BLUE

19. Bad headache

I woke up in my clothes from last night, with a bad headache and a weird feeling in my stomach. It took me a minute to figure out where I was and what had happened, but then it all came back to me like one huge flashback.

I remembered my great time with Becca and I instantly smiled, but I also remembered my parents, and how they were probably still mad at me. I sighed deeply and sat up in my bed.

I reached for my glasses and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. My breath still smelled a bit like alcohol.

When I went downstairs both of my parents were sitting in the kitchen. My dad was looking through the newspaper and my mom was on her computer. I figured Toby was in his room, like he usually was.

"Good morning" I said and poured myself a glass of juice.

"More like afternoon" my mom said. I looked at the time, it was 12:30 PM. I couldn't remember the last time I had slept that late.

"Son, we need to talk to you" my dad said, giving me a very serious look. I prepared myself for what was about to come and sat down at the table with them.

"Now, can you please explain to us why you were not home at our agreed time last night?" my dad said, starring me right in the eyes. I shifted in my seat. I had never really lied to my parents before.

"Well, I was at Sam's party the whole time, and we just had so much fun that I totally forgot about the time. When I saw it was almost 2 a 'clock, I hurried home. I'm very sorry" I said. My palms were sweating like crazy.

"What were you doing at Sam's party?" my mom asked.

"Dancing and stuff" I answered shortly.

"Then why did you reek of alcohol when you came home? Were you drunk?" she asked.

"No, I wasn't! I only had one beer, I guess I just smelled like it because a lot of others were drinking and maybe someone spilt it on me" I said. I could feel the knot in my stomach growing bigger, but I couldn't tell them about Becca, and what we had done. Then I suddenly remembered that me and her actually stole a vodka bottle last night. Man, when did I become this person?

"Why didn't you answer our phone calls?" My dad asked. I felt like this was an interrogation.

"My phone died" I said and took a bite of the toast my mom had made. So many lies. They both sighed and gave each other a look. I couldn't tell where this was going.

"Blake, we have rules in this house, and as long as you still live under our roof you're going to follow those rules. No matter how old you are, okay?" my dad said, his usual serious expression plastered onto his face. I simply nodded.

"Good. Don't let this happen again or we're going to have to take you out of that school or something" he said, shaking his head.

"No! No, I promise it won't happen again" I pleaded.

"Okay. Now go to your room, you're grounded for the rest of the day" he finished and got back to reading his newspaper.

I looked over at my mom who gave me a faint smile. I didn't say anything else, I just got up and went to my room. I sat down on my bed and ran my hands over my face. In less than a week my life had changed so much, I had changed so much.

I couldn't figure out how to deal with it. Everything I was feeling was not familiar to me, it was new. It was scary, but I also kind of liked it. I liked the fact that my life was not the same anymore, it's what I always wanted.

My mind quickly drifted to Becca. That girl had taken over my mind like nobody had ever done before. I wanted to see her and talk to her all the time. I wanted to make her laugh and I wanted her to talk to me about the things that she liked. I wanted her to tell me everything about her. I felt my heart beating faster just by thinking of her.

I grabbed my phone and dialed her number. I just needed to hear her voice.

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Thank you for reading today's chapter! I apologize for the delay, I just had no time this weekend to publish it, but now the regular schedule is back on track!

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Hope to see you in the next one :)

Yours, Ani.