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This chapter surprisingly end up longer then I thought (; O_0)
Oh well, go ahead and read (=_=)/
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Chapter 4,Rebelling.
Our return home trip didn't take too much time, but when we arrive at home night has already come by.
I pushed our house's bell. While waiting for the front door to be open, I'm staring at small garden around our house. It filled by many kind of colorful flowers. Footpaths made from coral, lined at the top of the grass that being trimmed neatly.
I could still remember how weary I felt when I was being told to cut those weeds with sickle alone as a punishment for making Dad angry.
My memory dispersed when the front door got opened. A lady in ages of thirties -although she seems to be younger then how she really did- is the one who open the front door.
She has same hair color as Licy but in older color. Even though our eyes' color are same her eyes seems to be lighten by motherly loves which giving reassured to us like Mother Mary.
"We are home"
I greeted while looking at her. The woman who is giving birth for both Licy and me, our mother.
"Welcome home A-Oh, dear...what happen, baby?"
Mom asked me when she saw Licy's face. Apparently she noticed that Licy had just cried recently.
"It's a long story... I will tell you once I put Licy on her bed"
I answered while looking at Licy who had fall asleep on mid-way to our home. Mom nodded in understanding. She told me to come in and take a bath after putting Licy in her own bedroom. I took the stair since Licy's room is on the second floor. Mom went to kitchen to prepared dinner.
Opening the door with a hanger baring "Alice's Room" word on it, I'm being greeted by a bedroom filled by dolls and other trinkets which girls like. It is an understandable fact, after all Licy is a girl.
I put Licy on the mattress carefully, putting her blanket and then turned her night-lamp on before stroking her hair.
"Sweet dreams my little sister"
I whispered while giving a goodnight kiss at Licy's forehead. A contented smile come in view on Licy's sleeping face. Unconsciously I smiled back to her even though I know she won't notice it.
I closed the door quietly then opening the other door across Licy's bedroom. It is my bedroom. Not like Licy's, my room isn't densely instead spacious.
It's just a cozy room completed by bed, study table, book shelves, and a clothes rack. I never had any motivation to decorate my bedroom. Even if Licy has said to me that my room seems lonely I never put anything else in. The point of my bedroom is to feel comfort and to seem neat.
On the other side of my bed there is a door which leads me to my bathroom. Every single bedroom in our house being set to have a bathroom on each room so we will never struggle over it.
After taking out clean clothes I took a quick shower. Not long after that I walked out from my bath wearing plain T-shirt and long slack pants. I threw myself to my bed, a small towel on my neck. Lazily I dried out my wet hair with it while my face being buried into a soft and comfy pillow.
"Alex! Dinner is ready!"
Mom called me from first floor. Reluctantly I lifted my head from my pillow and sit on the edge of my bed. I made a pause when I saw my night table beside bed. On the top of it stood a night-lamp and three framed photos in different sizes; small, medium and big.
The biggest one is a photo of me with Licy, Mom and a man in early ages of forty. He has the same hair color as mine but eyes like Licy yet seems sharper and glower. He is our father.
The medium one is a photo of me, Sam, Leo and Rico at our junior's graduation party. We had party until dawn, it was a lot of fun.
I pick the small one in my hand and brought it near my face. It is a photo of Licy blowing her eleventh birthday candles. A smile appeared again on my face when I remember something about Licy's childhood.
It was on the first day when Licy finally got her own private room. She was afraid to sleep alone and since our rooms are across with each other Licy often come to my room in mid-night asking if she could sleep together with me.
Time had passed but sometimes Licy would come here again if she had a nightmare and I always be there for her and accept her open handily. But I'm not doing it because I'm also afraid to sleep alone too. I'm doing this because I love my only little sister and want her to be happy.
Compared to our own parents, me and Licy are more familiar with each other. We spend most of our times at home together since Dad always working from day till dust while Mom always busy with the housework.
"Alex!"
Mom called me once again. I gave a reply this time and soon leave my bedroom after putting the small towel away.
I went down to the dining room, my parent have been sitting at their own respective chairs around our dining table. Licy's chair is of course empty, seeing she's already asleep. I believe Mom would make a lot of breakfast for Licy tomorrow morning.
"Sit down, Alex. We will begin our prayer before dinner"
Mom told me and I complied. It's been a habit for us to pray before having dinner, knowing how religious Mom is. I took my own respective chair. After the prayer, starting to enjoy Mom's home-made dinners.
"I've heard from your Mother. What happen to our little baby girl?"
Dad asked me when I'm the middle of chewing. Speaking while eating might be improper but for our family dinner is the only time when we can gather together to talked.
I told them how Licy and I end up going home together, I decided to take her to play at park and how we found the puppy. I was eating the last quarter of my dinner when I told them the part of us saving the puppy and Licy playing around with the puppy after that.
"Oh, you both are such a good children"
Mom commends our actions. On the other side Dad keep asking.
"So what makes Alice cried?"
I'm feeling a bit reluctant when I told them the heroic act of the puppy and what kind of end it need to faced.
"Oh, that poor thing... May God accept its soul by His side"
Mom started her prayer and I Amen-ed that. Along with the end of the story the dinner had finished, I was about to went back to my room but Dad stopped me.
"Alex, wait"
"What is it, Dad?"
I asked while stopping my feet.
