-Acts Of Envy-

Chapter 3-

Max's POV
"No , no and no" my dad said with a puff of anger as he walked in through the door completely ignoring my existence while he talked on the phone probably to one of his coworkers about some stupid delivery , he never had time for me or mom in his life anymore and I couldn't care less for him myself to be fair because I stopped bothering with his so called "affection" for me a LONG time ago.
"Hey Honey , how was your da-"
"Damnit Sarah I'm on the phone so be quiet okay?" My dad hissed taking the phone away from his ear and glaring at my mother who had a saddened and guilty look in her eyes but hid it with a small smile and a nod to go along with it before walking into the kitchen to probably spend her time alone moping around and cleaning dishes.
"Hey what was that for?!" I said turning towards my father and standing on my feet it was very clear that I was pissed off.
"Fucks sake you to?!im on the phone okay are you that blind that you can't see that?" My dad snarled back at me , I rolled my eyes at him and made my way towards the kitchen but before entering I made sure to have the last word
"Stop coming home if your gonna be a jerk all the time, mom doesn't deserve your crap and to be honest dad I don't know myself why she puts up with it anymore" he looked at me his mouth agape but before he had a chance to fire back with anything I shut the kitchen door and turned around to see my mom looking at the window with her forearms resting on the counter and her head in her hands. I wrapped my arms around her waist and rested my chin simply atop of her head before feeling her start to shake meaning she was crying
"Oh Mom come on,you know I hate you being like this" turning her to face me and wiping away her tears it hurt me so much to accept the fact that this is something I'd gotten used to , he upset her almost every night but all she craved was his love but seeing as he didn't seem to care for her I was always the one left with wiping away my mothers tears and holding her close to me telling her everything's okay when really it's not , everything's so so messed up
"I-i keep upsetting him ..an-and.." before she could finish her sentence she burst out into a flood of tears and leaned her head forward and into my chest gripping at my sides whilst her tears stained my shirt.
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An hour had passed of me telling her lies saying it's okay and I had convinced my mom to go for a nap , she was very reluctant to it but she gave in. All the sudden my phone starting beeping in my pocket I startled scurrying around whilst fishing about in my pant leg pocket before pulling it out and seeing Nora's contact lighting up the screen.shit, I was supposed to be meeting her tonight. I slid the answer button across and put it on speaker so I could hear her clearly
"Max? Where are you?" I heard her voice loud and clear
"Crap I'm on my way round now, I just erm..." I looked around trying to find something to blame it on but found nothing to my disappointment
"Max you don't have to tell me just make your way round now please?"
Oh. That was easier than I thought it would be.
" oh wait , quick question before you set off "
I raised my eyebrows "go on"
"Do you prefer coke or lemonade?"
I smirked "coke would be nice"
"Okay thanks , also get a move on now!" The line clicked dead and I chuckled to myself before going to the door and passing my dad in the study. Clearly he was occupied by something on his Mac book so I just narrowed my eyes at him and then stormed out the door making it slam behind me just to piss him off.
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"Room 403" I read the sign on the door and checked again On my phone to clarify that I had got the correct address before knocking. "Hi-umph" my sentence was cut short as my arm was dragged inside the place very quickly ,as I took the time to regain my posture I looked down at the short blonde infront of me who was staring at me with her arms folded and her foot tapping away on the floor which was very irritating if I say so myself
"Took your time" she huffed blowing a piece of hair from her eyes, I rolled my eyes and nodded at her
"You better not be like this every time Max"
"Can't make any promises" I smirked raising my hands in the air. After a few minutes of bickering over who would get the drinks for one another we ended up sitting in Nora's bedroom which I must say myself was very amusing at the site of pictures of fall out boy posters and 21 pilots , the girl had a certain taste I can see
"Ignore the posters" she said her face concentrated on the lit screen infront of her face , I chuckled and looked at what she had ready on the screen. My eyes widened at the image and I shifted my eyes to meet hers
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"That's not the right image?!" She quickly muttered changed the image on the screen to one with a galaxy background and a candy apple showing the Milky Way running through it
" this is the one.." she said her voice hushed
"What was the other one" I blurted out unable from keeping my curiosity from getting the better of me
"Nothing I just get bored sometimes that's all" she murmured looking down at her lap and tracing her delicate fingers along her knee in circles. I raised an eyebrow but sat back against the headboard with my hands behind my head "might aswell get started on our candy apple then huh?"
The sides of her mouth tugged into an awkward side smile and she nodded
"Sure"
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(The image featured on this I do not own and I do not know the Owner of it but all credit possible goes to them)
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