Drowning

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝟙: 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕋𝕠 𝔾𝕠 𝕋𝕠 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕝

I eventually fall asleep.

I dream about a perfect life. Where my parents are still together and everything is happy. Everyone is gathered around the table. It is Christmas. There is food on the table that could feed an army. Laughter is filling up the room. My dad and the boys are talking about football whereas my mom and Harper are talking about getting a pet. I look around. Savoring this moment where everyone is happy and together.

"What about you, Bailey?" My mother asks me. She is wearing a lovely dress with jewelry that matches. Harper and I are wearing dresses as well. The boys are wearing suits. It's a family tradition to get dressed up on holidays even if it's just us. Well, it used to be a family tradition.

"Huh?" I ask.

"How would you like to get a puppy?" I never realized how blue mom's eyes were. And how beautiful they are.

"I would love to have a puppy."

"Great. So, how about we open some presents now?" Mom asks, looking at dad. He nods.

He gets up and walks to the old garage. We are in mom's house. Everything is the same it was before the boys and Harper moved out. He brings back a box, it's not wrapped and the top is already opened.

The boys look at eachother.

Dad places the box on the floor. Suddenly, the box moves.

A dog jumps out. His floppy ears are way to big for his head and his mix and match eyes stare at us.

"It's a puppy!!!" Harper jumps out of her seat and runs to the box, grabbing the puppy. The boys pet the dog and argue on what they're naming the dog.

I stay where I am sitting. I know this isn't real, but I don't want to wake up.

"Hunny, are you okay?" Mom asks, stroking my cheek.

I grab her hand and bring it down. "Yes, mom. Everything is perfect."

"Bailey." I look across to see Dad calling me. He is just staring at me.

"Bailey!" He screams.

"Bailey!"

"Da-"

"Bailey, get your ass up before I break this door down."

Lovely

I snuggled closer to my blanket.

"I'm getting up right now!" I yell while falling back to sleep.

I must have ended up falling asleep because I woke up to banging on my door and yelling.

"Go away!" My morning voice yells.

"Bailey, get the hell up!"

I groan and eventually get up. I check my phone.

Bitch, it's 8:15!

I get dressed into a pink halter top and ripped jeans. I braid two parts of my hair back and brushed my teeth. I throw on my converse and grab my phone. Once I get the courage, I unlock my door and walk downstairs.

The boys are sitting on the couch waiting for Harper and I.

"Finallyyyy," Jackson drags the word out to be dramatic.

I roll my eyes and sit on a stool, waiting for Harper.

"Harperrrrr!! Hurry uppppp!!!" James yells. The boys are wearing the normal. A tee shirt and jeans.

"I'm comingggggg!!"

I go on my phone and text mom.

Can I go home yet?

No response.

I look up from my phone to see Jake starting to walk to me. The others are too busy watching TV to pay any attention.

"Are you ready to give up your phone? Or are you going to drag out your grounding?"

"Are you going to realize that you aren't my parent and that this phone doesn't belong to you?"

He scoffed and put his hands in his pockets. "Listen to me, you'll be staying here for a while and we are already on bad terms. I can call dad right now and you'll have to deal with him."

"No, You listen to me. He isn't my dad nor is he my parent. He is just some guy who I share DNA with."

"If that's how you want to see it, fine by me. But, he is still the head of the house hold and when he isn't here, I am the head of the house hold. Which means that Dad and I are demanded to have respect."

"Respect is earned. And so far, "Dad"", I make quotation marks with my hands, "And you aren't even close to earning my respect."

"We will one way or another."

"Have fun with that."

Harper comes down stairs wearing a black skirt and a pink tank top.

Finally.

And with that, Jake and I's conversation is over. We walk out to the car and We spilt into different cars.

Time to go to the mall.

838 Words

7/23/2020