Don't Wanna Fall In Love -A Joey Story-, chapter 3
I had to hold Jakob close so he wouldn't cry extremely loud. This was actually happening. This...divorce. Lizi had been through it once with her family, but it's like we were her alternate family. Now she had to go through it again. And I had to go through it. It was done. The papers were signed...and mom had left.
"Are you going to be okay Joey? Do you want us to leave?" Jamie asked leading out the door.
"No...stay...stay forever...we have the room now." My voice was monotone, and my eyes were swelling up.
"Joey everything is going to be okay." Lizi walked up behind me and whispered in my ear.
I let go of Jakob and turned around and stared at her. The tears were rolling down my cheeks. My hand lifted up and I slapped her.
"How can you say everything is going to be fine? My mother just left us. What are me and Jakob going to do when my dad leaves?? You don't understand. You can bairly even talk to me right now. It's all your fault. You started the food fight. You. I hate you. LEAVE!" I yelled. I hated her. I never wanted to see Lizi again.
Lizi and Jamie looked at me. Lizi's cheek was red and she was crying.
"You think you have it bad? Look at me Joey. Your dad's not going to go bankrupt and you're not going to end up in foster care. Your mom is still around. I understand what you're going through, just give me a chance." Lizi cried.
I didn't want to give her a chance. I didn't care. Hold on a minute. Did she say foster care? How long was she going to hide this from me. I sat down on my bed and hung my head.
"I'm sorry Lizi I didn't know," I softly said.
"I know you didn't. I'm leaving for Idaho in 6 weeks. My dad stopped claiming me I guess." Lizi took a step out the door when she hit my dad.
"Going to the bar. Don't know when I'll be back. None of that stuff me and your mom tell you." He shook his head and left.
My dad was going to the bar. How much worse could this get?
Jakob hadn't left that corner all night. He stayed there trying to forget about everything that just happened. He didn't believe it. As much as I tried to get to his head that it did happen, and that dad wasn't going to be the same anymore he denied it.
Jamie and Lizi stayed. But as much as I wanted to stay I knew me and Jakob would be forced to live with my mom.
Could this year get anymore complicated? It did when I looked at the calander.
I had noticed that today was Monday. Jamie, Lizi, and I had missed an important test. I could really care less. I'll drop out of school. I just wanted to keep my dad as close to me as I could. I didn't want to see mom. She rejected me before, and this time would be no different.
"Are you going to be okay Joey? Do you want us to leave?" Jamie asked leading out the door.
"No...stay...stay forever...we have the room now." My voice was monotone, and my eyes were swelling up.
"Joey everything is going to be okay." Lizi walked up behind me and whispered in my ear.
I let go of Jakob and turned around and stared at her. The tears were rolling down my cheeks. My hand lifted up and I slapped her.
"How can you say everything is going to be fine? My mother just left us. What are me and Jakob going to do when my dad leaves?? You don't understand. You can bairly even talk to me right now. It's all your fault. You started the food fight. You. I hate you. LEAVE!" I yelled. I hated her. I never wanted to see Lizi again.
Lizi and Jamie looked at me. Lizi's cheek was red and she was crying.
"You think you have it bad? Look at me Joey. Your dad's not going to go bankrupt and you're not going to end up in foster care. Your mom is still around. I understand what you're going through, just give me a chance." Lizi cried.
I didn't want to give her a chance. I didn't care. Hold on a minute. Did she say foster care? How long was she going to hide this from me. I sat down on my bed and hung my head.
"I'm sorry Lizi I didn't know," I softly said.
"I know you didn't. I'm leaving for Idaho in 6 weeks. My dad stopped claiming me I guess." Lizi took a step out the door when she hit my dad.
"Going to the bar. Don't know when I'll be back. None of that stuff me and your mom tell you." He shook his head and left.
My dad was going to the bar. How much worse could this get?
Jakob hadn't left that corner all night. He stayed there trying to forget about everything that just happened. He didn't believe it. As much as I tried to get to his head that it did happen, and that dad wasn't going to be the same anymore he denied it.
Jamie and Lizi stayed. But as much as I wanted to stay I knew me and Jakob would be forced to live with my mom.
Could this year get anymore complicated? It did when I looked at the calander.
I had noticed that today was Monday. Jamie, Lizi, and I had missed an important test. I could really care less. I'll drop out of school. I just wanted to keep my dad as close to me as I could. I didn't want to see mom. She rejected me before, and this time would be no different.
