The Substitute Teacher

Part 104 ~ The Twins' Birthday Weekend Part 7

~ Jaylah's point of view ~ 

We're up in Jaden's room . . we're both so shocked. I can't stop crying, I'm actually smoking a cigarette right now . . I'm standing by the window trying to calm myself down . . Jaden is just as sad as I am but he doesn't show it . . . I know he wants to cry too . . I can see it in his eyes. . . but he would never. . . especially not in front of me . .

Mom admitted that she is in this too . . they're both having sex with other people? . . like what the hell?! why would they do that? . . they're married . . they love each other!! . . I can't imagine mom and dad doing stuff with other people . . this hurts me so much, I have trouble breathing . . . and not because of the cigarette . . I'm all chocked up. . . I wanna leave and stay at Jenna's house but I know dad wouldn't let me . . in 2 hours it's gonna be midnight . . that means Jaden and I are turning 16 . . . what a f*cked up night this is . . I don't want a birthday party anymore . . 

"Do you think mom and dad don't love each other anymore?" I ask.

"I don't know . . ." 

"Maybe they don't love each other enough . . maybe that's why they're doing things with other people . . I'm glad I didn't see mom in the video . . I probably would've if I kept watching . . but I'm glad I didn't . . I was shocked enough seeing dad do this stuff . . . this is breaking my heart . . . Jaden . . I never felt so bad in my life can you please stop standing there and hug me or something?"

"I feel just as bad as you do, ok??!" A tear is rolling down his cheek.

I throw the cigarette out of the window and hug him. He hugs me back but not for long . . he lets go of me and quickly wipes the tear that was just about to roll down . . 

"Jaden . . . are you ok?"

"Do I look like I'm ok?? . . mom and dad are yelling at each other downstairs and it's all our fault! we created this mess . . no . . I CREATED IT . . I should've never told you . . we should've kept it to ourselves . . now they're fighting . . because of us . . ."

I start crying even harder . . . I sit down on the bed. Jaden lies down next to me. I grab his pillow and hug it. Jaden looks at me and tells me to let go of it . . 

"Don't cry on my pillow! I don't want your stupid tears on there!"

"Can you be nice to me for once?? just for once?!"

"I am nice to you . . ."

"No you're not!!!" I yell.

"Fine . . cry on my pillow . . ."

"This hurts me so much, Jaden . . I want mom and dad to love each other"

"I think they do . . mom and dad do it a lot . . . like, really . . A LOT . . they must be in love . . there is no other explanation . . do you never hear them? . . they're so loud . . I have to turn up the music every time so that I don't hear them . . . ."

"Jaden . . . can you go downstairs and check the situation? . . I wanna know if they're still fighting . . I wanna know if everything's ok . ."

"Why should I go? . . you go!"

"No . . I'm too sad . . ."

~ Jaden's point of view ~ 

Jaylah just pushed me off the bed . . she pushed me off MY bed . . why can't she go downstairs to check the situation? why do I have to go? . . . ugh . . . I slowly walk up to the staircase . . I don't hear anything . . the lights are still on downstairs . . they must be still in the livingroom . . . I slowly make my way downstairs . . mom is sitting at the kitchen counter talking on the phone . . .