Derrick + Miles (boyxboy)

FIFTY FIVE: CHRISTMAS DAY, PT.3

MILES

My mouth dropped when Grandma Eve slapped Dylan.

I wanted to fucking faint when Dylan reached across the table and slapped her ass back.

ROLAND: WILL SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?

JENSEN: WELL BRO IF YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION EVE SLAPPED...

ROLAND: I KNOW ALL THAT JENSEN.

DYLAN: THAT STUCK UP BITCH GOT SOME NERVE PUTTING HER HANDS ON ME. I WASN'T ABOUT TO STAND THERE AND LET HER SLAP ME SO I SLAPPED HER ASS BACK, GRANDMA OR NO GRANDMA. OUR MOM NEVER SLAPPED US SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT MADE HER THINK IT WAS OK FOR HER TO DO IT.

EVE: DYLAN, EVERYTIME I OPEN MY MOUTH THERE YOU ARE MOUTHING OFF SOME SMART COMMENT. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WE DIDN'T SAY SHIT BACK TO OUR ELDERS. WHATEVER THEY SAID WENT. I'M SICK OF YOUR SHIT. YOU WILL RESPECT ME DAMMIT!!!!!

DYLAN: NO THE FUCK I WON'T. I DON'T LIKE YOU. I DON'T CARE FOR YOU. WHY WOULD I CARE FOR YOU WHEN ALL YOU'VE DONE IS TRY TO DESTROY EVERYBODY'S HAPPINESS, ESPECIALLY YOUR OWN FAMILY'S HAPPINESS.

EVE: YOU USE TO LOVE ME WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY, YOU, GARRETT, MILES, AND MILAN. WHAT CHANGED?

MILAN: KEEP MY NAME OUT YOUR MOUTH.

TRICIA: MILAN!!!!!!!!

MILAN: I'M JUST SAYING MOM.

DYLAN: I GUESS WE WERE BLIND TO ALL THE LOW DOWN STUFF YOU WERE PULLING. NOW THAT WE'RE OLD ENOUGH, WE SEE YOU JUST FOR WHO YOU ARE.

GARRETT: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THOUGHT SLAPPING HIM WOULD MAKE HIM RESPECT YOU. THIS IS JUST GONNA BE ADDED TO THE LONG LIST OF STUFF YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. EVERYTIME YOU COME AROUND IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.

EVE: I JUST WANT SOME RESPECT. YES IT'S TRUE. I'VE DONE SOME UNSPEAKABLE THINGS, BUT I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE TOO, BUT I'M NOT  JUDGING ANY OF YOU. I'M ALWAYS GETTING LOOKED DOWN UPON AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. NO ONE IS JUDGING JESS AND ROY FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE.

DYLAN: RESPECT​ IS EARNED, NOT GIVEN AND DON'T SIT THERE AND LIE. WE GET ON THEIR ASSES JUST AS WELL. HAVE YOU NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.

JESS: WHY AM I BEING DRAGGED INTO THIS?

EVE: BECAUSE YOU AND ROY DO JUST AS MUCH AS I DO, BUT I FEEL AS IF I'M PUBLIC ENEMY #1.

JESS: WE'VE DONE ALOT OF THINGS, BUT WE NEVER WOULD HAVE SLAPPED ANYONE.

LANCE: EVE I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HIT MY KID. I'M.... CALM DOWN LANCE. CALM THE FUCK DOWN.

EVE: YOU'VE BEEN BACK ALL OF FIVE MINUTES AND YOU THINK YOU'RE​DADDY OF THE YEAR.

LANCE: EVE, LET'S NOT FORGET YOU WANTED ME OUT OF THE WAY, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I WAS WEAK FOR LETTING YOU GET TO ME BACK THEN, BUT NOW I'M STRONGER THAN EVER.  I WASN'T THERE IN PERSON, BUT I MADE SURE GARRETT AND DYLAN AND TONI WERE STRAIGHT.

EVE: IF YOU WERE THE MAN YOU SAY YOU ARE, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE WITH YOUR KIDS. NOTHING I SAID SHOULD HAVE STOPPED YOU.

LANCE:  I COULDN'T STAY HERE AFTER I LOST MY MOTHER. THE PAIN WAS UNBEARABLE. SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO UNDERSTOOD ME. I MISS THAT WOMAN EVERYDAY. I MOVED TO OHIO AND GOT A JOB SO I COULD TAKE OF MY FAMILY. TONI AND THE BOYS DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A THING.

GARRETT: I WISH WE HAD KNOWN ALL THAT. OUR OPINION OF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

LANCE: THAT WAS BACK THEN, THIS IS NOW. NONE OF THAT MATTERS NOW.