Calum and me. (editing)

I'll be there for you, this is not a driveby.

"what?"I whisper tears welling in my eyes.

"Calum and Annie are not coming back."dad repeats calmly sipping his coffee mine still remains untouched perfectly balanced the way I like things. I'm not particular on many things but my pet peeve hate as it were is balance and unevenness.Odd numbers and uneven portions.You don't have a three bedroom house, you have two or four. You don't three quarter you have half or a whole. balance is key.

"he has to come back who says he can't!"

"me and shelley have talked and we believe that is whats best."

"best for what? Convenience , for you! Shelley! Brenda? It's Brenda isn't it she just wants her own happiness not mine , nobody can be happy as long as Brenda is that's all that matters!"I shout throwing my hands up in exasperation anger rising all through me.

"indigo! Calm down!"

"answer my question dad."I snarl.

"indie don't be like that , it's best for you and calum."

"best for me and Calum?! Are you joking!"I throw my coffee on the floor and run back to the car shutting myself in.

"indigo?"I look up at the women who has opened the car door her blonde hair is in a ponytail and she looks tired , she's barely recognisable.

"Laura?"she hugs me and I hold on to her like I'm going to lose her again."I've missed you auntie laura I really have."I cry into her shoulder and she smooths my hair back with her hand.

"wanna tell me what's going on?"

"not here, dad will be here in a minute I really don't want to talk to him right now."

"look it's fine, we can go somewhere else?"

"we can?"

"my cars just over there."I nod following her to her car and climbing in.

I quickly send a text to dad.

: hey dad I'll be home later don't worry about me I just need to clear my head.

"so I'll take you To mine yeah?"

"ok."I mumble.

She turns out of the countrypark and heads downtown.

"so hows school?"she tries to make small talk and I smile.

"I haven't enrolled yet because it started as a drop by see a few of dads old friends but it developed into more so I haven't had the chance just yet."

"oh right."she turns into a quiet neighbourhood with a few children selling lemonade and a young boy on his tricycle.

When she pulls into her drive I grin at the dent in the garage door.

"still haven't gotten that fixed?"

"no you monkey!"she laughs.

When I was about six I rode my bike into the garage door to see what happened I can't say gran was happy with me.

"is gran here?"

"she's in a home these days, after pops passed she lost her independence."I nod my head in understanding and follow her lead getting out of the car and Follow her up to the door where she slots the key into the hole , turns it once and pushes the door open.

Laura isn't my real auntie, she's barely older than me but she is like an aunt and her mom was like a gran to me when my mom was out of her face and dad was at work.

"so , what's all that noise?"

"that will be alex and Rosie with kelia."I nod that still doesnt answer my question properly.