Beauty and The Beast

Chapter 7

I stood in front of my closet and stared at it in confusion. I'm currently having one of those moments when you have closets filled with clothes but nothing to wear.

A knock on my door interrupted my thinking process.

''Come in''

Gerald walked in and laid on my bed.

''Tough day, huh?" I asked him, noticing the sad look on his face.

He nodded. I went to sit beside him.

''Wanna talk about it?"

''I feel empty" he said "I have the perfect family, money, girls flocking around me but something is missing. My classmates have something I don't have"

''Which is?"

''A father''

I shivered as bad memories of my dad came into my mind. I can't remember one good thing my dad did for us till he was arrested and got life sentence for embezzling money and molesting me.

''I'm so sorry''

''Tomorrow is 'bring your father to school day'. What am I gonna do?"

''You can take Steve. He treats us well even though he's our step dad''

''I know I can but it just won't feel the same way''

I sighed.

''I get what you mean"

I hugged him as he laid his head on my shoulder.

I may act like a bitch, be popular and do great at school but that doesn't mean I'm perfect.

My life is far from it actually. When people say they wish they were me, I laugh.

I have an allegedly cheating mum who comes home drunk most times.

I have a dad who's in jail which nobody knows about.

I'm being pressured at home to be perfect. I have to be the golden child who smiles at people in social gatherings.

The worst part is nobody cares about how I really feel inside. I exist to make my family look good. There's nobody I can talk to these things about. At the end of the day, nobody truly cares.

''Hey, cheer up'' I told him.

''I can't''

''You know what? I'm going for a game tonight. How about you help me pick what to wear?''

I pulled him to one of my walk in closets.

"I think you should go with these ''

He held up an outfit on a hanger. It was was a striped black crop top with black jeans.

"Perfect"

I took the clothes from him and quickly went to the bathroom to do my make up.

After a few minutes, I was done, I went to the room to show Gerald.

"What do you think?" I asked him as I did a twirl.

He nodded in approval.

"You look fine"

''Thanks''

I put on a pair of white sneakers, grabbed a cross body bag and I was ready to go.

''You know, for a sixteen year old, you're kinda cool''

He smiled.

''I am your brother, after all''

''I'm off. I love you''