Bad Habits | E.D

Where Did Ethan Go??

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"I'M HOME!" I heard my Dads evil laugh and Ethan gave me a worried look.
He's drunk again.

We heard glass shattering and things getting knocked over.
"Whose that?" Ethan asked me and I didn't know how to answer.
I sighed "It's my Dad."

I looked at the top of the stairs and Henry had another alcohol bottle in his hand and I started to panic.
What's Ethan going to think of me now? He can't know that I have an abusive alcoholic father, what if he tells everyone at school?

I didn't want my Dad to come upstairs, see Ethan and try to hurt him.

"Wait here, I'll be back."
"Do you want me to come with you?-"
"No it's fine, everything's okay just stay here please." I was sort of begging him because at the same time I couldn't risk him getting hurt.

I ran downstairs and Henry was in the hallway.
"Dad what are you doing?" I gritted my teeth and tried not to shout.

The whole living room was trashed and as I was looking around, I looked at the stairs and saw Ethan watching me.

"IM NOT DOING ANYTHING YASMINE! SO LEAVE ME ALONE!" My Dad spat at me and burst into laughter.

I started pushing him out of the door "Dad I think you should go, you're drunk and you shouldn't be here."
Henry turned around and looked at me with a suspicious look.

"Who the fuck are you to tell ME what to do? You have someone here don't you?!"
Oh shit!

"No I don't but please just leave."

Usually I wouldn't give a damn about what my father did but I do when it came to others finding out what type of person he is.

My Dad pushed me out of the way and started checking the house.
I need to get Ethan out of the house NOW!

I ran to the bottom of the stairs and Ethan was still standing in the same place, shocked by what my Dad was doing.
"Go." I mouthed to him and he shook his head.

He went away from the stair case and back into one of the rooms.

"Where are they hiding?! TELL ME YASMINE!" Henry started to lose his patience with me and I hoped that Ethan was gone before he checked upstairs.
"Nobody's here Dad-"

"DON'T FUCKING LIE!" Before I knew it, he swung his hand across my face and I fell onto my knees.

My eyes flicked back and forth from the stairs and then to my Dad.
"Gotcha." He grinned and dragged his feet up the stairs.
I managed to get back onto my feet and I followed him but still feeling dizzy.

Henry started kicking down doors and smashing the windows.
He'd checked every single room except for my bedroom. Ethan had to be in there.

My Dad looked at me before opening the door but it was locked.
"Why's the door locked from the inside?!" He pointed his half smashed, sharp glass bottle at me.

"It's not locked it's jammed, the door always gets jammed." I lied and my Dad furrowed his eyebrows.

Before I knew it, he kicked down the door making the wood go flying.
"STOP PLEASE!" I yelled at him but he wouldn't listen.

Henry stood at the door and when I ran inside the room.
"I can explain!" I panicked and when I noticed that Ethan wasn't there anymore, a grin formed on my face.
He's gone?

"Yeah you can explain...why this fucking widows open. For Gods sake Yasmine it's freezing you stupid bitch!" Henry stormed to close the window.
He must've escaped through the window.