Hey guys! Wow, seems like this "Kyle" kid is starting to aggravate you all...well, I'm glad he is ;) If you think the last chapter was bad, you wait until this one...Please Enjoy the Sixth chapter of "Closer To The Edge"...
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A/N-I'm going to be going away for a week so I probably won't upload for a little while, just a little. I promise once I get back from vacation and all the fingers on my left hand go from sore and numb to strong and not sore, aha (let's just say you're lucky you got this update considering I feel like I broke all the fingers on my left hand-lol) I will be updating each of my stories! :)
Oh, by the way, who enjoyed our little episode on Thursday? ;)
CLOSER TO THE EDGE-CHAPTER 6
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.
KYLE'S PERSPECTIVE
"Hey dad," I laughed and then asked, "What are you doing up so late?"
I watched as my father's lips curl into a grin and he rolled his eyes while clapping his hands together loudly, causing me to jolt as he whispered, "I can ask you the same question Kyle...the same, fucking question!"
I've never seen my dad this angry before...
"W-what did she tell you this time?" I asked, pointing to my mom, who was standing behind my dad, as if he was protecting her from me.
I watched as she gripped on my dad's forearm, trying to hold him back, but, you know, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. His nostrils flared as he screamed, "Tell me why you hit her Kyle! Tell me what is going on in your mind!"
"Eli sto-," Clare interrupted him, and I scoffed, "I hit her...because she deserved it."
My dad smiled and for a moment, as his arm flew back, I thought for a measly second that he was going to hit me.
Eli, my dad...hitting me...his son.
"Eli don't! Stop it!" Clare screeched, grabbing his arm and trying her best to pull it back and when that failed, considering he was charging at me like a bull...the only thing that stopped him was my mom, who was standing between us with her hand placed over his heaving chest.
"Relax Eli, it's me, relax," she told him as his heaving started to calm down and I smirked, "Well, I'm going to go head off to bed...I had a big night."
I watched as my bruised face of a mother wrapped her arms around a anxiety attack approaching father and I couldn't help but scoff when I heard my mother say, "Don't worry about it Eli, he didn't know what he was doing...it was all an accident."
It was funny how my plan to get rid of her, was slowly but surely working...because, well, whenever Clare looks at me she sees the little boy running around in the playground...
THE NEXT MORNING
CLARE'S PERSPECTIVE
"Do you want anything else to eat Eli?" I asked him, kissing him on the cheek as he stood up and shook his head, "N-no, I'm good."
When Eli glanced down at me, all I knew he was doing was staring at my busted lip that Kyle had created. All night, Eli held me in his arms and traced the outline of my teared lip soothingly, trying to get my face to stop hurting.
He placed his hand on the side of my face, rubbing the corner of my lips with his thumb as he whispered, "I'm so sorry I wasn't here to protect you."
"E-Eli, it's fine, don't worry about it...just, go to work and I'll see you when you get home," I told him while patting him on the chest, trying to get him away from me...considering he hasn't let go of me since we woke up.
I was lucky I got into the bathroom alone this morning...
"You made the appointment with the shrink, right?" Eli asked me and I whispered, "I'll do it today Eli, when Kyle leaves for school."
Eli nodded and when he was about to leave, I twiddled with my fingers nervously while whispering, "U-uh, Eli can you wake up Kyle before you go? I'm just-," he nodded and said, "I know Clare, I'll do it."
I was beyond shocked to see Eli walk down the steps with Kyle rushing down behind him, already dressed and ready to go for school, holding his books tightly against his chest.
"I would've drove him," I told Eli as he shook his head, "We aren't taking any risks, Kyle, get in the car. I'm driving you."
The moment Eli and Kyle left, I quickly searched through the draws for Eli's old psychiatrist...
KYLE'S PERSPECTIVE
"I don't know man, it seems like they're treating me like I'm a five year old murderer," I told Jake and said, "Maybe that's because you've been acting like one."
I turned my head towards him, hissing through gritted teeth, "You know, the reason why I come to school is to get away from my fucked up mother and my asshole of a father. I don't need you on my shit list too, although, I'm sure you could fit."
When I started walking away from Jake, I heard footsteps and he called out, "Wait man, wait up!"
I stopped in my tracks, smirking, and he asked with a smile on his face, "What do you think you're going to do next? I-I mean you already slapped her, I'm sure your mom deserves more than that."
"You're right, she does..." I mumbled, glancing around the hallway and then seeing the girls swim team walking into the pool.
My eyebrows wiggled, glancing in their direction as I whispered, "My mom usually goes swimming around lunch time...maybe, I can...pay her a visit."
I cautiously turned the knob of my door to the right, hearing it click lowly, signaling it was opened as I quickly walked in, and turning my back to quietly close the door that I had opened before me.
"Alright," I mumbled while hiding behind the counter, to see Clare, in the pool with her back to the door.
She was in the deep end...perfect...
My eyes were distracted for a second as I saw a paper with my name written on it and my file from my doctor's office. I glared down at it, noticing what my fucking parents were up to.
"They want to send me to a shrink?" I asked, scoffing and then slamming the files down in the garbage as anger started to course venomously through my veins.
I made sure to open the sliding door as quietly as I could, making sure to not make any loud noises as I watched Clare rest her head on the ledge of the in ground pool in my backyard.
When I noticed her eyes lids were resting lightly, I slowly thanked Satan while quickly wrapping my left arm around her neck, holding her in a choke hold while using my other hand to cover her mouth.
I scoffed when I shoved her body underneath the water as she tried to struggle, tried to scream and tried, to be set free.
What she doesn't know is that trying, gets you nowhere in life...only doing.
END OF CHAPTER 6
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