How Does Your Story Go? (Dinah/You)

Chapter Thirty Six

Your POV

"We will contact you as soon as possible." I nodded at the man and shook his hand before I got up from my seat to mum's room. 

I swung my jacket around me to slip into and rubbed my face in tiredness as I strolled to the room I was standing in front of me twenty minutes ago. At this point I was basically trying my best to think my way out of voluntarily meeting up with the two adults who walked out of my life for their own selfish reasons. My mind always went back to Alice and Jace when they were in the middle of it all.

* flashback *

"I'M SO SICK OF YOUR BULLSHIT Y/M/N! ALL YOU DO IS COMPLAIN AND BLAME EVERYTHING ON ME!" Dad's voice boomed through my headphones. 

I scrunched my brows together and hesitantly take off the headphones to hear what the commotion was all about.

"OH CUT THE CRAP Y/D/N! YOU DO THE EXACT SAME SO WHY SHOULD I NOT?!" Mum's yells. 

My eyes go wide as I don't pause any longer to listen in their not so quiet confrontational conversation as I remembered that Jace and Alice were downstairs watching tv. Rushing down the stairs like the darkness was concealing a killer, the bickering between my parents didn't get any softer.

"YOU LISTEN HERE! I PAY THE DAMN BILLS IN THIS HOUSE. I PAY FOR THE MEALS YOU COOK AND THIS IS WHAT I GET IN RETURN?! YOU UNGRATEFUL SHIT!" 

"CUT THE CRAP Y/D/N! YOU DO NOTHING IN THIS HOUSE. I'M HERE BUSTING MY ASS OFF FOR THE THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO GET OR EVEN SPARE MONEY TO BUY FOOD. GET REAL!"

I could care less of how verbal the two were getting as I was still rushing to the living room to see Jace and Alice crying their eyes out. Not only that, the two were peaking at the side doors to see our parents getting at each other's faces. I shield the two away from the toxic environment by pulling the two back upstairs into my room. 

"I'M DONE WITH YOU! GO FUCK YOURSELF Y/D/N!" 

"DON'T YOU DARE WALK AWAY YOU SH-"

I smash the door closed with my the push of a button to keep us away from the two downstairs as Jace pulls Alice onto my bed with tears and snot running down their faces. I didn't have any tissues in my room and as disgusting as it is, I wiped it all off the long sleeve shirt I was wearing. There wasn't any time to be a little baby over their snot and tears over my favourite piece of clothing because they witnessed something that no little child should. 

I shakily grab my phone and unplug it from my headphones to Bluetooth it to my speakers that I installed the other day. Halsey's song Castle blared off the walls as I was situated in front of Alice who wasn't cooperating with me.

"Come on, blow your nose." She whined and shook her head making me sigh. "Please Ali, it's going to be hard to breathe later."

I never lost my patience with Alice since I was such a pushover for my siblings so I waited until she decided to listen to me. Although that was probably won't happen anytime soon. I took my long sleeve off and rolled up the sleeves before passing it to Jace.

"Ace hold this for me okay? If Ali wants to blow her nose, use the shirt. I need to get a new shirt." Jace sniffled and took the grey piece of clothing into his hands. 

I opened my closet to search for three oversized shirts and in the corner of my eye I could see Jace convincing our little sister to clear her nose. Surprisement, was the least as Jace held the shirt closer to Alice's nose to blow in. It made me feel happy that Jace was taking the role as Alice's big brother to make sure he would do anything to help her out. 

Slipping on one of the shirts, I took the dirty shirt away from Jace and changed the two into my clothes since there weren't in their sleeping clothes, knowing that the two were going to be very restless at night if they weren't in their own clothes to bed or mine. Don't ask me why but I need them to sleep this off. 

"Alright," I clapped my hands and slid under the sheets of my bed, "time to go to bed."

"Y/N/N ..." "But we're not sleepy." 

I rolled my eyes and situated the two beside me as I placed my many pillows behind their heads. By now, the noise downstairs was non existent but that didn't mean I'd leave the two alone in their own rooms. So I grabbed my phone and went to my night playlist just to ease them into a dream state in order to help them sleep faster.

Not even half way of a melody, Alice drifted off to sleep but as for Jace, that was a different story.

"Can't sleep Ace?" He nod his head and curled up to my side. I wrapped my arms around both of my siblings in hopes of helping them feel protected.

"Why did mum and dad keep yelling at each other? Do they not love each other anymore?" I sigh and rub his head.

"Mum and dad were just talking but they were not very happy. Let's go to bed okay?" 

Jace hummed and soon he was knocked out which left me wide awake. Staring at my white ceiling, it made me realise that my parents were no longer sane enough to keep the three of us in their lives without wanting some kind of horrible exchange of words to one another. 

* end of flashback *

There was no time backing away now since my knuckles had come into contact with the door. I didn't get a response which was slightly odd to me so I slid the door to see if it was open. To my surprise was to see mum laying in bed with dad clutching onto her hand. 

Maybe they did sort things out over the past year but that didn't exempt them for their selfish acts. Hell, leaving me to look after Jace and Alice wasn't the problem, I just wanted Jace and Alice to have parents again but that doesn't mean that I'll let them in that easily. They'll have to earn it. 

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I was so drained from netball yesterday that I had forgotten to update so my apologies! I haven't played sport in a while and my body was literally in so much pain. 

Mystique