Sarcastic Love ch.7

Sarcastic Love ch.7

Chapter 7: All is fair in Family War


As I quickly ran to my old home I remembered what had happened the night I announced I was gay. I had been since I was little. I had always been attracted to guys, girls were fun to hang with but, I never felt anything from them like I did guys.

I remember my father and mother crying while my sister just sat there with a smile on her face. She was the only one that would accept me. I tried to change my ways just so I could live under her acceptance, but my parent's wouldn't allow it when they found out about my secret boyfriend.

They had apparently over heard my sister talking to her friend. We were planning a giant outing and she accidentally said it too loud when talking on the phone the night before, "Oh yes, my brother and his boyfriend will be joining us, sort of like a secret date, you know how my father and mother are like, homophobic..." from that day on it's been what... 4 months? I've been on my own and lover-less.

I rounded the corner of Orange Grove Street and slipped on the ice, hitting my shoulder hard against the ground. I had no time to try and recover; I got back up and turned the sharp corner into the front yard of my old house. I knocked several times and heard rustling and shuffling, but no one came to the door. Finally I turned the knob and slowly walked in.

I gasped.

My sister was on the floor, curled into a ball breathing heavily. Her eyes were closed and my parents weren't any where near. I slowly walked to her and whispered, "Hey, Olette, Olette are you awake? It's Caleb...." I squatted and pet her head softly. She winced and batted my hand away, "Hey, Olette, I promise its baby Bro. Caleb." I felt my throat swell and my eyes tear up, this was painful. I'm gonna rip that son of a bitches head off... I will.

She slowly stirred like she was sore or too fragile to move. "C-Caleb?" she opened her eyes and smiled, slowly moving forward to hug me. I tried not to squeeze her too hard but I wanted to. "Caleb, why didn't you pick up your phone? I needed you last night..."

"I-I'm sorry, I couldn't find my phone...I'm so sorry, this is my fault...all my fault!" I nuzzled into her shoulder and let my tears fall. The only person very dear to me was hurt because I couldn't get to her. I'm so worthless.

"It's alright, he didn't hurt me too-" we were then interrupted by the door opening and a scream, it was my mom.

"Why the Hell, are you in our house? Why is she on the floor?! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" she kicked me over and dropped what she had in her hands while sloppily picking up my sister, all the while Olette winced and tried to get out of her grasp.

"Me?! I didn't do anything! She was like this...she called me! This isn't my fault, it's your HUSBANDS!" I glared and snared at her, I wanted to lunge forward and rip her heart out, but she just paused, looked to Olette then to me and looked around.

"Where is your father...Olette?" she excluded me entirely, right now I didn't exist in her eyes. She just focused on my sister with the most peculiar expression on her face.

"He left...after he pushed me around a bit.... He didn't have to get so upset...it was an honest mistake...He did the same thing to me last night when my boyfriend called me..." she looked to her feet then back to me.

My mother had a horrified look on her face, "And why would your father even consider touching you like that? What happened? And as for your 'boyfriend' he had every right to!" she was a bit gentler in her grip but harsher in her voice. She led Olette over to the couch slowly.

I knew she wanted to retort but she didn't, "Well, I opened the door because I heard knocking and a kid was looking for Caleb... guess he was new around here and didn't know Caleb doesn't live here any more. Dad blew up and slammed the door. He pushed me around asking why I opened the door....and other vulgar things...then he left." She paused and looked to me, "his name was Jacey...he wanted to tell you something important... I was about to tell him-"

"Excuse me! Who do you think you are...still standing in my living room, GET OUT!" she yelled at me and stood up. She harshly walked over to the door, opening it, "NOW!"

I complied and lipped an "I love you" to Olette and felt the gust of wind as the door shut tightly behind me. Jacey... I had no idea where to go from here... I didn't know if it would be wise for me to go to Jacey's house. I sighed and pulled my phone out to look at the time 1:45pm. Well I guess it was worth a shot.

I started towards his house very slowly, wondering what he could even want with me. He seemed disgusted enough...he wont even talk to me during drama, he doesn't look in my eyes when we are acting any more, nothing. I wonder if he had come over to tell me he hated me. Another sigh escaped my lips when I turned a corner. I found myself wandering towards Grey Creek Bridge.

When the surroundings around me finally screamed, "Welcome to Grey Creek" I paused and looked around, finally realizing I was only drifting around. Maybe I had no intention of going to his house to face the fact that he hated me.

I sat on a bench and slouched over staring at the ground, watching the reflections of the feet of the passersby's. I thought to myself, "Maybe I was never meant to be happy with any one...and everyone was supposed to give me either sympathy or... hate."

After a while some people had come and gone leaving me to shiver in the weather as it grew colder and darker. I had received some texts from Thayne but... lied to him and told him I just went home because I had something to do.

My head was pounding and my ears began to buzz as my thoughts retraced my whole life and my past few weeks at school. Alone....alone, my hope crushed...alone, sympathy... That's all it was, in exact order too.

Finally I stood up but was knocked down by someone quickly walking by. I wrinkled my nose and scoffed then mumbled, watch it hoe... He turned around like he heard me. I had to wipe my glasses off before I fully saw who it was.

Do my eyes betray me?