"There's something we need to talk about this matter"
`This again...`
I thought shortly while sighing. Dad always wanted to advise -or to be more precise scolding- me if I or Licy ever facing such a situation. It feels like I'm being blamed for everything that happened.
"Have a seat"
Dad ordered me after Mom taking all of the dishes away and went to the kitchen to wash them all. Unwillingly I complied it, I put my head above my palm while waiting for Dad to speak again.
"I believe you have already know what I'm about to said Alex, but I wanted you to hear that-"
"I should have done a better job to protect Licy. Yeah, I know that"
I interrupted Dad's word. I've starting to memorize every single words Dad used to say to me now.
"Right. And to avoid as much as possible anything that might going to hurt Alice or your own self. You should have gone straight home Alex"
"Was it wrong for me to take my little sister out to have fun?"
I said with a bit curt tone while rolling my eyes. This time Dad is the one who is sighing.
"That's not what I mean boy. It's just that you have to be care-"
"I always have been careful Dad. I always prioritized Licy over anything and I won't let anything hurt her. Why can't you trust me?"
I raised my voice a bit louder than before. All this time I have been holding resentment for not being trusted by my own father. I always be the one who taken care of Licy while my parent not around and she is safe with me. Won't that be enough prove to him?
"It's not that I didn't trust you Alex. You're still too young. You would never know what kind of things that going to happened out there"
"Then why did you always confined me from the outside world Dad! You've been prohibited me to travel around the town with my friends all the time"
This time my voice audibly to other parts of our house. Dad doesn't seem happy to see my reactions to his words.
"That's because you always go to dangerous places Alex! Don't you see how it worried your mother!"
"What kind of dangerous Dad! We are just checking places which being talked by many people!"
"A place which been said to have bad rumors and being avoided by people! See! This is exactly the prove why I said you're still too naïve!"
We exchanged glares with each other for a while. I could sense turmoil inside my heart rumbling by anger but I still keep my control.
Mom came into the dining room. Asking why are we shouting with a loud voice to each other.
"Our son, Darling. I was just advising him but then he starting to shouted at me"
"Me? Dad, you're the one who have been provoking me from the first place. You always blame me if anything happened to Licy even though I always tried to protect her every day!"
"Alex, don't shouted back to your own father. He didn't mean to do that, he just wanted to protect all of you"
I stopped myself from keep talk back to Dad when Mom asked me to. I never argued back to Mom when she's trying to compose us.
"That's enough, Dear. Don't start it again"
"No, Darling. This isn't over yet. Since when did Alex start to defy my words? It never happen before he entered his junior years and hang out with his current friends. Alex never become this wild before!"
Those sentences make my anger exploded. I could stay quite if Dad keeps talking about my mistakes only, but involving my friends in this conversation was overly abundant things to do.
"Don't entangle my friends into your babbled Dad! You don't know anything about them!"
"Oh, you think so? Do you think I'm not inquired anything about your friends! They were the one who always invited you and involved you into a lot of troubles!"
I slammed both of my hands on the top of the table and stood up from my chair. I almost lost control of myself.
"That's because you always viewed them one side only! They are my friends! My life has turn into better ever since I'm being friend with them! I got stronger because of them too! We even beat a group of seniors on the first day of our senior high's year together just fine!"
My parent staring at me in disbelief. I was too anger to realize I've just give away my own secret. When I notice it, I could only put a palm on my mouth.
`Oh, shoot...`
"Alex Eventus! Did you break your own word to never get involved into another fight!"
"N-no! It wasn't a fight Dad! It was a self-defense! They hurt Sam!"
"Self-defense or not, it happened because of your friends! You have forgotten your lesson when I told you to trim our garden, haven't you? I should have known this! I should have never allowed you to be friend with that bunch of rascals!"
The last sentence blinded my view instantly. I'm no longer known what happened next.
"Don't call them a bunch of rascals! They are not-!"
"Stop defending them Alex! You will be punished! You're being grounded for the rest of your week!"
"Dear, that's enough! Alex, please stop all of this-!"
"Shut up! Don't disturb me!"
"A-! Alex...!"
Mom gasped when she heard me shouted back to her. It was the first time in my whole life but my anger gulping my guilty so I keep shouting.
"I'm almost seventeen soon! I had enough of this bullshit! I could take care of myself just fine-!"
In quick flash I could feel a sharp pain coming from my left cheek. Dad had reached his limit too so he stood up from his chair and slapped me as hard as he could. The slapping sound echoed loudly in dining room.
Mom put her hands on her lips in both shock and worried to see my cheek getting redder and swollen.
"Enough young man! Go to your room NOW!"
I grind my teeth firmly and gripping my palms into fists. My mind isn't clear so my body and mouth countered in reflex.
"Go to my room? Watch me!"
In quick I stormed out to leave the dining room, but I'm not heading my room instead to the front door. I have an opportunity to take my night jacket before running out from my house.
Ignoring my parents calling from my back and keep dashing to the night street. On that cold silent night I decided to run away from home.
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Alex decided to run away from his home.
What's going to happen to him? Will his life being turned around now? Wait till next chappiee~83
I specially thanked Alex in this chapter XD I always wanted to shouted back to my own parent and Alex do it for me 8'D
Alex: Uh…I did it for my friends, not you
0_0 *sulking at the corner*
Alex: … Maybe this will help… R&R anyone?
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