This, Is My Story

This, Is My Story :Part 22

Joshua finished the sandwich leaving a tomato slice on the plate and resting on my side table. I hate tomatoes too. He sighs and rests his head on my headboard then turns to me, his eyes widen and he rubs his eyes. I look at him blankly and realize he just threw up and ate and though I was a regular friend of his about 5 minutes ago.

"How long were you here?" He asks in a mellow tone

"The whole time" I reply tired

 "Are you mad?"

"No"

He gets up and walks over to the bathroom, he stays in there for about 10 minutes and I open my fireplace, it kind of cold in here, I hate radiators so I like natural heat. He comes out with a changed shit and pants that were always in the bathroom for anyone who needed them. I walk over to the balcony door and open the curtain a little and see white follicles, the green grass that used to exist were no longer visible covered in a white blanket. I don't remember any snow being on the news, I expect that school is closed. Out school closes if the principal doesn't want to come and she never risks her Coach pumps from the 2011 spring collection.

"It snowing" I tell Joshua flatly

He comes over to the door and I move away from him.

I turn on my TV and Mtv is just somehow on. My TV is a flat screen high definition google TV the hangs on the wall that stands in front of my bed and it tilts over. My phone is rested on my night table, the vibration causes it to move sometimes but about half of a centimeter but usually when the vibration ends it goes back in it's place. My mother is calling at about 4:15 in the morning and I have to pick up.

"Hello?" I try to sound tired

"Honey, I called the school, closed at usual, why not just go to the mall or something?" she talks casually, she never sounds casual.

"You never said that when I was at the house" I say immediately

"Well, things have changed"

"How?" I ask not convinced

"I don't need to give you any reason, around 1 o'clock okay?" She says cheerfully "Oh, you can bring friends if you want" she adds on

"Fine" I say

"Oh this will be so pleasant!" she says as she hangs up

I slam my phone on my night table, fold my arms around my chest and ponder. Why the hell would she want to go shopping, we never went near a mall when I was at that house for a while during the summers. Why even bring friends? If it's me and her why bring witnesses?

Joshua glances at me confused but doesn't ask me anything I can read all the questions out of the look on his face. I sigh and take a deep breath, that's not good enough I call Fiona, Ally, Grace, Jamie and Lola. Lola's phone is off so I just text her. All the girls were asleep and willing to pick up their phones. I can hear their tired sighs, I ignore that and go full blown into talking. "Who wants to go to the mall to protect me from my mother?" I say cheerfully

"Your mom?" Fiona asks

"Yeah"

"Isn't that private?" Grace says concerned

"She said I can bring friends somehow"

"Yeah, I don't want to get in between your mom and you" Ally says and hangs up

Jamie says nothing but she's still on the line

I get frustrated, hang up and turn off my phone yet again expecting for it to suddenly turn on again randomly. Joshua comes over to be and a rest my head on his shoulder, He puts his arm around my shoulder and I put my hand into a fist clinging onto the blanket on my bed. I get a great idea, lift up my head and stare straight at Joshua who is staring at hte TV, Without looking at he

"What do I have to do now?" He says in the I-know-I'm-involved

"Go to the mall with me!" I say with a wide smile 

"Shopping again?" he asking in the wise guy tone

"No, that's 2 months away, with my mother" I say

he slowly turns his head to me "Your mom?" He asks

"Protection"

"From what?"

"I'll tell you if you go with me" I say with a large smile

He stares at me and sighs like fathers do when they give into their daughter's requests, I never really go that since I hate my father but I got it from my boyfriend. I kiss him on the cheek and rest my head back onto his shoulder smiling.

The show continue on Mtv like I used to be fat, Teen mom and 16 and Pregnant my eyes shut a few times and open to me trying to hold them open seeing that Joshua is still somehow awake. I finally fail and close my eyes

Shaking, shaking, shaking "Steph, Steph,Steph?,Steph,Steph!" I open my eyes wide to see Joshua's face right in front of mine, He smiles kisses me on the cheek and says "Get up it's 10 o'clock" I sit up right in my bed suddenly with the covers on, stretch out my arms in the air and stand up. I wobble a bit but find my balance.

Today's going to be a long Monday