Chapter 5 - Family Problems
That afternoon, I was playing basketball with Thistle.
"You did WHAT?" She gasped
"I kicked him."
"Oh dear... that's NOT good."
I grimaced as I made a basket.
"I know."
"But hey, he likes you so that won't really change."
I left out the fact that he saw me in my PJs and hairdo.
"I hope so." I replied, feeling a sign of dread creep up my spine.
After the game, it became dark, I walked home.
Must get my thoughts off of today.
Fat chance it'd work.
It got worse when I got home. My mother and father was fighting.
My mother's hair was in messy lumps and had a vase in her hand, my father's favorite vase.
In seconds it became rubble on the tiles.
"Y...you women are IMPOSSIBLE!" My father hollered.
"Oh?" My mother retorted," then LEAVE!"
"Maybe I will!" My father shouted and stormed away. Minutes later, I hear the car engine start.
I looked back at my mother, her face was drenched in tears as she crumpled.
"What's wrong?" I whispered.
"Shime... your father's got another women."
"What?" I couldn't process that information.
My mother didn't say another word, and retired back to her bedroom. All night, weeping noises coming from her room stopped my sleep. The next morning I was in horrible condition. But still I wanted to go to school. My mother finally fell asleep and I didn't have the heart to wake her up, so I carpooled with Jeffery. How miserable.
Jeffery took one look at me and frowned, but with his mother in the car he kept silent.
As soon as the car stopped, Jeffery pulled me out to a corner, "Now what's wrong?"
"Nothing." I said numbly.
"If it's that Kobunyashi-"
"It's not."
"What's is it then?"
"NOTHING!"
"Sira-"
I cut him off, I didn't want to hear that lecture again, "Ok, I'll tell you, but please don't tell anyone."
"I promise." His face looked sincere to the point of maximum.
I looked at him strangely.
"I, I mean, why would I tell?"
"Ok. My dad, sort of... ran off with another person."
I saw the scream mask again.
"Ok, ok, cut that out!" I slapped his face to return it to its normal pose.
His face was filled with disbelief, "I just can't believe that--"
"Well believe it!" I snapped at him, I was VERY annoyed. Then I turned and started to walk away.
"Sira!" He called after me, "If you want to talk, I'll be here."
Talk my problems with him? Pu-lease!
Trust me, Jeffery was never so nice. In fact, I think the real Jeff got abducted by aliens. Because he hasn't been acting normal since Kobunyashi came to our school. Maybe he really does like Thime, and is trying to get to her by being nice to me. OH MY GOSH! What a JERK!
Wait... maybe he's starting to become mature, must encourage that!
The whole day at school I didn't act normal. Forget Jeffery, guess who noticed?
That's right, Kobunyashi.
It was at homeroom, everyone is extremely loud annoying, I sat at my desk with my eye glued to the book, unreading.
"Hey what's wrong." I heard Kobunyashi whisper to me.
"Nothing, do you see anything wrong?" I tried to sound unaccusing.
"Well for one, your book's upside down," He smiled and turned my book right side up.
"Well thank." It was too hard to keep out the sarcasm.
Kobunyashi looked at me strangely, then I remembered. He saw me at home... What if he told?
I felt a cold cold shiver down my spine.
"You know you should watch yourself." Kobunyashi snickered, "Someone just may find out the real you." He turned to his friend.
I gaped after him.
One minute he said he like me, the next he blackmails me.
But that's not what I'm worried about.
Is my image at home so dislikable? I felt a strange pang of pain.
Jeffery knew me at home, he never said a word. Well... he must be used to it, but still. Was is bad enough to change someone's view of me completely?
My whole world just shifted. Jeffery is acting mature, the guy who likes me is blackmailing me, my family problems are horrible, and soon everyone will know about my misfortune, my other side, my...
That afternoon, I was playing basketball with Thistle.
"You did WHAT?" She gasped
"I kicked him."
"Oh dear... that's NOT good."
I grimaced as I made a basket.
"I know."
"But hey, he likes you so that won't really change."
I left out the fact that he saw me in my PJs and hairdo.
"I hope so." I replied, feeling a sign of dread creep up my spine.
After the game, it became dark, I walked home.
Must get my thoughts off of today.
Fat chance it'd work.
It got worse when I got home. My mother and father was fighting.
My mother's hair was in messy lumps and had a vase in her hand, my father's favorite vase.
In seconds it became rubble on the tiles.
"Y...you women are IMPOSSIBLE!" My father hollered.
"Oh?" My mother retorted," then LEAVE!"
"Maybe I will!" My father shouted and stormed away. Minutes later, I hear the car engine start.
I looked back at my mother, her face was drenched in tears as she crumpled.
"What's wrong?" I whispered.
"Shime... your father's got another women."
"What?" I couldn't process that information.
My mother didn't say another word, and retired back to her bedroom. All night, weeping noises coming from her room stopped my sleep. The next morning I was in horrible condition. But still I wanted to go to school. My mother finally fell asleep and I didn't have the heart to wake her up, so I carpooled with Jeffery. How miserable.
Jeffery took one look at me and frowned, but with his mother in the car he kept silent.
As soon as the car stopped, Jeffery pulled me out to a corner, "Now what's wrong?"
"Nothing." I said numbly.
"If it's that Kobunyashi-"
"It's not."
"What's is it then?"
"NOTHING!"
"Sira-"
I cut him off, I didn't want to hear that lecture again, "Ok, I'll tell you, but please don't tell anyone."
"I promise." His face looked sincere to the point of maximum.
I looked at him strangely.
"I, I mean, why would I tell?"
"Ok. My dad, sort of... ran off with another person."
I saw the scream mask again.
"Ok, ok, cut that out!" I slapped his face to return it to its normal pose.
His face was filled with disbelief, "I just can't believe that--"
"Well believe it!" I snapped at him, I was VERY annoyed. Then I turned and started to walk away.
"Sira!" He called after me, "If you want to talk, I'll be here."
Talk my problems with him? Pu-lease!
Trust me, Jeffery was never so nice. In fact, I think the real Jeff got abducted by aliens. Because he hasn't been acting normal since Kobunyashi came to our school. Maybe he really does like Thime, and is trying to get to her by being nice to me. OH MY GOSH! What a JERK!
Wait... maybe he's starting to become mature, must encourage that!
The whole day at school I didn't act normal. Forget Jeffery, guess who noticed?
That's right, Kobunyashi.
It was at homeroom, everyone is extremely loud annoying, I sat at my desk with my eye glued to the book, unreading.
"Hey what's wrong." I heard Kobunyashi whisper to me.
"Nothing, do you see anything wrong?" I tried to sound unaccusing.
"Well for one, your book's upside down," He smiled and turned my book right side up.
"Well thank." It was too hard to keep out the sarcasm.
Kobunyashi looked at me strangely, then I remembered. He saw me at home... What if he told?
I felt a cold cold shiver down my spine.
"You know you should watch yourself." Kobunyashi snickered, "Someone just may find out the real you." He turned to his friend.
I gaped after him.
One minute he said he like me, the next he blackmails me.
But that's not what I'm worried about.
Is my image at home so dislikable? I felt a strange pang of pain.
Jeffery knew me at home, he never said a word. Well... he must be used to it, but still. Was is bad enough to change someone's view of me completely?
My whole world just shifted. Jeffery is acting mature, the guy who likes me is blackmailing me, my family problems are horrible, and soon everyone will know about my misfortune, my other side, my...
