"So why did you do it?"
"I wasn't thinking"
"and that makes it okay?"
"of course not!"
"then WHY did you DO it?"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
It's been like this for a while. they sat across from each other. I sat on the bean bag. lamis looked really upset, while Lester was shaking and growing more nervous and scared.
"I mean, honestly that girl has been after me for a while as you know, it's not the first time she-"
she hissed.
"Do I fucking care? you're mine Godddamnit!"
she continued. her voice becoming scratchy almost like aunt luna, you can feel the anger not only in her voice but in her face. her eyes blazed with jealousy. she reached and grabbed his sweater vest and her nose pressed against his.
"I was the one who gave a fuck about you way before she came along!"
she bit her tongue out of rage. a bad habit she does when she was frustrated or upset.
"when every girl in my CLASS talked shit behind your back, I defended you."
she grabbed his throat and I jumped.
"I gave my virginity to you. you fat ugly white guilt-piece of-"
I ran forward and grabbed her wrist.
"Lamis!"
I try to pry her hand off his throat but her grip was strong.
"she isn't going to love you. no one is ever going to love you-"
"LAMIS!"
"no one's going to put up with your bullshit. no one's going to love you."
okay, this is too much. Lester was an asshole, sure but she was really going for the throat. literally.
"Lamis, stop, for fuck's sake!"
she let go, finally. she kept her glaring eyes at him. he looked hurt. he looked like he was going to cry. and honestly, she really cut him, bad man. she never did anything like that. sure she says some shit to get him to shut up. but this?
"your lucky I even lov-"
"stop."
"dad barely loves you"
"STOP!"
"I'm certain he probably stopped caring about yo-"
"Goddamnit Lamis, stop! what's gotten into you?!"
he slides off the bed, stood and glared at her.
"excuse me for enjoying the idea of another woman being attracted to me."
he snapped.
"if at all, you should be lucky I loved you!"
oh shit, man...
"What sane person would date a girl like you knowing where you came from?"
she snarled and leaped at him. now, let me tell ya, these two when they were younger have gotten into fights. like my dad and his sisters back in the day (or so I'm told) but to see her choke him, and to see him pressed a hand on her face and yanking her hair. well, honestly it brought back nostalgia when they fought over the remote or the last slice of pizza.
that's when the door opened and dad came in. when he saw his. his voice was as loud as thunder and that made them stop and look at him. that made them snap out of it. and they released each other and lamis got off of him. both sitting on the floor. looking ashamed.
"what the HELL is going on?"
I spoke up-
"I know, ruby. luna told me."
oh.
he looked at them. shaking his head.
"told you this would happen,"
lamis spoke-
"but dad he-"
he shook his finger.
"you shut up. what you two were doing-"
Lester snorted.
"as if you never slapped one of your many lovers in an argument."
lamis's eyes widen and she scoots away from him. dad's face darkened. and Lester didn't see the danger he was in. his eyes narrowed and he sneered in such a way it was like watching a wolf targetting his next meal. he walked forward. and he spoke in a low tone.
"What the fuck did you just say to me?"
Lester didn't miss a beat.
"Last summer, when we were all having barbeque at aunt Lori's house,"
he stated a matter of factly.
"she accused you of fooling around with carol. I so happen to walk into your argument"
he dared looked at dad in the eye.
"you slapped her."
he looked smudged.
"so much for being a decent human being."
dad was fast and he grabbed him by his collar of his shirt.
"you little fucker,"
he shouted.
"your aunt Lori left your aunt leni in the parking lot because they had a fight over petty shit!"
he was red in the face.
"I mention carol because she picked her up after she saw her wandering around lost!"
he stated.
"the only reason why leni didn't call me or the others was because she forgot her phone at home!"
Lester was shaking in fear.
"yes, I slapped Lori. she deserved it! why did you think your aunt leni stayed with us for a week?"
Lester, again with his big mouth.
"I just thought she was there for a week of romping with you."
lamis facepalm.
"God, Lester you idiot."
ever see dad bite his lower lip with his chip teeth and watch the red go up like thermometer?
yeah. it was like that. but i can tell he was controlling himself from giving Lester a real beating.
he let go.
"go to your room, both of you."
he nodded to himself.
"in fact, I don't want to see you two together unless it's dinner time."
lamis and Lester spoke up.
"what? dad, you can't do that!"
"are you seriously forbade us to be together?"
dad snapped.
"for a week!"
lamis was a bit angry at this.
