lungs

part 76

anna

i start panicking. i couldn't breath right, which is bad for my lungs. "w-what if you leave?" i said as he drove out of the driveway.

he didn't answer me, which just made me worry even more. "joey!" i said, "what's gonna happen."

we drove out of the neighborhood. he still didn't answer me, it's like he's zoned out from reality. "answer me." i said.

"i don't know anna." he didn't make eye contact with me. i felt tears in my eyes.

"what does that mean?" i asked him. "y-you said that he won't."

"well now i don't know. is that what you wanted me to say anna? i don't fucking know!" he yelled, gripping the steering wheel.

i looked down and played with my fingers. trying to hold back the tears, i look out the window and look at our surroundings. i didn't
recognize the area.

i didn't say anything because i know that he's mad. not at me, not at himself, but mad at his dad. i would be too. if my dad left for six years and his family,—well my dad left too—i would be mad if he just wanted to come back out of the blue.

it's like his dad just woke up one day and realized "hey i have a whole other family that i forgot about. maybe i should try to get full custody so they can live with me"

he probably didn't even think how sophia and joey would feel about his coming back.

sophia

"joey what about sophia?" i asked.

"shit." he said to himself before turning the car around, making me slam my head against the window.

"ow!" i said.

"sorry." joey says, then going silent.

we were driving in silence, i hated it. i'm in my prom dress not know what's going on with my boyfriends and i future. i take it back, this is the worst prom ever.

we pulled up back at joeys house. he took a deep breath and unbuckled his seatbelt. he didn't even look at me nor speak. i watched him walk in the house.

minutes later he came out with sophia. she had mascara stains down her cheek and her eyes were blood shot red. she doesn't deserve this, she deserves the world.

sophia is so beautiful and to see her like this just breaks my heart. she's literally an angle and she's being treated so bad.

joey puts her bag in the trunk and helps sophia get in the backseat. he closed her door and then came up to the front seat.

he backed out of the driveway and drove out of the neighborhood again. he looked in the rear view mirror at sophia, "put your seatbelt on."

she put her seatbelt on and looked out the window. "where are we going?" she said closer to a whisper

joey looked to the road, not keeping his eyes off of it, without answering sophia.

as we were driving, i put my hand on joeys thigh. i felt him loosen up as if he felt relieved.

he took his hand off the steering wheel and laced our fingers together. still, not saying anything, he kisses the top of my hand and rubs my knuckle.

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we ended up driving to a dinner that was 30 minutes away. i guess all three of us needed to clear our minds.

we sat in a booth. joey and sophia in front to me in it. we were the only ones in this dinner at 1am.

my makeup was messed up, my hair is all nappy, and the bottom of my dress is rinkly and brown since it's dirty.

joey took off his jacket that went over his shirt. his muscles were out, which made him look hot. he had his chain in his mouth as he was playing his fingers.

sophia was on her phone texting someone. she was in her pjs and her hair was in a messy bun. i could tell that she hadn't taken off her makeup because her mascara was still smeared.

basically we all looked a mess.

the waiter came and joey ordered all of us water since it was the cheapest. we went all silent after this.

"so are we just going to sit here all night in silence?" asked sophia as she put her phone down.

"i'm trying to think of something." joey says faintly.

i cleared my throat since i haven't spoken yet at all for the passed hour. "you guys can stay at my house. we have an extra room since sarah and mathew aren't here anymore."

sophia's facial expression changed once i said mathews name. i felt bad for her because i knew she liked him. "sam has sarah's old room, so if you want you can sleep in mathews."

"thanks." she says.

"is that okay, joey?" i said to him.

he nodded, "y-yeah. it's fine. i just don't want to see him at all until monday."

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