Teenage Antichrist Book One: A Journey of a Sister's Hatred 1991-1992

Chapter Thirty-Six: A Stranger's Anger

 That afternoon John was grateful that the smell of vomit had disappeared from his car and Natalie gladly accepted a lift home. Once they got to her house they went inside and had sex. When he got home he expected Michelle to be the one home but she wasn't. Their parents were also home and the three of them were sitting at the kitchen table and looking very tense. Mr. Slater stood up quickly and walked over to John.

"What are you doing home so late?" Mr. Slater asked. "Where have you been?"

John was a little thrown by Mr. Slater's attitude as he hadn't expected it.

"I spent some time with Natalie after school," he said.

"I see and what do you mean by spending time?" Mr. Slater asked.

"Just hanging out, Dad," he said feeling a little stressed. "God!"

"No, you tell me exactly what you mean!" Mr. Slater said getting more aggravated.

Mrs. Slater stood up quickly as she couldn't bear any more tension.

"Dear, calm down," Mrs. Slater said.

Mr. Slater looked at Mrs. Slater sharply.

"How am I supposed to calm down when our daughter is pregnant?" Mr. Slater asked in reply.

John was shocked by what he just heard.

"What?" John asked.

If there was one thing Mr. Slater hated was when people pretended not to have heard something and then asked what as a way of getting someone to take back what they just said then lying about it by saying something else.

"You heard me, John," Mr. Slater said. "So tell me about you and Natalie. Are we going to find out that she's pregnant too?"

"No, Natalie's not pregnant," John replied.

"How do you know she's not?" Mr. Slater snapped. "I'm going to guess you're sleeping together, right?"

"Dad, please stop!" Michelle begged as she couldn't stand the tension either.

Mr. Slater looked at her.

"How could you do this to us, Michelle?" Mr. Slater asked. "You've thrown your life away!"

Michelle started to cry and that didn't stop Mr. Slater from being angry. John was angry that he had become a target of their father's anger because of her pregnancy.

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Due to the fact that Michelle was still in the throes of morning sickness, she was allowed to stay home from school the next day. After she had thrown up again she returned to bed. John walked into her bedroom a moment later and he was the last person she wanted to see.

"How could you be so stupid, Michelle?" John asked.

"Piss off!" Michelle said.

"No, how could you be so stupid?" he asked.

"Gee, I don't know," she said sarcastically. "I fell in love with Daniel, we had sex and I got pregnant. The end,"

"No, that's not what I meant. How could the two of you not have been careful?"

"We were careful,"

"Bullshit you were. You're pregnant,"

"I know I'm pregnant and I'm telling you Daniel wore a condom,"

"You've got to be kidding me!" John exclaimed.

Michelle started to suspect something and she sat up in her bed.