The Science Between Arts ⏸️

Chapter 1

Chapter 1- Miles From Campus.

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I tucked my chin on my knees, bringing it closer to my face while I looked at the whiny child beside me. He didn't say a word to me, clearly knowing I wasn't in the mood for any small talk, even though that would be the last time I would see them again. Or at least till Summer, that's if I choose to go home.

"Shoes off my seat, Mackenzie." My dad, Henry, scolded from the front, his hands tightening on the steering wheel in anger. His bald head glistened with sweat as the sun directed its light on him alone.

I shrugged, ignoring him. "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." My little brother, Desmond, shook his head furiously before concentrating on the book he pretended to read, sending quick glances at me when he thought I wasn't looking.

His brown curls bounced on his neck making him look like a little girl from behind. The number of times we've been stopped by strangers because of his hair is infuriating, that was part of the reason why I stopped walking him to school whenever I wasn't busy.

"Mackenzie!" My mother, Becca, hissed. She darted her hands to the back, her hands hitting my legs. When I didn't move, she then resorted to tugging at my jeans legs but I didn't still react to her until she pinched me.

"Get your cheating hands off me!" I screamed, uncaring if Desmond didn't know or not. If he didn't know what happened between his mother and the-

"What is going on- That is it!" Henry said, he hurriedly parked the car. His hasty attempt to unbuckle the seat belt made him fumble over and over while mumbling profanities under his breath. Sweat rolled down from his for head down to his neck making him look like a sweaty mess.

Finally, the seatbelt gave way. He opened the door, fumbling with it once more. Other cars zoomed past us, not knowing a storm would be brewing anytime soon.

Henry opened my door, his fist tightening in anger. "Put your feet down my seat, Mackenzie."

I rolled my eyes, irritated by how big he made the situation become. I looked beside me, Desmond was shaking in fear. He knew what would happen when a brawl begins in the Weldon household; it would be nasty.

"Make me." I ignored Desmond's begging for me to let it go, I ignored my mother-Becca- begging for me to obey my father, I ignored the heat of anger my father passed.

"I have had it with you!" He yelled, grabbing a fistful of my hair before yanking me outside. "I will not house a brat!"

He shoved me to the floor in anger. I winced at the pain in my knees and elbows when my body came in contact with the stones on the floor.

"Henry, please." Pathetic. All she would do is beg and cry without doing anything, when it is all her fault.

"Don't get involved, Rebecca!" He shouted, opening the boot of the car, taking my bags before trowing it on the floor.

"Your begging will not work this time!" I scoffed at his statement.

"Her begging?" I stood up, my feet trembling beneath me. "Her begging! She hasn't done anything for this family!"

Desmond looked uncomfortable in the backseat, weighing his options of interfering or just watching it play out.

"All she has done is to sleep around with your boss, till she got pregnant with that bastard-" A punch sent me flying back to the floor.

"You will not talk about your mother that way!" Henry hovered above my retreating form. "Never!"

"You're as much as a cheat as she is." I spat, distracting myself from the pain in my jaw. "Desmond. Are you going to stay here?"

Desmond's eyes were wide with surprise. "I-I"

"Leave your brother out of this." My dad hissed.

"Mom is sleeping with dad's boss, so he can get a promotion. She's pregnant, Desmond." I ignored my dad. "You can come with me. I'll take care of you, I promise."

The thirteen-year-old shook his head. "I-I"

"They will still kick you out when they find out, Desmond." He froze, his big brown doe eyes pleading with me not to reveal his secret.

"I won't say it. You'll tell them. And when you do, they kick you out. But I'll take you in." My eyes watered with tears. "I promise."

Dad shut the door, buckling his seatbelt while he started the car.

"That's eight hundred dollars. It should take you to school, sort you out for a while. Don't worry about your fees, I'll still pay them."

"Fuck you." I hissed, hugging the money to my chest while my eyes brimmed with tears.

Desmond was sobbing quietly at the back, his body shaking with fear at my words. I knew he wanted to come with me but he couldn't, we both knew my big talk was just words. I didn't have enough money to take care of both of us if I tried. I couldn't even babysit a child while I was in College, it would be too much.

I knew I would cry if they didn't leave soon. My dad sent one last glare at me, his eyes hard with anger before he turned on the Toyota.

"I hope you're happy now." He hissed.

"I hate you." I whispered after they had turned back. Going home, going to their home, while I had a long way ahead of me.

I sighed, beginning the long walk to College, or until I find a lift somewhere along the way.

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Started: March 20, 2020.