Dad left.
He just packed all of his things and he's gone now.
This has happened once before and he has come back maybe a couple days after.
But it been a couple of days.
He still isn't back yet.
I didn't bother asking my mother, she was already heartbroken as it is.
My bruises were healing a bit better, but still sore.
I've seen Aphmau around. She made friends with the pink and blue haired girl that always talk and giggle when Garroth is around.
I've also seen her with that orange haired girl that is a witch.
Most people dispose her for it.
But I honestly think that it's cool and interesting.
I think that she should be treated equally like everyone else.
But life isn't like that.
It never has been.
Cadenza had been locked up in her room crying.
She was always dad's baby.
I myself wasn't doing totally terrible. But I wasn't doing spectacular either.
I haven't been responding to any of Garroth's text messages.
I haven't been talking to anyone.
Is that what love does to you?
Does it drive you crazy? Or break you into a million pieces?
Maybe it does.
Maybe it doesn't.
But I can't say for myself.
"Laurance, dinner is ready." My mom said in a sweet tone.
"Okay. I'm coming." I so as getting out of bed leaving my phone as well.
I saw an unhappy cadenza moping around trying to get down to the kitchen.
"Cadenza honey, I know it's hard." My mom said putting her hands on her shoulders.
"It's okay mom. I'm fine." She said giving a weak smile.
"Laurance, how have you been?" She asked sitting down.
"I'm doing okay. You don't need to worry about me."
•••
"Laurance are you okay?" Garroth asked leaning on the lockers next to him.
"I'm fine."
"You haven't been answering your text messages." He said grabbing out his phone.
"Yeah. Sorry about that, I've been busy."
"I'm just letting you know that's I'm here for you and always will be." He said smiling.
"Thanks."
"And by the way, I've seen that's you've made friends with that Aphmau girl." He said winking and walking off.
I shook my head closing my locker a little loudly before walking off.
I've definitely seen better days.
Wait, no.
Cadenza has definitely seen better days.
I went to my next class, which was AP chemistry.
Aphmau sits next to me in most of my classes, and I tend to hear a bit more whispers than I usually do.
I've heard,
"Why is that cutie with that geek boy over there?"
"Why is she talking to him? What does she see in him?"
"Mother of Irene, hat kid is asking for a beating."
There has been more but that's been most frequent.
But just for the record, she didn't really talk to me.
She was too focused on what we're doing in AP Chem.
I wasn't complaining.
Little does she know she's saving me from a beating.
Falcon's got his eyes on me everywhere and more frequently just because of her.
The teacher kept blabbing off about the formula and different mixtures and whatever.
I didn't see how he saw me as a threat.
Me.
Our of all people, I'm surprised that she didn't swoon over Garroth.
She has been making an effort to say hi to me or to try make a conversation.
She still hasn't given up.
•••
I put all of my books away before ache king my phone.
I seen the same girl in many of my AP classes walk towards me.
My Irene,
"Hey." She said her eyes wandering around.
"Hi." I replied back.
"How come you're so quiet?" She asked out of the blue.
"Um." I said biting the bottom of my lip.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to like make you uncomfortable or anything." She said holding her books a bit closer.
"No, it's fine. I'm quiet because that's just how I am." I said shrugging.
"Oh." She said loosening the grip onto her books again, seeming a bit more comfortable.
"I've heard people talk about you." She said a little quieter.
"Oh really now?" I said raising an eyebrow.
"Not very nice things either." She said.
"I know."
"Oh." She said leaning against the lockers.
I looked at the stack of books and saw 'Battle of the Labyrinth' By Rick Riordan.
My eyes suddenly lit up.
"How far are you in that?" I asked pointing to the book.
"Um. Maybe about halfway." She said shrugging.
"Cool. I'm on 'House of Hades'" I said.
"Honestly," she said pausing.
"I wouldn't have picked this up at all if my cousin having showed it to me. I'm more into teen fiction romance stuff." She said shrugging.
"Sounds a bit cliché." I said chuckling.
"It is." She said giggling. "But I still like to read them."
"What's your favorite book?" I asked.
"Well. I kinda don't have one." She said shrugging.
"Oh." I said bluntly.
"Yeah." She said laughing.
She had her Raven black hair up in a French braid which I'm assuming was done by that pink haired cat girl that she hangs out with.
"Give me your arm." She said.
I furrowed my eyebrows.
"What?"
"You heard me." she said with a pen out.
I have her my arm and she started writing onto it.
"There you go." She said smiling.
I looked at it and there was a phone number.
It was her phone number.
"Why did you give me your number?" I am see arching my brow.
"Because." She said pausing.
"Because...." I said wanting her to finish her sentence.
"Because I made you smile and laugh, I barley see you do that anymore." She said
"I'll talk to you later." She said smiling and running off.
•••
I got home, With no bruises or cuts.
Surprisingly.
It was still different without dad though.
I couldn't control it or say anything about it because it would just make Cadenza cry anyway.
I put the number that Aphmau gave me into my phone.
But I didn't bother to text her.
Well at least not anytime soon.
I sat silently on my bed reading my book as I thought to myself.
I've seen better days.
No,
Cadenza has seen better days.
Maybe today was a better day.
A/n: I know. I know. You want your laurmau. I get it fangirls I get it. But I promise you will get there. Patience is key so,
Hope you enjoyed!
-babyc