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19| 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝

"Summer what are your plans", she says everyone slightly looking over at me the eating pausing.

I continue chewing not answering her.

"Summer answer me", she says again using her calm-before-the-storm voice.

Dillan kicks my chair looking at me with pleading eyes almost begging me to not cause any problems.

For the first time, I look up from my food noticing my Mom's disheveled face. Her eyes were bloodshot red, her usual shoulder-length brown hair somewhat a mess and her hands twitching slightly.

I don't know what to think about how she looks, but she certainly has my attention now.

I decide to play it off.

"I was eating I don't speak while I'm fucking chewing", I say with an oblivious tone.

Mom seems to get even more irritated and this time I notice Killian from the corner of my eye signaling for me to cut it out.

Although I'm curious what would happen if I don't.

"I don't care if you're chewing", she says straight her bloodshot eyes throwing daggers right at me.

I scoff before speaking again.

"Of course you don't care you would just love it if I happened to accidentally choke I say slamming my fork onto the glass plate", I say crossing my arms across my chest and glaring right back at my mother.

"Please not today", I hear Diane one of the twins say.

we both ignore her plea.

"I just asked you a simple question you disgrace of a child, how would your dad feel? THINK about him, he would want YOU TO RESPECT ME", she screams towards the end.

I laugh at this while she looks at me still glaring

She didn't just say that.

I stand up slamming my hands on the dinner table making the witch flinch.

"Don't you dare bring Dad into this, you and I both know that if he's been watching what you've put me through then-

Immediately I'm cut off by Killian's loud voice.

"ENOUGH BOTH OF YOU TODAY IS DADS ANNIVERSARY, CAN'T WE ALL ACT LIKE A CIVIL FAMILY FOR ONCE GODDAMNIT", he yells everything going silent.

Hearing this I freeze.

Immediately I think back to what Diane had said.

"Please not today"

Wait. It can't be.

All of a sudden everything around me fades out and it feels like the rest of the world is one big blur.

What's today's date...

I glance at our gold-plated calendar next to our large clock and freeze.

How crazy mom looks, Elise coming to my room with those sad empty eyes, and Dillan pleading for me to calm down.

It all makes sense now

My breathing gets heavier and I can hear a muffled voice shouting my name but I don't care. I push my food away feeling the bile rise up in my throat and rush upstairs quickly shutting my room door my breathing uneven.

I slide down the door immediately after slamming it my tears sliding down my face.

I've never cried this hard since my coma the type of crying where you have to inhale in between sobs.

I forgot about my dad...my baba.

I usually would never cry whenever his death anniversary came around because I felt like the day deserved to be celebrated rather than mourned. I would look at our old family trip videos when we visited his side of the family in Greece while eating pizza and I always felt like everything was alright because he was still in my memories.

But this is different I genuinely forgot, so it almost feels like he's starting to fade from my memories.

He can't- no I won't let him.

It's silent for a while nothing but my sniffles sounding throughout the room and I realize I'm in need of some form of distraction. I even almost contemplate stealing one of Diane's vape pens.

Without warning, I hear loud shuffling making me jump.

I wipe my tears looking up from my lap and I'm speechless, like literally no words bother to leave my mouth.

Right when I stare at my window the obvious source of the sound, I lock eyes with a familiar and wide pair of green eyes.

Well, I guess I found my distraction.

I see an awkward Kai looking like a deer caught in headlights halfway through my window.

His odd timing always seems to catch me off guard.

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A/N: EXTRA CHAPTER FOR YALL MY LOVES.

ALSO, QUICK QUESTION WHAT IN YOUR OPINION IS THE BEST NUMBER CHAPTER FOR CHARACTERS TO CONFESS THEIR FEELINGS AND SHIT. (Like a romance climax) just curious👀

In my opinion, I think in the 20's and 30's of a book chapter.