My Little Nerd Chapter 10
Troy's POV
After more than a few games of one on one, I realized how late it'd gotten, and looked into my house. Gabby and Austin were crowded in the small kitchen, cooking dinner. He was wearing a huge grin and she was saying something and wildly gesturing with her hands, and when her mouth stopped moving, they both began laughing even harder. I turned to Chad then, who was lying on the ground, sweat coming through his shirt, and breathing hard.
"You ever think I'm not doing right by Austin?" I asked him, while sitting down on the ground beside him.
"Only every once in a while." He answered sheepishly. That's why I liked our friendship; Chad and I were always able to tell each other the truth because no matter how much we don't like hurting each other, we hate lying to each other even more.
"God, what am I doing wrong?" I asked, throwing my hands through my hair.
"Well, you could start by you know, letting him have friends over, and not always making him hang here at your parents, I mean, he barely ever hangs out with kids his age." Chad said suggesting the first logical thing that came into his mind.
"I know, but most of his friends' parents are married and old, and they always judge me, and then blame Austin for it. It's not his fault I made a huge mistake." I threw the basketball that had previously been in my hands at the fence, causing a loud commotion and for Austin and Gabby to stop laughing, and glance out at me. Gabby's face was filled with suspicions, Austin's was filled with curiosity, and he came running out.
"Daddy! What'cha doing?" He asked, tilting his head to the side, making him look even more innocent than he always had.
"Just, throwing the ball kiddo." I answered sheepishly, kind of embarrassed of myself for throwing a temper tantrum like a little girl.
"You should come inside, Gabby taught me how to make cookies and there so good!" He said smiling broadly.
"Alright bud, I'll be in in a minute." I answered smiling at him, and then watching him run back inside and grinning at Gabby who grinned just as widely back.
"So, sleeping with that girl was a mistake?" Chad asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Of course it was, I mean, I never planned to have a kid at barely past eighteen, and I surely didn't plan to have him with some girl whose last name I didn't even know." I answered throwing my hands up while going crossing the driveway to get the ball.
"And Austin? He's a mistake?" He asked, concern passing over his face, before floating away behind his mask of impenetrability. He was able to hide his emotions behind that mask, and therefore no one ever knew what he was thinking.
"Well, not him himself, but just the child part." I said sighing before turning back around and seeing Gabby and Austin standing on the porch steps, a platter of cookies in Austin's hand and a jug of milk and four cups in Gabby's.
Gabby dropped the carton of milk, and it exploded over them both, and they still didn't move an inch. Austin finally moved first, he slid the cookies off the platter and then dropped it to the ground and began running. He stopped at the end of the road.
"I can't believe that you think I'm a mistake daddy!" He screamed, at this Gabby flung her flip flops off and picked up the hem of her dress and began running after Austin; screaming his name.
"You set me up!" I screamed at Chad, "Why would you do that?"
"I didn't even know they were back there, I wasn't facing them, how could I have?" He asked, throwing his hands up, and exclaiming this in exasperation.
I ran away with out even looking back at Chad, I was so mad at him. I ran down the street to find Austin and Gabby on the sidewalk, Austin in her arms, and I could hear his sobs from down the road.
"Troy, just go away okay?" Gabby asked, glaring at me when she noticed me close enough to them.
"No, he's my son, and before a few days ago, you knew nothing of him!" I screamed at her, before grabbing for Austin's arm. However Gabby picked him up and held him close to her.
"No, you're mother told me that you weren't being the best father you could be, but I didn't know you were being this horrible." She answered, glaring at me, while walking backwards into the street.
"This is a one time thing, Gabby. I've never said something like this to him before." I yelled, while noticing a yellow light at the edge of my peripheral vision. I shook it off as a symptom of me not eating much today.
"No, you're mother told me do to something for her, and I'm doing it. I'm not going to let you hurt the little boy's feelings again. And-"Then she was cut off by a mini red convertible.
As Gabby had been backing up, a blonde looks obsessed girl had been backing out of her driveway, and then driving down the road, while looking in the mirror. She hadn't been going very fast, but by the time she noticed Gabby in front of her, she hadn't had enough time to stop.
Gabby flew through the air, landing about 100 feet from where she had been standing, Austin landed on top of her, her arms still around him, trying to protect him for me, and everything else bad out in the world. Austin stopped crying and looked at Gabby and then began screaming and crying for her to wake up and look at him. I ran over there, dread filling every fiber of my being.