Falling Into The Deep End

Chapter 2

I woke up to my parents speaking in hushed voices in the corner of my room. My brother Noah sat next to them, completely quiet. Suddenly, I remember everything. My brothers best friend hitting my secret boyfriend Ethan. Oh my God! He told them.

"Hey guys, What's up?" I say acting as though I knew nothing of last night.

At the sound of my croaky voice, they all snap their heads in my direction.

"Uhh... hey, are you ok?" says Noah, my older brother. He had always been protective of me along with my parents that's why I hadn't told any of them about Ethan.

"Sweetheart, who was that boy?" my father says, gently, to not frighten me.

I nervously look away, not wanting to make eye contact.

"Um...." I try and think of an excuse, to account for what happened last night but my mind couldn't form any coherent thoughts. Last night had both took me and my parents by surprise, I never thought that Ethan would do anything to hurt me. I had always thought that he cared for me, it was his fault that I was now being interrogated by my parents.

"Be honest." My brother said, as if he could read my thoughts.

I stayed still as someone barged into the room. Of course, it just happened to be him. Great. Just great. Everyone looks pointedly at him as though he had interrupted something important. Unfortunately, everyone turns to face me as soon as he sits himself down next to my brother.

"Alright. Please don't be mad at me. The guy you saw me with," I say looking at Nathan for any ounce of comfort I could get from my parents' current facial expressions. "That was my boyfriend." I say looking away, feeling ashamed.

Gathering my courage, I slowly looked up to find my parents' faces in a mixture of hurt and disappointment

"Why?" My mother had said in the slightest of a whisper. She then glanced at my father to see that his expression had hardened at my sudden confession. As I looked at all the other faces staring back at me, I felt ashamed.

When I looked down I could feel all of them having a silent conversation. My nerves had gotten haywire after the looks they had all given me.

"When I found you, what was happening?" asks Nathan softly.

"Wait, you're not mad?" I ask looking at my parents

"Honey, we are not mad, but we are very disappointed. I thought we could trust you" says my mother

"Now, what happened?" says my brother a little louder than everyone else.

"Ok. Me and Ethan who is my boyfriend were kissing when things started getting too intense, I tried to pull away when he crushed my closer and then I blacked out. That's all I remember" I said shyly

"What happened next was I heard noises from your room and came in. Then, I see that idiot on top of you and punch him in the face before picking you up to see if you were ok until then you were fast asleep." Says Nathan in a soft tone to everyone

I feel horrible. I didn't want anyone to worry about me. Yet, here we are. As I look at everyone, I see their faces being full of disappointment.

"Sweetheart, you broke our trust. I am sorry you had to go through that, but you are grounded for the foreseeable future. Oh, and you are breaking up with Ethan" says dad

I am glad I have a reason to break up with Ethan but in the process, I disappointed the people I truly care about. The only thing I can say is:

"OK" 

Author's note: 

 So, what did you think of Nathan?

Song: Unsteady by Vivian Hicks

I chose this song to highlight the fact that she just woke up after something horrible happened and is having to tell people what happened while she is unsteady.

Thank youu,

Girlstar xx