-

I look back at the man that I once called my father with annoyance. Believe me when I say I was ready to start cussing and shouting, Lola beat me to it though. "What the actual hell is wrong with you!" She scoffs

"I'm sorry but your sister started it-

"No she was telling you something that you weren't ready to hear and so you decided to bring up her eating disorder like the childish prick that you are" I scoff

"That really wasn't needed Jacob" Martha agrees

"Well I'm definitely not staying here, especially after that" Stacey snorts

"Don't be ridiculous Stace-

"I don't know what the hell your situation is but Carmen was right. Your an ass" Lola says annoyed

"Help me pack?" Stacey asks her

They both get up, "Let's wait in the living room" I say to my sister

"Carter-

"Just do me and Grace a favour and stay out of our lives" I say seriously

Martha looks at us softly, "I apologise on his behalf"

I nod, "It's fine"

-

I drink from a bottle of water before swallowing a Tylenol pill, my cramps are starting to creep back up again. Somebody knocks on my window and I look back before lowering it, "You ok?"

I close the cap of my bottle, "I've been better"

Carter leans over the lowered window, "Sorry about Jacob"

"It's whatever, he's a dick"

He smiles a little before pressing a kiss onto my cheek, "You getting all fired up turned me on" He murmurs against me

"Yeah well you get me wet all the time" I kiss him on the lips deeply and he grins against my mouth

"Mm-..where's Grace?" I ask as we pull away

Carter points left and I frown as she walks down the steps of the house with Lola and Stacey, "I think Stacey's gonna sleep at yours"

I raise my eyebrows, "I mean I don't know if that's a good idea"

"Why?"

"Well I mean my parents are gonna be home today and my moms smart, she'll know that they're more than friends"

He looks back at them for a second before frowning, "Don't they know already?"

"No...Moms a raging homophobe, dad just agrees with whatever she says"

"Maybe you guys should stay at mine instead"

"Your sweet, but she has to find out one way or another"

The three of them get into the backseat whilst Carter gets in beside me, I turn back.

"You know moms home right?"

My sister simply nods, I then look at Grace. "You ok?"

She nods before putting on her seatbelt and I smile as Carter pulls out of the driveway. "So.... What are we actually having for dinner?" He asks

"McDonald's" The three of us answer in unison

We all ordered and then ate in the car park, I had quite an appetite today and I'm surprised I ended up finishing my sisters food. Anyway afterwards Carter dropped us home, I'm a little cautious of my mom..... I have a feeling that somethings gonna go wrong today.

Carter looks back at me as my sister walks into the house with Stacey, "Sleepover tomorrow?"

"I would but tomorrows Lola's birthday"

"You'll still come to school though right?"

I nod as he leans in, "But I'm picking you up this time" I murmur

"Fine by me" He kisses me lovingly

"Ew" Grace covers her eyes and I laugh as Carter and I pull away

"See you later Grace"

"Bye"

I give her brother a quick kiss on the cheek before sliding out of the car and walking into the house "Hey"

"Hi" Matty says with a mouthful of cereal

"Who's the redhead?" He asks as I ruffle his hair

"Lola's friend"

I tie up my hair before walking into the kitchen, it's quite hot in here. "What" I eat one of the tomatoes that Mom just cut

She narrows her eyes, "I've never heard of a Stacey"

And so it begins

"Same" Matty agrees

I shrug, "She's Lola's friend"

"I know all of Lola's friends"

"Well she's a new one"

"Hmm"

I snort, "Mom it's literally a sleepover, it's not a big deal"

She raises her hands with surrender before continuing to cut, "Mientras sus madres estén bien con eso"

"She's ok with it" I assure her before heading upstairs

Here's to hoping that my sister is careful

I open the door to my brothers' room before collapsing back onto Santiago's bed, "Can I help you?"

I lie beside him, "So your allowed to bother me over the phone but I can't do the same in person?"

"I'm your little brother, it's my job" He replies whilst scrolling through his phone

"Well how was it with Maya at the party?"

