"She said she never been in love
All she ever did was give her love
Everyone, they only take her love
So you scared of love, I don't blame you, love."
~To The Moon by Phora
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"Cole!" Mom called when I entered the house. With a sigh, I walked over to the living room which had an L couch in the open space with a TV directly across the couch and a few oversized bing bags in between the space but there was a small stand on either side of the couch near the arm rests.
The living room is connected to the kitchen and dining room. The kitchen has a giant island has a large ledge with a few chairs that twist around but stay in place. The dining room just has a small circle table since it's only Mom and I.
But today, three chairs were pulled out and only one was left unused. Dad and Mom were in the other two.
Did I do something wrong?
Well, I told Mom I'd be sleeping over at Oscar's house. I actually have to see him at 6pm but it's only 12pm, so it's good.
"Hi Mom." I said in a nonchalant voice even though I feel like yelling at Dad who only has a neutral face on.
That fucking bastard. Thinks he can betray me like that, well, betray me like he's done multiple times before. I want to hit him.
But then again, there's a faint redness to his left cheek so I reckon mom already did that for me.
"Hey, how was the party?" She asked, the word party much have caught Dad's attention because he looked up at me and then over to Mom.
"It was good, I had a lot of fun and Oscar let me sleep over." I said sitting down, still wearing Oscar's clothes. I now have two of his sweatpants and two of his shirts that are a bit tight on me but still fit.
"You let him sleep over at a guys house?" Dad asked looking over at Mom.
"Yes. Why wouldn't I let him asleep over at a guys house? I'm sure you must have done it a thousand times as a kid and at Cole's age." Mom snapped back, raising her eyebrow. She usually does that to say, I dare you.
Dad looked back at me and then at Mom, accepting her challenge. "He told us he likes dudes a year ago and you're just letting him sleepover at a guy's house. What if he's dating the boy?"
I let out a sarcastic laugh and felt myself grow aggravated but tried to contain it because Mom was here and I don't curse in front of her.
"I told her sophomore year. I told you junior year. Now I am in senior year and if you haven't noticed, I haven't had much friends to begin with. So instead of suspected that one of my only friends is actually my boyfriend, you should try to get to know me first-" I swallowed the rest and shook my head.
"I brought the dog."
"Good for you."
"We were actually talking about you guys keeping it because-"
"Your indecisive ass doesn't want it anymore, right?" Mom shot at him. The tension in the air can be cut with a knife. Dad shifted uncomfortably and looked down at the table like it held all the worlds answers.
"Do you guys want to keep him?" Dad asked gesturing to the cage beside him that I just noticed. "I'll pay the feee it has to have a dog in the apartment. It's just that he was about to be killed before I adapted him."
Rolling my eyes, I looked between Dad and the dog which is my favorite type of dog and still a puppy. A German Shepard mixed with a Great Dane.
"It's up to you." Mom said turning to me and looking down at the dog. "It's going to mainly be your dog."
"We're renaming him Freddie after Freddie Mercury and Dad, don't forget to pay this like how you forget to pay child support." I passive aggressively said feeling like he got the message.
Mom snickered behind me, biting her fist to keep from laughing out loud.
"Okay, Cole. Do you want to stop by the apartment later? We can watch a movie, you love movies don't you?" Dad tried.
Where has this man been? I haven't gone to the movies since freshman year. Even mom stopped taking me after I walked out for the second time.
"I actually hate watching movies but then again, you didn't know that, right? Let's just go to the batting cages, yeah? Keep in mind I'm still very angry at you." I said rolling my eyes and checked the time, it was now 1:46pm.
Great.
"I'm taking Freddie for a walk." I said grabbing the leash that was on top of the cage and letting the dog out. It almost jumped on me but I moved away last second.
On the walk, I made sure to take about an hour and a half so that it was time to get ready by the time I came back.
"Don't you ever make him fucking cry again or else I'll unleash Momma hell on you. And you should try to get to know your son, even if it's just a bit, before you involve yourself with somebody else." Mom said before walking off and slamming a door.
I walked in and noticed that my room door was open, it was usually closed.
"What did you do?" I asked walking into my room which was the coldest and darkest of the whole house.
"I put the dog bed in there and don't worry, he's potty trained and knows how to follow rules. He's lazy most of the time and likes it when you put on Animal Planet."
I scuffed and watched at the dog laid down on his bed and immediately began to snore.
"Seems like you know the dog better than your own son."
"Seems like the dog actually takes the time to hang out with me." Dad snapped back.
Is he serious? Maybe I don't want to hang out with him before I'd just end up getting neglected or ignored whenever I was with him. That burns, especially when you're a child who misses his father.
"I'm not having this childish argument with my father. So now leave Papi or feel free to watch me change but I have to get ready."
"Didn't you just come home?"
"Didn't I tell you to leave?"
"Cole! I am your dad, your father, you do not get to disrespect me-"
"No! No Papi, you don't get to pull that card after all the shit you've put me through. You're working your way to be my father and as far as I'm concerned, you're still working on it." I snapped and grabbed the dark green turtle neck, black ripped skinny jeans and some socks and underwear before entering the bathroom that was basically my own.
"Cole-"
"Not today." I said storming into the bathroom. "Drive safely."
Leaning my hot head against the cold shower walls did nothing to help the banging of my headache.
Hopefully hanging out with Oscar will.
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Ironically I have a massive headache right now as well. My eyes feel like burning and I feel extraordinarily nauseous. I want to sleep forever and not wake up until I want to eat.
Like I don't know, I have a headache. And there's a sleepover going on. And the worst part is there is no food inside this house.
Absolutely no food.
Fridge is practically empty, it's a prison. Worse than a prison because there's no food.
Anyways, I'm going to go into a dark room and cry until I fall asleep because of this stupid painful headache.
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