Mom called in sick today. She was still pretty mad at dad. Dad had no right what-so-ever to call mom bad names. Well, that's at least what I thought. Seto on the other hand was mad at mom for not going for the abortion. It was way too dangerous to give birth at all. That's why dad was mad at mom. He was afraid that if she gave birth then she would die.
When, Seto woke up, he canceled our meeting at the park, with Joe & Jessica. He said that we were really sick, because we started vomiting in the middle of the night. I eventually told Jessica why I couldn't come, but Seto didn't tell Joe. But, Joe eventually found out from Jessica.
Mom stayed in her room. She didn't even come out to put something in the microwave. Instead, she told us to put in lasagna for five minutes. Dad got out of his room at 5:00am and went to work. Dad was the Editor for "Tokyo News", while mom was a housewife.
Mom hated being a housewife. She always thought about going back to High School, and then to College. (she dropped out of school on her 3rd. year of High School) But, mom never had anytime, because of us. Dad always offered to take care of us, but she always told him no. She was always afraid that something would go wrong.
After, some time me and Seto went to the Kitchen, to eat the lasagna. I didn't eat anything. I felt rotten. I knew that any day now Mom would die, and Seto and me would be stuck with our father. Our father was a recovering alcoholic. He still drank at parties, and came home drunk. He cursed a lot. And, you didn't want to be on his bad side. He could knock you cold on the ground, and you wouldn't be able to wake-up till the next day.
BUT, NOTHING, I MEAN NOTHING PREPARED ME FOR WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!
Seto ate everything. When, he was mad, sometimes he wouldn't say anything, but he would take his anger out on the food.
"Come on! You have to eat something!" Seto said with his mouth full. He always did that to annoy me. This time I didn't care.
At about 3:00pm in the afternoon dad pulled up into the driveway. Once, I heard the car door slam I ran toward the window. Our family had the biggest house, and windows. So, we could see the whole street from our house.
Dad was wearing a new suit, and he was carrying a Box of Chocolates and Roses. He started walking up the big, long, wavy staircase. I was shocked. He didn't usually admit defeat. But, I guessed that those Alcohol Management Classes were working! We finally had our father back!
The doorbell rang, and my stomach did a backflip! I was so, happy to see that my dad finally learned how to admit, he was wrong!
Seto ran to the door. Molly started to bark and she wagged her tail. She always knew when someone she knew came home.
"What are you doing dressed up?" Seto asked Dad when he opened the door. Dad ignored him.
"Where's Mom?" Dad asked me.
"She didn't come out of her room, yet," I told my father.
Dad walked up to his room, and yelled out in his pizza delivery voice, "Pizza's here!" Mom opened the door, and Dad knelt down on his knees.
"Please, forgive me, Susan! It's supposed to be your decision! I admit defeat!" Dad cried.
"Oh, Michael!" Mom cried. They started to hug, then kiss. They left in the evening to go to a romantic french restaurant and didn't come home until it was really late.