Finding My Home // a.i (slow updates)

four

Today is November 14. We've managed to save three hundred dollars, but that doesn't cover all the bills we have to pay to save the only form of shelter we have. The only thing we can do now is pack the things we can afford to save.

"Sidney, Jeremy, and can you come here please?" I called out from the other room. My two siblings walked in with the look of confusion and extreme depression. Jesus, they look like depressed teenagers, but they're only four and twelve.

"I know that this is going to come out of no where, but we're going to take a long ... vacation. Yeah, vacation. So I'm going to need you guys to pack up all your important things so we can take it with us," I softly ordered. I wasn't sure if I should tell them, but I'll just leave the hard work for Marcus.

I turned back to all the items I needed to pack, my ears catching the sound of tiny feet hitting against the hardwood floor.

"Did the bad guy make us leave?" A small voice asked, the sound of worry could be easily heard. I could feel my heartbeat through my fingers. What do I tell her?

"Aww baby girl, you have nothing to worry about. We'll be back soon. The bad guy just needs to ... borrow our house for a little while. Is that okay with you?" My voice coming out in an unexpected whisper.

"I just don't wanna get hurt, Piggy," My little sister confessed. Piggy was my nickname from her because she couldn't pronounce Paige, my middle name, so my two brothers told her to call me Piggy. I tried to tell her otherwise, but she would just ignore me.

We just stared into each other's eyes for what felt like forever, my eyes catching the small amount of years waiting to escape her eyes. We silently stood there, Sidney standing in front of me with sadness escaping her, while I was crouched down with our eyes at the same level. My arms slowly coming up, inviting her to come closer.

A slam of a door brought us to jump apart. It was only minutes until we heard Marcus' voice.

"Fine, leave! You guys aren't wanted here anyways!"

What the hell happened now?

I grabbed Sidney to bring her up in my arms, carrying her towards the room she shares with Jeremy. I couldn't drop anymore weights onto her shoulders.

Walking slowly to the location of the scene, I recognized the other voices as my parents'. Whenever they choose to speak, it doesn't end well, meaning that they're stupid and they don't make the right choices in life.

Actually, I was just like them, but that's a whole different story. I'm such a hypocrite.

"Heather, what are you doing here? You should go finish packing, I've got this," Marcus' voice bringing me back to reality.

"No, I'm staying. We're all in this big mess together. I deserve to know. What's going on anyways?" My voice finally found enough courage to escape.

"Nothing impor-"

"We're leaving you," My mom interrupted him.

My eyes grew wide by the fact that they could say that sentence nonchalantly, but realized that they're always like that before my gasp escaped.

"Oh, well it's not like you guys helped us in any way, so I think you guys made the right choice," I tried to act like what the things they were saying didn't hurt me, but I guess i wasn't the best actress. Why am I even hurt? The only thing they've done for us is pratically ruin our lives. Maybe it's because things weren't always like this, bringing the main cause of our problem back to me.

A cold, bitter laugh interrupted my thoughts.

"Oh honey, don't cry over us. We won't miss you, not even a little. So you have nothing to worry about," My mother's sour voice rang in my ears, causing me to shiver. Her voice was once angelic and sweet, what happened?

Me. I happened.

I gotta stop doing this to myself.

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oh no what's happening to heather?!

idk how i feel about the ending but here ya go

i'm so so sorry that this was a bit late

i completely lost track of time

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-alyssa