"Cyndal?" I hear my sister say through the phone. "Don't worry, I will be back in the state by Christmas." "But Hailey, that is 4 months from now." "You'll be fine" I fight back tears. My sister is one of two people that I talk to (parents excluded) and now she was deciding to go to college now. She just turned 37, a whole 22 years apart from my age of 15. "I know but this is going to help me out, isn't that enough to convince you?" "No. I just want to be a selfish brat about this whole situation because I don't want to be left alone with mom and dad." At the moment, they were going through a divorce and fights broke out between them at least 3 times a day. They fight about the stupidest stuff too. Literally my mom yelled at my dad for sneezing. "I need to do this. You'll be fine. If you need to leave the house, call Ashley or something." I stay silent. "I need you to be strong for me, I have to go though. I love you and I will be by the house in the morning to say goodbye. Okay?" I sigh, "Okay, I love you too" She immediately hangs up the phone. I sit there in the silence of my room for a few minutes before I hear the crash of a dish downstairs in the kitchen, followed by the loud yelling of my parents. I sigh and change out of my pajamas into jeans, a band tee, Escape the Fate to be specific, and Vans. I didn't even think of grabbing a jacket as I snuck out the front door.
The air was frigid. That made sense since Halloween had just passed by. It was cold but I wasn't about to enter the house again. I sighed and wrapped my arms around myself, beginning to walk. I didn't plan out anywhere specific, I just walked. Soon enough it was dark. I end up at an old playground that I would go with mom, dad, and sometimes Hailey to when I was younger. I sit on the swings and stare at my feet. I knew this day would be coming. I guess Florida is only the next state over but it seemed to far. I couldn't just walk to her house anymore. This bites. I stood and began walking home. My gaze didn't leave my feet at all. I just walked away, looking at my shoes as if they held the solutions to my problems. Why would she just leave me, I thought to myself. Doesn't she know how this effects me? I guess it is an amazing opportunity for her. Couldn't she just..... My thoughts are interrupted when I run into someone. They drop a book they were holding. I immediately pick it up. They pick up some other things they dropped. "I am so sorry" I say looking up for the first time, meeting their gaze.
I become speechless and feel stupid as I stare at a boy my age with chestnut brown hair and stunning blue eyes. "Don't worry about it" He says with a smile. We both rise. It felt like a movie. I actually thought this would never happen, even though I had often prayed that it would. "You looked kind of mad. Are you okay?" I look away from him finally. I couldn't take the sympathetic look on his face and besides, it was kind of embarrassing that it was that easy to spot. I shoved away my pride, took a deep breath and finally answered. "I am just not having a good day" I say just loud enough for him to hear me. He studies my face as I look back at him finally. He smiles again "you want to talk about it?" I look at him a bit surprised. No one really had ever asked to listen to my problems besides Hailey and Ashley and they were both to busy for me lately. "Well, ummm" I begin awkwardly. "I don't know, it might help, I guess" I look away again. This was really awkward to me. "Well I have to get all this to my house, your welcome to tag along" he begins walking again. "O-okay" I say, running a bit to catch up.
We walk in silence for a couple of minutes. "So what was going through your mind back there?" he asks. "Just, my sister and I are really close and she is moving to Florida for her overdue college experience." He nods, even though he was looking away, I could tell that he was listening to me. Just that alone made me feel comfortable. "It just seems unfair because I only have one other friend and she has a new boyfriend. We are still close but sometimes she seems like she doesn't have the time for me. My sister was the only other person I could turn to and she is going to leave and i know she'll be busy all the time." "What about your parents?" he asks as he turns into a houses yard. "They are to busy fighting with each other to even acknowledge my feelings now a days." He stops at the door and looks at me sympathetically. "Hold on, I feel like we need to take a longer walk." He steps inside and closes the door. I look at my phone. 10:00, it read. I just shrugged. he comes out with an extra jacket, "You looked cold." I take it from him willingly and put it on. "thank you" "No problem" he says looking at his plain black hoodie on me. It was a little baggy but it smelt absolutely amazing.
