Never let you go

Chapter 10

Hunter:

When I come out of the bathroom and see my mother I'm shocked. As I look at Grey and see how panicked she is I feel even worse. What the hell did my mom say to her? She was normally a very kind and friendly woman but when it came to me she could be overprotective.

I begin asking why she's here and when she tells me she came to check on me that makes sense but what pisses me off is the way she says Grey's name like it's a dirty word. How could she not like Grey? I think it was impossible not to like her. She was just too kind and innocent not to like.

I then go one to notice suitcases in the doorway and I know they belong to her but I can't help but ask if they are in fact hers. When she tells me she's staying with me for the week I'm not too surprised but I'm not exactly thrilled either. It would make having nights like last night with Grey very difficult. But when she so casually adds that we are both returning to Virginia in a week that's when I lose it. I can't go back there and she's crazy to think that I would ever go back there willingly. I can't remember my exact reasons for leaving but I'm sure they had to do with the accident and the way people have treated me since it happened. When she tries to play the loving mother card I really lose my mind. Yes I know she loves me but she obviously just let me come here and she obviously didn't visit since yesterday was the first time she had seen my apartment. I also know that my dad definitely didn't want me to come back home. He was probably only allowing it because it's what my mother wanted, but what no one was considering here was what I want.

When Grey leaves I feel badly for letting her see our fight and I'm also embarrassed but there's nothing I can do about that now. Right now I need to convince my mother that I'm staying here.

"Mom I'm not going back with you" I tell her. "I love you but I'm staying here. I'm an adult and that means that I get to decide this. Not you."

"Hunter how about we discuss this later" she suggests and her tone is soft and it's obvious that she is just trying to avoid an argument with me.

"Like when?" I ask. "When I'm already on the plane?"

My mother rolls her eyes at me. She's become accustomed to my snarky comebacks. "Hunter you need to go lie down. You need to rest" she says as she walks towards me to take me back to my room. The proud asshole inside me wants to protest and continue this conversation but I am actually feeling weak and so after a few moments of contemplation I give in and allow her to help me back to my room.

"This conversation isn't over" I tell her once I'm sitting in my bed and she heads to the kitchen.

"No Hunter" she says. "I suppose it isn't."