Morose's POV
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"Don't mind the errors," ~Cr4vinz
PHEW, I'M GOING to a party.
Staring at myself through the full length mirror, every five minutes I would tell myself to just take off the dress and go back to sleep.
But there was something in me that felt like I needed this. I needed to go.
There was only about seven more minutes until Marcus came to pick me up, and my hands were sweating more than my forehead on a hot sunny day.
"Okay, okay, it's just a party. Just a party." Filled with teenagers who dislike you.
What if Jenin was coming?
That thought finally dawned on me and anxiety gnawed at my stomach.
"Hey. What's wrong?" Days like these I appreciated having a brother like Ben. Who didn't really have a girlfriend, nor friends. He was always there.
"I don't know if I can do this." I groan, plopping onto the bed. "And this isn't what normal teenagers wear to parties Ben, I mean isn't it a little too dressy?"
"You can change." He suggests. "But it's okay to be different, to set an example."
I run a hand through my flat ironed hair.
"Does dad know you're going?" He asks and I shake my head.
"Great, don't let him know."
"What? Why? He'll kill me if I dont."
"Well, you won't be coming home tonight so."
"Uh, yes I will. Most likely thirty minutes after the party begins." He chuckles.
"We're spending the night at my new apartment."
"Your new apartment?" I furrow my eyebrows.
"I spoke to you about it remember? We'll pack your stuff once we get back tomorrow, but I want you to—,"
"Ben. I said I wasn't sure if i was coming. You need your freedom."
"Morose, I am not leaving you here with these. . . Monsters. You think I don't know what the Audralic brothers are? And what they—,"
"How do you know about that?" I ask stunned beyond my own perception.
"Because I followed you and dad, I didn't intervene because I knew if I did you would get the blame for it."
"But Carla said you were—,"
"That's what I told her. When I realized she was trying to get me out of the house so bad for this meeting, I hung out at Mayson's house down the street for a bit until you came home, and then minutes later dads rushing down the street like a madman."
I was quiet, playing with my fingers as I averted my eyes.
"What happened?"
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