"you can't do that, how else are we going to work things out? besides! we walk to school together and we're going to see each other then. you can't just expect us-"
dad barked.
"then I'll take Lester to school and pick him up!"
that shut her up.
"maybe a little time away from each other will make you think."
and he looked at Lester.
"and you."
he jumped.
"I expected better from you. I'm a piece of shit, and I hurt my sisters, but I never thought I see the day you'd act like an animal and start kissing someone else, hurting my little girl."
Lester's eyes widen in realization. as if any excuse he tried to pull didn't matter jack squat.
"next time you talk shit bout me, just remember I'm not the only cheating son of a bitch"
he looked down and was ashamed. boy. dad really was a hardass when he wants to be.
"go to your rooms. and wait till dinner."
they did as they were told. once they were gone his face softens and he looked well, sad. he sighed heavily and comb his hair back. he looked at me and I just stood there speechless.
"you know I'm only doing this to teach them a lesson right ruby?"
I nodded.
"I hate to do this to them, but having my parents solve our own problems didn't always work."
he sighed.
"I'm doing my best to be a better parent."
I walked towards him meekly.
"I know, and you're doing great. but do you think it'll work?"
he nodded.
"believe me, if they love each other this is going to make them realize it."
he ruffled my hair.
"it's gonna be hell on earth for them. ain't no way about it."
and with that, he walked out of my room. I sat on my bed and thought it over. and I knew I had to be firm too. and so is the rest of my sisters and brothers. while the others lived separately i knew word will get out. boy, this is gonna be one hell of a week. and it was only Friday.
so dinner will start soon. cause oh, yeah. pizza. this happened after like five minutes. honestly, i didn't know why dad had to interfere with us. but he is our dad.
no snot out of my nose. let Lester suffer. that dumb genepig needs to think over what he has done, why should I feel guilty? he was at the wrong. ...though maybe the things I said were pretty harsh...
no, lamis. you're a girl.
and girls can't do any wrong.
okay, maybe I'm being sexist.
am I?
I dunno.
fuck it, okay I admit it, i went overboard and I knew I hurt him. shit, I even grabbed his throat. but can you blame me? I spend my time with him for so long loving him hoping that'll make him a better person. but I can't change him. and that's what girls need to realize. you can't change or mold a guy into the perfect prince. sometimes you have to just accept the flaws but also love him when he tries his best to be a better person.
and with Lester that's...not saying much. he's still a butthole. he's still a rude, snarky, smart ass with a superior complex towards others he deems as inferior. but with me... sigh. with me he's the sweetest most wonderful...most...oh god I need to see him! I opened my door and there stood Lugosi, my younger brother.
"dinner's ready. also, I'm supposed to make sure you and Lester aren't seen with each other."
we heard clicking and a chittering.
"actually pathfinder's suppose to do that."
oh great. pathfinder. okay, let me explain.
Pathfinder is an alien my aunt Lisa brought over to write his habits and to study him. the government allowed this and for some reason, no one really freaks the fuck out when he's with us. he's always wearing this mask but without it, his face looks like a crab or something.
Lali jokes and calls him pussy face. rude right? yeah. so his race are a hunting type. it's in his culture or so we're told. his race is called yuriwawa... or something i dunno, i can't pronounce it right. all i know is he had a lazer back thing, and gauntlets with a lot of weaponry and make him invisible. I think it's kinda dangerous. and dad was pretty anal about it.
but ever since he saved us from a bear during a camping trip we kinda just let him have it. and he's pretty loyal to our family. he sees us as his new 'clan' and sees dad as the 'tribe leader' and sees him with nothing but respect.
but he's still a little creep. apparently whenever lali our older sister comes around, he'll be invisible and follow her around. he was caught in the shower with her once. dad ground him and took his gear away. little fucker tried to challenge him by getting into a fighting stance and roaring.
in the end, he was still seen as a child and he had to obey my dad. he was also weird. once while i was outside with Lugosi to just hang out in the back, we found a skinned coyote. when we told dad he just chose to look away. sometimes dad would wake up with pathfinder on his bed, crouched and presenting him freshly polished animal skulls. one time a human's.
... all in all...
he's just another part of our weird family.
when I got to the table, Lester sat across from me. even if we were grounded i refused to even look at him. it was just...ugh. why do i need to explain it? he was a jerk! and ass! and just-UGH!
