I had to really think about this chapter. I think it came out pretty good. I hope you enjoy it.
SPEAKERnight: LOL yes silver's awkwardness is priceless. ^^ I'm glad you loved it!
ShadowAya4ever: I know I didn't update soon enough. So sorry! I was running around all day and week for this vacation. ^_^
So sorry about the underline! I don't know how that happened and I can't take it off.
Disclaimer: Don't own it... poem lines came from a song demo that I listen to.
Btw a lot of the nicknames are random but everyone has a nickname sometimes.
Chapter 3
(Dead-beat Mom)
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At that moment I felt a longing for him. I felt like calling him back. I wished that this night had never ended.
I turned and opened the house door. The strong smell of alcohol hit me at once as I stepped in. I closed the door softly not bothering to lock it. It was always open. Mainly for mom's men and her walking around high and all. I slowly walked into the sitting room with caution. I didn't know who was here.
I saw a small movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked to my left and saw the couch. Laid upon it was a sleeping figure that was my mom. Beer bottles, cigarette buts and anything you can think of laid upon her and all over the room. My eyes scanned her body and the first thing I realized was her torn clothes. She always had good clothes. That must have been from impatient men.
It hurt seeing her like this. I had to stay strong. I started picking up the mess. After a while I was close to done. I sighed and moved toward mom.
I stumbled back a bit.
Orange-yellowish eyes were on me. I caught my breath.
"M-mom?"
She rose from the couch and sat up. Her eyes searched the room a bit and finally stopped back at me. She stud to her feet.
"Where have you been," came her velvety voice.
I hesitated but answered.
"Out..with....some friends...when did you get home?"
She rolled her eyes and opened a bottle that was sitting on the table not to far from her. The sound was the swishing of liquid and the ticking of the clock that hung on the wall.
"Should I lock the front door tonight?" I asked.
"No. Don't bother with it."
She grabbed her cigarette box and pulled one out. With a flick of the lighter, the cig was popped in her mouth. I sighed and went up stairs to my room. As soon as I got there I looked around. My laptop still humming softly from being left on, and my new clock that wasn't brought to long ago sat beside it on my desk. My eye drifted to a long white envelope. I walked over to the desk slowly and picked it up. My eyes scanned over the front with my name printed, and then to the red letters bellow it.
Urgent: Open Immediately
I've seen it before. Letters like this really did make it seem like the world was going to en. I sighed and opened the envelop. There was the check I usually receive. It was enough to pay the main bills and extra money to spend for whatever. I stuffed the check in my bedroom dresser. There was another paper besides the check that I decided to scan through also. It was in letter form.
Silver,
This is your next to last check! Your really were a sight for us. You truly helped our financial issues and we thank you personally. Remember you always have a place here if you want to come back to join us.
Yours Truly,
President Minizaku (Spiral)
I stared at the letter for a while. Painful memories came flowing back and I stuffed it in the dresser also. I was too stressed out to even think anymore so I just crawled into bed.
Hours Later~
"Christina, he's rare!"
"I know! He could get you a lot of money!"
There was silence.
"I don't know about this Christy..."
"Oh your such a Miss. Goody-to-shoes!"
"Whatever."
My eyes fluttered open. I yawned and curled up into a tighter ball.
"If you pay him just enough you'll be living in luxury for the rest of your life!"
"I know, you said that but...," the voice trailed off.
I groaned as I stretched, feeling some of my bones crack. I sat still as I listened to the humming of voices downstairs. I sighed. I hope mom isn't fighting with one of those guys. Half asleep, I crawled out of bed and made my way to the door.
"Your still young! You have an nice life ahead of you. Why don't you do something for yourself?"
I stopped just above the steps.
"Yes I know but....but...""See! Speechless! Just do it already!"
I stepped into the sitting room as it had gotten quiet. Mom was staring at me as I entered the room. I was too busy trying to figure out where this woman was from. She smiled at me. It wasn't an friendly smile. 'Wicked' could have been in neon lights behind her.
