Why Is That Funny?

Im So Sorry to hear that

I sat in bed, just trying to figure out why he said that. Okay, I understand a little. Your best friend ditched you and avoided you since forever. I mean I did say hi at the get togethers since our parents are close and all. Still though, we grew apart. I avoided him and he did the same! I am confusion.

I decided I needed to give my brain a rest and stopped thinking about it. I pushed off my covers and went downstairs for an apple.

"Ew! Put some clothes on when you step out your room! No one wants to see that!", whined Daniel in his Deadpool onesie stepping out of the bathroom in the hall, covering his eyes.

"Excuse me, but many people wants to see this. Also, I had to deal with changing your diaper and watching you run around this house naked until you were eight. Suck it up! I also didn't know anyone was up."

I began to walk up stairs and heard a knocking noise from my parents room. Ew. No one wants to hear old people sex.

Wait.

My mom is working late today. She works late most of the time now because my dad recently got payed off from his well payed job.

I ran into my room and shoved myself in some pajama pants and bumped into Daniel in the hallway.

"What the hell?", Daniel exclaimed as I walked attempted to open the locked door of our parents' bedroom. "What are you doing? Mom and Dad are doing the dirty."

"Mom is working late.", I said as I knocked down the door.

And there it was. My dad in bed with big boobed drunk whore. Wow. So I guess this is where my life comes crashing down huh?

Then I heard the front door open.

Oh no.

Before I knew it Daniel was pulling my mom off of my bloody faced dad. The now suddenly sobered up mistress was standing with a blanket wrapped around her like an innocent bystander who just witnessed murder. What was I doing? Standing there. Frozen. Thinking about how my life is going to change. I didn't know that the divorce process could work so fast. But not even five day later were both my parents legally divorced.

Dan snd I stopped going to school for a week. Then mom made us go on the following Monday. As we walked in the hall of the now completely dull school in my head, we were dragged off my our separate friends.

"What happened?"

"Are you Okay?"

I heard these things. I couldn't tell who they were from though. Now the thing I was missing seemed to have never existed. Now everything just sucks.

All day long I just sat in class. Not even listening. During second period I went to the counselor, Ms. Naty. A young girl with her first year out of college, so she understands the young people well. Didn't work well with me though since she is an orphan and never had a parent's love. I honestly wish I was in her position. Never having a parent's love is better than losing it.

My father loved me still of course, but I can never trust him again. Respect for him is no more. Is this how I treated those girls who text me all day and think we are in some romance movie? Well it's all over. Lust is overrated. I'm done with it all. I'm going to ask Talia out.... eventually, and end things with Jackie for good.

During lunch I went to the bathroom and just sat in the stall. Staring at the door.

Then I saw a pair of school brand sneakers that the cheerleaders where at games below the door.

"Tadrick, I know that's you. I heard what happened. My mom told me. You know our moms tell each other everything.", I heard Jace's soft voice say.

"Oh so I'm Tadrick and not asshole?"

Before I knew it, he was climbing over the stall and sitting at my knees on the floor, leaning against the door.

"It could be worse you know."

"That's great."

"Ugh, really? I'm trying to be nice to you. Especially after what you did to me!"

"What? I didn't do anything! We grew apart! Consensual!"

"Really? So your telling me that freshman year you didn-"

"I thought you were here to make me feel better!"

"What, am I supposed to suck your dick, ass wipe?"

"Give some sympathy! My dad just cheated on my mom, my mom is depressed, I'm depressed, and I never want to see my own father's face again!"

"I'm so sorry that happened to you! My dad is dead! My mom did drugs to get over it! She relapses randomly and refuses rehab! My big sister, the only one I can trust in this world, is in the military, and I won't even know about her death, if she dies, like a month after she dies! I'm depressed because my only friend complains about her twisted life that is more twisted than mine! And I have the scars on my wrists to prove it you selfish bitch! I am sorry daddy cheated! Man the fuck up!"

He stormed out of the bathroom leaving me speechless. That sucks. I heard rumors about Maria's life. Her dad abuses her I think. If Jace cuts, imagine her. She must be bloody on the daily. Wow.

Later I skipped practice. I watched the cheer team practice. I didn't care we had a game the next day. I watched the perfect flips and turns. Then I saw Maria off on the side watching in envy. Wishing she was as thin as the other girls. I went and sat my her under s big tree in the grass.

"Hey."

"What do you want?" She said in a really pretty accent.

"Why don't you try out for the team? One time I saw you in gym in the fitness test. Even though you were wearing that baggy sweat suit, you are really flexible."

"No. People would laugh at me. And my dad said I shouldn't wear revealing clothes. They would look 'muy tonto' on me."

I pretended I understood what she said and nodded. We sat there in a comfortable silence. Watching Jace mostly.

Maria is a freshman. Why doesn't Daniel invite her in his friend group? Then again, why didn't I?

When practice was over, I went home without saying a word to anyone before leaving.

When I arrived home, two pizza boxes were on the kitchen table. I had four slices before going upstairs, undressing and attempting sleep.

Then I remembered something.

What happened freshman year between me and Jace?