Still...a week without him...
i remember once having to spend a week with my mom away from royal woods, said we needed a vacation together just her and myself. and while it was nice, i missed Lester like crazy.
that week with mom I shared a lot of thigs about Lester. and she understood. she knew what it felt to be in love. when she was into sam, that's all she thought about. before her though, she admits she had feelings for dad for a long time.
but then sam came along and for awhile it was great before she caught sam and chunk screwing in the back of his van. i too shared my heartbreak, a girl named Layla. who was the daughter of my grandpa Lynn and my aunt Lola.
for a time Layla and I dated, but then she turned heel on me. and just...everything hurt. then i just sort of fell back on Lester. we kissed a few times, cuddled. and then we had sex. curious experimental sex.
then things got serious when he confessed and since then we just ... I look at him. and even if I was mad I knew I wouldn't be able to stand to be away from him for a week...
he was staring at me, and I stared back. suddenly I wasn't mad anymore... dang it.
and suddenly I felt how everything went out of hand.
this week was gonna be hell.
this week went into hell.
school closures, having to study indoors, can't go out, can't hang out with friends, this chink virus as the media called it was widespread. most of my families that live in separate homes noted to my father that they're fine.
my aunt Lisa was prepared for this. food and water stocked, cokes, everything. and back up money in case any of our parents lost their job. apparently she urged the president about this, two months but he was too busy firing people who turn against him and victim-blaming when everyone (except his supporters) saw him as a dude with a brain of a five-year-old. aunt Lisa cursed the stupid for the downfall of the country. when she realized he was too stupid to listen to reason, she prepared. everyone was skeptical about it, doubting her. who's laughing now?
not us.
Lisa provided food and water to our separate families. she sterilized us every time we go outside for even a few minutes. all the while we were stuck. out of all of us, Lugosi was the most affected. worried that ramona might get the chink virus. no one said anything but she did live in a run-down trailer home.
I walked out of my room. bored out of my ass. when I heard Lester's voice.
"are you going to eat all our supplies you bum?"
sigh.
when I got down and turned I saw Lester hassling Allie. a dirty blonde girl mom and dad took in after we found her in an alley. well, we only did because she swiped my wallet. I was compassionate though after seeing her it ratty clothes. so I suggested to Lugosi we take her with us.
she wore green colored jeans, purple sneakers, and a dyed shirt of Lugosi's shirt (a deep purple) and she had her legs pressed against her chest. a bag of empty chips. and in tears as Lester chastise her. i stepped in and got on his ass.
"Leave her alone!"
his attention was on me now, and rolled his eyes! he rolled his eyes! AT ME!
"Mother said we can't gorge ourselves like we normally do if we're going to-"
i snarled. baring my teeth.
"since when do you ever listen to you're mother?"
Lester huffed.
"in case you haven't noticed, we're in a world crisis and-"
"and you're being a dick, AGAIN!"
Lester placed his hands at his hips.
"excuse me if we're trying to have enough to survive!"
I nodded.
"Okay, tubby, next time you scarf on a bag of Reese's Pieces, I'll make sure to give you shit about it!
Lester grunted.
"of course, always the noblewoman, aren't you?"
I hissed.
"at least I'm not a pompous ass like you!"
he spread his hand out
"Look! candy wrappers, two bags of chips, four cans of orange vanilla coca-cola!"
I looked and saw the problem. okay... maybe she is eating a little too much...
"little orphan Allie is going to deplete our-"
i saw him being turned. and was face to face with our adopted alien brother.
of course, he was small and you'd think he'd pose no threat. but-
we heard a roar before pathfinder was grabbed by the throat and my boyfriend was lifted off the ground. quickly I ran forward to stop it. Allie followed suit and we try to pry our small but strong brother.
"pathfinder, let him go!"
I shouted.
"please stop pathfinder!"
Allie begged.
"we've talked about this!"
Lester was turning blue. damnit. I knew he'd get killed for opening his fucking mouth.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!"
Dad's voice roared. everyone stopped. pathfinder dropped Lester like a sack of potatoes. and myself, despite being mad at Lester, was still my boyfriend. and I knelt beside him. when dad demanded what was going on, i, of course, explained what had happened.
The first thing dad did was scolded, pathfinder. see, pathfinder chose Allie as his girlfriend. this happened the same week and Allie wasn't sure at first but the more time she spends with him the more they became close. no one was against it. but it was just weird i guess. and right now, dad was lecturing him. and pathfinder who couldn't disobey dad because he was the authority, felt great shame.
the next he sat with Allie and asked why she was eating so much.
