Welcome To My Messed Up Life

Chapter 9

Meeting parents with stories

I walked into the Dot with Madison on my right and Brianna on my left. We went and sat at a table with four chairs so if Eli actually did come he would have a place to sit. I just looked around til I heard Holly J's voice.

"Where have you been these last two weeks?" She ask me and I just looked down at the table. She got the hint I didn't want to talk about it and left it at that. "I get it so what will you be having today?" She ask and Brianna was the first to speak.

"I'll have my usual." She said showing her perfect smile with teeth showing and everything. I just laughed at how innocent she was being. I just smiled.

"I'll have the kids menu with a sweet tea to drink." Madison said bitterly. I just gave her a stare and she added on to her sentence before she got in trouble. "Please?" Holly J just nodded.

"Usual for me too and another sprite please." I said and she nodded. Eli said he would meet me here but I didn't know if he was telling the truth or not. Holly J left to get the drinks.

"He's not gonna show up Clare." Madison said yet again bitterly. I just glared at her. "He never cared for you anyway. Me and mom were right you just don't want to admit it."

"No you weren't right." A new voice said coming from behind me making me jump. He chuckled. "I love how I can do that to you. Its funny how jumpy you get."

"I'm glad you find my scaredness funny Goldsworthy." I said my mouth full of sarcasm. He just laughed and sat down beside Brianna in front of me. Her face lit up.

"Eli your here. Does that mean you and Sissy back together yet?" She ask in a cute voice with those innocent eyes of hers. She was to cute for her own good sometimes. "Well does it?" She ask him again while he just looked at me.

"I want to talk to you about that but not with them in the conversation. I'm so sorry I had to bring them. I couldn't find anyone to take them while we talked." I said going on and on while he just smiled. He got up and kissed me on the lips. I liked being shut up like that. "I think I'll just ramble more from now on." I said mumbling but he still heard.

"Mom told you that you had to break up with him." Madison said getting angry. "Not break up with him for two weeks just to get back together with him."

"Madison just shut up please. I'm not in the mood for this today. I have a headache the size of Texas and don't feel good. You getting mad and yelling doesn't help it none. If you don't shut up your gonna go to bed at nine." I said and she slumped down in her seat.

"Thank god Mom's gonna be home tonight." Madison said and I sighed with relief. "You don't have to watch us all weekend. She's gonna be home all week. One week vacation." Madison said and again I sighed with relief again.

"Thank God." I muttered to myself but Eli heard and he chuckled. "Eli I went ahead and ordered you something." I told him and he nodded with a smirk on his face.

"I've got your drinks right here." Holly J said giving everybody what they ordered. "Eli I haven't seen you here in a while. You and Clare getting some alone time or something?" She questioned and I almost spit out my drink making Eli laugh.

"No other stuff going on. I just haven't felt good in a while." He told her looking me in the eyes making me dart mine somewhere else that wasn't his eyes. "Nothing big."

"Oh okay. I just found it funny you both not being here in a little over two wee- you guys didn't break up did you?" She ask us and I lowered my head down. "You did." She mumbled then started yelling at Peter. "I was right Peter. Something was going on between them. You owe me twenty bucks." My mouth fell open while Eli started laughing.

"Eli does that invitation for me to have dinner at your house tonight still stand?" I ask him and he smiled at me the biggest I'd ever seen on his face.

"Of course Blue Eyes. Why wouldn't it?" He ask me and it was my turn to smile. He looked me right in the eyes and we started talking through eyes. Madison cleared her throat.

"Not to stop this weird on weird relationship but the food's here and mom just text me she's home. She said once we get done eating to come strait home." Madison said repeating words from her phone.

"Okay then let's eat." I said and we started eating. Me and Eli splitting my fries that I gotten. It was silence til we got done eating. I looked over at Eli. "I'll text you later okay?" I ask him as we were getting ready to leave. He nodded and I was about to take out money when he stopped me.

"Don't worry about it Baby Blue. I've got this one." He told me taking the money out when Peter stopped him. He gave him a confused look.

"You guys are pretty much family. Its on the house again." Peter said and I gave him a laugh.

"Peter if you keep doing this for us your gonna go bankrupt." I said and Peter just rolled his eyes.

"Hey for you guys its worth it." He said and with that we left the restraunt.

We walked out and me and my sisters started walking home. Eli followed us making sure we got home and then walked back to his car at the dot. I smiled at how caring he could be at times. Well, he was all the time. Its one of the things that made me fall in love with him even more.

We looked in the drive way to see a car in it. Then I new that mom was home. I just groaned not really wanting to deal with her right now but new I had to anyway.

"You two go upstairs to your rooms while me and your sister have a talk." Mom told the younger two. I just sighed sat down on the couch while rolling my eyes. "Why were you with him again? On top of that you bring along your two sisters?"

