Fate | c.g

5

Carl's pov
I can't just let the girl go back to a foster home it's not fair on her. Besides she is my 'cousin' so she's welcome. As I lay beside Kassidy she's actually asleep. Sometimes I think she stares at me while I'm sleeping, I need to get away from this girl ASAP. I look over to Ian's bed and Melanie is tossing and turning, she's speaking as-well. She's saying no over and over again.

I creep out of bed and go to wake  her up. "Melanie." I whisper trying not to wake Kass. She wakes up in a panic and jolts up. "You okay? You were tossing and turning."

Melanie's pov
Carl just woke me up and I had the worst dream. It was a dream that I was watching my sister die. It was horrible. Slowly a tear rolled down my cheek, i was so glad to be awake and not in that nightmare anymore. Carl noticed. "Um imma go get you a glass of water and a tissue. Would that be good?" I nodded my head not ready to say anything yet. He murmured "ok" and got up and walked away.
I've never been able to cry in front of anyone and the fact that I've done it, twice, in front of Carl makes me think that he's different from other people.
I then hear footsteps and he appears through the door holding what he said he would get me. He hands it to me slowly and I sit up leaning against the headboard. He slowly comes and sits next to me.
"Thank you." The words barely come out of my mouth. "You didn't have to do that." It's true he really didn't. He could've just stayed in bed with his girlfriend. "I did." He answers.
I slowly lift my head and his gaze meets mine.

Carl's pov
Our eyes connect and we are staring at each other for what feels like 5 minutes. I take the time to notice how beautiful she is. With her eyes glistening from the tears and her hair naturally falling on her shoulders.
Oh no, I'm getting all sappy. What happened to tough Carl? Pull yourself together. Girls are not meant to make you feel like this.

Melanie's pov
Just then Carl's eyes look away and he says firmly "don't spill that water on the bed, Fiona will get mad". He gets off the bed and lays next to Kassidy. What was that?
In the morning I wake up and I'm the only person in the room. I look beside and there is a tissue and an empty glass on the bed side table. Just then everything that happened last night came flooding back to me. Why did Carl's mood switch like that? He'd been nothing but nice to me, up until then.

I get up and brush my hair and make my way downstairs. I walk into the kitchen and continue to wash the dirty glass and throw the tissue in the bin. I decide that I was going to buy my breakfast outside and eat it here.

As I approach the back door, I find a little boy sitting at the table. "Hi, you must be Liam." He looks up at me.
"Yup. That's me, who are you?"
"Melanie." Just then I realise he is wearing a school uniform. Everyone knows the only people who wear school uniforms are from private schools.
"You go to a private school?" I ask inquisitively. "Somethin' like that." He replies. "Well cool, could you tell me where the bathroom is?" I say suddenly needing to go to the toilet. "Literally right behind you" I turn around and he's right there is a door behind me. "Thanks." I smile and proceed to open the door. The door swings open and somebody is standing there. I quickly cover my eyes. "OMG. I'm so sorry!" As I say that I hear a voice. "Oh hey Melanie! Sorry, we'll be out in a second, isn't that right Carl?" I uncover my eyes and Carl is stood up peeing and Kassidy is sat on top of the toilet facing him.
"It's okay I was leaving anyways" I say my face turning beet red. I turn around and make my way out.

I just got my food and Ive decided to eat it in the park. As I sit down my phone rings. 'Unknown number' just like yesterday. This time I decide to answer it. "Hello?" A mans voice answers.
"Hello. It's your dad."
"Funny, my dads in jail for killing someone. So I don't think he's coming out anytime soon."
"No mellibelli it's me I got out early." Mellibelli was the nickname my dad would call me. No one else knew about it other than my mom and my sister.

Word count: 808

————————————————————
*keep reading*
㊙️㊙️