"Ready?" he asks walking backwards down his driveway. I smile and nod. Once again I had to run a little to catch up. Even though the whole purpose of this walk was to talk about my problems, we talked about his, and just a ton of random things that had nothing to do with our lives. Time slipped me by. It felt like only a few minutes passed by. I only knew it was late because I felt my phone vibrate. Of course my mom called. We didn't get along well so this was going to be fun. I answer to her yelling. "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" I look at the time, 12:46. "I left because you and dad were fighting. You really think I enjoy being around that?" I can see her now, all worked up. She and dad must have just finished their fight about, from what I caught, the dishes. The ones that I did. Everything is always the other parents fault. Honestly, I wouldn't mind being the one to get in trouble for them right now. "YOU GET HOME RIGHT NOW OR YOUR ASS IS GRASS, YOUNG LADY" I sigh. "Yes ma'am" I say with a little salute. From my point of view, I am pretty sure I sound annoyed.
The boy looks at me in anticipation even though I am 400% sure he could here my mom. "Well you couldn't miss that if you were 10 miles away. I think I might have actually heard her from my house" I say, trying to lighten the mood a bit. After that and what I know for a fact that I will be coming home to, my mood totally dropped from outstanding to 'Wow! My give-a-shit meter is completely broken.' "I'll walk you home." He says with a smile. I look at him and it hits me. "Uh, so you know a lot about me now and you don't even know my name." I put my hand out, "Cyndal." he smiles brighter shakes my hand, "Chandler." I smile back now. "Well it is nice to meet you, Chandler." I depart my hand from his. "Well shall we?" he asks. I smile and begin walking towards my house. We talk about even more random stuff. I didn't want this night to end. As we approach my house I begin to take off the hoodie he lent me. "Keep it," he says. I look at him confused. "You have a walk up to the door and it is freezing out here" "I'll be fine" I say continuing to remove the sweater. I try to hand it to him but he refuses to take it. "I am serious" he smiles at me. I blush and bring the hoodie close to my chest. "Okay, if you insist." I begin to walk away but he stops me. "Hey, what's your number" I turn and walk back to him and hold my hand out. He hands me his phone. I put my number in and hand him my ohone. He does the same. "I'll talk to you later then" I say awkwardly with a smile. He smiles back, "Yeah. Talk to you later"
The second I walk into the house my mom is mad-dogging me like crazy. "Who was that huh? What were you doing? Are you doing drugs?" She sniffs the air around me, "drinking?" "No mom. We were talking and walking. You know like good kids do. Nothing happened." I say as calmly as I can the first chance I get to speak. She continues until my dad come into the room. "She was with a boy" he looks at me. I just shrug and his gaze returns to my mom. "They were out late. It is 1:30 in the morning" "Why can't we just trust her. She isn't a bad kid Maria. She has earned more than enough of our trust" "You are a horrible parent" She tells him. My dad tries to stay calm but my mom was screaming at him. I just left to my room. I looked to see what he put himself as.
Chandler: Your personal counselor
It was long but I liked it. I laughed a bit and a tear slide down my cheek as the battle between parents explodes in the background of my thoughts
The next morning
Hailey showed up, as promised but with a man with brown hair. He was kind of tall and skinny, yet muscular. He looked as if he could easily be mistaken for a redneck but his clothing spoke a different story. He seemed nice. My mom opens the door for her and the man. She put on a smile and everything. Wow. She is going to create a false idea in this guys head about the great family we are. Hailey runs up and hugs me tightly. "Hey sis" I say, hugging her back. She lets go and I look at the man beside her. "Mom, dad, Cyndal. This is my boyfriend Norman. He is going to college with me" She looked so happy. He did look nice. I just smiled and waved. "It is so nice to meet you Norman" my mom says cheerfully. My dad shakes his hand. Dad watched him carefully but that made sense to me. The moment was very short lived. Hailey and Norman had to get on the road if they wanted to make it on time. I ran up to her and cried. The final of my 6 goodbyes. "I know you'll make it baby girl. I love you" "I love you too" She let's go of me and gets down to my level. She wipes away my tears and looks my in the eyes and then kisses my on the forehead. She stands. "Bye" She says with a small wave to mom and dad, she then gets in the car and then they were off.
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This can't be real (Chandler Riggs fan fiction)
FanfictionCyndal is going through some family issues but she get through it. More so after she meets Chandler.
