here.”
“ You bet I am,” she teased before pulling out of our embrace.
“I’ll text you later. I hope you’ll be okay, Maddie.”
“ Don’t worry about me. Believe me, this isn’t the first time
I’ve had to deal with shit like this and I doubt it’ll be the
last,” I said regretfully. I sighed when I realised that for some
foolish, naïve reason I believed my mum when she said this move was
a fresh start, that we’d be leaving all the shit from our past
behind us.
What a stupid,
gullible bitch I was.
When I walked
back in the house my mum was comatose in the exact position I’d
left her in.
“ Oh, Mum,” I breathed, crestfallen as I tucked the blanket
down her sides. Then I set about clearing up after her, gathering
the empty condom wrappers and foil wraps for the bin, wiping the
white powder remnants from the plastic table and pouring what was
left of her bottle of vodka down the sink.
Next I grabbed
my duvet and two pillows from my bedroom and settled down on the
floor beside her, anxiously waiting to deal with her when she wakes
up.
Blaine
Last week couldn’t have gone any fucking slower if it tried. I swear
Maddie was everywhere I went. The halls after every class, the
cafeteria at every break and lunch… Then Trudy said she was
supposed to be coming over to visit but she had to call and cancel
because her mom was sick. It feels like I won’t even be able to
escape her in my own fucking house.
Thank Christ my dad and Trudy are taking Kara away for two weeks
tomorrow, then she’ll have no excuse to visit here with her psycho
mom. More importantly I welcomed the thought of two weeks away from
my dad. He’d been… intense , lately.
A text awaited
me when I got out of the shower. It was from Jason.
B there in
5
Jason was
coming round for pre-party drinks before we made our way to
Wayne’s. In all honesty I couldn’t be assed going, but then I
couldn’t be assed staying home with my dad and Trudy even more.
After
running a towel over myself I climbed into some black jeans and
pulled my KISS t-shirt over my head before eyeing myself up in the
full length mirror and deciding I looked pretty damn
hot.
“ Blain e, honey? Your friend is here,” I heard Trudy
shout.
I’m not your
fucking honey.
I didn’t go out to meet Jason. As usual, he just strolled into my
room carrying a six-pack of beer.
“ So, man, I was thinking of tapping Dora tonight,” he said
apprehensively. I’d wondered why he hadn’t done it already but I
sure as hell wasn’t going to bring it up.
I was
surprised she was going to the party after the week she’d had.
There had been rumours about her mom being a hooker and Maddie
walking in on her screwing Noah Clements’ uncle. I’d lost count of
the amount of post-it’s I’d removed off her locker before she saw
them. Everything ranging from ‘hope your dad paid a good price’ to
‘I just found $5 on the street, is your mom free
tonight?’
“ Whatever.” I shrugged at him, resisting the urge to punch him
in the face.
“ I’ve been putting it off ‘cause I thought maybe you had a
thing for her. But, you’ve not made a move, so…”
“ I already told you I’m not into her, bro.” Even though I so
fucking am. “But she’s got a lot going on if those rumours are anything
to go by. Don’t mess her around.”
“ Don’t worry, man, I’ve brought a full wallet just in case it
runs in the family.”
I had him
pinned against the wall in a nanosecond.
“ What the fuck, man?”
“ Don’t- just- ah, fuck you!” I roared, giving him one last
shove into the wall before letting him go and storming out of my
room. If I’d stayed I’m pretty sure I’d have beat the living shit
out of him. I ran straight for the Lambo, hit the ignition and set
off without a destination in mind.
What the hell
was happening to me?
I ended up in the school parking lot , smoking continuously until my lungs
started to burn. Each cigarette relaxed my
“ You bet I am,” she teased before pulling out of our embrace.
“I’ll text you later. I hope you’ll be okay, Maddie.”
“ Don’t worry about me. Believe me, this isn’t the first time
I’ve had to deal with shit like this and I doubt it’ll be the
last,” I said regretfully. I sighed when I realised that for some
foolish, naïve reason I believed my mum when she said this move was
a fresh start, that we’d be leaving all the shit from our past
behind us.
What a stupid,
gullible bitch I was.
When I walked
back in the house my mum was comatose in the exact position I’d
left her in.
“ Oh, Mum,” I breathed, crestfallen as I tucked the blanket
down her sides. Then I set about clearing up after her, gathering
the empty condom wrappers and foil wraps for the bin, wiping the
white powder remnants from the plastic table and pouring what was
left of her bottle of vodka down the sink.
Next I grabbed
my duvet and two pillows from my bedroom and settled down on the
floor beside her, anxiously waiting to deal with her when she wakes
up.
Blaine
Last week couldn’t have gone any fucking slower if it tried. I swear
Maddie was everywhere I went. The halls after every class, the
cafeteria at every break and lunch… Then Trudy said she was
supposed to be coming over to visit but she had to call and cancel
because her mom was sick. It feels like I won’t even be able to
escape her in my own fucking house.
Thank Christ my dad and Trudy are taking Kara away for two weeks
tomorrow, then she’ll have no excuse to visit here with her psycho
mom. More importantly I welcomed the thought of two weeks away from
my dad. He’d been… intense , lately.
A text awaited
me when I got out of the shower. It was from Jason.
B there in
5
Jason was
coming round for pre-party drinks before we made our way to
Wayne’s. In all honesty I couldn’t be assed going, but then I
couldn’t be assed staying home with my dad and Trudy even more.
After
running a towel over myself I climbed into some black jeans and
pulled my KISS t-shirt over my head before eyeing myself up in the
full length mirror and deciding I looked pretty damn
hot.
“ Blain e, honey? Your friend is here,” I heard Trudy
shout.
I’m not your
fucking honey.
I didn’t go out to meet Jason. As usual, he just strolled into my
room carrying a six-pack of beer.
“ So, man, I was thinking of tapping Dora tonight,” he said
apprehensively. I’d wondered why he hadn’t done it already but I
sure as hell wasn’t going to bring it up.
I was
surprised she was going to the party after the week she’d had.
There had been rumours about her mom being a hooker and Maddie
walking in on her screwing Noah Clements’ uncle. I’d lost count of
the amount of post-it’s I’d removed off her locker before she saw
them. Everything ranging from ‘hope your dad paid a good price’ to
‘I just found $5 on the street, is your mom free
tonight?’
“ Whatever.” I shrugged at him, resisting the urge to punch him
in the face.
“ I’ve been putting it off ‘cause I thought maybe you had a
thing for her. But, you’ve not made a move, so…”
“ I already told you I’m not into her, bro.” Even though I so
fucking am. “But she’s got a lot going on if those rumours are anything
to go by. Don’t mess her around.”
“ Don’t worry, man, I’ve brought a full wallet just in case it
runs in the family.”
I had him
pinned against the wall in a nanosecond.
“ What the fuck, man?”
“ Don’t- just- ah, fuck you!” I roared, giving him one last
shove into the wall before letting him go and storming out of my
room. If I’d stayed I’m pretty sure I’d have beat the living shit
out of him. I ran straight for the Lambo, hit the ignition and set
off without a destination in mind.
What the hell
was happening to me?
I ended up in the school parking lot , smoking continuously until my lungs
started to burn. Each cigarette relaxed my
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