WDW Wrong Number (TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 26

Laura's POV
"Mom?!" I Asked shocked as I saw my mother walk inside of the house.

She nodded her head and had the biggest smile on her face. I said nothing, instead I ran into her arms and I hugged her so tight. I haven't seen her in what seems like forever. She's constantly away, traveling for her work. We pulled away from the hug and we were both having the biggest smiles on our faces, Josh was smiling too. He knows how happy I am to finally see our mom. My dog Winston started barking which caused me to laugh.

"Winston it's okay boy, it's mom." I Said laughing a little.

She's been gone so long that Winston didn't even recognize her at first.

"I've missed you so much Laura." My mother spoke to me as she sat on the couch and I took a seat beside her.

"I've missed you more than you could even begin to imagine mom." I replied back to her.

"How has my little girl been?" My mom asked.

"Mom, I'm not that little." I Stated.

"That's right because someone's birthday is this weekend and she's turning 18!" My mom said excitedly.

I smiled, but it wasn't real...

"Yup! I'm so excited!!" I Said, again faking a smile on my face.

I'm just not in the party mood this year.

"Well, tell me what's new?" My mother asked me.

"Well, I'm in a relationship as of today." I Said smiling.

"That's so amazing! I'm happy for you." My mom replied.

"Thanks." I replied with a smile, a real one this time.

The thought of Jack just brought a smile to my face.

"Wait? Is it one of those boys you've been hanging out with?" Josh Asked me from the kitchen as he was putting away dishes.

"Yup." I replied.

"Which one of them is the lucky guy?" Josh Asked me smirking.

"Not saying, you'll just have to find out soon enough." I Said with a playful smile.

"Guys? As in you've been hanging around boys?" My mom said playfully smirking.

I playfully slapped her arm and laughed and she laughed as well. My mom is the fun type that jokes around about things and it makes her easy to talk to.

"What else have I missed for the past couple months?" My mom asked.

I tried thinking of the most important things my mom has missed because if I tried catching her up on everything then we'd be here for a while. I hesitated but then something came into my mind..

"Lia moved away." I Said with a bit of sadness but I hid it.

"I'm so sorry Laura, I know you two were best friends." My mom said.

"Yea.." I replied almost on the verge of tears.

I miss Lia.

"Okay how about we change the subject? Yea? Ok." Josh Said as he came into the living room.

I nodded.

"Why Don't we talk about some plans for your birthday party that's in only a few days?" Josh Asked.

"You know that sounds really great but I actually promised one of my friends that I would FaceTime and help her with a few things." I began saying/lying.

"What friend is this and what things?" Josh Asked me confused.

"Anna..?" I Said more as a question.

Josh gave me a weird look. Kind of like a 'bitch wtf are you saying' type look.

"Anna. Her name is Anna. And I'm giving her advice about girl things so you don't need to know." I Said to Josh.

"Ok then." Josh Said unconvinced.

I gave my mom another quick hug and then walked over to the stairs. As I walked away I could hear them discussing my party plans. I just kept walking and I walked up the staircase and down the hall to my bedroom. As soon as I got inside my room, I just laid down on my bed and stared at the ceiling. I know that this week is supposed to be a happy week for me because it's my birthday week and I'm finally going to turn 18 and be an adult.. but I'm not happy.

Tomorrow I get a beating from my bullies and not to mention, the day that my birthday takes place on is also the day my dad died from a drunk driver. That day haunts me because he wasn't the only one in the car, I was too. But I lived and he didn't. It's honestly my fault he died and no one can tell me otherwise. I may have not been the drunk driver but I was the reason he was driving that night. We got into an argument the night of my birthday and I took off and left but my car broke down and my mom wasn't home, she was at a work conference in Arizona so I called my dad. He came and picked me up but on the way home a drunk driver hit our car from the drivers side, impacting a lot of pressure which according to doctors; killed my dad instantly. I made it out with barely a scratch. It's my fault and I regret it so much. If I hadn't argued with my dad over something so stupid then I would've never ran off and my car would've never broke down and he would've never died. Now you're probably wondering what our argument was about right? Well let's just say that my dad was definitely right and I should've listened but at the time I didn't want to think my dad was right because I convinced myself that I was actually in 'love' but it turns out my dad was right. He was convinced from the start that my relationship with Aaron was toxic and he was right. Aaron raped me and if that isn't a toxic relationship then I don't know what is. It just hurts keeping all of this inside because I want to let it out to someone and just get it off my chest and be able to grieve, move on and let go. I need to tell someone..