Where'd You Go...? (Ticci Toby Love Story.)

Chapter 5

I was awake all night, thinking, planning out, how everything would work today. I was nervous, afraid, and unsure about tonight. What am I doing? I was doing something right, finding my friend. I started feeling a bit more confident about what I was going to face. It's only the woods, nothing else, right?

I shifted around on my bed. All of a sudden, I heard commotion downstairs. It sounded like yelling, I immediately got curious and slowly opened my door. It seemed like my brother and my father were having a fight. Figures. Carter and my dad always had fights. What could it be this time? I walked downstairs, quietly and saw my brother, his girlfriend, Anna, and my father. What could they be fighting about?

The expression on Anna's face was full of worry, and sadness; My brother, Carter seemed to be angry, and defiant; As for my dad... He looked as if he wanted to murder Carter.

I felt a tug on my shoulder and turned around to see my mother. She gestured me to follow her, so I did. She lead me into her room and she closed the door. My mother looked sad, she sat next to me on her bed. I stayed silent and glanced at her.

"What's going on?" I finally asked. She shook her head. "They have been fighting ever since your brother came home." She sighed. I shrugged, "About what?" My mother closed her eyes and I saw her holding her tears back. "Your father doesn't like Anna, he doesn't want Carter to move in with her." I rolled my eyes. Figures, dad never likes anyone. "Who cares what he says." I said without thought. My mother looked at me with surprise.

"How could you say that?" She narrowed her eyes. "So? It's how I feel." I nodded to her.

She didn't reply, all she did was sit on her bed. I awkwardly stood up and sauntered to the door. My mother didn't stop me, so I continued to walk out of her room.

The yelling stopped, all I heard were sobs and groans. I got curious, as always so I decided to check it out. My father wasn't downstairs anymore, who knows where he went. I saw Anna, looming over something and she was crying. I slowly made my way to her, my eyes widened as I saw Carter, laying on his back, his arm was bleeding. I bent down beside her, and tried to hold in my tears. He wasn't dead, just injured.

"What happened...?" I looked at Anna. She opened her eyes and looked at me. I saw she hesitated to tell me, "Your father... He assaulted me... C-Carter hit him back... Your father got angry..." She cried out loud. I nodded. Everything was going to fine... At least I hope.

~Time Skip 6 Hours.~

Today seemed to just, fly by. After the fight, Carter was taken to the hospital and as for my father... He still hasn't return from wherever he went. I double checked my bag one more time to make sure I had everything I needed. Food... Water... A Flashlight... Things seemed to be perfect so far.

I just had to wait until my mother went to sleep.

It was about 10:37pm and my mother was getting ready for bed. I wore a sweatshirt and jeans, just like yesterday. My door opened a little and I saw my mother walking in. She yawned and slightly smiled to me. "I'm going to sleep now." She hugged me. "Okay, mom. Goodnight." I smiled to her. She nodded and noticed what I was wearing. "You're wearing that?" She tilted her head in curiosity. I nodded. "Yeah." She slightly laughed. "Alright well, don't stay up too late, you have school tomorrow." She hugged me one more time. "I know. Goodnight." She nodded and walked out of my room.

Once I heard my mother's door close, I grabbed my bag and immediately rushed downstairs. I hesitated to leave the house, I stared at the front door and took a big gulp. I opened the door and started to walk out of the house.

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