~chapter 2~
After we finished math and history classes, both of which were torture for my delicate hearing that only allowed groans, the hour and a half break came, during which we could do whatever we wanted.
Theo and I, with Emy behind us with a few girls talking, headed to Starbucks for some coffees and then to talk about going out to a party this Saturday.
We exchanged a few more words and ate my salad and then we went back to school because we had two hours of native language and we had to do homework and projects for the second hour that she would grade, even though it was already the third week since we started school.
During native language classes, the teacher made us form a team of 2 or 3 people and we immediately looked at each other.
So it seems that me, Emy and Theo are doing the project together.
After these classes we had physics and sports but during sports we left because we went to the mall to choose some clothes for Ezra's birthday party, because they invited them including me but I don't plan on going.
I spent about 2-3 hours at the mall because I went into more than 50 stores.
Even though it's quite a lot, I still wouldn't trade those hours spent with them.
We've been colleagues and friends for more than 10 years each, and I still appreciate that they ended the year just to be with me in class today.
I went to school to pick up Sergio because he was stuck at sports.
On the way home I only made one stop, because Emy and Theo got off at Emy's house to start the project so we could finish it by Thursday
"And.
.., who are you doing the mother tongue project with?
" I ask nicely, accelerating the car so I can get home faster.
"With Colby and another girl we pay to do this alone" he says, still looking at his phone I assume Instagram.
"Okay" I say and then I put the car in the yard.
I intentionally left it outside in case I go outside.
I enter the house and the first thing I hear from the doorway is my parents' argument, again.
When Sergio opens the door, I quickly rush at him and quickly climb the door.
Even though he knows it makes me extremely nervous to hear a fight in the house, I still do it.
"Easy guy, I was about to fall and break my balls" Segio shouted, chasing me up the stairs.
"Excuse me-" I say coldly and go into my room and close the door.
I can still hear him mumbling something there but I don't pay attention.
I undress completely naked and take a long shower for more than half an hour.
I get out when I feel relaxed and clean, I grab a towel for my hair and leave the bathroom.
When I get out of the bathroom the first thing I see is Sergio in my bed and with Pookie next to him, our cat, treated like a queen.
"What the hell.." I say
"Oh, compared to a year ago, you've really grown up" the pervert says grinning at me.
I quickly put on my Calvin Klein boxer shorts and get some fluffy pants with pink Hello Kitty because why not?
And I ask
"So, what brought you here to my smelly room?
, and did you feed the cats? I say laying down on my comfortable bed with my hand on pookie's head
"I don't know.
" He says shrugging "I just wanted to come to your room" he says turning to press the button on the phone to continue.
He didn't answer the other question so I end this conversation.
"..." I don't say anything and take my laptop in my hand watching Twilight because it came out recently and I want to see it too, from what Emy said, the movie is Interesting and has its charm.
After a while Sergio came closer to me to watch with me, after the movie ended exactly 2 hours later, the only thing I can hear now is the snoring that is sitting next to me at the moment.
I just look at him, seeing that he is sleeping quite comfortably so I don't bother him, for now.
I watch something on YT for a while and when I look at the time it is almost 2 pm so I decide to go to sleep, wrapping myself and my brother because if he gets a cold, I get a cold too and I don't want to get a fever again 2 days in a row.
I woke up from my sleep knowing that something woke me up but I wasn't alone, I look at the clock and see 6:30 so I groan and get out of bed to stretch my stiff bones, but when I crack my back I only know that I hissed in the last gasp once I woke up Sergio but he just looked at me and went back to sleep saying something but I couldn't hear it.
I sit on the bed with tears streaming from my eyes but they pass pretty quickly because I don't feel any pain anymore, I go to the bathroom with caution and undress to take a quick shower and then go to the gym for a while.
After leaving the room in our house that is called "the gym" I see that it is 7:10, as I go to set the alarm for Sergio to the maximum and then take a bath because I stink like hell.
I giggled when I heard my brother swear and then enter the bathroom.
"I want some privacy too, dude..." I say
" You have no right to talk, kid" he says while urinating and flexing in the mirror.
After a few seconds he leaves the bathroom AND my room.
I change into my pajamas from last night, the same, without a blouse because it makes me uncomfortable, and I go down to the table.
There was my dad and mom making breakfast for us, with a "nothing happened" face But you can see on my mom's face that she is tired, and my dad stays as far away from her as possible so that he doesn't look suspicious.
I really miss my parents' love. Everything has changed since I caught them arguing a long time ago, they don't smile at each other like that out of love anymore, now there are just meaningless smiles and pure desire to cut off their heads here.
"Did you wish the angels well?" Mom says, putting some eggs and meat with some salad on my plate.
"I hope so, because I slept pretty well," she says, continuing with a fake smile
"Not really, I kept changing sides because this pig fell asleep in my room and was snoring like four trucks at once" I say, finally looking at my brother.
"That's not true, Mom. He's a liar!" Sergio says sullenly "and who would have thought it was cool what he was looking at" he continues eating his toast.
"I told you" I reply to him.
"Come on kids, eat because in less than an hour you start school" Mom says "and I'm going because I'm called to sign something, kiss" she comes and kisses us both on the head and we make eye contact with Dad who is sipping his coffee without sugar
He doesn't even look up. As if everything that happens around him is a bad movie that he just puts up with because he has no other choice. Mom and I haven't been the same for days, even years, and their silence weighs on us all, harder than any argument. - with unspoken words and averted glances...