Point of view

Chapter 7

Ashton POV

I'm so angry right now, I just want to punch something or someone. No scratch that. I NEED TO PUNCH SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.

I never met someone who was so fucking ungrateful in my entire life. All I did was save her life but what I get in return was a huge fuck off statement and the harsh truth that my parents were longer apart of my life. My mom was 23 when she had me. She and my dad were high school sweethearts that stayed together since freshman year.

I used to ask them how they kept it going for so long and they both said the same thing: love, trust, understanding and most importanly, communication. It always confused me but they looked so happy whenever they would look back at the start of their relationship to their marraige of 5 years. Dad proposed to her couple weeks after I was born and at first she said no because she was 23 at the time and he was 24. He never gave up and every year he would ask her to marry him, which she would always say no. They had Destiny when mom was 28 and it was at that moment that she decided to say yes. We were all one big happy family but behind those smiles were always a untold story. They never talked about their work and sometimes we would move from town to town every 2 to 3 years. They made alot of money from their jobs and would always tell us to never trust anyone. I guess it's ironic because they really did ended up trusting someone who stabbed them in the back.

Mom died in a car accident and couple months after dad killed himself. He would always blame himself for mom's death and it took a heavy toll on him. Destiny was so young that she thought that they were having party in hawaii and that one day they will return to carry us with them. I can't find it in my heart to tell her the truth. She might be a lil bit of a semi mature smartass, but she is still only 5 years old.

I walked out the school and got into my car. I got a call from Destiny's school that she wasn't feeling too well after eating some candy that they don't know where she got it from. I was mad before the little cafeteria episode but after remembering the stranger that talked to destiny and now all this shit, I'm fucking furious now. I just know it's them and I don't even know how they found us.

I arrived at Destiny's school and they had her wait for me in the nurse's office. When she saw me, her head was down and she didn't look at me for the entire ride home. She knew I always tell her don't talk to strangers and don't take anything from strangers. I tried getting her to explain herself but she just silently cried and sob.

When we got home, she locked herself up in her room and didn't come out for the rest of the day. I tried knocking like 5 times but she wouldn't respond. Time to bring out the big guns.

I ordered her favorite food, BBQ wings with strawberry ice cream and fries, and took it to her room.

"Hey D. I know you think I'm mad at you and all that but I just want you to talk to me." Still no response.

"Ok I guess I'll just have to eat all these Fat Sam's BBQ wings with strawberry ice cream and fries by myself." Let the countdown begin.

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The door slightly opened and she peeped out with red puffy eyes staring at me and the food.

"Do you think you can bribe me with food Ashy?" Just then her stomach started to growl and her face blushed a tint of pink. She hasn't eaten anything since we got home.

I chuckled and walked into her room with the food and all the princess diaries movies. It was her favorite.

Whenever she would be sad or angry, I would cheer her up by ordering Fat Sam's food and rewatch all the princess diaries with her til we fall asleep. Its been like our little thing ever since mom and dad die. She would always cry and say that she misses them and when will they come back for us. I have to tell her the truth but I just can't.

After 15 wings, 3 cups of ice cream and fries and 2 reruns of the princess diaries, her eyes start to close and she tried to fight the sleep.

"Come on princess, time for bed." I got up and tucked her in her bed. I kissed her forehead and turned on her nightlight.

"Are you mad at me Ashton?" I guess she was still worried about that.

"No I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed but let's not worry about that now. Get some rest."

As I was about to leave, she shocked me with her next question.

"Are mom and dad dead?"

I looked at her face and she was stern and serious. How did she find out?

"W-what are you talking about?"

"Ashton don't lie to me. I overheard the nurse and my teacher talking about it. They said that its a shame that me and you have been alone for 2 years. That's when I realized that they were gone for 2 years and I believed that they were coming back for us. Why didn't you tell me?" Tears were now streaming down her face.

I ran up to her and hugged her tightly as my own set of tears started to fall. "I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to be like me. In denial all these years that one day, just one day, they will come back. I thought I was protecting you but now I realized that I was trying to convince myself that they weren't gone. I miss them so much." Now we were both sobbing and it stood like that for 5 mins before we both fell asleep.

It felt good accepting the harsh reality that it was just the two of us that's left and now it would become easier to move forward in the future. I lost both my mom and my dad.

I won't lose Destiny either.