Pain(itami)
Chapter 15(cheese)
#skye's POV#
"What if i tell you everything on Saturday at your house, lunchbreak is almost over"Abi said, her voice as breathtaking as ever.
"I can't wait that long, I want to know you and be friends with you, I now know you're not one of them. What if you come over at my place today, I'll text you the address"
"No need for texting me, I'll just follow you immediately after school, I don't really know this place, i was raised in LA, we moved here last two years. Don't worry about my schedule, it's not occupied, I'll text my uhhh- my aunt"she said as I could only nod, she took her phone from her pocket and started texting, her aunt, I suppose.
After a few beeps from her phone, she finally smiles, "Aunt Rory says it's fine"she smiled, "cool"i replied. Awkward silence took over until charlie entered the cafeteria and charged towards us. Girls began to squeal as he came in and they began to follow him like ducklings but as soon as they saw he was heading to my table, they backed off in irritation.
"Hey girl and skye"he says
"Don't call me girl charlie, I don't like how corny it sounds. It's Abigail, Abi, just Abi"she said
"But the gial in your name sounds like girl so imma call you girl, either way"charlie smirked as he sat beside me,
"Whatever, so how was the football meeting"she asked with concern in her marvelous voice,
"Oh yeah, we're having a party on Saturday, we won our last match against a very tough team so it's worth the party"
"Wow, that's amazing"
"Yeah I Know right, so are you both coming?, I'd be honored if i see you both at the party. My friend and my beautiful babe in a party held by a football team which I'm the quarterback of"he said dreamly,
"Ohhh, that sounds great, I'll be there."she said
"Same, I'll be there also, venue?"i asked,
"Royale Parlor Ensuite in Dallis, we picked Dallis because it has some of the best hotel suites in the Nation. RPE is one of them"
"What?!, why Dallis, arghhhhhh. Fine, I'll attend the party regardless"Abi said while i just think about how I'll make it to the party,
"Skye, you can come over by 7:00 since the party is 8:00-10:00 and we'll head to Abi's. Abi, I'll pick you up, then we go together. How does that sound?"
"It sounds great charlie, thanks. Is there a dress code or it's just a normal party?"
"We decided to mix things up a little, it's Hawaiian luau, there will also be a lounge at the roof top. it's invites only, but +2, you can bring any two people you want to. Love it?"
"I fucking do charlie"Abi and I chorused as we glaced at eachother and giggled- jinx.
School came to an end that day, charlie drove Abigail and I to my house, he decided to stay at my house for a while as i speak with Abi. We settled on the couch after a little meal and gist.
"You're more fun than i expected Abi"i giggled, "so....."i paused, "Are you willing to tell me about how you met that Lunatic of a Luna"i chuckled at the nickname Abi gave Luna earlier, actually the nickname soothes her. I've been all smiles since i started hanging with Abi and she obviously noticed it.
"Yeah, here it goes, but before that.... I gotta scratch my toes"she said, i creased my brows in disgust, "just kidding, take a joke Skye"she giggled as we all laughed, jeez, this girl is killing me with laughter upon laughter, did she just make a funny rhyme. I was still giggling when she continued, "well, story time y'all, grab your popcorn to snack on and blanky to dab your tears, ready?"she asked as i nodded, "picture this. I- I'm the only child of my parents and according to what I heard from my dad's friend, m-my mum and dad married for 35 years without getting a child, they tried IVF several times but they don't know why it keeps failing over and over again. I-"she paused as I saw the unshed tears in her eyes, the story is getting sad so soon than i expected, charlie placed his hands on her shoulder comforting her. She paused longer than I expected but I didn't care.
"Take your time Abi, if you don't feel comfortable telling me, it's fine, I'll listen to it when you're ready and willing. I'm sorry if I bothered you too much"i apologized, she sighed as she fought back those tears taking numerous deep breaths, she raised her gaze from her lap and landed them in my eyes,
"My mum was called barren and everything but, she- my dad- he stood Strong for her even though his family members despised his beloved wife. He stood strong and bore agony for 35years. He still believed in her when she got to her estropause, he never lost hope even when she had succumbed to fate, after another 2 years, my dad still didn't lose hope, he worked hard to satisfy her needs and tried his best to get a child of his own from my mum, he worked as an explorer at his old age of 67, he refused to retire, he went on an exploration with one of his friends and he never came back, but his friend did, his friend refused to tell my mum what happened to him, my mum was heart broken but soon recovered from the heartbreak a little as soon as she realized she was 4weeks pregnant, she knew the child was my dad's since he went Missing 3weeks before and she never started seeing any other man so it was him. She never knew how she was pregnant since she already emerged at menopause. S-she bore me and my dad's friend went to the hospital 5minutes after i was given birth to and told her what happened to my d-dad, she died after hearing it all as she couldn't bear the pain of after child birth and the pain of hearing what happened and the shock that overwhelmed her when she remembered the father of her new born baby is dead. The shock and pain made her di-"she paused as tears flowed down her cheeks, she was helpless, her story was so sad that a lone tear escaped my eyelids, i felt like crying but i had to be strong for her. Charlie also felt sad even though it's obvious this isn't the first time he's hearing the story. I wiped her tears with my palm as i also needed someone to wipe mine.
Who knew there was so much pain in her heart waiting to burst out, who knew there was so much agony lurking in her eyes. This pain was unbearable like damn, i was also crying, i knew the pain of never getting much time to stay with your parents but not the pain of never getting to know them. The pain of being parentless. She hid that pain the day she said those words to me in the court, those words were "who was parentless on parents day". I didn't know i also started sobbing hard gripping the edge of my skirt as i remember those words, i was being a cry baby instead of being strong for Abi, i couldn't just help but cry at those words she threw at me that day. She was also hurting but decided to hide it and hurt me also when i was already hurting from the start, how dare she do that to me. I sobbed more as charlie patted my shoulder and hers. I sniffed as i tried to wipe my tears but more came out as an hot breathe escaped my lips. Goddammit!!!🥺
"I'm sorry mum and dad, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry for earning you shame in place of-"i whispered as i paused to cry harder with my face burried in my palm. Godddd!!!, why!!!, just why.
