Hi all. Thanks for sticking with me and short-ish chapters. I was asked about other characters. I'll see how I can work them in a later chapters. Maybe when they get to 2nd tri in about 3 or 4 chapters.
After the day in the coffee shop with Will I went home happy. In our little apartment Aunt Harriet made dinner and left some out for Nate. Nate came home being the essence of booze. Poor Nate, I wish he would control himself a little more... Apparently something important was missing of his. And he was screaming and shouting. Scared me to death because this was Nate. My brother whom always seemed so gentle and kind. Aunt Harriet though mostly a quiet womHan went and yelled at him to shut up or we were going to leave. This shocked me because we never left. As a kid, before I knew what was happening, our father would verbally abuse us and our mother. So she would pick us up and get a taxi to a hotel near-by to sleep for the night. Nate listened to her for half a second and then started screaming again. Aunt Harriet decided enough was enough. So with tears running down my face and shaky hands I packed a bag with clothes and stuff for the morning and school. And just as we were about to leave, Nate calmed down.
"Alright, I'm done tonight, I promise." And he sat down on the bed but Aunt Harriet turned to him coldly and said
"You've scared Tessa enough, and I don't want to hear your excuses." And with a cold shoulder we left the apartment and did exactly what Nate, our mother and I had done so many years ago. The next morning though Aunt Harriet and I didn't sleep much, we got up for work and school. Aunt Harriet had us driven to Burger King where we ate Cinnabon cinnamon rolls and an orange juice. I didn't feel like talking much that day. Aunt Harriet texted me right before 5th hour that she had found whatever it was that Nate had lost in the tape drawer. This made me feel so much better. I had been carrying around the orange juice that I had gotten at Burger King which was long since empty but gave me an excuse not to talk to people. Not that I'm a socialite or anything. I got to 5th hour and there was Will. I half smiled which was a first for today. The lessons continued. And of course Will and I walked out to the buses with the sun warm on my skin. I was still slighty scared of going home because Nate worked from home on Fridays.
Everything was going fine. But one night Will texted me saying he had something he wanted to talk about. Which was unusual for him.
Hey Tess?
Yeah
I was wondering something...
Well, what?
I know that you kinda like me since um... you're not very good at hiding it I blushed at this of course, even though he couldn't see it.
Thanks Will. *sarcasm*
Well, I uh... I uh... like you too... I was shocked. I mean really. He liked Me back? He's a bad boy and I'm a goody-two-shoes. Him likes me. OMFG
What?
Yeah, Tess, will you go out with me? I get it. It's over text. That makes it not as romantic. But it was one of those late night heart to heart things, ya know?
Yeah I know. Another short chapter. No flames please. But I felt that this was a lovely stopping point in the journey of cliffhangers.