"She has the best ass that I've ever seen"

"Is that it?" I say unimpressed

My little brother waves me off, "Yeah yeah the personality and shit. Don't worry everything's good, you just don't need to know the deets"

I scoff, "Why not"

My brother tuts, "I guess you shouldn't have hung up on me"

"Fuck you Santi-

My phone buzzes

🤎

I scoff with surprise as I stare at the screen

I smile a little, "He's too cute" I murmur

🤎

I roll my eyes playfully before wincing in pain, "Ow!" I shout after the thud

Santi shoved me off of his bed, "Qué coño te pasa?!"

He shrugs, "I warned you"

I rub my shoulder before getting up, "Bitch"

-

Here's to hoping that I never have to see my father again, I just knew things would end badly from the very start although I didn't expect him to argue with my girlfriend. Anyway it's not even me I'm worried about.... It's Grace, she was so excited to see him but of course he just had to let her down too. I sigh whilst lying down, I desperately need a drink.

*ping

The time reads 11:45, usually Carmen dozes off around this time. Is it weird that I sort of know her timetable?

I snort as I look at my screen

🤍

🤍

🤍

🤍

🤍

"Hey"

I look up from my phone

"So Grace tells me you guys had a bad time at your dads" Mom says

"Yeah, like I knew we would"

"She said that he got into a fight with Carmen?"

"He got mad at her for telling the truth"

She wraps her cardigan around herself, "Which was what exactly?"

"That he's a shit father. Then she said you were a g for cheating on him and she threw her coke all over him" I recite

She raises her eyebrows, "For real?"

I nod and surprisingly she laughs, "Your not mad?" I say confused

"At your father? Yes. At Carmen? No"

I nod slowly and she sighs after calming down, "If he calls I'll ignore it.... I thought that fixing things with you two would make up for my past mistakes, I guess not"

"You made up for it already when you decided to stick around" I say softly

She half smiles before kissing me on the head, "Tell Carmen I said goodnight" Melissa says knowingly before shutting the door

-

I was in the middle of writing an essay when I heard a shout.... Well actually it started off as raised voices but I chose to ignore it, now however I can't. Everyone else's bedroom doors seem to be opened, I have a peek into my brothers' room, Matty's asleep but Santi's standing by the door. Adri's door is open too but I'm pretty sure she's in the shower. Then lastly we have my little sisters room, I notice mom standing by the door conversing... or should I say shouting at Stacey.

I frown as I watch, "Te quiero fuera!" Mom snaps

-I want you out-

"English!"

She continues to rant and shout in Spanish whilst Lola looks at her annoyed, "I can't understand what your saying!" Stacey scoffs

"Sabía que eras lesbiana!"

"Yeah you know what I am a lesbian and what the fuck about it?"

"What's going on?" I finally ask

Mom looks at me almost immediately, "I saw her kissing your sister-

"She didn't kiss me, I kissed her" Lola scoffs

Santi does a double take, "Wait a minute.... What?"

"I'm still trying to figure out what the problem is"

Mom scoffs at Lola, "Dime mi broma"

"I'm not joking"

"She's messing with your head and trying to force you to become gay-

"Nobody forced me to become gay" Lola says annoyed

"Wait your gay?" Santi says surprised

"I won't have it in my house" Mom says seriously

"She's literally my girlfriend-

"No, she is a demon"

I can tell that moms comment hurt Stacey because next she picked up her shoes and left, Lola gets up. "Stace-

Isabella looks back with disgust, "Un pecador loco"

"Seriously?" I scoff

She called her a crazy sinner

As Lola grabs her jacket she stands in the way, "Don't you dare follow her"

My sister looks at her with tear filled eyes, "Fuck you"

Santiago widens his eyes as she runs down the stairs, "Are you out of your mind?" I scoff at our mother

"Shes the gay one and I'm out of my mind?-

"Wake up Isabella, it's the twenty fucking first century" I say annoyed

"What your sisters doing is wrong-

"No what your doing is wrong. You may not agree with who she's dating but keep it to yourself, she's still a kid"

She doesn't reply, "And your a shit mother if you think that that was mature" I walk past her before going back to my room and slamming the door shut

I'll speak to Lola after she sorts things out with Stacey.

