Everywhere: The divorce and lover
Namine could no longer conceal that her father was cheating. She had to tell her mother.
"I have to tell her, tonight at dinner." Namine thought. "If I don't she'll live a life of sadness." Namine walked downstairs in a blue dress where the family was quietly conversing.
"Well honey, that's why I love you so much and I would never harm you or the kids." Her father said slyly.
"Oh, dearest, you truly are a charmer." Her mother said blushing and laughing.
Namine took one look at the man who had deceived and betrayed her family with some woman he met off the street. Namine stood up from the table.
"How could you just be that way?"
"Namiee, dearest, what are you talking about?" Her father said nervously sweating.
"You know what's wrong, you, mom he's cheating on you!" Namine said furiously, "I saw him!"
"Namiee, calm down..." Her mother said.
"No, he's cheating whether you want to accept it or not!" Namine said running up the stairs crying, Namine eventually fell asleep due to crying, thinking "How could she think he wasn't cheating, he is!"
Later on that night, Namine's mother found a bra larger than hers, Namine's parents immediately filed for divorce and a custody battle was sure to follow. In the morning, Kairi took Namine to the park where they were walking. All of a sudden, Kairi began to kiss Namine.
"Kairi cut it out," She said frowning.
Kairi thought she was kidding.
"I know you like it..." she said playfully, she still did not stop kissing her.
"No, I mean it, stop." she said pushing Kairi off of her, Kairi stumbling a little bit.
"Damn, what's your problem, you never want to kiss me or hug me, it's like you're a different person all of a sudden."
"You know Kairi at least your parents aren't cheating and they're not getting a divorce, then being stuck in the middle of a custody battle."
Namine ran off in tears. Kairi tried to run after her, but she was long gone. Namine ran back to the house where she saw her mother and the other woman fighting. The other woman was saying
"Bitch you know he likes me better."
Namine's mother grabbed the girl and nearly ripped her hair out. Namine tried to stop the fight, "Mom stop!" Her mother pushed her to the ground, "No, Namiee, I didn't mean to hurt you..."
Namine ran up to her room and saw a notice on her bulletin in her room which said they would be going to court tomorrow for custody battles, she cried even harder into her pillow. She fell asleep for the whole day and night thinking of what would happen in the morning.
In the morning Paine walked into her room, she was wearing a black dress.
"Namiee, please wake up and slip on something... court looking."
Namine nodded and walked to her closet where she chose a pink dress and pink mary janes. Once she was finished she went downstairs to eat breakfast. As she quietly ate some cereal, she realized that she might go to her father's home. She quickly tried to snap out of it. I can't live with him; cheaters never change, not even for the children."
Paine and Namine got into their mother's BMW and drove off on this cold, rainy November day. Namine needed to talk to Kairi so badly after what happened. As they pulled up to the Court House where she saw her father's Audi. The girls got out of the car with their mother telling them a few things.
"Remember darlings, you have a good life and want to be in the care of me."
The girls nodded as they proceeded into the Court House. Namine looked at her dad and his new girlfriend standing on the side.
After the completely beginning of "the judge is here" the case started. Namine's dad was saying some sob story.
"Well my wife Katie has a terrible addiction to prescription sleep-aids, she hurts the children, and comes home drunk and I don't think its right to have my girls stay in such a dysfunctional family along with another child on the way. It's simply too dysfunctional."
As Namine's mother took the stand telling her side of the story and how the girls would be better suited in her home. Namine and Paine were not even allowed to speak.
Once the court took a recess, they came back with the final verdict.
"I request that Namine and Paine Hirouge are in full custody of their father, their mother is not allowed custody until she completes rehabilitation for sleeping pills."
Namine could not believe how her father had convinced the judge that their mother was a terrible parent and how she had addictions to sleeping pills. Namine and Paine went back to the house crying. Their mother turned at them.
"Girls, pack your things, your father is waiting outside."
The girls nodded and proceeded up the staircase to where they went back into their rooms, Namine was stuffing all her clothes, shoes, accessories and other things in a large black suitcase. She and Paine finished around the same time to find their mother crying and holding on to them. After the tearful goodbye, the girls put the suitcases up in their father's trunk and drove off with their new stepmother.
"Hello, young children, I am Sharlene, you must be..."
"Don't acknowledge us you bitch."
"Namine don't cuss." The girls' father said, Namine only bit her lip her sapphire eyes filled with rage and anger.
"Oh so that's your name, Namine, well Namine you have a little sister."
"What the hell?"
"Yes her name is Anna."
When they pulled up to Charlene's house Namine saw the child run out of the house with all that mascara and make-up on talking on her cell phone, when she saw her parents and the girls get out of the car she immediately ran up to Namine's father.
"Dad you're home!"
"Dad, he's not your father!"
"Oh and who is this?"
"Those are my daughters, Paine and Namine."
The girl frowned and walked snootily back into the house, something told Namine that she would have to put that girl back in her place. Namine and Paine walked into the house to see Sharlene escorting them to their room. The house smelled of cheap perfume and cigarettes. The bubble-gum blonde turned to the girls and said,
"Girls, we are taking you to a school on Destiny Islands."
"No this can't be happening!"
Namine ran up to her room and tried to fall asleep since it was 9:00 pm; she walked down the stairs and ran out of the house.
"Where are you going?" Sharlene yelled, but Namine did not answer her.
Namine knocked on Kairi's door to her house. She opened it.
"Namiee, what are you doing here..."
Her sentence was cut off by a sweet, seductive, passionate, kiss.
"Wow Namiee, where did that come from?"
"Kairi, I'm so sorry for getting mad at you, com on, lets go see a movie."
The red head nodded as they walked to the theater to see Pirates of the Caribbean: dead man's chest, the movie theater was almost deserted, but had alot of people there.
The movie had the right balance of comedy and drama, and a few romantic scenes as the girls watched in awe and in shock since this was the opening weekend and it was amazing that they got into the theater. The girls were puzzled at the ending.
As they finished watching the show Namine walked Kairi home following a sweet kiss and she went back home to see her stepmother standing therein the dark parlor.
"Child where have you been?"
"I went out...with friends."
"Look, little one, don't go anywhere without my permission, got it?"
"You're not the boss of me, I can go out when I please, and you're not my mother."
In that instant Sharlene backslapped her, Namine fell to the ground, the ground was cold and hard she sank down to her knees realizing she had a small cut on her face. She was on the ground, her face was red and bleeding, and she could feel hot tears struggling down her eyes.
"Clean up, your father will be home any minute."
The cold woman said walking off as Namine sat there in the dark room alone in tears.