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Confrontation

Destiny's POV

After about thirty minutes of sitting in my room and waiting for dinner to be ready, my mom finally called us to the dining room to eat. We were having chicken that night.

We took our seats in our regular places at the table and got our plates and food. After sitting in silence for a few minutes, and after practicing it in my head many times, I broke the silence.

"Mom, Dad, I wanted to ask you something," I quietly said. They looked at each other before my mom answered.

"What?" she asked. I hesitated before answering.

"Well Denise is getting an apartment on Wednesday and I was wondering if I could stay there with Denise for a little while and I could stay with her during school, I..." I stopped talking when my father took his hand that he had a knife in and slammed it down into the table, making me and Rose jump. Then they both started yelling at me, my father first.

"Do you know how much of a burden it is to have you? You have been nothing but trouble for this family. We don't care what you do now. You should have been out of the house by now. Why couldn't you be like your sister? Why couldn't you be normal?"

Those words sliced through me like a hot knife, especially because it was from my parents. I felt hot tears stinging at my eyes, and it wasn't my contacts this time.

"I-I'm sorry, I-I will pay for it," I said trying to keep the sadness in my voice concealed. I gazed into my father's eyes, hatred was all I saw. My mother spoke now.

"We don't care what you do. We don't care if you move in with her, as long as you stay away from here," she said. I looked into her eyes now; they had the same look as my father's.

We sat in silence for the rest of dinner. I quickly finished, excused myself, and ran to my room. When I got in my room, I shut my door softly and walked over to my mirror. I leaned in closely, studying my eyes. They were a deep blue color. It wasn't surprising, since my eyes turn that color when I'm overly sad or depressed. I walked over to my bed, reached under my pillow and pulled out my journal. I started writing about Denise's apartment and then about how my parents confessed that I was a burden to the whole family. A few dark blue tears slipped out of my eyes and fell on the paper. I rubbed my eyes with my hands and continued writing.

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When I was done, I ended it with the usual quote, but this time I put two. I wrote:

I'm trying to hide my feelings and pretend like nothing's wrong.

I think I'm afraid to be happy, because when I'm happy,

something bad always happens.

I closed my journal and put it under my pillow, and then I sat on the end of my bed and put my head in my hands.

I heard yelling from in the kitchen.

What have I done?

I thought that they loved me. I should've known better. Only two people I know do: Denise and Rose. I guess I'm still figuring out who my real friends are.

What did I do wrong to cause all this?

(POV Change) Rose

I just sat there, stunned. How could they do this to her? They know how hard it is for her, and they just tell her that she has been nothing but a burden to this family. As soon as Destiny excused herself from the table and ran to her room, my mom imediately, and cheerfully, asked:

"Do you want some more chicken Ro-" But I cut her off.

"How could you do this to her," I said angrily. But she only replied calmly,