All you need is hope. On Hold (due to writers block)

All you need is hope.

This is my first story, so please be gentle. This is my own story and I will not tolerate it being stolen. It's all my original ideas. Copy right 2012 . 

Please enjoy and feel free to drop me a line and tell me what you think.

You know those days where you just want to curl up in a ball and hide from every one and every thing?  

Well today was one of them.

It had been 2 months since my Nanna passed away and all my family do is fight over who gets what and why they should get the bigger share of her estate, all I want is the one person who truly understood me to come back. I'm sick of the arguments and the woe ways me stories of the rest of the family.

I spent 2 years sleeping on her couch looking after her and making sure that she took her medication and helping her around the house.  

Now she is gone and I feel so alone, my parents do nothing but drink and fight and I think my Mum is having an affair with my Dad's best friend and he has no idea. I feel lost and the only comfort I have is my little black cat that was my Nan's, who nobody wanted cause she keeps attacking them, she seems to like me though so I keep her with me at all times.

As I lay on my bed with my little black cat, who is named Bubbles, I sit here wondering why life has to be so cruel? I can hear them fighting again and it's sounding worse this time, I think my Mum is finally coming clean about her affair with my Dad's friend and he really is not happy.

"You stupid slut!!!! How could you do this to me?" I hear Dad yell at my Mum

"Because you are never here Eric! You leave me at home all day with these children who never do as they are told!!" Mum screams back

"That's because I have to work 2 jobs just so I can afford for you to sit at the coffee shop and pay for every one else! "Dad bellowed

Ok that's it I've had enough I think to my self. I get up and put on my shorts and a singlet and my favorite pair of sneakers and walk out into the lounge room with Bubbles following behind me, I'm standing in the door way just as my mother goes to slap my dad across the face and that's it for me I loose it, I jumped in front of my Dad( yes I'm a daddy's girl) and took the slap.  

"Argh you stupid bitch!"I yelled at her

"what do you think you are doing you stupid girl?" she yells at me 

"Trying to stop you guys from fighting you fat cow!" I yell back

"Are you seriously going to let her talk to me like that?"Mum says to my Dad 

He just shrugs and says "You deserved it."  

Mum let's out with a screech and storms off to pack her bags.

"Are you ok baby girl?" dad asks  

"Yeah Dad, I'm fine.I've been hit harder when I play rugby at school." I reply

"Are you ok Dad? I didn't know she was sleeping with Robert, Dad, I would have told you if I knew."

"It's ok, I think our marriage was over a while ago, I was just hoping I was wrong and she was just upset about your nan's death" He replied with a sad look on his face

My poor dad has been with that wench since she got pregnant with me and she has always treated him like she was stuck with him because of me and my siblings.

I have 2 sisters and a brother, all of us have dark brown hair and my sisters and I have my mum's green eyes and my brother has my dad's blue eyes.  

My dad is such a hard working man, he is roughly six ft with broad shoulders and dark brown hair almost black, he works as a mechanic during the day and cleans the local primary school at night just to earn enough to keep my mother happy.

I'm almost 16 and am trying to find work as well as look after my younger sisters whilst my brother Ian is working in another state. My mother has never lifted a finger to help around the house, she has never worked and just expected my poor dad to keep working to pay for her luxuries.  

In a way I'm kinda glad they are breaking up, we are better off with out her, it's not like she loved us.

When I finally realized I had been lost in thought again dad had left in his car and my mother was out the front waiting for a taxi to pick her up with her stuff.  

I look out the window and watched her leaving. Good riddance I thought to myself.  

Well I better call Ian and tell him that it finally happened, he'll be happy seeing as she was only his stepmother and he couldn't stand her and she didn't like him either because of who his mother was, Ian's mum was the love of my dad's life but she died when she was giving birth to Ian, then he met my mum and she got pregnant almost straight away with me and dad did the right thing and married the witch.

I pulled out my mobile and hit Ian's number.

"Hello, Ian McGregor speaking" Ian said in his most business like voice

" Hey big brother, it's me Angela, I got some good and some bad news for you."

"Oh hey angel cakes" he said using dads nick name for me " ok so what's the bad news first?" he asked

"Well it's probably good news for you but not for dad, my mother just left him for Robert." I told him

The phone was quiet for what seems like for ever before he replied  

"It's about time that bitch left"he said " is dad ok?" he asked 

"yeah I think he knew it was coming, cause they have done nothing but argue for the past 2 months since Nan died." I told him

"Yeah so I've heard, it's probably for the best anyway, the only good thing that woman ever did for him was give him you three girls." he said  

"Awe thanks big brother, so when are you coming home? I think dad is going to need some help with getting through this." I asked  

"Actually I just put in for my holiday leave yesterday, my gut told me I needed to come home but I didn't realize how bad " he said

"so when will you be here then?" I asked excitedly  

"The day after tomorrow." he said with a smile  

"wahoo" I screamed, I know my mum and dad just broke up but it was something we could all see was coming.

"Ok ok, angel cakes calm down, do you think dad will be able to pick me up from the train station?" Ian asked

"oh that reminds me you wanna hear the good news?" I asked

" yeah but is dad able to come get me?" he asked again  

"Nope I will cause I just passed my drivers test and can drive on my own now" I said jumping up and down

"Oh god no!, all the pedestrians better get of the foot paths then." he teased

"Shut up! You know I can drive better than any other chick in this crappy town" I said

"yeah I know" he chuckled

"it also means we .can surprise dad with you coming home it might cheer him up a bit" I laughed