Firiah ➳ T.J. {IN EDITING}

A better person

{This chapter is unedited so I am sorry about my grammar,spelling,tenses, and any other mistakes I make. This book is currently in editing.}  

Miriah's POV

I go home with Zachariah today.

He's like my big brother and wants to talk to me privately.

When I open the door I find the same police who I asked to take good care of my mom for me talking and laughing with my mother. Except, he doesn't have his uniform.

Instead he's wearing a navy blue shirt, worn out jeans and sneakers. 

My mom iss wearing a green turtle neck, tight fitting jeans and flats, her hair was in a pony-tail. 

"Hey mom are you okay?" I ask suspiciously. 

"Yes honey, welcome back to school" 

She comes up to me and kissed my forehead. Then she looked at Zachariah. 

"Hello Zachariah" she says with a huge smile. 

"Mom, Zachariah and I are going upstairs" I saysgrabbing Zachariah. 

"Okay honey."

We go upstairs and into my room. My room has a bed, a study table, a vanity, and a seating place at my window. Everything in my room is grey, white, and black. 

He sits on my bed and a note falls out of his pocket. I pick it up before he could and read it out loud.
"Dear Zachariah, I like your outfit today- Ariana" 

I smirk. 

"You've got an admirer!" I say making kissy faces. 

Zachariah turns red. 

"She's just being friendly, now gimme the note back" 

He snatches it from my hand and I laugh. Then, he starts laughing too. 

"Okay let's be serious. I heard what happened today." 

I look down and unconsciously bite my lip.

"Weird. Because you usually wait until the end of the day to beat him up." 

He pats the bed so I can sit next to him.

"It's just that this morning... Something happened" I say.

Tears fill my eyes. 

"You want to talk about it?" 

I shake my head. 

"Look Miriah, you're like my little sister, you can tell me anything" He says patting my back. 

Then I start to sob. 

"I'll always be there for you" 

"well. It's- It's my dad. He-He" 

I cry even harder. 

Zachariah strokes my hair. 

"He tried to kill my mom this morning." I manage to say.

He pulls me into his arms and keeps on rubbing my back. 

"Riah. Everybody's life is hard. They might not say it or show it but it's true. And remember everything happens for a reason. Just know that I will always be there" 

I sob into his chest until I fall asleep. 

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I knew that he tucked me in because my mom wakes me up and I find myself well tucked in. 

"Honey wake up" she says.

My head is pounding but I still manage to sit up straight. 

"I brought you some warm milk." 

"Thanks" 

I take the milk and sipped it.

The milk it very warm and I can tell she added some sugar because it tastes really sweet. 

"Honey I have some good news" she says.

"Yes? What is it?" 

"Jeremy told us that we should file a restraining order against your father."

She pauses.

"I've scheduled an appointment to go to court and do so." 

This is the best news I've gotten all day. 

"Thank you mom." 

"The police also said that you should take a break from school. Like 3-5 days"
I nod.

"I'll give a phone call to your principal" 

I nod again. 

She sighs. 

"Look honey, I really want to be a good mother, it's just that ever since your father left it's just been very difficult for me. I promise that I won't go to any clubs anymore, I'll stop hooking up with strangers, I'll be there for you." 

Her eyes start tearing.

I pull her in for a hug. 

"I love you mommy." 

"I love you too sugar." 

With that, she leaves my room.
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Authors note: sorry I didn't post yesterday guys! Saturdays are my most busiest days and I just really couldn't post because I was out all day.
But I'd like to thank you guys for all the reads and stuff! And I'll also be working on accidentally in love.