"Why do you care if I'm mad or not?" It was the only thing I cared about knowing at this point.
"You're smart King. You figure it out."
Ace Carter was bad news and so were his friends. Luckily, I stayed away from him, his friends and all their dram...
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The rest of the day went without any issues, beside the lingering feeling of confusion caused by a certain green-eyed bad boy.
Once I got home, I began the obvious, homework. About halfway through starting an English paper, I heard the front door close. I powered off my laptop and carefully crept down the hallway.
There he was, my father. He was making a bunch of noise in the kitchen. I looked at the clock, 5:43 pm. He hadn't been home since 3:15 the day before. I tried to turn back around to walk back to my room but he knew I was there.
"Mellie, I didn't think you'd be home," the man who held the title as my father slurred.
I sighed and walked back into the kitchen. "Charlie. It's been awhile. How was work?" I knew he hadn't been at his real job but still asked.
He just chuckled, "work was great."
By the way he was talking, the bar was most likely were he had been. That wasn't the issue. The issue was, where had he been for the rest of the 24 hours that had passed. If I had to guess, he had been staying over at his girlfriend of the month, Jen's house.
"How is Jen anyway?" I asked, not at all curious.
He had the decency to look ashamed. "That's none of your business little lady," he growled and I backed off.
"You know, nothing seems like my business anymore Charlie," I told him solemnly and then went back to my room to finish my essay.
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The next day, my alarm never went off so I woke up 20 minutes later than usual. I was eating oatmeal while putting on my socks. I put on the pair of jeans I wore at least 3 times a week, a plain black shirt and tried to make my outfit less horrible by wearing a pair of black wedges. My makeup was half assed, only going for concealer, mascara and blush which made me sad. It was the best I could do.
I ran down to my car and went 5 over the speed limit, praying I wouldn't get pulled over. I didn't need to make my day even worse than it already was. I made it to first period just as the final bell rang and I sighed, sitting next to Lilli. What I didn't notice was the boy in front of me until he turned around to give me a confused look.
