"What is Eli doing here?" Mrs. Torres asked when she returned home, her eyes wide and staring directly at the figure dressed in all black. Eli glanced up lazily from the TV, not at all affected by her gaze.
"I invited him for dinner," Drew said casually, "Is that a problem mom? He's already locked out of the house because his parents went on a date and he doesn't have a key to his house…" Drew babbled on innocently and Eli smirked at the obvious lie. Mrs. Torres studied both boys and was about to reply when another voice spoke up.
"Just let him stay sis." Another female stepped out from behind Mrs. Torres. She seemed to be almost identical to Mrs. Torres but was a few inches shorter and had more lines on her face. Eli took is that she was Patricia; the 'bitch' Drew had been talking about for the past five minutes. "It'll be nice to get to meet some of your kid's friends." Drew smiled triumphantly and Mrs. Torres sighed in defeat.
"Fine Drew; he can stay." She just seemed to notice something. "Where's-" before she could finish her sentence the door opened again, revealing a depressed looking Adam.
"Right there." Drew said simply, his sympathy reaching out to his brother. He knew how much Adam hated it whenever their Aunt came to visit. Adam's eyes widened slightly in shock when he noticed Eli on the couch but before he could say something his aunt interrupted him.
"You're so pale!" she exclaimed and Adam rolled his eyes. Without replying he pushed his way through the living room and started up the stairs. "That's disrespectful!" his aunt shouted after him before turning to Mrs. Torres. "You need to teach that kid some manners." Eli and drew snuck into the kitchen.
"I thought you said she was a bitch," Eli whispered, knowing that Mrs. Torres had hawk-like hearing, "She seems like a regular Aunt to me."
"Oh just wait and see." Drew said mysteriously.
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Everyone had sat at the table for dinner in silence, and Eli couldn't help but notice how on edge Drew and Mrs. Torres was. Patricia was completely comfortable and Adam was silent, obviously waiting for something. Eli rolled his eyes and got ready to eat when a simple statement cut through the air.
"Why are you wearing an outfit like that young lady?" Patricia asked, staring directly at Adam. Eli froze in the process of putting food into his mouth, his eyes flashing to Drew, who had an 'I told you so' expression on his face.
"Because I'm a young man," Adam countered.
"That's enough." Mrs. Torres hissed, but the two ignored her.
"You're obviously not a young man Gracie and you need to stop with this stupid little act of yours. This is the wrong way to get attention."
"My name is Adam and I'm not doing anything to get attention; it's not my fault you haven't accepted this yet." Adam shot back, his hand gripping his fork so tightly that his knuckles were turning white.
"Attention seeker."
"Beast."
"Attention seeker."
"Beat."
"Freak."
"Patricia!" Mrs. Torres gasped, staring at her sister. Eli's eating utensils dropped onto his plate and he gaped at Patricia.
"Burn in hell." Adam replied simply, glaring into his Aunt's eyes.
"Adam!"
"Don't call her Adam sis; it'll just plays into her little fantasies."
"The only fantasies I have involves two forks and a knife shoved so far down your-"
"Adam!" Mrs. Torres shouted, interrupting his violent statement. "Go to your room."
"Gladly!" Adam shot back, roughly shoving his chair away from the table and storming from the room.
"You should really stop letting that kid watch horror movies." Patricia said simply, taking a bite from her chicken. Mrs. Torres rounded on her sister and pointed towards the living room.
"Patricia, living room; now!" Patricia rolled her eyes but pushed away from the table nonetheless. Mrs. Torres followed after her sister, her eyes narrowed and nostrils flaring.
"Holy shit." Eli whispered when they left and Drew nodded in understanding. "Adam has to deal with that bitch once a year?" he asked, turning to Drew.
"Sometimes more." Drew said sympathetically, "And that wasn't even a real fight for them; mom jumped in because you're here and probably doesn't want you seeing that."
"Why does she let someone talk to her son like that?" Eli wondered aloud and Drew shrugged.
"Probably because she's family. They were really close, and then Adam and his dad stepped into the picture. When we all found out that Adam wanted to be Adam my mom didn't take it really well, which meant Patty didn't take it well. Over the years my mom's kind of ok with it, but Patty never warmed up to the idea." Drew explained and Eli nodded sympathetically; feeling bad for Adam. Getting crap about his condition by his own family? The people that were supposed to stand by him no matter what and accept him for who he was?
That must've been horrible for him to deal with. Drew gestured towards the stairs with his head and Eli nodded in understanding. He started towards the stairs, ignoring the yelling coming from the living room, and silently pondered over the fact that Patricia was a bitch like Mrs. Torres.
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"Hey." Eli said, leaning in the doorway. Adam, still sprawled on his bed and reading a comic book, glanced up and sighed.
"What are you doing here Eli?" he asked the question that had been burning a hole in his head since he saw Eli on the couch. He wondered if Eli knew about what almost had happened to Morty and was planning revenge.
"Drew invited me to dinner because he thought you could use a friend, and now I see why. Your Aunt is a bitch; just like your mom." Adam stayed silent, making Eli wonder if he overstepped his boundaries. He was about to say something when Adam finally spoke up.
"She's actually an even bigger bitch then my mom." Eli smirked and Adam smiled.
Disclaimer:
I don't –sob- own Degrassi D=
Author's Notes:
I-I tried to make her a huge bitch but I couldn't have someone being mean to my precious Adam! D= Plus; Eli was there and you know Mrs. Torres wouldn't let someone see how the fights escalate in her household~ Parents are always worried about keeping up appearances and such.
And yay! Eli and Adam are acting all buddy-buddy again!–kinda. Sorry I didn't go very detailed with Patricia's looks… I'm lazy. XD
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