won’t be weird, I promise.” It was a crap situation but I couldn’t blame her for not wanting anything to happen between us. I wasn’t exactly the king of patience, especially during the wait for Dad’s op, but I could appreciate that she needed more time.
I got out of the car after her and followed her up the path. She was as eager to get away from that situation as I was then. The front door flew open and I groaned. This wasn’t going to go well either. I could feel a headache coming on.
“ Where have you two been? I’ve been going out of my mind,” Alison snapped.
“ We were just out, Mum,” Tegan replied. She sounded bored and I wished I’d told her to let me do the talking.
I kne w why she acted like that towards everyone, especially those closest to her, but it really wasn’t helping. Alison did nothing but stare.
“Yes , I know out, Tegan, but it would have been nice to know exactly where my teenage daughter was.”
I stepped in front of Tegan slightly, hoping that she would shut up and diffuse the situation. “I’m sorry, Alison. We went to the beach and completely lost track of time.”
“Thank you for apologising, Lucas.” She looked at Tegan as she said my name. Tegan rolled her eyes. Sometimes she played the bitch too well and I couldn’t tell if she genuinely didn’t care or if it was all an act to protect herself.
“Well , at least you were with Lucas.” That I didn’t expect. Nor did I expect the way it made me feel.
“You mean not with Kai?” Tegan as ked.
Where the fuck did that come from?
“It’s not okay for you to be out with him. You barely know him for starters–”
“I’ve known him a while, longer than Luke, I just didn’t ask a whole lot of questions,” she said.
“That’s n ot better! How long has it been going on?”
“Seriously , Mum? All of the times I said I was staying at Sophie’s...” She trailed off. I wanted to shake her and tell her to stop. And to stop fucking around with Kai.
“You were with him? Are you stupid?” Alison yelled. Tegan walked off. “Tegan!” Alison reaching out to grab her as she walked past but she dodged to the side and ran upstairs. Shit, she was more complicated than I first thought.
Alison took a deep breath and wiped the tears from her face. “I’m so sorry you all had to witness that. I just don’t know what to do anymore.”
All? Sure enough, everyone but my dad was standing around, watching the showdown. Perfect.
Ava hugged her mum as she sobbed harder. I felt so sorry for her, she had to deal with losing her husband as well as a difficult – and that was putting it lightly – daughter. I had no idea what to do either. I thought I could help Tegan and while I was still determined to do just that, I had a feeling it was going to be a lot more difficult than I imagined.
“Are you okay , Lucas?” Ava asked, pulling back from her mum a little so she could face me.
I shrugged. “Yeah, I guess.”
“She doesn’t really like him , you know. We all know why she’s doing this.”
We all did know why she was doing it but we couldn’t just stand around and let her anymore, no matter how much she wanted to push everything and everyone away.
How the hell had I become so deeply invested in someone else so quickly? But Tegan wasn’t just any girl, both of our fathers saw to that.
I clenched my jaw. Screw this, I was pretty much falling for her already and I wasn’t about to let her push me away, too. “Well, she needs to stop.” No one stopped me as I followed Tegan’s path. That wasn’t necessarily a good thing. Someone had to try, though.
I could he ar music coming from her room as I approached. She didn’t hear me when I knocked, or she was ignoring me. Well, if I was really trying…
I opened the door and walked in. She was sitting on the bed with a bottle of vodka in her hand. It was only just after four in the morning. What the hell was she thinking?
I stormed over to her and grabbed
I got out of the car after her and followed her up the path. She was as eager to get away from that situation as I was then. The front door flew open and I groaned. This wasn’t going to go well either. I could feel a headache coming on.
“ Where have you two been? I’ve been going out of my mind,” Alison snapped.
“ We were just out, Mum,” Tegan replied. She sounded bored and I wished I’d told her to let me do the talking.
I kne w why she acted like that towards everyone, especially those closest to her, but it really wasn’t helping. Alison did nothing but stare.
“Yes , I know out, Tegan, but it would have been nice to know exactly where my teenage daughter was.”
I stepped in front of Tegan slightly, hoping that she would shut up and diffuse the situation. “I’m sorry, Alison. We went to the beach and completely lost track of time.”
“Thank you for apologising, Lucas.” She looked at Tegan as she said my name. Tegan rolled her eyes. Sometimes she played the bitch too well and I couldn’t tell if she genuinely didn’t care or if it was all an act to protect herself.
“Well , at least you were with Lucas.” That I didn’t expect. Nor did I expect the way it made me feel.
“You mean not with Kai?” Tegan as ked.
Where the fuck did that come from?
“It’s not okay for you to be out with him. You barely know him for starters–”
“I’ve known him a while, longer than Luke, I just didn’t ask a whole lot of questions,” she said.
“That’s n ot better! How long has it been going on?”
“Seriously , Mum? All of the times I said I was staying at Sophie’s...” She trailed off. I wanted to shake her and tell her to stop. And to stop fucking around with Kai.
“You were with him? Are you stupid?” Alison yelled. Tegan walked off. “Tegan!” Alison reaching out to grab her as she walked past but she dodged to the side and ran upstairs. Shit, she was more complicated than I first thought.
Alison took a deep breath and wiped the tears from her face. “I’m so sorry you all had to witness that. I just don’t know what to do anymore.”
All? Sure enough, everyone but my dad was standing around, watching the showdown. Perfect.
Ava hugged her mum as she sobbed harder. I felt so sorry for her, she had to deal with losing her husband as well as a difficult – and that was putting it lightly – daughter. I had no idea what to do either. I thought I could help Tegan and while I was still determined to do just that, I had a feeling it was going to be a lot more difficult than I imagined.
“Are you okay , Lucas?” Ava asked, pulling back from her mum a little so she could face me.
I shrugged. “Yeah, I guess.”
“She doesn’t really like him , you know. We all know why she’s doing this.”
We all did know why she was doing it but we couldn’t just stand around and let her anymore, no matter how much she wanted to push everything and everyone away.
How the hell had I become so deeply invested in someone else so quickly? But Tegan wasn’t just any girl, both of our fathers saw to that.
I clenched my jaw. Screw this, I was pretty much falling for her already and I wasn’t about to let her push me away, too. “Well, she needs to stop.” No one stopped me as I followed Tegan’s path. That wasn’t necessarily a good thing. Someone had to try, though.
I could he ar music coming from her room as I approached. She didn’t hear me when I knocked, or she was ignoring me. Well, if I was really trying…
I opened the door and walked in. She was sitting on the bed with a bottle of vodka in her hand. It was only just after four in the morning. What the hell was she thinking?
I stormed over to her and grabbed
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