"…believe me?" The boy asked, arms tucked into his chest.

Feet moved closer, and Angor's eye rolled to the safety of underneath the coach.

"I do." The woman tried to put a reassuring hand on the boy's (her son, presumably) shoulder, but he shrugged it off.

"Why-" His voice cracked. "Why now?" The voice was hopeful, but dejected. Like this was too good to be true.

The eye spun, searching. Angor wasn't interested in these two.

"I saw one, a faery. She's asleep in the guest room right now, actually."

Angor's eye stopped, now that was interesting. It stared at the rubber soles of boys converse, and the woman's striped socks.

"…Eli?" The other went silent, and Angor couldn't see their expressions from the angle "Eli what's wrong? I believe you."

"No you don't."

"Eli-"

"You believe what you saw, you don't believe me." The voice was unwavering, a simple statement of fact."

"Why does that even mean? Eli, you're not making any sense here-"

"Exactly!" It was the first time the boy had yelled. "I never make any sense to you. I try to explain to you, I tried so many times, and you don't let me! You never let me! Yo never"

"I believe you now, what else do you want from me?"

"This isn't about that!"

"Tell me what it's about then."

"Dad wasn't cheating, Mom!"

"…"

"Mary was suicidal. Those 'dates'? That was dad trying to get her to eat. The walks in the park? That was because she had left her bed in days. All he ever did was try to help a friend, and you left. You dragged me into the car and left dad, and you never let me explain."

It was silent as the converse retreated up the stairs.

This is super short. I know that, but this is the second post in two days, so cut me some slack.

At first, I was going to make this super happy and fluffy. Obviously, I failed at that. Anyway, I got a couple of comments about how it was sad that Eli was the cause for their divorce. This is kind of a response to that. Mind you, I had this in mind ever since I wrote the second chapter, so Mary isn't anything new.

I didn't add Mary into the second chapter because I am fully aware that many children of divorced parents assume that they are the reason for their parents unhappiness. I should know. I tried to portray that, and I apologize if that confused some people.

Eli is NOT the cause of the divorce, but he did blame himself for some time. Part of this is him recognizing that fact, as well as the fact that his mother is flawed. The realization that your parents aren't perfect is an important part of growing up. As I stated before, miscommunication truly was the cause of their divorce. Albiet, extreme in this situation.

And… now my Author's Note is longer than the actual chapter.

Whatever.