ALLISON’S?
DIARY??
(Secrets ??)
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CHAPTER 22
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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?Jonas POV?
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By the time I got home, my feet were throbbing from severe soreness. I neared the door and let out a soft sigh.. Maybe returning here now is a bad idea. If not for mom, I probably would spend the night on the street.
“Jonas?” I turned to see Mom standing behind me, a look of relief washed her face as she saw me. Before I could make a move, she swooped to me and gave me a long cuddly hug. “Oh son, I’ve been searching all over for you!” She drew me closely to her chest, her breathing hard.
She must’ve walked alot.
“I’m sorry, mom” I said, wiping the tip of my nose on her shirt.
“It’s okay. Just don’t do that again, okay? I was damn worried, I thought I’d pass out!” She revealed and I hugged her even closely.
“You should’ve just stayed, I was fine. I just needed a brief break from him” I said and mom disengaged, stared into my face and cupped it.
“Your dad was worried about you too” she said.
“Yeah, you wish” I scoffed.
“It’s true. He wouldn’t say it but I saw it in his eyes, he was mad at himself for hitting you” she added. “And you promised, Jonas. You promised you’d stop. Why did you do it again?” She questioned.
“I did. I mean I wanted to but I couldn’t. School was messed up, my best friend stopped talking to me, I just had so much in my head, I needed a distraction” I said and mom twitch her lips, caressing my face with her thumbs.
“You should’ve just talked to me” she said.
“How would a pregnant woman who needs a cheer up, render some?” I joked and she frowned playfully.
“Hey, I’m stronger than you think, okay?” She smiled. “You should’ve just talked to your dad then, I’m pretty sure he’d want to listen” she said.
“I’d rather swim in a swamp than talk to the old guy in there” I said and mom sighed.
“Jonas-
“Maybe when you give birth, dad would get off me and focus on the baby. I’m tired of him ruling my life for me, I’m twelve and I think I’m old enough to decide for myself” I said.
“Aww! Look who wants to take responsibility,” she grinned. “Well, no matter what Jonas, you should know that old guy is you dad and he totally wants the best for you even though you don’t think so” she said, ruffling my hair.
“Stop it” I grumbled and she laughed and kssed my forehead.
“Come-on, let’s go in” she took my palm and we both walked.
Dad was on the stairs, staring at us from it, after we walked in. His gaze was particularly on me, severe anger visible in it.
“What are you doing here?” He asked, obviously contending his anger, probably for the best time to lash it out.
“Davis-
“I thought you were tired of this hellhole,” he teasingly gestured to the house. “Thought you grew some massive balls and found your own way to make a living, so why are you here?!” He repeated.
I kept mute, staring directly and back at his eyes
“You won’t talk?” He asked but I said nothing. “Then get out!” He fired.
“Davis stop!” Mom said.
“If you don’t get out of my house this minute, you won’t like what would come to you next!” He raged.
“Davis please! It’s late, where do you expect him to go? Can’t you just-
“Are you daring me, right now!” He fired at me, ignoring mom like she hadn’t just talked and the next minute, he was marching down the stairs. I could’ve ran, I wished I had but my ego wouldn’t let me.. I stood, as if wanting to see what he could do. Mom rushed to the stairs to stop him and it all happened so fast, mom was on the stairs, climbing to meet him and with one fierce yank; he pushed her off the stairs and she fell and began bumping down. By the time she landed on the floor, she laid limp. Dad paused, staring at her in shock, I was glued to my spot, too shocked to move.
“M-mom!” I called, my heartbeat pounding.
“Ari? Ariana?!!” Dad called, moving to her and taking her up and shouting her name.
I rushed to him and quickly grabbed her from him. “Mom?!” I called, shaking her. Dad walked away to make a call and I checked her pulse but she wasn’t breathing and her body was suddenly cold on mine, I froze that instant.. my breathing hitched and for a moment, the world paused.
“She’s..not.. breathing” I said slowly and scarily.
“What?!” Dad left the phone and walked to me to check.
“She’s not breathing!” I yelled. He took her from me and checked then gave me a shocked and scared look.
“I- is she dead?” I asked him, my voice low and emotional, my heartbeat intensifying. He gave me a look filled with fear and didn’t reply me.
“Ari. Please wake up, honey, please! I’m sorry!” He shook mom, his voice shaky and shallow.
“Did you kill her, you bastard?!” I asked and he suddenly began crying. Anger mixed with emotions clouded my feelings.
I reached into my pocket, grabbed the gun and pointed it at him.. he looked at me, surprised at the action. Seeing him, brought pure anger to my body.
“Jonas?” He called.
“Shut the fuck up!” I yelled, the gun shaking in my palm. “You have no idea how much I want to kill you right now!”
“Jonas, let’s talk about this. I’m sure we- we can save her-
“As if. You killed her you bastard! You killed my mother!-
“Jo-
“Just shut your god-damned gob up!!” I said. “this is your end too”
I fixed the gun properly to his direction, warmed the trigger with my finger and shut my eyes. As I warmed the trigger with my shaky finger, I pressed it down slowly and released, I expected the sound but got none and when I opened my eyes, dad was lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood and a deep bullet wound on his forehead.
Another wave of feeling enveloped me, it was more like excitement and something else that I couldn’t explain.
My palm trembled and the gun dropped from my palm, making a metallic Crank.
I felt a presence and when I turned, a strangely familiar figure was behind me and when he took off his hat, his face came into view.
It was Gavin and he had on his lips a huge grin on his lips.
My chest rose and fell as he walked to me, placing a palm on my shoulder he gave me an assuring smile that somehow felt odd. He gave my shoulder a hard squeeze.
“That’s how you flush them off the list, Jonas”
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?Allison’s POV?
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Jonas face neared mine and kind of expectedly, he crashed his lips on mine; kissing me. At first, I was still but the next moment I found myself reciprocating in full force. He held my face firmly, tilting it to match with his face and I placed my hand on his waist since I couldn’t reach up to his shoulder in that position.
We kssed for a long time and I could only wish that it didn’t end at the moment as our lips rhymed to the movement. I could sense that none of us was willing to break off but suddenly, he pulled away from it. It didn’t look like a break, it was more like he forcefully cut it off.
“I’m sorry. I-I shouldn’t have done that. It was a mistake” he apologized and I didn’t understand why that angered me. I faced down, biting my lower lip and blaming myself for losing my guard so easily.
“Allison?” He called. “I said I’m-
“I get it!” I cut him off rather harshly. “I’m sorry,” I apologized, gave my lip a hard bite and walked back inside, heading to my room.
I felt angry and sad at the same time and I knew it was at him but I wasn’t sure why.
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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