't bother me because i'm too happy. "I missed you" I whimper and she kisses the top of my head. I lift my head off her shoulder and look her in the eyes. She was also crying but I just now noticed. "I love you baby girl" She looks up and smiles. My dads walking over to us. "There you are" He kneels and picks me up, then helps my mom up. He wraps his arms around her waist and they kiss. Any other time I would pretend to gag but this time it's sweet. They're usually fighting but they're happy together. I stand by my dads side and hold his arm, trying to hide from the cameras. I really don't want to be on the covers of magazines. Maybe if I was pretty but i'm too fat, too ugly. They finally pull away and my mom has tears rolling down her cheeks. It breaks my heart to see her cry.
"Ariel honey wake up" I feel someone grab onto my arms and my eyes widen. "It's just me" I see my mom smiling in the dark. "What time is it?" I ask tiredly. "It's ten" She giggles. Why the hell is she waking me up? "What do you want?" I tried not to laugh but I couldn't help it. "Come here" She pulls me out of bed and she takes me hand. I really don't know where she's taking me but i'm nervous. She puts a jacket over my shoulders and she leads me outside. "Mom where are we going?" I lean into her and she stops. "Look" I look up and gasp. She looks down at me. It's beautiful. The stars above us make it bright out and theres a blanket laying on the yard with pillows and more blankets. We lay down on the blanket and she covers us up. I lay my head on her and she wraps her arms around me. I really do miss this. "I love you" I mumble and she giggles. "I love you too. I missed you so much" She sighs. I feel myself drifting off to sleep. It's really nice falling asleep with a smile on my face.
Demi's POV
It feels so good to be home. I finally get to see Ariel and I get to spend time with her because i'm done touring for five months, and then I have to go to Asia for a two week tour.
I also get to see Wilmer. Earlier I carried Ariel inside so she doesn't get sick and I came back to bed to lay with Wilmer. I'm awake but Wilmer doesn't know that and i'm trying to hold back my laughs as he kisses my face. He pulls away and I think he's stopped so I opened one eye and I saw him staring at me so I burst out laughing and he laughs along with me. "Good morning beautiful" He whispers and I feel my cheeks heat up. "Good morning" I whisper back and wrap my arms around his waist. "I love YOU" I gasp as he starts tickling me. "Wilmer!" I laugh and curl my body into his. He presses his finger to my lips and shushes me while he keeps laughing. "I love you too" He sighs and collapses on the bed. "Wilmer" I whisper and he looks at me. "Yeah?" "I want another baby" His eyes widen and a smile spreads across his face. I'm glad he agrees with me. "Really?" I nod. "So do I" He kisses my forehead.
"Ariel get up" I pull the blankets off of her. I kinda forgot to get her up so she's going to be late for school. She groans. "Ariel" I say a little louder and she rolls off the bed without opening her eyes. "Fine" She mumbles and goes into her closet. I stand there. I really don't know if I should leave or... "Mom?" "Yeah?" She comes out in a hoodie, why is she wearing a hoodie? It's like 100 degrees out. "Sweetie it's really hot outside" She looked down then back up at me. "So?" She snapped. "Ok" I put my hands up in defense and she bit her lip. "I'm sorry" She apologized and sat on her bed. "Ariel you have fifteen minutes" She groaned. I know i'm annoying her but I don't want her to be late. "I'm going! Please get out" "Ok, hurry so you can eat" I sigh and shut her door behind me. Someones in a bad mood today.
"I'm ready!" Ariel ran down the stairs and grabbed her bag. "You still have time to eat?" "I'm not hungry" She smiled. Her mood changed fast. "Ok, lets go" I grabbed my keys. "Bye dad!" She yelled and ran to the car. She's acting strange. I drive her to school and her mood changed again. "Do I have to go?" She whispers. "Yeah. What's wrong?" "Nothing. I just hate it here" I frowned. "I'm sorry but you have to go" She kissed my cheek and closed the car door without saying bye. That was weird? Maybe I should text her...
To: Ariel <3
Are you ok? Please tell me the truth... You were kinda moody this morning and I just want to know if you're ok...
From: Ariel <3
Yeah i'm ok. I'm sorry about that
:(
I smile at the text. She's so cute.
To: Ariel <3
You promise you're ok?
From: Ariel <3
Yes mom. I'm fine :) Can you check my grades when you get home? I was supposed to do that yesterday but I never got the chance...
To: Ariel <3
Yeah, i'll do that. I love you xx
I groan at how cheesy my texts are. But i'm her mom, i'm supposed to be cheesy.
From: Ariel <3
I love you too mom :)
I shut my phone off and start driving home. I still want to know why she wanted to wear a hoodie so bad.... No, I can't think like that. She wouldn't.... Would she?