"I tried to find someone to babysit them, but no one could do it on a Friday. They all had plans." I said and she just gave me a look of disgust.

"There your responsibility, not your friends. Why make them have to look after them?" She ask me and it was my turn for a mad look. I gave her my angry eyes.

"No mom there your responsibility. Not mine. I'm still a kid myself, so why should I have to watch them like that? I get that you have to make money so we can live its why I don't make no fuse about keeping them. All I ask for is a break a little once in a while and to be able to date Eli. Its not much to ask for." I told her screaming by now.

"This is not the way your father and I raised you." She said with a sigh. That's when I blew a casket. Raise me? They stopped raising me about the time of me being seven. When Brianna was born.

"Raise me? Mom when dad was alive he was truck driving. He was hardly home and when he was I didn't know if I should listen to him or not. When you guys got a divorce and he passed away you started constantly being gone. As far as I'm concerned I have no parents." I told her almost in tears. She seemed to be upset too.

"Look I'm sorry. You shouldn't be talking to me like this. I have this whole week off. You don't have to do anything. I've got it all covered. Just go be a teenager like you should be." She said with a sigh. I was still angry.

"Look, I'm gonna stay at a friends house tonight to cool off. We can talk about this later. I'm gonna stay all weekend. I'll be back probably late Sunday. Is that okay?" I ask her and she nodded. I just needed to get away. I went up stairs to text Eli.

Do u have any room 4 me 2 stay

all weekend? ~ Clare

I got a text back just little bit of less than a minute later. I smiled at his answer.

Yes, it makes me feel better knowing

that ur safe n sound. Any reason y u

need 2 stay a night or 2? ~ Eli

I frowned not really wanting to explain it over text message. So I just sent him the first thing that popped in my head. I hoped he didn't mind it.

Thank u n yea there is a reason bt

I'll explain it later. Not wanting 2

over text. Sorry ~ Clare

As soon as I set my phone down to pack my things he text me back making me smile knowing that I had someone who really cared about me besides what little family I had.

Yea I get it don't worry Blue Eyes.

I expect a reason when u get here

thou. No excuses. Be there in a few

minutes. ~ Eli

I smiled and answered his message back.

Okay, bt please hurry up. Idk how much

longer I can spend in my own home

with my mother ~ Clare

Degrassi

We finally made it to Eli's house and I grabbed my stuff from his car. He took it from my hands and opened the house door for me so I could walk in. He took my stuff up on to his room while I just looked around the living room. Just then I heard feet pounding on the stairs.

"Clare your here. I thought Eli was joking when he said you were coming over." Sandy said running up to me and giving me a hug. I smiled never getting tired of seeing her smiling face.

"Now would your big brother ever lie to you?" I ask her and she sat in my lap deep in thought before she gave her answer to me. I smiled at how cute her face was.

"Well, sometimes." She said making me laugh. Just then Eli came back from up in his room.

"Is she telling lies on me again?" He ask coming to take her from my hands. He put her on her back piggy style. I just smiled at how good of a brother he was. "Come on my parents are in the kitchen." We walked in the kitchen. "Mom, Dad I'm home and I've got Clare with me along with Miss Rotten on my back." He said and I hit him in the arm.

"Don't say that about your sister." I told him and he laughed. His parents started laughing too. They seemed pretty cool to me. I looked over at them. "Good afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Goldsworthy my name is Clare Edwards. Its nice to finally meet you." I told them shaking each hand.

"Like wise Clare." Mrs. Goldsworthy said to me with a smile. "And please call me Cece and this is Bullfrog." She said pointing at her husband. He gave me a look.

"Your Dad don't happen to be Randall Edwards does he?" He ask me and I just nodded my head confused. He smiled at me. "Its been a while since I've seen yall. How's your dad doing? What about Darcy, Madison, and Brianna?" He ask and I just kinda smiled.

"Well, I haven't seen my Dad in a while, but Darcy just recently went off to Kenya and Madison is still the annoying little sister ever. Brianna is doing just as good. Still getting into trouble, but good. Not to be rude but how exactly do you know my dad?" I ask him and he smiled.

"We were in the Army together." I just nodded my head. "Last time I saw any of you was at your Grandfather's funeral. I didn't even see you shed a tear. I thought you were strong for that."

"I was only nine. I had no clue what lung cancer was at the time. I still wish I didn't." I told him and he nodded his head. Eli looked over at me wondering if I'd ever tell him about my dad.

"Your parents still hanging in there? Last I heard he was a truck driver. Always been his dream to drive trucks." Bullfrog said and I just gave him a confused stare.

"He has now?" I ask and he nodded his head. "Well, after everything that happen my parents finally split up. Last time I talked to my dad face to face was right before he went to pick up my Grandmother from her job. That was the last time anyone talked to either of them." I said closing my eyes and holding on to my necklace.

