invisible string • Gracie Abrams

033 no love

"bad person?! her family cost ours millions after her dad stole my work, they constantly talk poorly about ours and you think it's fucking okay to associate with them?! that family is nothing but cheats and fucking arrogant pieces of shit, has what her parents done mean nothing to you?!"

"johnathan—"

"i'm not done leighton," mr. parker said, placing a hand in front of his wife. "how could you betray your own family like that?! and lie to our faces, y'know i see matthew as a son, and this whole time you've been lying?!"

"she's not her parents! and so what if she's their kid, she did nothing to us, she actually cares more about how i feel than you ever do!" charlotte yelled. she went quiet though, knowing that her parents care deeply for her really, but it still wasn't the same.

"and tweeting about it the media, do you see how that makes me and your mother look?! we have constantly said how we want nothing to do with that family yet you're here sleeping with their daughter!"

"dad, come on—"

"jude, shut up," he sternly said to his son. "wait did you know about this?!"

jude cleared his throat and looked to charlotte, "i did. and i don't care that charlottes dating gracie, i've met her and she's actually a great person."

"so both of you have been going behind our backs about this. did i raise you two to be like this, fucking snakes?!" mr. parker was now shouted so aggressively that the doberman's were cowering away, hiding behind the couch jude and charlotte sat on.

"do you not care about your families reputation at all, or yours for that matter?!"

"i do care! i didn't even tweet those pictures, some guy hacked into my phone and did it, i was keeping it a secret from not just you two but literally the rest of the world," charlotte shot back.

"and to be doing this with a girl is really just the icing on top of the cake, huh?" mr. parker scoffed.

charlotte dropped her fearful look, changing it to confusion, "what?"

"johnathan, that's enough," mrs. parker said through her teeth, but that wasn't even close to getting him or charlotte to stop.

"no dad, what did you mean by that?" charlotte said, scooting closer and tilting her head. "i thought— i thought you said you're fine with me dating girls?"

"yeah well it's fine, but it's not the same when it's my own daughter doing it," he muttered. "like seriously? are you just trying to make this family look like shit, is that your hobby now?"

charlotte felt her chest sting and her face go hot as her eyes fought back the urge to pool with tears, "you said it was okay... you said you'd love me either way."

"of course i love you, just not when you're out here dating my rivals kid, and dating a girl openly! i don't need that kind of shit in my life, it's not—i know it's becoming more of an accepted thing now charlotte but c'mon it's too much, it's not as normal as you think it is. like what're you going to do next, play some fag in a tv show and ruin your amazing career?" he folded his  hands together as he watched his daughters eyes flood with tears. "i'm just trying to do the best for you honey."

"dad what is wrong with you?" jude said, his hand placed on charlottes back in hopes of keeping her from breaking apart.

"jude, i'm just telling her the truth before she goes downhill with her life," mr. parker said. "charlotte—"

"fuck you," charlotte quietly said, but loud enough for them all to hear.

mr. parker stood up, "excuse me?!"