I just rolled my eyes and asked again, this time in a serious tone "no really who are you exactly?" At this he furrowed his brows and used his index finger to repeatedly poke my head. "You seriously don't remember?" I gave this this look which meant ' duh? If I remembered would I be asking you who you were?' he sighed. "You're that weirdo that ruined my seventh birthday. You were crying because you said something about your parents promising to attend it but they never showed up and you also bumped into my cake..." Did he have to use that scenario to remind me of who he was?! "Yeah, I remember you...Heath is it?" I muttered not caring at all. "Cool how you haven't forgotten my name. Anyways, your mom asked me to call you out" ughh I didn't want to go but I did anyways. "Okay... I'll be there in a sec, now please leave" I said in a rude yet it still sounded a bit polite.

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"Scarlet's here, do let the game night begin!" My mum declared. We played some teen games because both mum's wanted to feel 'young' again and I had to say, it was pretty fun.

Soon, we pretty much got tired and everyone went to bed. Mum was feeling a little light-headed, so I tucked her to bed. I had just turned about to leave when she grabbed my hands. I thought it was her usual joke thingies so I yelled "mum please!" But then I heard some noises and turned back. Mum was crying.

"What life I live in! Full of regrets" she hissed bitterly shaking her heads in regrets. "Am I that horrible?" Now she had a rough expression on her face I couldn't tell what she was thinking "No!!" She yelled "It's because of him! It because of him I've lost everything." Now she panted heavily "heaven's knows why I hadn't killed him yet, he cau-" I placed my fingers on my mum's lips, I had heard enough of her words.

I hugged her and there it was.... That smell! That horrible nasty smell. Simply put, my mum was drunk. She was damn drunk. I would have scolded her for drinking but she was in no position to hear my lecturing, so I just stayed there till I was sure she was asleep.

I quietly left the room deep in thoughts, the hatred and resentment she had for dad sounded like a long time incident. Does she really hate my dad so much? And why?

I felt pained, it looked like dad had left a scar that could never heal, it was disheartening to see mum cry and if I hated dad before, I despised him now but what did he do that made her hatred so stro-

"Are you alright?" Someone asked disrupting my thoughts. I looked up to see Heath waving his hands above my face. "what are you doing?" I asked. "Oh I thought you were thinking and I just wanted to stop it" he said, as if waiting for me to reply, oh and I did. "C'mon... Get lost!" I said as I pushed him aside and continued walking. But he pulled me to him, gosh this dude was starting to piss me off! I opened my eyes to look at his to show him how angry I was, but I couldn't, why? We were so close like I mean we were inches apart from kissing, and have I ever told you how he had such cute ocean blue eyes? I felt chills run down my spines as I looked away. At this he chuckled slightly "oh please don't tell me my charms are working on you?" He teased. "Oh please!" I hissed as I pushed him away. "I'm not in the mood for your chit chat. I-I have important things to do anyways" I said looking at him with a sad look but accompanied it with a smile and he let me be.

I went to my room and was changing into my pj's when someone opened my door. "Heath!!!"I gasped. "What sugar plum?" He smirked "you're lucky I had worn my trousers before you came in!" I shot him a dirty look. "There's no big deal... I could strip myself if you want." I almost puked in my mouth. "Oh really?! Now. Out!" I yelled. "Out? I'm sleeping here tonight" he said as he jumped into my bed like it was his! "Urm... What are you doing?" "Sleeping?" He gave me the 'duh expression.

I sighed not willing to cause an argument that night, so I grabbed my pillow and placed it on the rug ready to sleep. "What are you doing?" He asked a bit confused. "Isn't it obvious? I'm trying to sleep!" I rolled my eyes at him before closing them.

I must have started sleeping or I wasn't paying attention because I didn't know when he carried me from the floor and threw me to the bed. "I'm not taking no for an answer, you're sleeping on the bed with me!" He said more like he was warning me.

"Okay...I'm Soo happy" I said sarcastically and then I placed a pillow in between us, so we were not close to each other. "Someone's cautious about not loosing something" he teased, then continued "don't worry, I won't do anything only if you give me a go ahead" he whispered and winked at me. I felt myself turn red, oh no! Not the blush red but the angry one. Who did this guy think I was? One of his sluts? I smiled as I came inches from him and whispered "not even in your wildest dreams" before using my hands to flick his head. I then turned to the other side and slept soundly. Well.... That only lasted till the thought of mum's hatred for dad came through my mind.

I turned around to face Heath, he looked really cute when he was asleep. I didn't know what I was doing but I just found myself patting his head without even realizing.

As I did so, I saw a smirk on his face, but I didn't mind. "You know... You could do more than a pet on the head" he whispered as he slowly opened his eyes, he looked shocked. "Scarlet... You're crying?" He asked.

"What? No" I said in a teary voice. I hadn't realize I was crying, I used my hands to cover my face as embarrassment flushed my face.

He came close to me and patted me lightly. "It's okay... I understand..." He hushed me. "I..I my parents...." I couldn't complete my sentence so I just lay on his chest as he comforted me till I went back to sleep.

The following morning, I woke up to mum making 'Marsala risotto with chicken' "mum... What are you cooking?" I asked because she knew how much I didn't fancy them. "Oh honey... This isn't for you... I made pancakes for you. This is for Heath and his mum" she smiled.

When she was done cooking, I went upstairs to eat leaving the rest at the dinning. Well I thought I could eat alone but I was shortly accompanied by of course Heath. "Give me a valid reason why you're not eating with us?" He eyed me. "Maybe it's because I'm tired of seeing your face?!" I shot back. Well unlucky you, I'm eating which ya!" He smiled as he brought his food and sat besides me.

I just rolled my eyes and let him be, what can I say? He's really immature. He took one look at what I was eating and I just ignored him. "Here try it, it's really nice" he said trying to force a handful of the food he was eating. "No thanks, I don't really like that dish" I humbly refused but he didn't care to listen to what I said and kept on forcing me to, I tried fighting him away from me but he ended up being on top of me.

It looked like time had stopped as I gazed into his eyes, those blue eyes gave me the butterflies and I could look at them all day. "You're really cute you know" he whispered as he started to lean closer."erm.. what are you doing?" I asked but he just ignored me and yes! He kissed me...

I was on cloud 9 but I immediately pushed him away, mum's words werr still in my mind. "I'm sorry, I didn't mea... I'm really sorry" he said as he cursed at his actions.

I didn't really know what to say so I just kept quiet. Since I had said nothing, he left the room abruptly. I wanted to stop him but I couldn't find myself to.

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When mum was pretty much alone, I tried to have a conversation with her, since her words had been on my mind " Hey mum.... I was wondering, what was it like when you first met dad?" I asked a bit hesitant because I wasn't sure if she'd reply. "I don't know... It was nothing special" she said plainly then continued. "To be honest, I didn't really regret the marriage at first, but as we started to know each other... I started to see the other side of your father. For starters, he abused me a lot, but it reduced when I gave birth to your brother. Then he started to sleep with young women and.... Oh that man! I didn't know why I hadn't killed him while I had the chance, I ha..." She looked at me who was in shock at what I heard and stopped. She hadnt realized she had mentioned.....

"I'm sorry..." She whispered slightly as she hugged me tight