Life is Strangely Beautiful

IV

(A/N this chapter has domestic abuse in it. Please be careful reading this chapter if you are sensitive to domestic violence.)

Nico's POV
After James leaves it is just me and my mom. I look at her and she looks madder than I have ever seen her before.
"Mom..." I start to say before she cuts me off.
"I can't even begin to explain how disappointed I am in you. Not only are skipping school to come home but you are here having sex with a BOY. That is disgusting. I did not raise you this way, but I am going to give you two options: you either can break up with James and leave this whole 'homosexual' thing behind you, or you can stay with James but no longer have a place to live... or a mother," she says.
I look at her and I think how do you think I could make a decision like that? I mean I love James but I love my mom more. I don't care if she is homophobic. She raised me all by herself after Dad left. She doesn't like to talk about him but what I have gathered, he was abusive, a smoker, an alcoholic, he couldn't hold a job, he did nothing for us. Then one day he just left, I was 5 months old. She can't lose me. It would be too much. She might just die, I'm all she has. I'm so sorry James. Don't you dare forget that I love you.
I look up at my mom and I say, "I wasn't into him as much as he was me. Also I was just experimenting. I am so sorry. I love you, Mom."
"I love you too sweetheart I just won't if you stay with that boy," she responds.
"Okay, I'll break up with him."
"You made the right choice sweetie."
For both of our sakes I am just going to have to break up with James. I really don't want to but I have to. If I don't I would be too tempted to bring him back here or to his house and we could get caught again and the consequences would be much much worse. I'm so sorry James.

James's POV
Me and Nico only live right down the street from each other so I walk home after that whole thing went down. I walk into the house.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS I HEAR ABOUT YOU BEING A FAGGOT?!" my dad yells as soon as I walk into the house.
"YOU HAVE BEEN FUCKING THAT NICO BOY! THAT IS NOT NATURAL!"
"Dad please let me explain," I say.
"YOU DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING I KNOW ALL I NEED TO KNOW!"
"But dad," before I finish my sentence he hits me, hard. A tear falls down my face.
"OH NOW YOU'RE GONNA CRY LIKE THE FAGGOT THAT YOU ARE?! YEAH GO AHEAD AND CRY FAG! AND WHILE YOUR AT IT YOU CAN PACK YOUR STUFF AND LEAVE MY HOUSE! THERE IS A STRICT NO FAGS ALLOWED RULE IN THIS HOUSE!" He screams.
I storm into my room and pack up some clothes my phone charger and headphones. I grab a few extra pairs of shoes and I leave the house. As I'm leaving I turn to my father and I tell, "FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE! I HOPE YOU FUCKING CRASH YOU PIECE OF SHIT TRUCK AND FUCKING DIE!" I run out of my house and I don't stop running.
I run for what seems like forever then I stop and take out my phone. I scroll through the contacts and stop at Nico's name. I contemplate calling him but I decided it was best of I didn't so I scroll down to Matt's number and I call him.
"Hey man what's up?" He asks
"I was wondering if I could stay at your place for a few nights? My dad just kicked my out and I have no where to go," I say.
"Why not stay with Nico?" He asks.
"Right now would not be good for me to talk to him. I'll explain later. Please man."
Silence.
"Let me ask my mom."
I wait for a few minutes and then Matt says "she said yes come on over."
"Thank you so much man I'll be there in a few minutes," I say and hang up. I start walking to Matt's house which isn't that far. When I get there he lets me in.
"Hey man " I say as we do a bro hug.
"Hey so what happened?" He asks.
I then start to explain to him everything that happened starting with the fact that me and Nico were together all the way up to what I yelled at my dad as I was leaving the house.
He doesn't say anything until I'm done and when I am all he says is "shit man I'm sorry. Well come on, my mom got the guest room together for you."
He leads me to the guest room and I put down my bag.
"Dinner will be done soon if you are up to eating anything," he says.
"Ok. And again thanks man. You're the best."

Nico's POV
The next day at school I see James.
"Hey. Nico!" he yells to me as I walk down the hallway.
I stop and turn around to look at him. His beautiful grey eyes are full of hope. I don't want to take that away from him. "Hey," I say sadly.
"What's wrong?" He asks.
"I'm sorry James but I'm breaking up with you," I start to turn back around but he stops me.
"Wait, why? What happened?"
"I don't want to get into it ok. I just have to break up with you. I'm sorry," before he can stop me again I turn around and start to walk away.
"YOU KNOW I GOT KICKED OUT OF MY HOUSE LAST NIGHT!" He yells.
"What?" I ask.
"Yeah my dad kicked me out, and you are breaking up with me?"
"YEAH I AM!" I yell in his face.
"I gave up everything for you and you are going to leave me just like that?" He says with tears in his eyes. People are starting to gather around now and I am about to say something that I will definitely regret but it has to be done. For both of us.
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE FAGGOT!" I scream and push him back a little.
"What did you just call me?" He asks with a calm rage.
"I just called you a faggot," I say. Once I finished that sentence he punched me in the face. I punch him back and then we get into a full on fight. Now we are surrounded by people. I hear cheering and I definitely get more hits in than James. We get pulled apart by a campus monitor.
"IF YOU LAY A HAND ON ME AGAIN FAGGOT I'LL KILL YOU!" I scream, "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!"
I get brought into the principal's office.
"Why were you fighting James?" He asked.
"Because he punched me."
"Why did he punch you?"
"I don't fucking know man," I lie.
"So what you are saying is that James came up to you and just punched you for no reason?" He asks.
"No, yeah, I don't know. All I know was that I was walking down the hall and he punched me. I can't fucking read minds. I don't know why he did it," I lie again. I know exactly why he punched me.
"Language!" He says. He takes a deep breath and says, "well we already talked to James and he said you called him a 'faggot'. Is that true?"
"I guess."
"Why did you call him that?" The principal asks.
"Because he is one," I say.
"Okay, we are going to give you a weeks detention, now get out of my office."
I leave the office and go through the day as usual. Thank god I don't have math today.
Nothing else happened so after school I just went home. I hate what I said to James but it was the only way he would leave me alone.