Don't Wanna Fall In Love -A Joey Story-, chapter 1
I could hear the screaming coming from the living room. All I really wanted to do was to get a glass of water. Oh my god. I just relized today was my 16th birthday. I walked into the kitchen and mom stopped screaming. She looked at me confused.
"Joey what are you doing?" She talked to me as if I was just a little kid.
"Getting a glass of water?" I said, grabbing my glass of water. Ready to leave. I quickly looked in the living room, and a broken glass plate was thrown at dad's feet.
"Okay, Dear goodnight."
"Mom no need for the act. Just keep the yelling down, I can here you from upstairs." I explained walking back up to my room.
"See look at what you did?" Mom yelled at dad.
"What did I do THIS time?!" Dad asked.
"You yelled so loud that you woke your son up!"
"Come off of it Adie you did it yourself. Why don't you just pack up and leave?"
I turned around wanting to hear what would happen. Dammit, I was crying again. God damn you parnets! Get over your fucking egos and relized we're not kids anymore, we hear you everytnight.
"ME move out! You're the one that's always gone! Your always on tour!" Mom yelled.
Ding Ding Ding! Point one! To mom! Let's see what we have in store now, turning to dad.
"Hey, I'm the one that pays for their: School, Medical Bills, and even the house that YOU sleep in. Don't let me forget, the water, heating, AND eletric bill!" He cocked back.
Hey dad got a good one. Point one for dad! Score: 1-1.
"But I'm here for the kids your not!" Damn.....points 2-1 to mom.
"I lived without my dad! And it's not like I'm gone 24/7 I call, I even cancel some things for you guys. I even let you guys come with!" Wow dad making 2 good points in one? That's a new one, Score: 2-3 to dad.
"Whatever!" Mom yelled. Next thing I knew I heard a painful slap from moms hand landing of the flesh of dad. I could picture it. Mom's hand going up and dad not even flinching. Damn, whenever she did that to me or Jakob, we were dead frightened. Points: 6-3 Damn this isn't turning out good. I heard dad coming up the steps. Running for my room, I closed my door.
I picked up my cell, held down 4 and the bright green letters showed: LIZI. Hopefully she was awaked.
Lizi, is my best friend since I don't know when! Her parent's split, and she always hung out here, with me and Jake. Even Jamie (Tre's eldest. She's the same age as me, but as the BIGGEST crush on Jake). Since it's hard for us to find someone that likes us for being us, and not our dad's, we kinda bonded. It was weird. Before she knew my dad, she was really weird. Then when I told her, we got closer. A lot closer in fact.
The phone rang twice and I heard Lizi's voice, as bright as day.
"Hallo?" Her voice was dull. I didn't wake her. She probably was reading or listening to her music.
"Hey! Lizi? It's Joey!" I said, sipping on my water.
"Hey, sup?" She asked.
"Not much, Dad and Mom are in a fight again, can't sleep, and your excuse?"
"My dad's having hot steamy monkey sex with a chick. It's discusting. So I put on my phones and just read for a while, hoping, dreaming, you would call." She sounded ecstatic.
"Oh really? Well, I called you! So my day's been shit? And yours?"
"Same, But I have GOOD news!"
"What?" What the fuck? Good news from lizi was like jesus being born a sinner.
"No school tommorow! So I'm stopping by!" She squealed.
"Okay, we'll call Jamie in the morning."
"So, who started the fight this time?"
"Mom."
"And the final score?"
"6-3 to mom, winning with a slap."
"Damn, that's harsh."
"Yeah, I kinda- Hold on a minute!" I was confused I heard a light knock on my door.
"Joey? Your awake, can I come in?" It was dad.
"Yeah come in." He walked in. He looked like shit. His pajama pants had a hole in them near his left knee, and he was bleeding on the arm, probably because of the broken glass plate, and his right cheek was beet red.
"Well, I'll talk to ya later Lizi. Call me before you come over."
"Yeah sure, whatever. I think your dad's in the room so I won't say: Good night Joey, Loves!" Lizi laughed then hung up. I flipped my cell shut.
"So why aren't you sleeping buddy?" Dad said sitting on the edge of my bed. His voice sctrachy and chopped up. He'd been crying, it was that obvious.
"Mom, and you fighting again." I said taking a drink of my water.
Dad grabbed the glass of water, and took a huge gulp.
"Your welcome dad, come to me when you need water!" I joked, trying to cheer him up.
A faint smile aproched his face.
"Wow!! Was that a small smile from you! Oh my god! Call the Ripley's Believe It or Not!" I laughed. He laughed, and gave me a small noogie, on my head, ruffling up my hair.
"Dad, are you and mom, getting a devoirce?" I shuddered to ask.
"Maybe. I think it's the best. Even though, I might lose custody of you guys."
"No you can't! Mom can't take care of us! Besides, the minute you two split, Jess will waltz, in and help us! She can have custody!" I pleeded.
"Maybe. Let's just hope things get better. I just want what's best for you kids." He said, taking another drink of my water. "But now it's time for you to hit the sack. GO TO SLEEP!"
Dad being strict was awesome, he wasn't only my dad, a rock star BUT he was my friend too. So seeing him be a father was great.
"Night dad!"
"Night champ!" He said sitting up and turning off my light.
What was I going to do? Mom and dad splitting up wouldn't be the end of the world because of Jess, but still. I still loved my mom. Or what I think was love. But I could picture dad, 2 years from now. Smoking twice as much pot as he used to. (He went to re-hab, he only smokes cigarettes now.) Telling us kids to fuck off. Man what a life that would be. And mom, sleeping with random amount of guys (not like she didn't already). I didn't know what do to.