~*~

"Carmen" A voice whispers

"Hmm"

I feel a nudge, "What" I mumble into the comforter

"Lola's gone" My little brother whispers

Ok that woke me

I lift up my head before frowning, "What do you mean she's gone, I heard her come in at 1am?" I scoff

Matty shakes his head, "That was dad"

I get out of bed quickly before checking the time on my alarm

8:01

"Fuck! I'm late" I tie up my hair quickly before turning on my phone and heading straight to contacts

I scoff as he follows me to the bathroom, "Why aren't you in school?"

He shrugs, "Mom and dad are sleeping"

Matty always uses that as an excuse when he knows that he can walk or wake me up even. My phone call goes straight to voicemail and I sigh as I try to ring my sister again, "Go get ready I'm gonna drop you" I spread toothpaste on my toothbrush quickly

"What about Lola?-

"I'll handle it"

My phone rings and I sigh with frustration before answering, "What" I don't even check the caller ID

"Woah, who pissed you off?"

I spit into the sink before putting my phone on speaker. "Sorry, bad morning"

"Figures. Did you wake up late?"

"Yeah but I don't know if I'll come in"

"And why the fuck not?"

I rinse my toothbrush quickly before wiping my mouth, "I don't know yet.... Let me find my sister and I'll get back to you-

"What?"

"Carter I love you but I'll explain later ok?" I promise

"You better" He mumbles

I end the call before closing my bathroom door and locking it. Right now my only priority is finding my sister.... And possibly shouting at our mother too.

-

I glance back at Isabella as she gives Matty a slice of toast and dad puts his phone down, "Ok someone talk"

"There's nothing to talk about, Matty let's go" I hurry

"You and Santi are the only ones giving your mother the silent treatment-

"Then believe that we have a darn good reason. Matty let's go" I say seriously

My little brother picks up his bag, "Your sister is in the wrong, not me" Isabella says as we walk out

I smile sarcastically, "Fuck yourself"

My brother frowns as I unlock the car, "Why are you being rude to mom?"

"Don't worry about it" I mutter

Thankfully he didn't ask any further questions and I was able to drop him off without any stress. I checked my phone again to see if Lola had even bothered to send a text or something, all that was there were a few messages from Zoe and June.... I don't have time to reply at the moment

I was about to call Stacey but finally as I pulled out of Matty's school parking lot, my phone rang. I don't think I've ever answered so quickly in my life, "Hey where have you been? You want me to come get you?"

"The park" My sister says quietly

"Sure" I say softly

I don't think I can put into words how badly I feel for her, I mean it's her birthday for fuck sake... the fact that she's having to start the day away from home is fucking sad.

As I walk through the park I spot Lola in a hoodie sitting on the swings, she keeps her eyes trained on the ground as I sit besides her

"Hey"

"Hi" Lola mumbles

I smile a little, "Happy birthday"

She doesn't reply and I look at her softly, "What happened with Stacey last night?"

"She's not answering my phone calls"

"Have you tried going over to her house?"

"I went this morning, Martha said she wasn't feeling well..... I know that was a lie"

She's trying not to show how sad this is making her but I can see it, "Give her time"

Lola holds onto a chain of the swing, "I hate Isabella"

"Oh I think we all do"

"Where did you stay?" I then ask

She sighs, "Junes house, I just said me and mom argued but I didn't say what about"

I get up, "Come on" I gesture

"To where?"

I pull her up, "Duh, a shopping spree" I snort

Lola frowns, "I thought you were saving"

I shrug as I pull out moms credit card from my bra, "Who said it was my money?" I say innocently

Finally I saw a glimpse of something that I know in Lola's world means she wants revenge, and of course me being the amazing big sister that I am..... I'm gonna give her the chance to take it. "Let's go"

I smile before walking out of the park with my sister