"Silver, I thought you went to bed." I looked back at mom.
"I did. I just woke up."
"Well baby boy you won't have to go back to sleep anytime soon," the unknown woman said. She was an hawk. Her light green hair flowed behind her as she walked up to me. She stared at me with her piercing hazel eyes. I backed up a bit. She smiled and clutched her hands together in excitement. She squealed.
"Oh Tangerine ( A/N: corny i know) he's perfect!"
Tangerine was off course mom's nickname. Just because she had orange tints. Her real name was Chiyo. It seems like a childish name but grandmothers named her that for a special reason. A reason that even mom couldn't come to tell me today.
"What?!," was the first thing that came out of my mouth as I looked at mom.
"Hush Silver, your too loud," Tangerine replied. She walked up to me and I watched her confused until she decided to talk. She sighed and her eyebrows furrowed.
"Go on, tell him," The hawk, named Christina, persisted.
I started to get agitated. My ears twitched. Mom stared at me for a second and finally opened her mouth.
"Honey......," She started slowly.
I've been knocking all day...
I listened, watching her closely.
"As of today....you belong to someone else...."
I felt a lump in my throat. I was fighting my insides to find words.
"What?!" I managed to chock out again.
Don't leave me in the dark....
Her eyes flashed in anger. She got closer to me.
"You heard what I said! You belong to someone else! I'm not responsible for you anymore! I'm tired of worrying about you, wondering where you are and and...just being a mother!"
I don't want to burn with the rest...
I stud with my mouth slightly open. I couldn't believe what was being said. Please tell me it's just a dream. I felt something collide with my face. I gasped as I hit the floor by bottom cushioning my fall. I stared at my angry mother.
"Don't look at me like that! I hate your face!"
It's dark in here...please say you'll let me in. (knock, knock)
I slowly get up to my feet, stumbling as I did so.
"Get out!!!"
I've been out here once before...Please don't put me in the fire with the rest. (knock, knock)
The hawk giggled and lit a cigarette. Things were being thrown at me as I stud...but the pain was dull.
I hated the numb feeling....
Each thing she said stabbed me in the chest. I felt something give in my body, pushing up. The front door opened as a man stepped in. Mom immediately went to him, not shedding a single tear.
"Take this thing away from me!"
(stab)
"So this is him?," The unfamiliar voice asked.
"Take it!!!"
I finally gave in to the pressure.
"It?!?," I asked, my voice cracking a bit.
The hawk's amused expression changed.
"I wasn't it when I was little! I was special! If you didn't want to be a mother why have me?! And worrying? Your the one out all the time getting wasted coming home looking like shit! You left me in the dark!!!"
Mom stud ears and eyes open wide.
"I had to figure it all out by myself! Without you! Your not a mom! And now your telling me I belong to someone else?!?"
The unfamiliar man just stud there listening.
"That's when your sure as hell wrong! I don't need you!!!"
I ran through things in my head that she's done. I gasped a breath.
"You never were a mother! Your a child yourself!"
Blaze ran through my mind as pictures.
'You don't know what you left me with....'
Mom, the job and the check I had ran through my mind after that. I bit my tongue and took a deep breath.
"Loving you caused me to change...," I said lowly, just enough for mom and the others to hear.
I watched as my so called mother's eyes burned with water. She turned to leave the house and the hawk was right behind her. The man stared in my face, an amused smile plastered on his face. My ears flattened as he got closer pulling a switch blade out. I cringed and closed my eyes waiting. There was nothing. I perked up an ear to see if he was still there. Nothing. I opened my eyes to see the man on the floor and a dark figure pulling the body outside. I blinked and the figure and body was gone.
"W-What?" I muttered.
I noticed something in the open door. I looked at the hinges and saw a few strands of black fur. I smiled as my eyes burned but no tears came.
"Shadow....," I whispered.
A/N I am so sorry about the underline!!! I don't know what happened and it's really annoying me. It wouldn't let me take it off so please just bare with me. XD Please Review.
