As I walked into the house my mind was strangely quiet. Dad was still in the car, and I was rooted to the spot in the foyer. "In here Mark" came a yell from the den. Mom must not have realized I came home with dad. My feet were encased in cement, or at least it felt that way, so I didn't move from the foyer. About a minute later I could hear my mom getting up off the couch and heading towards me. I wanted to bolt directly from the spot, run as far away as possible, but my feet would not move. As disappointed as my father was, disappointing my mom would hurt me even more. She was the one who I looked up to. I loved my dad with all my heart, but I wanted to grow up to be my mother.
"Payson what are you doing here?" was uttered from the surprised face of my mom. Before I could answer my father stepped into the house, slamming the door behind him. Apparently he had yet to cool down. For some reason the questioning look on my mother's face broke me "Dad overheard me telling Lauren I lost my virginity last night, grabbed me by the arm and brought me here". I couldn't get a read on the look on my mother's face, but I did notice her hand fall to the table next to her. Although no sign of emotion was coming from my mother, my father was obviously seething "go to your room" was practically whispered in my ear. Not wanting to do anymore damage I walked silently to my room and closed the door.
I was lying flat on my back on my bed. It was good to be home, despite the reason why. Most of my stuffed animals were at the training center, so I didn't have anything to cry into. I could hear my parents discussing what happened. Phrases like "I can't believe it", "she's not ready", "we're not ready", "she's our little girl", and my favorite "please tell me this is all a bad dream" were coming from the other room. I heard my father crying, and not soon after I heard my mother crying. That's when I lost it, and the pillow below me became soaked with my tears.
My sister has no understanding of what a closed door means, as she came barging into my room. "What happened, please tell me you didn't get kicked off the team? That coach and the NGO are such idiots; I can't believe they kicked you off the team! We'll show them what a mistake they made, even if I have to knock some sense into each and every one of them!" Hearing that from my sister helped put a smile on my face. "I didn't get kicked off the team, everything is fine." I knew my sister wouldn't buy that the moment I said it, but I didn't want to tell her the truth. "Then why are you here and crying Pay?"
How was I supposed to tell my little sister the reason I was home. Just as I was about to try and answer her question, my cell phone rang. I turned to look at it, and saw Rigo's name on the screen, but before I could answer my dad came in and took it from me. His face was all red, and you could still see the tear stains on his cheeks. "Rebecca Keeler bed now!" Becca was surprised by dad, but she obediently went to her room. My dad followed her out, closing the door behind him.
About ten to fifteen minutes later I heard a soft click behind me. When I turned to look at the door my sister was standing there. I should've known of course Becca wasn't going to stay in her room with a mystery afloat. She sat down on my bed, looked me in the eyes with the most innocent stare, and asked "What happened?" I don't know why, but right then and there I told her everything, from the night I had with Rigo all the way to Dad dragging me home. Becca looked at me for a solid minute. "No, seriously tell me what happened and why you are here, and cut the crap about you having sex, I'm not stupid." Just as Becca finished there was a knock on my door. "Payson we need to talk about what happened between you and your boyfriend." The door opened on boyfriend and my sister's mouth went wide open.
My mother and father walked into my room. Becca had her back to the door, but you could see the vein in my father's head pop when he saw her in here. "Rebecca Keeler go to your room now, and don't come out of it until breakfast. Your also grounded for two weeks." Becca immediately left my room for hers, and I would give anything in the world to go with her.