A New Beginning

Part 1, Hotel Life

Why does dad have to work nights, I'm so bored.

"Dad wake up and entertain me" I whisper to the door seperating our rooms.

I pace around the room kicking stuff over while avoiding the laptop with my school work on it. I decide to clean my hotel room but I get distracted when my phone buzzes.

"An unkown number" I say aloud to myself.

"Hey baby, it's your mom, Taylor told me you're going through a tough time and I'd like to help if I could. I have a spare room at my house if you'd like it. I love you."

As I finish reading the text my dad walks into the room. With the sudden whirl of emotions from receiving the text and realizing my situation I decide to tell my dad what's on my mind.

"Dad, I haven't had a stable house in a month. I've jumped from grandma's house to friend's  houses and now I'm on my second week at this crappy hotel. I can't take it anymore I need a home, somewhere I'm not living out of my backpack."

He was smiling when he walked in but now with a saddened face he replies " Mackenzie, I am so sorry you have been put through all of this. If I had know the divorced was going to get this ugly I would have just stayed with the woman, I mean I've been playing along the last 10 years I could have at least waited until you were out of the house."

Noticing he was thoroughly upset and that I had just been a bitch for no reason I apologize.

"I'm sorry, I know it's not your fault Zoe got us evicted from the house. Well, maybe slightly but if she didn't lie to the police none of this would have happened."

"Not to improve the situation but we can't afford to keep staying here so we're going to have to move in with my friend Tom from work on Saturday."

With some hesitation and an innocent face I say
" Well...I have been talking to Taylor lately and apparently she's been telling Layla whats been going on."

"Okay. Has she said anything to you?"

"Uh yeah actually, she kinda offered me a room in her house and I was considering taking it." "Just until we're able to move into the apartment though not permanently." I quickly add.

"Memzy you havent spoken to your mom in three years. Do you really think moving in with her and what's his face is really a good idea?"

"Well it sure as hell beats the alternative, I mean I've never even met Tom and since I had to drop out of my senior year because of this divorce I'll be home alone all day and night while you're at school and working. I think it's obvious but that doesn't sound pleasant whatsoever."

With a sigh he says "okay, well I've got to go to work early tonight so we'll finish this conversation tomorrow. I love you Mackenzie try to get some sleep tonight."

"I doubt that'll happen but I love you too."

He walks to his room to get ready for work and I crawl into bed. I decide to text my older sister Raven. I have three sisters, Taylor, Raven, and Isabella but Raven is the only fully biological of the lot and the only one I grew up with. I also have younger twin brothers, Benjamin and Michael, they came from Zoe. Its hard to belive that two angels could be produced from the she-devil herself, but I'm not God so I don't need to understand I guess. When I'm done talking to Rae dad walks in for a hug goodnight and tells me to lock the door behind him. I lay down to sleep but that quickly turns into me night-thinking about attacking Zoe's greedy, selfish, heartless self, so I decide to watch tv until I can't keep my eyes open any longer and so start the newly regular, stress induced nightmares.