"I'm sorry to hear that. How's the family dealing with it all?" He ask me a little sad that one of his best friends was killed in a car accident.

"I don't know anymore. No one really talks about it." I said them Cece finally stepped in to the conversation.

"Anytime you need to talk were here to listen." She told me with a smile and I nodded my head grateful to know that. I just smiled at them thankful, yet again, for someone to listen.

"Thank you that means a lot to me." I said and they just nodded there heads at me.

"So tell, us about yourself? Have you always lived here or did you just move here?" Cece ask me and I laughed at all the questions she had coming at once.

"Well, there's not much to tell about me and my life. But I was born here and just moved back two weeks before school started." They just nodded there heads like it explained why they'd never seen me before.

"You have to have some good stories. I'm sure your dad took you on the truck. He always said he wanted to just explore the world and get away from your mom on her week of the month." Bullfrog said making me blush at that. Sandy didn't exactly know what that was just yet.

"Um, good to know?" I said in more of a question form. "I didn't go with him much. We were all having troubles and I wasn't really in speaking terms with him at the time." I said and he just nodded his head. It got real quiet after that. No one saying a word.

"So who wants desert?" Cece ask breaking the silence everyone was having with the other. I just laughed and nodded my head. They were like the family I've always wanted.

Degrassi

"So how did you like the family? And that's on there worst day." Eli said making me laugh. If that's there worst day I'd love to see them on there best day.

"Really now?" I ask with a giggle. "They were cool. Its like the family I wish I had back. Back in the good old days. Before I new of the bad in the world." I mumbled and he just smiled. "I didn't really wanna break up with you." I told him looking into his eyes.

"You didn't, then why did you?" He ask me and I sighed not wanting to go into this right now.

"I didn't wanna take the chance of losing you. I'm losing everyone I love in my life and I didn't wanna take the chance of you walking out on me. Eli, its real hard to trust people in my life right now and you know that. I was scared you'd walk out on me after finding out my past. Like everyone I let in does." I told him in tears now. It was hard to cry in front of people and when I do then you have to be a good person.

"Clare, I told you I would never walk out on you. Not in a million years. I've fallen in love with you in these past three months. Why would I leave you?" He ask me looking me strait in the eyes. I couldn't believe he just confessed he loved me.

"I love you too Eli. I just can't believe I fell in love again. I left my old home to have a fresh start. I wasn't gonna talk to anybody. I didn't want friends little less a boyfriend in my life. I'm just glad that I did fall in love." I told him with a smile kissing him on the lips.

He smiled at me. "Why is that?" He ask me with that smirk I loved so much on his face.

"Because if I didn't then I would've missed out on a whole lot." I told him and he smiled and went back down for another kiss. "Will you be my boyfriend again?" I ask him this time asking him out. He laughed at me.

"Yes I would love to be your boyfriend again." He told me and then I started laughing. "What's so funny?"

"I just realized that I broke my rule of never giving the guy a second chance. I have to say though, its worth it." I told him and he just laughed.

"Well, I'm glad you can break rules every once in a while. Especially if I'm the guy your breaking them for." He said with a huge smile. I just laughed again.

"Eli?" I ask him as we got into his bed to sleep. I was snuggled into him on the bed while he just kissed my forehead.

"Hmm?" He ask me almost a sleep. I just smiled.

"I love you." I said and he smiled at me looking me in the eyes.

"I love you too Baby Blue." He said and kissed me on the lips. After that we fell a sleep. It was a place I didn't mind falling asleep. I loved being in his arms.

I wished I could stay here forever.

Okay, so I updated this a bit early! I hope you liked it! I thought you could use less drama right now in this chapter! Just be prepared for the next chapter! There WILL be drama in it! =) I hate drama, but feel like I need to write this story! Its a bad story I know, but I really don't care! =P

Well, who can't wait for the new season of Degrassi in July? Yea its making me mad waiting that long to watch it! I already have nothing to do this summer, so I have to wait til mid summer to watch it? Yea, it does kinda suck a lot!

Happy Mothers Day to all your mothers out there! If your a mother reading this then, Happy Mothers Day to you! =) I hope everyone had a fantastic day with it! Hoped you wished your mother a happy one! If you didn't then do that NOW! =) It would make her happy, I bet ya! =)

Welp I'm gonna stop ranting on and on now! Hope you liked it and tell me what you think! =) Reviews I don't have to have but love them anyway! They make me feel good knowing that someone is reading this! =)

If your still reading this quick question! When I get out of high school in like three years! The end of my ninth grade year now! Should I do something that has to do with writing? I don't know if I'm that good and just wanted to know what you all thought! =)

Welp, bye for now! =)