Him

chapter 12

School ended and it was spring break

This week was the "last week" until then but it was pretty shitty. We went to the school the first 2 days of this week because they wanted all of us to catch up on any work we missed.

I hurry up and head out to the my car once the bell rings so I won't have to face any other bitch. I open the drivers seat and throw my book bag in the passengers. I sit there in silence trying to calm down a bit.

Minutes later I am interrupted by a phone call. I check the caller ID and see its my dad. I immediately answer it but before I can say hello it hangs up. Its been hours since ive heard from my dad, well ever since my mom threw him out of the house this morning. It's not a long time but I want to see if he's okay.

I dont even know what caused my mom to kick him out. Was he drunk again? Did he go out and party? That was the main problem my mom had with him. That, and when it came to money. Everything just seemed like a problem in their marriage.

I get home and walk inside, throw my backpack on the floor and put my keys on the counter.

I hear slight moans and the sound of like smackong. I head to the living room and And that's when I see my mother...

KISSING ANOTHER FUCKING MAN!

I stand there, furious. I throw my phone on the other couch and cross my arms and clear my throat. She looks startled and quickly gets up.
"Honey I didn't know you would be ho-" " what the fuck are you doing!" I cut her off. "You are fucking married with a daughter and I see you with your tongue down another mans throat!!!" I'm now shouting at the top of my lungs. "Dont you dare talk to me like that!" She yells back. "I will talk to you any way I please! Who the hell do you think you are!" She is silent. "I'm gonna go." I look over and see the man. I glare at him and stomp to my room. I slam the door and jump on my bed.

What the fuck! My mom is cheating on my dad. She kissed another man. For all I know they could have done other things. How long has this been going on?

Ughhhhhh fuck! I put a pillow over my head and try to wrap my head around what I just saw. Is she the reason my family is falling apart? I shook the thought out of my head. I was filled with anger.

I threw the pillow across the room and the lamp falls over and shatters. I have never been so angry in my life. I ball up my fists and punch the wall. My hand stings and I look down. And i see blood dripping out of the now reopened gash I received this morning. but I dont give a flying fat rats ass... I just want to get out of the house.

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It was 6 o'clock and I was just scrolling through my snap when I got a text from an unknown number. "Party at Toddy's house at 8." I figured it was a blast text to the school and turned off my phone. I thought about going to the party but got distracted when the images of my mom and the man ran across my mind.

The anger I had towards my mom was still eating away at me from inside and I couldnt bare to be in the house any longer. I sat up and looked in the shattered mirror I had broke that morning. I was pale looking and I could see the hatred in my features. This is not what I want to feel.

After a while I thought about the party. I never really went to parties because my mom wouldnt let me and because I thought it was a waste of time. Fuck it!

I needed to cool off. To feel free. I decided to go to the party. I needed to escape my mothers choke hold she had on my life and set my own boundaries. If she could share saliva with another man I sure as hell can go to a damn party. I walked to my closet and found the most revealing looking dress I owned. It was my old Halloween costume from last year. I gawked and took it off the hanger.

After an hour I was ready. I looked at myself and saw a different person. I liked it. I felt new, I felt like my own person, who was free to make her own decisions. I was trapped in my parents world for too long. It was breaking apart anyway, might as well leave before its too late.

I snuck down the hall and swiftly made it out the door.