Chapter 38
Nick's POV
Mom tried to get me to come out for dinner a million times, and nothing she did made me move. I eventually came down, yes, but only because if I didn't eat soon, I knew that I'd probably pass out. Not good.
"Nicholas, how nice of you to finally join us" Dad said as I sat down. I said nothing, as I had all day. "Nicholas, you missed the prayer, so I think you need to say one yourself before you eat" Mom told me. I whispered a quick prayer to myself, and started to eat without a word. "So, how was everyone's day?" Dad asked. "Pretty good. Well, as good as you can get while being grounded really." Joe laughed. "Yeah, I wrote a new song." Kevin said. "Oh really? What's it called?" Dad asked. "I'm not sure yet, but I'm not really even finished with it" Kevin said. Dad nodded. "And Frankie, how was your day?" Dad asked my youngest bro. "Alright. I took a nap, and I ate ice cream, and I played with my cars and built a city" Frankie said. "Wow" Dad said. "I know. And my city was called Frankieville" Frankie said. Mom laughed at that. "And Nick, what about you. What did you do today?" Dad asked me. I just stared at him. "Nicholas, your father asked you a question" Mom said. I continued to stay speechless. "Nicholas Jerry Jonas, speak right now or else" Mom said firmly. "Nicholas, now" Dad said. I was finished with my dinner, so there was no need for me to stick around. "May I be excused?" I asked, not waiting for an answer. I stood up and ran out of the dinning room before anyone could say anything.
I had to get away from all of this. I just had to. Go anywhere, any place, but here. Where they'd never find me, a place they wouldn't know about. And I knew of one person that would go with me in a heartbeat.
Manda's POV
"Amanda Lynn Wilkins, open this door right now." Mom knocked on my door repeatedly. Nothing she did was going to make me open that door, or say anything to her or Dad. "If you don't open this door right now, I'm going to get the service to knock it down for me, and drag you out here" Mom said. "AMANDA! OPEN THIS DOOR!" She pounded on it. "NO!" I yelled. "AMANDA!" she yelled back. I finally took mercy on her and opened the door, before the service did.
She took a deep breath when I opened it. "Amanda, dinner is ready. Come down and eat" she told me. "No" I said, and closed and locked the door again.
Mom must've given up, because there were no knocks on my door after that.
Something in my heart was telling me to leave. Just to leave. Go, run away, get out of this place. But I knew that I couldn't. I just couldn't. Not alone at least. I needed someone to go with me. And I knew the one person that I knew couldn't say no.