AN: This is the second chapter, I think it's a bit longer than the first one, but the third one is much longer. Yeah...
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Chapter 2

I sprinted down the street, wanting to get away from the house. How dare she not remember. That man was the love of her life for 17 years and all of a sudden she doesn't remember the day he passed away? What kind of wife would do something like that? Apparently, my mother would. I got about 10 blocks away from our house when I started to lose my breath. I stopped running and bent over, feeling as though I was going to throw up. I suddenly heard another pair of footsteps behind me.

"Case, Case. You alright?" I heard my brother say. I knew he would be the one to run after me, he was the only one that cared.

I wiped the tears that were falling down my face before turning and answering him.

"Yeah, Tophe, I'm alright." I looked at my little brother, trying to give him a genuine smile, but he read me like a book and pulled me into a hug. At that moment I let all my feelings out and started bawling against my brother's shoulder. Although my brother is younger than me by 2 years, he's taller than me by 4 ½ inches. He rubbed my back and said soothing words in my ear. We pulled away from the hug and he held me at arms distance.

"Case, we're still going to go see Dad after school, alright." Topher said. I wiped the remaining tears from my eyes and nodded. I gave him a proper smile and hugged him again without crying. I pulled away from the hug and started walking in the direction school was.

"HEY!" Topher yelled at me. I turned around and saw him walking towards me, "You've gotta take me to school, remember?" I nodded and motioned my head for him to walk beside me. We started to walk in silence. After a few minutes, I decided to break the silence.

"How could she forget?" I asked my brother, almost about to start crying again. Surely he would know the answer, he was her favourite.

"I don't know. But I'm sure she didn't mean it, Case." He replied. Before I could retaliate, there was a sudden beep from our left.

"Hey bitches!" came a voice that was extremely familiar. I turned and saw my best friend, Elaine Anthony, pull up next to us in her cherry red BMW convertible she had gotten for her 16th birthday.

"Hey Elle, what are you doing here?" I asked, confused, because her route to school wouldn't be consisting of passing through my street.

"I decided that, considering what today is, you two would rather ride in my car rather than walk. Now, hop in." her unusually high pitched voice sounded. She gestured for us to get in her car and my brother gladly jumped in the backseat. I slowly walked from the footpath to the BMW and gently sat inside. Once I closed the door I turned to face Elaine and I suddenly felt a pair of arms around me.

"Oh my god, Case, I feel so sorry for you. I mean, you chose to go to school today. If I were you, I would be at home crying my eyes out!" Elaine stated in one breath. I wiggled out of her tight grasp and sat back against my seat.

"Thanks for the comforting words, Elle," I sarcastically replied, "at least you remembered." Thinking back to when my mom totally forgot about today.

"Who wouldn't remember what today was?" Elaine asked, confused.

"Our mom, that's who," Answered Topher. Elaine's head spun round to face Topher with her mouth opened in shock, then spun back to face me.

"Oh my god! She forgot?! How could she forget? They were married for, what, 17 years? That doesn't make any sense at all?" Elaine said once again in one breath, she had a tendency to do that.

"Well," I started, "after marrying Kenneth, it seems like she completely forgot about him and… moved on, I guess."

"That is so stupid; I can't believe your mom." Elaine said while slumping down in her seat, crossing her arms across her chest and pouting, which reminded me of a five year old who didn't get there way.

As we were still parked at the side of the road, Topher decided to take it upon himself to remind Elaine that we were going to be late. She jumped in her seat and started the engine.

"Seatbelt's please." Elaine reminded us before we started to drive. Topher and I buckled our seatbelts and Elaine pulled away from the sidewalk. As we made our 10 minute journey, I leaned my head against the window and started thinking about my dad.

Ok, there's the second chapter

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