"I'm sorry mum, I'm sorry dad, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for me to come. Mum you shouldn't have given birth to me!, why!!, why did you-, just why!!! Why did you give life to me and shorten yours, your precious one, why didn't you kill me in your womb!!!, where did you put abortion just to neglet your life!!, why did you-, you should have stayed longer and enjoyed more than dad did, you should have-" Abi whispered, I wiped my tears but more poured down silently again without bothering me. Abi was still sobbing loudly.
"Awwn, why are you crying baby girl, get over here, everything will be fine" i didn't need to guess who tf said that, i didn't need to know who wouldn't mind her fucking business. Of course it was Madison, she hugged Abi and to my surprise Abi accepted her wholeheartedly and stopped crying in her arms. She wanted to hug me also but I quickly wiped my tears and gave her a death stare.
"Madison, just mind your bus-"
"Your name is Madison?, thank you so much Madison, your touch is magic, i feel so better"Abi embraced Madison more, they pulled away as Madison left us to continue our conversation. BITCH!!
"I'm sorry for insulting you that day skye, I just- I'm sorry"Abi apologized as tears rolled down my cheek silently, i wanted to sigh but what escaped my lips was a shaky breathe. GODDAMMIT🤧😭
"I'm really sorry for calling you parentless when I'm the bitch living between my dad's friend and my Aunt"she said as i tired to chuckle this time but what came out was a lame choke instead. JEEZ, was i this broken💔.
"I suppose i haven't finished my story yet, I'm such a cry baby- hehe. Well, I'm not allowed to say what happened to my dad. I live with my single bitchy cousin's daughter who is 29, but I call her my aunt because she's way older, the reasons are obvious. She- she's- let's leave her aside for now, that's a story for another day, my dad's friend who is now 86 according to my calculations. I'm 16, my dad died at the age of 67, he was 3 years older than my dad, my mum had me roughy 8months after my dad died so yeah 86. He decided to tag along on the exploration with my dad that day actually, he's not an explorer also. He's a car dealer but he's too old and he can't walk because he was involved in a plane crash 2 years ago in Australia and barely survived. I help him run his extreme car dealing business. That day, I was at my aunt's place, she lives here in Beasley. I received a message from gramps, my dad's friends which says I should go to his Beasley car dealing branch, he said a customer will arrive there soon to buy some very expensive cars. When i got there i met Luna and we gisted a little since we're like young girls of the same age. She mentioned that she was going to this new highschool with her bitches for this very hot guy. I decided to tag along since i wanted to change schools but she was more extreme than I expected. I'm this girl who has self rules and I couldn't let Luna push me around like she pushed her ducklings"she explained,
"Okay, that's extreme but what's with you and this friend stuff?"i asked,
"It's related to what happened to dad which I'm not comfortable talking about it, I'll tell you when I'm ready and more comfortable with it"
"Sure Abi, your eyes looks funny from all the crying, we should go to the washroom i guess"i blurt out as she nodded. We washed up and went back to the living room. They were ready to leave, i saw them off to the front porch as they both got into Charlie's car, i waved them goodbye and told charlie to send my greetings to chynna, addison, Aiden, Arabella, Alice and phoenix. I also told him to take care of little Robert. I told Abi to send my greetings to grampy Lucas and Aunt Rory. I watched as the car zoomed, i sighed in satisfaction with my hands on my hips.
"What are you doing here?"a voice snaps me out of my daze making me jump in fear, it was Madison, I placed my hands on my chest to feel my own heartbeat that just accelerated in a split second. What was she doing here, was she eavesdropping on everything, i thought i saw her go into Max's room.
"No, what are you doing here?"i throw her own question back to her.
"I noticed silence in the living roo-"she was definitely eavesdropping, nothing more.
"Oh my God, Madison, were you eavesdropping on our conversations"i yelped as she fell utterly silent, i knew she was,"I can't believe it, how much did you hear?, who am i kidding, you heard it all. That was why you came to comfort Abi because you heard it all, didn't you?, why am i surprised? I always knew you were no good, you're always eavesdropping and spying, that's why you're always not minding your busi-"
"Not always skye, i- it was just t-this once and I'm s-orry, p-please don't tell max"she pleaded,
"Why won't i?, i love my brother and i have to tell him he's living with a spy, with a snitch, with a-, God why am i yelling, move it"i said trying to find my way back in but she blocks the way.
"I'm not a spy skye, i- I'm sorry, i- i was-, it's- it's just, i-"
"You what!!!"
"Please stop yelling, he's going to hear us, please"
"And what if he does?"
"Skye, please, I'm sorry, it was a mistake, please, i love your brother, he'll hate me forever and be broken. If you love him you won't tell him because he'll be broken if you do"
"It's better than living with a snitch, move it Madison, you don't want ne to push you, do you?, you know i can and i don't care. Wr have almost the same- who am i kidding?, we fuckin' have the same stature so please move it I'll do it the difficult way, you don't want me pissed"
"Please i-i'll do anything, I'll pay you any amount you want, I'll do anything"
"Okay then, no questions, Say cheese..."
"Cheeeeese....."she said and posed like she wanted to take a picture, i pushed her, she staggered and hit her back on a couch as i walked towards my brother's room. I didn't feel sorry for her, she deserved it, she got up and chased after me without processing what just happened.