Capítulo 47: Chapter 45
AUSTIN'S POV
I got home a little after ten. It was the best I could do. I was still a little mad over what that history teacher had done. Detention was just the dumbest thing to have been created in the institution of education, because how was locking kids up in a room for an hour and having them stare at each other useful? I was done with that school before, but after what happened, I doubt I'd be able to attend all the classes how I was expected to. Such a thing had gotten me suspended in the past, missing out on too many classes, but I'm sure I would be able to miss a few and cover it up well.
But the biggest disappointment I faced today was not having hang out with Kyle. I had planned on passing by the store after I left school, but the circumstances wouldn't let me. I had something urgent to do first and there was no way to postpone it.
I got home just as my dad was pulling in to the driveway. I passed right by him even though I could have cautiously walked round the house and used the backdoor. The windows were rolled up so there was no way for me to see him through the tinted glass, but I was certain he had seen me.
I hoped he had.
He needed to realize that I wouldn't bark to his every word like a loyal fucking dog. I clearly heard him call out my name as I took the steps that led to the house, and I ignored him and went on. I knew I was supposed to feel bad for the things I was doing, a little regret and guilt. But those things had long been absent. And I had a feeling I would never get them back, I was never going to feel the strong urge to apologize for doing or saying something I wasn't supposed to.
I headed straight for the stairs, my dad's footsteps following behind me.
" I said stop!"
I did, my hand on the railing and my mind working to come up with blatant lies and casual responses to whatever he was going to ask me.
The first question was obvious, he wanted to know where I had been.
" At an underground party, drinking and smoking weed....clearly, " I made the sarcasm as loud as I could. But there were chances he was going to take what I said literally, in his mind those were the kind of things I did when I was neither at school nor at home.
I heard his footsteps as he drew closer to me, so I turned and watched him until he got to the step below mine. Eyes glaring and his lips trembling with the anger itself. He was trying to find the right words to tell me, to let me know that I had crossed the line and he was no longer planning on putting up with me.
In the end, all he did was shake his head, then he turned to the exit before he looked up at me.
" Phone. "
He demanded, stretching out his hand and waiting for me to hand it over. I scoffed and started heading to my room.
" Choose, either you give me your phone, or your bike keys. "
He sounded serious. I would have refused to hand in either, but then we'd just argue nonstop. And those two choices were really easy. Without another thought, I took out my phone and gave it to him. It sucked because I had been planning on chatting with Kyle before I fell asleep, but I could just as easily get another one the following day. The phone was really no big deal.
He looked a bit shocked when I casually gave it to him, and suspicious as well. He narrowed his gaze at it before tucking it onto his pocket.
" Your laptop as well, bring it to my room. "
I shrugged and assured him I would.
" What about the desktop, want that too? And the TV might be a hustle but I'm sure I can move it to your convenience. "
" Don't test me Austin!"
" My apologies Mr. O'Grady."
I didn't wait for his response but rather quickly made my way upstairs and straight to my room. We had been arguing for so long it now felt normal. It would be strange if he and I interacted normally. I wouldn't even know what to say, so I liked things just as they were and didn't wish for them to change.
I grabbed the laptop and took it to him,he had followed me up and was waiting outside my room. And after he took it, he just stood there and looked at me like I was a complete stranger who had wronged him. As if he had never laid his eyes on me before but I had appeared out of nowhere and stolen from him. It was a look I had seen countless times so it didn't affect me. It had only gotten to me once, the first time I had acted outrageously rebellious. It had been when he first introduced me to Khloe, at a restaurant, I had been so pissed off that I threw everything on the table down and angrily stomped out of there. Looking back at it now, I suppose I could have handled it a little better. But I had been about thirteen at the time and my mind had refused to process the information.
" What?" I asked my dad when he just kept staring. And when he said nothing, I stepped back into my room and swung the door shut behind me. Then I sat on my bed and wondered what I'd do. I didn't watch TV anymore, I found the shows boring and unrealistic. Books were a big no, I didn't even play games. Without my phone, all I could do was think. And as expected, my mind automatically started thinking about Stevens. I wished he was there with me. And I scolded myself for not having checked to see whether he'd replied to my text. But I doubted he had. I didn't even know how long my dad was planning on keeping the phone for. But as long as I had my own cash and could use it, I wasn't going to let such things bother me. I took out my alcohol flask, only one sip remained. And it would be too risky for me to raid my dad's liquor cabinet.
That was one of the two things I was never going to let him find out about me. The fact that I drunk. That I had been drinking since I turned fifteen just for the hell of it. The other thing was probably just as bad, but there was no way he'd find out so I had no reason to worry.
This time he had taken my phone, I wondered what he was going to do the following day when I got home late.
When.
Because I was never planning on getting to that house early just so I could sit with him and his pretty blonde wife as we ate and pretended that we were a happy family. And I wanted that night to end so that I could get to school and see Kyle. Never had I been so eager to get to school before. But it felt like it would be an eternity before that night ended. And even if we got to school, chances were I'd only get to talk to him for a little while. Which was why for the first time, I searched for my alarm clock and actually set it. I'd wake up extra early, then I'd go over to his apartment and we could hang out for a bit then go to school together. I never liked to carry people on my bike, but he was an exception. I'd very much like to do that with him.
With my mind made up, I went to bed with everything planned out in my head.
The next day, I realized why I never used the alarm. It was the most annoying thing anyone could experience in the morning. And I actually ended up throwing it against the wall. It went silent, ruined. I was about to continue sleeping when my mind reminded me of my plan. I suppose I had thought about it so much it had glued itself to my subconscious. Groaning, I turned on my side and reached for the switch, turning on the bedside lamp before I went into a state of meditation, thinking about random thoughts. Trying not to go back to sleep.
I just felt tired, but I had to get some extra time with Stevens. Even if his mom was home, I really wouldn't care. I finally got up and dragged myself to the bathroom. About forty minutes later I was downstairs and ready to go. I was surprised to find Khloe up, she was in the living room, the TV was on and she was following some yoga instructor who was clearly also pregnant. I tried walking past her but I found myself amused and stood there to watch for a minute. She saw me while doing some sort of move. Her eyes widened and she gasped in shock. Her hands clutching her chest due to shock.
" Christ Austin! You scared me! "
I didn't say anything.
" What's wrong? Why are you up so early?"
The mere fact that she sounded so shocked about me being awake before six was a little offending, but I didn't ponder on it much.
" I'm going to school, bye. "
"Umm, bye. "
That shocked her even more than my unnoticed presence.
I took two steps before stopping and turning to her once more.
" Be careful, that looks risky, " I told her, referring to whatever the hell she was doing. Then I walked out without waiting for her reply because she was definitely gonna make things weird. And I had decided to be in a relatively good mood that day. Until I got out and realized my bike was gone.
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