Ridgewood High

Chapter 8

~⬆ My father⬆~

"Dad?".....

With rain drops dropping from my eyes, I didn't know whether to be mad or sad.

"Who is it honey?", my mom yelled.

She heard no answer so she came to the door from the kitchen. She removed my hands from the knob and told Rudy to take me upstairs.

Rudy brought me upstairs and into my room. We stayed there for quite some time. It was very quite but then it got really loud.

*****************Downstairs

"What are you doing here?!"

"My daughter has went through too much already, why show up now?!"

"Please, let me explain..." With a very soft loving voice he spoke.

"No, no, no!!, you had your chance 14 years ago! But you decided to dump me and go live with that bitch and your 2 kids you had with her! You had abused us, smoked weed, done drugs and more!! You had a f****** relationship with your own daughter! I tried helping you but no! You decided to break out of St.James Mental Hospitality and go where? Straight back to jail?"

"I've changed", he said.

With a smirk, "You must be kidding right?

I'm holding a knife right now and I'm not afraid to use it. Get out, get out!!!!", she screamed and pushed him right out the door.

**********************upstairs.

"You okay babe?", Rudy said.

I was sitting on my bed curled up with my blanket. Rudy slowly came under the covers to comfort me.
We heard the door closed loudly.

"Why me?", I said crying.

"Why you what?", he asked.

"You know the whole story. I was the one that broke him out of the mental hospital and jail for selling drugs", I said. "When I was climbing out the window from the hospital kiara saw me, she didn't say anything but she saw me."

"Do not play dumb with me!" She stated, blandly. "You will regret everything!", I remembered she said in the beginning.

"Don't worry we'll get answers soon and I'll always be here for you, I love you ", Rudy said.

"What did you just say?", I asked with mixed emotions.

"I'll always be here for you?", he said in questioning.

"No, after that.", I said with a smile.

"I love you?"

He said it again! I laughed and turned to kiss him.

"I love you too", I said going on top of him.

*The next day*

We'd woken up with our clothes all over. We got up and had done the daily routine so we could head downstairs. We both headed downstairs to check on my mom. The place was trashed. It was like there was a burgurler but not burgurler. I found my mom knocked out on the floor with a wine bottle broken in her hands.

We rushed her to the bathroom. I woke her up and leaned her head in the toilet helping her while she threw up. Meanwhile, Rudy got wet towels.

"I'm sorry honey", she said crying.

"Its okay mom", I replied.

For 14 years, I've viewed my mom in this condition and I hated it. But since yesterday, my dad came back and its all suddeningly repeating.

I wondered where my father went after their fight. I didn't care but then I did. It was time I faced him.

Rudy came back with the towels and asked if my mom was okay. I didn't say yes because she wasn't. But I told him she'll be fine. I finally got her cleaned up. She called Rudy over while she was outside watching the city. She's standing beautifully with the wind passing through her hair. She whispered something in Rudy's ear.

*Months later*

I went out to get some clothes at the mall. I saw Racheal. We became very close. We greeted each other but there was one another person with her. A guy, it was James, a shy guy in our crew. James is shy but very funny. I couldn't believe that Sasha was dating him because they were opposites. But, they evened each other out. They were cute though but, all this time I thought she was into Rudy.

We shipped together the whole day. We went in Forever 21, LoveCulture, Footlocker, Against All Odds, Pink¡, Victoria Secret, JC Penny, Aeropostale, etc.

But then we went in this baby store.

"I think we walked in the wrong store guys", I said with a smirk and I stupidity reaction.

Sasha and James were holding each other by their waist and Sasha said that we didn't. I was confused. But then she rubbed her stomach. Sasha was 18, a year older than me but she was too deciplined and young to be having a baby. I gave them a surprised reaction but then jumped with joy in the air shouting, "I'm gonna be a God mother! I'm gonna be a God mother". We laughed as I walked with them inside.

Sasha was only 2 days pregnant and I'm happy I was the 2nd to know. 1st being her parents. She said they're gonna support her but she has to be responsible for school and supporting the baby. I was happy for them both.