I'll just talk to Jamie, and Lizi, in the morning. Yeah then everything will be fine.
"Joey what are you doing?" She talked to me as if I was just a little kid.
"Getting a glass of water?" I said, grabbing my glass of water. Ready to leave. I quickly looked in the living room, and a broken glass plate was thrown at dad's feet.
"Okay, Dear goodnight."
"Mom no need for the act. Just keep the yelling down, I can here you from upstairs." I explained walking back up to my room.
"See look at what you did?" Mom yelled at dad.
"What did I do THIS time?!" Dad asked.
"You yelled so loud that you woke your son up!"
"Come off of it Adie you did it yourself. Why don't you just pack up and leave?"
I turned around wanting to hear what would happen. Dammit, I was crying again. God damn you parnets! Get over your fucking egos and relized we're not kids anymore, we hear you everytnight.
"ME move out! You're the one that's always gone! Your always on tour!" Mom yelled.
Ding Ding Ding! Point one! To mom! Let's see what we have in store now, turning to dad.
"Hey, I'm the one that pays for their: School, Medical Bills, and even the house that YOU sleep in. Don't let me forget, the water, heating, AND eletric bill!" He cocked back.
Hey dad got a good one. Point one for dad! Score: 1-1.
"But I'm here for the kids your not!" Damn.....points 2-1 to mom.
"I lived without my dad! And it's not like I'm gone 24/7 I call, I even cancel some things for you guys. I even let you guys come with!" Wow dad making 2 good points in one? That's a new one, Score: 2-3 to dad.
"Whatever!" Mom yelled. Next thing I knew I heard a painful slap from moms hand landing of the flesh of dad. I could picture it. Mom's hand going up and dad not even flinching. Damn, whenever she did that to me or Jakob, we were dead frightened. Points: 6-3 Damn this isn't turning out good. I heard dad coming up the steps. Running for my room, I closed my door.
I picked up my cell, held down 4 and the bright green letters showed: LIZI. Hopefully she was awaked.
Lizi, is my best friend since I don't know when! Her parent's split, and she always hung out here, with me and Jake. Even Jamie (Tre's eldest. She's the same age as me, but as the BIGGEST crush on Jake). Since it's hard for us to find someone that likes us for being us, and not our dad's, we kinda bonded. It was weird. Before she knew my dad, she was really weird. Then when I told her, we got closer. A lot closer in fact.
The phone rang twice and I heard Lizi's voice, as bright as day.
"Hallo?" Her voice was dull. I didn't wake her. She probably was reading or listening to her music.
"Hey! Lizi? It's Joey!" I said, sipping on my water.
"Hey, sup?" She asked.
"Not much, Dad and Mom are in a fight again, can't sleep, and your excuse?"
"My dad's having hot steamy monkey sex with a chick. It's discusting. So I put on my phones and just read for a while, hoping, dreaming, you would call." She sounded ecstatic.
"Oh really? Well, I called you! So my day's been shit? And yours?"
"Same, But I have GOOD news!"
"What?" What the fuck? Good news from lizi was like jesus being born a sinner.
"No school tommorow! So I'm stopping by!" She squealed.
"Okay, we'll call Jamie in the morning."
"So, who started the fight this time?"
"Mom."
"And the final score?"
"6-3 to mom, winning with a slap."
"Damn, that's harsh."
"Yeah, I kinda- Hold on a minute!" I was confused I heard a light knock on my door.
"Joey? Your awake, can I come in?" It was dad.
"Yeah come in." He walked in. He looked like shit. His pajama pants had a hole in them near his left knee, and he was bleeding on the arm, probably because of the broken glass plate, and his right cheek was beet red.
"Well, I'll talk to ya later Lizi. Call me before you come over."
"Yeah sure, whatever. I think your dad's in the room so I won't say: Good night Joey, Loves!" Lizi laughed then hung up. I flipped my cell shut.
"So why aren't you sleeping buddy?" Dad said sitting on the edge of my bed. His voice sctrachy and chopped up. He'd been crying, it was that obvious.
"Mom, and you fighting again." I said taking a drink of my water.
Dad grabbed the glass of water, and took a huge gulp.
"Your welcome dad, come to me when you need water!" I joked, trying to cheer him up.
A faint smile aproched his face.
"Wow!! Was that a small smile from you! Oh my god! Call the Ripley's Believe It or Not!" I laughed. He laughed, and gave me a small noogie, on my head, ruffling up my hair.
"Dad, are you and mom, getting a devoirce?" I shuddered to ask.
"Maybe. I think it's the best. Even though, I might lose custody of you guys."
"No you can't! Mom can't take care of us! Besides, the minute you two split, Jess will waltz, in and help us! She can have custody!" I pleeded.
"Maybe. Let's just hope things get better. I just want what's best for you kids." He said, taking another drink of my water. "But now it's time for you to hit the sack. GO TO SLEEP!"
Dad being strict was awesome, he wasn't only my dad, a rock star BUT he was my friend too. So seeing him be a father was great.
"Night dad!"
"Night champ!" He said sitting up and turning off my light.
What was I going to do? Mom and dad splitting up wouldn't be the end of the world because of Jess, but still. I still loved my mom. Or what I think was love. But I could picture dad, 2 years from now. Smoking twice as much pot as he used to. (He went to re-hab, he only smokes cigarettes now.) Telling us kids to fuck off. Man what a life that would be. And mom, sleeping with random amount of guys (not like she didn't already). I didn't know what do to.
I'll just talk to Jamie, and Lizi, in the morning. Yeah then everything will be fine.
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