Peach Scone(Lip Gallagher)

Chapter 5

I wake up to the unusual quiet down stairs in the Gallagher house. Lip is still sleeping. I can't really move without waking him, so I wiggle my way out of his hold and replace myself with a pillow. I quietly jump down from the bunk and walk downstairs
"Good morning" I say to Fiona, the only one who's up
"Morning. Coffee?"
I grab a cup and the pot from the machine and pour it.
"Lip still sleeping?"
"I think everyone is" I say, laughing.
We enjoy the few minutes of silence before Carl comes bouncing down.
"Well good morning" I say
Then, the rest of the Gallaghers come down, besides Lip.
"Do you want me to go wake him up?" Ian asks
"I will" I say
Ian gives me a look
"I know he'll yell at you, not me. He knows better" I reply
I walk up the stairs to Lips room that he shared with his brothers, and jumped onto the top bunk.
"Lip..." I say
Nothing
I grab a pillow and hit him with it.
That wakes him up
"What the fuck" he yells
"Don't you yell at me" I reply, rather sassy
"Well don't wake me up"
"It's literally almost 12"
"Shit shit" he says
"What? Got a hot date or something?"
"I have to go to school" He says
"Why it's Saturday?"
"Meeting with my professor"
"Okay, just be careful"
"I'm always careful"
I roll my eyes and start to walk downstairs before he grabs my face and kisses me
"I'll see you later, yeah?"
"Of course. I have that audition to practice for but yeah we can meet up later"
He walks out and I go home to practice.

I play Panic! At the disco and sing along, warming my voice up.
"I taste you on my lips and I can't get rid of you. So I say damn your kiss and the awful things you do, yeah you're worse than nicotine"

Just then, I hear a knock on the door.
"Just a minute!" I yell
I run down the stairs to open the door.
"Ms.Skylar Holland?"
"Yeah that's me"
"We regret to inform you that your aunt, Lucy, has passed away today. So sorry for your loss" the guy says, walking away.
I start to cry, apparently really loud because Ian and Fiona run over, with Kev and V.
They wrap their arms around me and just let me cry. The woman who took care of me for 16 years is dead and I didn't get to say goodbye.

After what seemed like forever, they let me go and another pair of arms is wrapped around me.
"Hey hey shush. Shh."
It's Lip.
"I-I didn't get to say goodbye" I sob
"I know. I know. It's okay."
I calm down after a few hours of sitting on my front steps with Lip.
"I guess I'll be living on campus, I didn't plan on it" I say
"And you can live with me on the weekends"
"Exactly. And now my moms probably gonna come back, it was her sister after all"
"Speak of the devil"
We see my mother. I don't call her mom. I call her Rebecca.
"The hospital called me and told me. I'm so sorry sweetheart."
"You don't get to call me that anymore."
"But I'm your mother"
"Mothers don't leave their kids!"
"I had to. Your dad drove me out"
"You could've taken me with you!"
"I thought leaving you with Lucy was better"
"You left me! I was two god damn years old! I don't even know you!"
"But I'm your mother"
"Yeah well you didn't do a good job of being one"
By now, all the Gallagher's are out on my porch, along with Kev and V.
"I tried. I really did"
"Yeah for two fucking years, then left me. And I'm so happy you did because I met my real family. Not you or Micheal. Fiona. Ian. Lip. Debbie and Carl. Liam. Kev and V. Not you. Not Micheal. The Gallaghers. They took me in when Lucy was sick and couldn't take care of me. They comforted me when I got the news today. Ian is my best friend. He-He gave me his favorite teddy bear when we were six because I couldn't sleep. He snuck over multiple times just to talk. I spent the night with him on countless occasions. You don't even know who  he is." I say, holding back tears
she points to Lip
"Nope that's my boyfriend, Lip. Ian is the red head."
"You have a boyfriend?"
"Yeah but you wouldn't know that."
"Listen, I'm here now. And I would love to start a relationship with you. Your father, he's sober"
"Good for him" I say
"Listen, I think you should go" Kev says
"The house is my name. I'm staying here"
"Well then I'll be out by morning"
"Where are you gonna go?"
"Where do you think"
I run upstairs, followed by everyone.
I crash on my bed and cry
"She's such a bitch! She thinks she can come into my life 16 years later. She doesn't even know I got into my dream school"
Kev and Lip walk downstairs, I'm guessing to talk to Rebecca.
Fiona and V help me pack and by 6:30, I'm all packed and my stuff is in the Gallagher house.
"I'll see you later" Rebecca says
"Yeah, at the viewing then the funeral. Then never again"
"You live next door"
"I'm actually moving to a college in a month so no you actually won't see me. Only on the weekends" I say, walking out.

It's been five days and it's time for the funeral.
I dress in a black dress with the crescent moon necklace that she gave me.
The rest of the Gallagher's are dressed and so are Kev and V.
"Ready? I have to be there early"
"Yeah let's go"
We start to walk to the funeral home and get there in 20 minutes.
"Hello Rebecca."
My jaw drops when I see my 'father' Micheal
"Hey! Skylar" He says
"Hello Micheal" I say
"I understand that you feel that way towards me. Who are your friends?"
"Fiona, Ian, Debbie and Carl, Liam. Kev and V, and my boyfriend Lip"
"As in Gallagher? I know your father, used to hang out at the Alibi with him."
Then he goes on about how he found God and shit, I don't know I kinda spaced out once they brought the casket in.

I go up to it and start to silently cry.
Lip walks up to me and puts his hand on my back.
"I refuse to believe she's gone" I say, turning to him
"Love, she is."
"I know but I don't want to believe it"

The funeral starts and it's a blur before they call me to make a speech
"Hi I'm Skylar Holland, her only niece. She took me in when I was just 2 years old. Took care of me when I had no one else. Helped me throughout my middle and high school years, and even helped me get into college. Living with her was the best. We didn't always have money but we had love, and that's all we needed. She was my best friend. I can't believe she's gone."
I walk back to my seat and grab Lip's hand.
I want this day to end.