Why Do Bad Things Always Happen to Us?, chapter 2
My sister just sighed. "Do you wanna know the truth?" She asked, frowning. I nodded. "I do not know. I really have no idea why. Some people are just blessed with good homes and families and some.. aren't." She said looking sad. "But why us? What did we do?" I asked. "What did we do to deserve this?" I was getting worked up. I had anxiety or asthma problems so my sister told me to calm down. "Shhh, honey don't get worked up. Whatever the reason is it's not your fault. It's no ones fault really. Just let's get off the topic. Okay?" I nodded breathing heavily but calming down.
Lexi looked down at me and smiled. "Well.. we both have no homework. Wanna go paint your room? Dad probably won't be mad at us because we've lessened the work for him." I smiled and agreed. "Okay.. now go put on some of your old shorts and a old t-shirt. I'll help you when I'm done changing." She said as she went in our closet and pulled out her old faded jeans that had paint on them and her white t-shirt that had some on it too. She changed into them and we both looked through my cloths. We found a old t-shirt and some old shorts.
We silently walked to the room and began painting. It was a lot of fun. We were painting my room and blue. It was like a tourquoise. I didn't like blue that much but for a room it just seemed right. All we really need to do was paint the ceiling and a little of the walls. "This is a lot of fun, Lexi. I'm glad you talked me into this." She looked at me funny. "Me? Talk you into anything? Yeah right. Steph, you've been wanting to paint this room since I suggested me and dad do it! I know you too well!" I laughed. "Okay.. fine!" I stuck my tongue out at her. I loved these moments. When it was just me and her. No dad. No hitting. No screaming and crying. I stopped myself from thinking that and shook my head. I didn't want to think about it.
"Stephany?" Lexi said. I looked at her. "What happened to your knee, arm, and forehead?" She said just noticing my cuts. "Oh uhh.. nothing." She looked at me and knew I was lying. "Okay.. there was this boy named Tyler. He was throwing rocks at me. That's when Billie Joe and Mike came into the picture. They stopped him and took my to the nurses office and said I could hang out with them for now on. They were really sweet!" I said smiling and wiping sweat off my forehead.
"So do you like them, Steph?" She said. I nodded. "Yeah... wait! No! Not like that! Their my friends Lexi! Sheesh!" I said laughing. She was too. We then both became quiet because we didn't want to wake up dad. We were having so much fun and I didn't want it to end. It was a little passes 4:30 when my sister said we should quit for today. She had to make dinner for everyone. I always helped but she did most of it. I just set the table and what not. We cleaned up after splashing eachother with water from the sink and then changed back into our cloths that we had worn that day.
I followed my sister into the kitchen and helped her get out lettuce for the salad, which we always had, and then out of the closet bread and spaghetti sauce and of course the noodles. Obviously, we are gonna have spaghetti, salad, and bread and butter for the side. As my sister ripped the lettuce or whatever and put it in the bowl and bega nto mix it and I got out the pot for the spaghetti noodles and sauce. I set the table as she was cooking everything else. By then my father had woken up and gone to the bathroom to change out of his work cloths and take a shower. He always did that. I cleaned up the living room a little while my dad was just coming out of the shower.
"Hello Stephany." He said cheerfully. Obviously he was now sober and had no memory of what he did to Lexi, as always. "Hello." I said to him quietly as I walked back to the kitchen. "Is it almost done?" I said. She nodded. "Yup! The noodles just need to cook for another.. 5 minutes. Can you butter some bread and put it in a bowl?" She asked. I nodded and grabbed a knife and bread and went to the kitchen table with a bowl for the bread. I buttered about 5 peices and left the butter and knife on the table in case someone wanted some more.
"Dinners done!" Lexi yelled as she put the sauce and noodles on the table. She never mixed it all together. She let us do that which I enjoyed. She put some salad on everyones plate and got some dressing out. My dad come into the kitchen still unaware what he had done to Lexi. He was so clueless at times. He sat down with me and Lexi and the table as we began to eat. When everyone was done with the salad we all got some bread and spaghetti. My father noticed my forehead and said, "Stephany, what happened to your forehead?" He said as he took a bite of his bread. "Oh uhh.. I was playing with the other kids and fell. You know.. clumsy me." I said with a fake laugh.
Apparently only Lexi noticed it was fake. "So how was your first days of school?" He asked, sipping some water. "Good. Uh.. I made two new friends. Their really cool." I said. "Yeah. It was good for me too. I made a friend as well. We like a lot of the same things." Lexi added in. Dad smiled while finishing his bread and starting on his spaghetti. I took some spaghetti and twiled it on my fork. So did Lexi. "Lexi. What happened to your face?" My father asked, noticing how it was a little purple and black. "Oh.. the school. It's like a maze. You never know when your gonna run into a door or wall." She said laughing. I laughed a little too so my dad wouldn't notice something weird.
"Sounds like both of you were a little clumsy today. Probably nervous since it was the first day of school." He said finishing his food and taking it to the sink. Me and Lexi both laughed and agreed. Then he went into the living room to watch some TV. Me and Lexi looked at eachother and frowned, looking at our food and eating in silence. After a while we finished it and we both did the dishes. After a while we went into the living room with our father. "Lexi did you paint some of Stephs room? It looks like theres less to paint." He asked. "Yeah. Me and Stephany had no homework so I thought it'd be helpful if we painted some. It was a lot of fun." He smiled.
