?To Live Forever ?
? Chapter 2?
Written by: Tamara Blair
? Claribel ?
If it wasn’t for the fact that Shannon begged me to come to the party, I would have never agreed.
After school, Shannon drove me home reminding me to come over to her house for our make up.
I walked towards my front door,i sighed in frustration.
Am literally so scared of entering my own house, the same house that I would love to enter when i was little.
Now i would prefer to stay in school than come home.
I finally gathered the courage to open the door,the first thing i saw were bottles of beer everywhere,with cigarettes.
My dad was faced down on the floor,he probably passed out because of the excess drinking and smoking.
I dropped my school bag on the floor,then started cleaning up the mess.
I did it so quietly,i didn’t want to wake him up,if he wakes up it just means more pain for me and i don’t want that.
I succeeded in cleaning up without waking him up,i took my bag and went to my room.
When i follow Shannon to her house, her mom welcomes her home with a kss,i am welcomed with the sight of my dad’s bad habits.
I have learnt to accept the fact that not everyone in this life deserves love and am one of them.
After taking a nice shower,i went straight to my reading desk,i took out my headphones and a novel.
Reading and Music,my two favorite things to do, it’s makes me forget, it’s like my drugs.
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Few hours later.
“Okay, okay, Shannon,i will be there” I said over the phone.
She won’t stop calling me,i took my purse then walked out of my room.
I met face to face with my dad,oh,no.
He looked at me from head to toe,i was so nervous.
“And where are you going?”
“Shannon invited me over,we have a test tomorrow”I replied hoping he won’t notice my nervousness.
“Okay,i need a favor”
“What is it?”
“I need money,my beers are out”
I didn’t dare argue with him or it will be h*ell.
I brought out some money from my purse and gave it to him.
“Nice,at least you are better than your useless mother who abandoned you”
He walked away,i tried not to think about what he said.
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“Clary!!”Shannon’s mom said happily as she opened the door.
She hugged me and gave me a kss on the forehead, something am not used to.
“Good evening, Aunt”
I walked in and Micheal, Shannon’s elder brother saw me.
“Hey, little one”He said happily while i just rolled my eyes.
“Am starting to think you don’t know my name since you call me little one all the time” I said and he chuckled.
He held out my hand and was staring at something.
It was a scar from the past beating my dad gave me.
“You can’t continue like this,Clary”Micheal said and i sighed
“I have to, until i can stand on my own”
“Clary,he is going to kill you one day,let me help you”
“No,we both know what happened when you would help me”
Micheal always used tl defend me but got beaten up badly by my dad so i told him not to help me.
“I’ll be fine”
I walked over to Shannon’s room to get ready for the party.
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“You excited about the party?”Shannon asked as we stopped right in front of Alex’s house.
“Not really”
“Oh, come on, don’t be a party pooper”.
We got in and it was like every high school party.
Alcohol, kssing, smoking,some even pop pills.
Shannon was dragged away by Isaac,while i felt a hand on my waist.
“Dylan”i called out while he just smirked,his eyes were going over my body,he smelt of alcohol.
“You look so sexy”
“Thanks”
He pulled me closer from the waist amd tried to kiss me but i declined.
“What’s wrong?’He asked grousely.
“I need to use the bathroom,you go amd dance,i will come meet you”
He nodded and walked away,i gave a huge sigh of relief.
Suddenly, someone pushed me away slightly with an elbow.
“A simple ‘hey’ would be nice instead of pushing me away”
“I wasn’t trying to talk to you,i pushed you because you were blocking the table for soda”He said in his British accent.
“Yeah, right, such lame excuse”
“Look here, little Americana, don’t flatter yourself by thinking i want to talk to you”
“Then why are you talking to me right now?”
“That’s a good question, that’s why am walking away now,nerd”
He just called me a nerd, only Shannon calls me that.
I took a soda bottle and drank from it, Shannon appeared out of nowhere.
“Clary, let’s go, they are playing truth and dare upstairs”
Before i could reply,she dragged me along with her.
We finally got to the room,only popular kids were allowed in.
Dylan was already seated,i sat next to him, Shannon sat beside Isaac.
“Okay, welcome to the most amazing truth or dare in history”Alex,the celebrant said and everyone cheered.
“No one can back out,no one”
“Let’s start already”
The game started quite funny as Dylan was asked to dance in his boxers.
Audbrey was asked to remove her br@ and put it on her head.
Alex had to tell the girl he was trying to get that be was gay.
“Claribel, it’s your turn”
“Yeah, Shannon gets to ask you a question”
“Okay” i said staring at Shannon.
“Truth or Dare”
“Dare” i blurted out,oh why did i just say dare?
Shannon will tell me to do the impossible, she already had that stupid smirk on.
“I dare you to kss.. Adrian”She said and Everyone in the room gasps in shock.
“What?”Adrian asked clearly not liking the idea,same with me.
“Yes,she has to kss you”
“Kss him”People started chanting,we looked at each other.
He had this arrogant face on.
“Do it already, I know you want to”He said with pride.
I moved closer to him,he started leaning forward.
I pushed him away slightly, that surprised him.
“Am done playing this game” i said staring at him, everyone gasps in shock.
Adrian’s face was that of confusion and surprise,i guess he has never been rejected.
I walked out of the room and went downstairs.
I can’t let him take my first kss..yes,i said it,i have never kssed a guy,i don’t have the time to.
It’s always been school and work for me,no relationships.
It’s been a while since i left the truth nad dare game,i talked to some few people before i decided it was time to go home.
I searched everywhere for Shannon,i finally saw her.. kssing Isaac,i didn’t know if i should go separate them but it seems she’s really enjoying the kss.
I went over to the back of the house where practically no one stayed.
I sat down on the pavement and looked at the stars.
I remember when my mom would take me out at night to show me the stars and she would tell me that am as beautiful as the stars.
Something disturbed my thoughts,it was the sound of someone coughing seriously.
I followed the sound and i saw a figure in the darkness,it was a guy,he coughing so hard.
I ran towards him, that’s when i noticed it was Adrian,he was coughing out blood.
“Oh my goodness,are you okay?” I asked but he was trying to walk away from me.
“Let me help you,tell me what to do”
He only pushed me away despite the fact that he was coughing out from the blood.
He walked away witg a little strength and entered his car that wasn’t too far, then zoomed off.
Why was he coughing out blood?
And why was he resisting my help?
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