"I'm... I'm just scared. and I eat when I'm scared or nervous."
he sighed and patted her head.
"yeah, I get it. but you need to remember, while we have a lot of food now, we're going to run out. and we'll have to make quick runs to get supplies if needed."
he hugged her.
"just take it easy okay? we'll have to limit how much we can eat."
she nodded and sniffled. and clung to him. dad comforts her a few minutes. i was still on the carpet floor with Lester. and when his shadow loomed over us. we looked up with a stern expression on his face.
but it softens and he sighed.
"Lester, i get why you did it, but you have to call me or your aunts or even your mom"
he rubbed his neck.
"you can't be policing what people can or can't eat,"
Lester growled.
"oh, spare me your mockery of parenting! if it was me, you'd humiliate me in front of everyone!"
he got off the floor and sized up our dad.
"you baby Allie, you treat lamis and ruby like little princesses, even Lugosi is in your favor!"
dad frowned.
"now hold on-"
"and you treat me like shit!"
dad's face scrunched up.
"well, if you didn't have a stick far up your ass, and maybe if you didn't always find reasons to pick a fight, maybe i wouldn't be hard on you! it's not like i tried to reach and understanding!"
my boyfriend waved him off.
"Bah! as if your pea-sized brain can understand, all you do is fuck anything that moves!"
I rubbed my skull.
"oh my God, Lester, shut your fat fucking mouth!"
I said with an edge.
"you have any idea how hard it is to tolerate you? God, you weren't like this when we were kids"
he opened his mouth-
"and you always put the blame on everyone"
I cut him off.
"Yeah, dad is an animal."
I looked at my dad.
"no offense, daddy."
I looked directly at Lester.
"try blaming yourself. you act like your tough shit, but your just an insecure little bitch."
I hate being hard on him. and it stung when he gave me the 'look' before walking off. great. now I did it. I hurt him, but damnit, he never made things easier for me. Cindy my school friend always said I should just dump him cause 'he's toxic' but she doesn't understand the crap I watch him go through. it seemed that once he turned 14 he started to change into a crouchy jerk. and his relationship with dad was once as pure as any father-son relationship.
but now he just wouldn't stop trashing on our dad. dad sighed and muttered "I need a fucking drink" before going to the kitchen. I looked to see pathfinder comforting Allie. petting her and chittering. and I suddenly felt I need to be with Lester. to at least check on him. and so I went upstairs.
when i got to his room, he laid curled in bed. acting like the victim as usual. sighing i shut the door and sat on the bed. i sighed heavily. i want things to mellow out but still.. maybe i just needed a good dicking. or maybe...
"Are we done fighting?"
he asked.
i sneered.
"fuck you. why can't you act nice around people? you act nice around me"
he grunted.
"But you know what? you still owe me for cheating"
he sat up and looked at me.
"how?"
i look at him, reached, and grab his shirt.
"don't you EVER touch anyone."
i pushed him and crawled on top of him.
"you are MINE Lester loud. body and soul."
i slide off my shirt and tossed it.
"it's time i remind you, who you belong too"
i drank pretty heavily.
i was drunk as shit.
and the first thing i did was seek out a sister, more so luna.
we had a rocky marriage.
and i am a piece of shit.
but goddamnit i love her.
it's kinda fucked up.
after luna got cash for that swagger faggot to take sam all those years ago, well that's when she met chunk. two months later sam was jumping his mother fucking bones.
three weeks of hanging with luna, and we were fucking like cats. and now? goddamnit. i hate myself. i hate that i dick around with other chicks. a man fucks, yeah. that's what we do.
but she's luna loud for christ's sakes.
she was in a bad spot.
and i was in a bad way.
and we fucked and we had lamis nine months later.
but it just wasn't enough was it? i had to stick my cock into my other sisters.
i love them, but luna's my one and only.
and when i found her lying in bed.
i climbed on and started snuggling.
i whispered words of love, but she wasn't in the mood, so i just held her. i held her and i told her how i was feeling. how i fee like a piece of shit. 24/7 every day, every week. and i feel like i was a stupid fucking animal.
she turned her head and stared, and touched my face. she spoke softly. how she felt bad for taking advantage of me when i was just a kid. but i disagree. at this point, we blamed each other and we just held onto one another. whispering and kissing.
i knew this is going to be a rough couple of months. our vacation together was canned. but even if we were stuck at home, we could make the best of it.
that's when i knew i had to make a plan.
tomorrow, I'm gonna romance the living shit out of my sister.
to be continued