A few hours later it was late I took a shower and changed into my pajamas and then Lexi took a shower. I read a book while she was taking one. I never liked to sleep alone. I mean.. I didn't feel safe sleeping in a room with no one else. That may sound weird but it's how I felt. After a while Lexi finally finished her shower and came into our room with her hair up. "Hey." She said and sat down on her bed. I turned off my light and we both went to bed. But before I went to sleep I thought about today. I hated secrets. I wish dad would wake up. I rolled over and drifted into sleep.
Lexi looked down at me and smiled. "Well.. we both have no homework. Wanna go paint your room? Dad probably won't be mad at us because we've lessened the work for him." I smiled and agreed. "Okay.. now go put on some of your old shorts and a old t-shirt. I'll help you when I'm done changing." She said as she went in our closet and pulled out her old faded jeans that had paint on them and her white t-shirt that had some on it too. She changed into them and we both looked through my cloths. We found a old t-shirt and some old shorts.
We silently walked to the room and began painting. It was a lot of fun. We were painting my room and blue. It was like a tourquoise. I didn't like blue that much but for a room it just seemed right. All we really need to do was paint the ceiling and a little of the walls. "This is a lot of fun, Lexi. I'm glad you talked me into this." She looked at me funny. "Me? Talk you into anything? Yeah right. Steph, you've been wanting to paint this room since I suggested me and dad do it! I know you too well!" I laughed. "Okay.. fine!" I stuck my tongue out at her. I loved these moments. When it was just me and her. No dad. No hitting. No screaming and crying. I stopped myself from thinking that and shook my head. I didn't want to think about it.
"Stephany?" Lexi said. I looked at her. "What happened to your knee, arm, and forehead?" She said just noticing my cuts. "Oh uhh.. nothing." She looked at me and knew I was lying. "Okay.. there was this boy named Tyler. He was throwing rocks at me. That's when Billie Joe and Mike came into the picture. They stopped him and took my to the nurses office and said I could hang out with them for now on. They were really sweet!" I said smiling and wiping sweat off my forehead.
"So do you like them, Steph?" She said. I nodded. "Yeah... wait! No! Not like that! Their my friends Lexi! Sheesh!" I said laughing. She was too. We then both became quiet because we didn't want to wake up dad. We were having so much fun and I didn't want it to end. It was a little passes 4:30 when my sister said we should quit for today. She had to make dinner for everyone. I always helped but she did most of it. I just set the table and what not. We cleaned up after splashing eachother with water from the sink and then changed back into our cloths that we had worn that day.
I followed my sister into the kitchen and helped her get out lettuce for the salad, which we always had, and then out of the closet bread and spaghetti sauce and of course the noodles. Obviously, we are gonna have spaghetti, salad, and bread and butter for the side. As my sister ripped the lettuce or whatever and put it in the bowl and bega nto mix it and I got out the pot for the spaghetti noodles and sauce. I set the table as she was cooking everything else. By then my father had woken up and gone to the bathroom to change out of his work cloths and take a shower. He always did that. I cleaned up the living room a little while my dad was just coming out of the shower.
"Hello Stephany." He said cheerfully. Obviously he was now sober and had no memory of what he did to Lexi, as always. "Hello." I said to him quietly as I walked back to the kitchen. "Is it almost done?" I said. She nodded. "Yup! The noodles just need to cook for another.. 5 minutes. Can you butter some bread and put it in a bowl?" She asked. I nodded and grabbed a knife and bread and went to the kitchen table with a bowl for the bread. I buttered about 5 peices and left the butter and knife on the table in case someone wanted some more.
"Dinners done!" Lexi yelled as she put the sauce and noodles on the table. She never mixed it all together. She let us do that which I enjoyed. She put some salad on everyones plate and got some dressing out. My dad come into the kitchen still unaware what he had done to Lexi. He was so clueless at times. He sat down with me and Lexi and the table as we began to eat. When everyone was done with the salad we all got some bread and spaghetti. My father noticed my forehead and said, "Stephany, what happened to your forehead?" He said as he took a bite of his bread. "Oh uhh.. I was playing with the other kids and fell. You know.. clumsy me." I said with a fake laugh.
Apparently only Lexi noticed it was fake. "So how was your first days of school?" He asked, sipping some water. "Good. Uh.. I made two new friends. Their really cool." I said. "Yeah. It was good for me too. I made a friend as well. We like a lot of the same things." Lexi added in. Dad smiled while finishing his bread and starting on his spaghetti. I took some spaghetti and twiled it on my fork. So did Lexi. "Lexi. What happened to your face?" My father asked, noticing how it was a little purple and black. "Oh.. the school. It's like a maze. You never know when your gonna run into a door or wall." She said laughing. I laughed a little too so my dad wouldn't notice something weird.
"Sounds like both of you were a little clumsy today. Probably nervous since it was the first day of school." He said finishing his food and taking it to the sink. Me and Lexi both laughed and agreed. Then he went into the living room to watch some TV. Me and Lexi looked at eachother and frowned, looking at our food and eating in silence. After a while we finished it and we both did the dishes. After a while we went into the living room with our father. "Lexi did you paint some of Stephs room? It looks like theres less to paint." He asked. "Yeah. Me and Stephany had no homework so I thought it'd be helpful if we painted some. It was a lot of fun." He smiled.
A few hours later it was late I took a shower and changed into my pajamas and then Lexi took a shower. I read a book while she was taking one. I never liked to sleep alone. I mean.. I didn't feel safe sleeping in a room with no one else. That may sound weird but it's how I felt. After a while Lexi finally finished her shower and came into our room with her hair up. "Hey." She said and sat down on her bed. I turned off my light and we both went to bed. But before I went to sleep I thought about today. I hated secrets. I wish dad would wake up. I rolled over and drifted into sleep.
