Hey, here's the update. Is it long overdue?
I left early in the morning when I realized what happened with Zig and I.
"Shit." I mumbled as I shoved my pants on. I slid into my shirt and slipped on my sneakers. Did this have to happen?
I walk home, tiredly. Right when the door opens, I see a police officer and my parents and Katie.
Katie runs over to hug me. "Oh, my little sister, where were you?"
Since when has she called me "little sister".
My mom doesn't look at me. She just looks down at the floor in her wheelchair.
"You are in big trouble. You had us worried to death. Where'd you go? Where'd you have to go that was just so important?" my dad snaps.
"Dad, stop. You're the reason she attempted suicide. Right, Maya?" Katie says.
"No, just... leave me alone." I say and walk to my room. Katie runs after me.
"Maya?" she asks.
"What?"
"Be honest with me. Where were you? Your hair is messed up, you smell weird, and you look very tired."
"I am tired. Tired of you guys asking me questions and tired of living here with you retards. Now, get out." I say.
"You're acting weird. This isn't about... the wish thing... is it?" Katie says.
"No." I lie and push her out of my room, slamming the door as hard as I can.
It's not about 'the wish thing' necessarily. It's about who I belong with. Where I belong. And it's not repeating fifteen years of my life again.
I don't care if I have to start all over from being a fetus. I need to know who I'm going to be with. And if were together, that's all that matters. Together forever, right?
I hear my parents arguing because of me. Shouting, screaming, and Katie trying to bud in. Then a door slams.
What seems like ten minutes afterwards, Katie comes in with a plate of food.
"Here, mac and cheese, green beans, and some chicken. Yum, right?" Katie says.
"Why were Mom and Dad arguing just a minute ago?" I ask.
"Three hours ago." Katie corrects me, and adds, "Kind of because of you. Mom wanted to send you away, Dad wanted to let you stay here. It got a little crazy."
"Why'd the door slam? Mom go in her room?" I ask.
"No."
"What, then?"
"Maya. Dad left."
I get up and go over to my photo album. I rip off all the pictures that have my dad in them and throw them away. I come across the family portrait.
"Maya. Don't do it. That's our family!" Katie shouts.
"What family? Were not a family."
"And who's fault is that?!"
I look at Katie and back at the picture.
I throw the picture against the wall and it shatters into tiny glass pieces. I carefully take the picture out of the frame, making sure I don't get cut. I grab my scissors.
"You know, what? You're right. We are a family. I'm just not apart of it." I say as I cut myself out of the picture.
"Maya." Katie says. I pick up the other part of the picture and go to the fireplace.
"Maya, stop! No, don't!" Katie shouts, trying to pull me back. I push her off of me and toss the picture in the fireplace.
As it burns to ashes, I look at Katie. She looks back at me, blankly.
"I think Dad went to Grandma's. You're welcome to join him." she says, crossing her arms.
I find the scissors again and find her student council certificate that she kept even after she got kicked out. It's like her most prized possession.
"If you cut that up, I promise you, I will kill you!" Katie shouts.
"Fine. I won't cut it." I say and put the scissors down. Katie sees the smirk on my face.
I ball the certificate up and toss it in the fire.
It happens in a blink and Katie just glances at my room and runs in there.
She finds a picture of Cam and I.
Childish, childish games.
"Wait. Wait a minute." I say and look at the picture.
"What? I was about to get well-deserved payback." Katie says.
"This picture is from the future. Eli took it of Cam and I. Then Cam died like a month later."
"What does that mean?" Katie asks.
"I don't know. I might be getting another chance. To start over." I say and look in the pink tin box that Katie got the picture from.
"I've never seen this box before."
I find the letter I wrote to Zig about Cam this one time after Cam was already deceased. I find my wedding pictures. I find Cam's jersey all balled up. I bring it tightly to chest, as if it's Cam I'm hugging. I'm really just hugging a shirt. But hypothetically, I'm hugging Cam. Which is something I haven't done in nearly two months.
I realize Katie left the room.
And I realize there are some things I need to take care of.
I go to Zig's place again and I plop on the couch when he lets me in.
"Where's the 'rents?" I ask.
"Mom, at her store. Dad, don't know where." Zig says.
"Oh, god, I feel so sick." I say.
"Oh my god. Oh, shit!"
"Oh, shit, I know what you're thinking. Were idiots. How could you be so careless?"
"Well, it sort of just happened!"
"I don't want be pregnant at 14. I didn't want to be pregnant at 21!"
"Don't panic. You took the pill, right?"
"Well, after my overdose issue, my mom locked up all the pills."
"Maybe you shouldn't have tried to kill yourself. Then we wouldn't be in this situation!"
"You always do this. Blame everything on me. I'm not pregnant. That's impossible. Because if I have kids, I know who the dad will be. Cam. Not you. Because of crazy shit like this!" I shout and prepare to leave.
"Wait. About last night..." Zig begins.
"I don't care." I say and walk out.
"I had a good time!" Zig shouts.
I look back at him and walk to the steps.
"You had a good time? I sort of did." I lie. Not at all. I just had Cam visions.
"I've never met anyone like you. If you don't choose me, I just want you to know I choose you."
I nod.
"And your future with Cam is no brighter than your past with me."
He's trying to mesmerize me. So, I pick him. He knows Cam is all that's on my mind right now.
"I love you." Zig says.
I respond my puking on him.
"Um. I have to get back to you on that." I say and hop on my bike. I ride home, pretending everything that happened within the last 24 hours never happened.
When I tell Katie, she stops in her tracks as we sit impatiently in the bathroom. With Tori.
"You know, if you're pregnant, at least it's like a souvenir from your relationship with Zig. You're choosing Cam right? I'm a total Camaya shipper." Katie says.
"You're a what?" I ask.
"Is it Zig's anyway? I'm not calling you a slut or anything, but is it?" Tori asks.
"Well, Cam and I.. might have.. it usually takes eight weeks for the symptoms to come. That's like two months. And it's been two months since we..." I begin and put the possible puzzle pieces together.
Katie walks over to the pregnancy test.
"It's done." she says.
"And?" Tori asks.
"We got our answer." Katie says. I fly up from my seat face to face to what can ruin my future or what can make my future. Even though since I'm starting all over again, I've technically already lived my future.
When I look at it, my feet wobble and I lose my balance.
Dun Dun Dun! So, what do you think? Reviews? And should I make a sequel and keep the mystery going just so you guys can hate me?
I mean, they did that with Pretty Little Liars. Four seasons, a billion veiwers, and still no idea who 'A' is. Magical.
So, in your review, if you review, put 'A' at the end of it if you think I should continue it all. Or put 'T' at the end of it if you think you will die if you have to wait to see who she picks.
I planned on wrapping this up in ten chaps, but if the majority puts 'T', I will make it about 20 chapter long.
Vote! I would set up a poll, but I tried and I really don't know how, so I gave up on that.
Oh, yeah, and I'm going on vacay today which is why I updated early but fear not: I'M BRINGING MY LAPTOP!
So, next update is hard to say, Maybe Thursday or Friday?
