Alessio just pushed me off the cliffs. I left the room despite the voices calling me to come back. I left the house. I walked out towards the park. I walked past it; I cannot believe that guy. I saved him from getting beaten up by Kaden, I gave up my dream to be a family with him. Yet he still treats me like shit. If he knows about me, the past and the reason why am this way, will he feel guilty? Maybe I should show him my scar filled body to make him feel even worse.
Stop Ana, I scolded myself. I stopped dark a long time ago. I cannot and will not fall into it no matter what. I cleaned myself by leaving it for a long time.
I looked up and saw the sky turning dark. I turned back and started to walk to their house. The moment I entered I was surrounded by the boys not leaving me space to breathe.
"Ah, she returns. I thought you would have been smart to not come back" Alessio chuckled as he walked away not before gaining glared from his brothers.
"Where were you? Do you know how scared we were?" Luke asked me as he checked me over for any injuries.
"Sorry, I just needed to breathe. It got overwhelming. I am sorry, I would have called, but I left my phone" I pointed to my phone that was on the counter.
"Yeah, we noticed, your phone has been ringing nonstop. We did not answer, I only noticed it was three different people were calling" James informed me. Three people?
I checked the call history, the calls were from the Ar, Vij and coach. I think the coach called them to talk to them about me. I sighed; this is getting out of hand now. I do not need the coach on my tail as well.
"You are zoning out again darling" Luke's voice broke me out of my thoughts.
"I was thinking about something," I replied with a small smile.
"Can I go visit Arjuna and Vijay's parents tomorrow?" I asked Vincent,
"No, you are grounded for leaving the house without telling us anything. You did not have your phone with you! What if something happened to you?" he fumed letting out his frustration. He combed his hair back with his hand.
"I am sorry. It's just something when things get too much for me, I have a habit of walking away from whatever is causing me stress. I will always come back. I just need a few moments to clear my mind" I explained to them. I have another way to control my mind and emotions, but I gave it up.
"You need to find another way. You cannot make us lose our mind worrying about you every time you walk away without telling us anything" he breathed out,
"I will try to find another way" I halfheartedly promised him.
Today is Saturday, yesterday incident has made everyone excluding Alessio, walk on eggshells around me. They are watching me silently. It is seriously getting annoying.
"Maybe tomorrow we can go out for a meal or something, it has been a while since we went out as a family" Vincent discussed with everyone as we were at our breakfast. They all agreed, I was about to give my answer, when my phone rang, I looked at the caller ID, I started to get annoyed, I answered the call.
"Finally! Can you tell me why you have been avoiding me and have not been practising for six months?" he asked me angrily, yet I can hear his worry in it.
"I quit! Seriously, you should have known about it by now. I did not know you are stupid!" I screamed into the phone before hanging upon him.
I looked up to see them staring at me in shock, yes including Alessio.
"Who pissed you off" Alex gulped as I glared at him.
"I- I am just going to be in my room. Just leave me alone for a while" I whispered and left without waiting for any reply.
I have never once raised my voice or shouted at the coach before. I lay on the bed crying into my pillow silently. I need to skate but I cannot do it again. I need my family as well. I do not know how to live without one of them.
Vincent's POV
Ana has not been the same for a long time now. Finally, she answered the call that has been ringing her every day. But I do not think that anyone was prepared to see her scream at the caller. Her eyes were filled with hurt and anger.
One hour later
As we sat silently in the living room wondering what happened during dinner.
The doorbell rang. We are not expecting any guests today. We walked to the door armed for anything.
I opened the door to see two boys standing there with a worried expression,
"Hi sir, I am Arjuna, and this is my brother Vijay" the guy introduced himself and his brother. I am still not sure why they are here.
"I know you two. You both are her friends, right?" Alessio spoke behind, we looked at him for a while and turn our attention back to the brothers.
"Yeah. We are here to talk to Ana. She needs us, I am sure she is crying in her room now, the call has changed her life" Arjuna spoke with sadness in his voice. They know about the call and something that she is hiding. What is that?
"What is happening with her?" I asked worriedly,
"It is not our story to share. Right now we need to talk to her" Vijay was begging his hands pressed against one another.
"You can go talk to her. She is in her room. Up the stairs and it is the last room," Alex spoke gesturing them to go ahead. We all stared at our brother like he had two heads. He is letting two boys be in the same room as our sister.
"We can listen to them and find out what she is hiding," Alex tells us his plan.
We walked up silently but Alessio walked into in room. What is wrong with that boy, I wonder to myself.
"No way. I cannot do it. You saw what happened! I am not making the same mistake again!" We hear Ana screaming.
"But you are mentally dying by giving it up? Are they worth it? Ana, you are throwing your lifetime dream away for them!" We heard one of the boys shouting back, I can feel my brothers' anger raising.
"I cannot give up on them, Ar. I just finally got a chance to be in a family. I cannot talk about this now. I need time for myself. But one thing is for sure, I quit it and I will not go back no matter what. I will find something else to keep myself sane" Ana spoke softly as she calms down.
"You are making the biggest mistake in your life just so they can be happy" the other boy spoke whose names I cannot remember.
"But we will be here for you through it all. Call us when you are ready to talk to us" he said. We ran into the nearest room to hide as her room door opens.
"We will see you in school then," they said goodbyes and Ana went back into the room. We did not miss her tear-stricken face.