Elena
The sound of my phone wake me up, someone is calling me. I use my hand to find my phone while my eyes are still closed.
I find it beside the pillow, it stops ringing and it resume again. I manage to open my eyes, it isn’t early it is 10 a.m but this rest is not enough. I need a lot of rest to recover from the pains I feel all over my body and the pains I feel in my throat.
I’m almost sore everywhere.
I see who’s been ringing my phone. It’s Ava. My heart beat for a second, I miss her. I haven’t really had time for my own best friend thanks to my fucking mates.
I pick up the call. “ Elena, are you okay?” her voice is low and soft like the usual.
My voice isn’t clear this morning, because of the pains I feel in my throat
“ Ava, I miss you. Fucking very much..” I say in a very low tone. I don’t want her noticing something is wrong with my voice, I wouldn’t be able to tell lies to her.
“ I miss you too badly, bitch. Are you free today? Do you mind if we take a stroll out in my car?” she politely ask, It’s weekend but I don’t feel like going out today, all I want to do now is rest. But I miss Ava, I want to see her and I can do anything just to spend time with her.
“ Do you have a place in mind?” I bit my lips down, her voice is loud now but soft.
“ Any place quiet, I think. Isn’t that your favourite spot? You love quietness and let me give you that today.” she laughs through the phone call. It smooths me already, Ava always comes to your rescue whenever you are dying. Her voice is like medicine to the pain.
“ Sure then, I will call in the next two to pick me up.” I tell her, she gives a kiss through the phone and it’s feels like my day is already going to be fabulous today.
I drop my phone, stretching out when I remember Jamie, he needs to go before Avera comes back from wherever she went to last night. But damn! It’s late, I didn’t wake up on time what now?
I need to go downstairs to Ella’s room, he needs to leave before Avera is back. I don’t want that bitch speaking to me and I would certainly not do anything to make her speak to me because her voice fucking irritates me. Everything in her does.
I run downstairs to her room when I see Avera and her eyes meet mine. She has a bag in her hands and some bags below, beside her legs apparently as though she is coming from somewhere or so, I don’t care to know. Whatever!
“ Why are you running that way? Did you see a ghost?” she asks furrowing her brow.
“ Yes, you.” I frown, rolling my eyes.
“ Elena would you stop being a spoilt brat.” she rolls her eyes, sighing out as she rubs her forehead softly as if I’m stressing her out.
I don’t give her a reply, I run into Ella’s room and see Jamie is up already and he is almost ready to leave. “Hey.” I say, he is fixing his collar when I call him.
I scan around the room and see Ella is still sleeping, I’m not waking her up, she needs to sleep. I can see her friend off, for her anyway.
“ Ready to go please? I can drop you off.” I speak fast, I’m speaking fast because I notice Avera is somehow behind me, she hasn’t left that spot. She must be wondering who I’m speaking with, did she hear his voice?
“ Thanks for last night. I don’t know why I’m here, but thanks for letting me sleep here.” he let a small smile escape his lips. That's cute, I want to smile then I remember Avera I can feel her eyes on me.
I don’t have the intention to start explaining to him now and certainly not when Avera refuses to leave that spot. Why do I feel she is waiting for me? And why the hell would she?
He is done with arranging his clothes, he starts to walk out of the room. I come out first when I meet Avera’s widely opened eyes as she stares at the guy. “ Elena who is he?” she demands, I want to keep her mute and roll my eyes but no. I won’t do it in front of a stranger.
“ He’s Ella friend. He wasn’t well last night and couldn’t go home alone. We decided to let him stay.” fuck shit! I hate giving details to Avera. I’m doing all this shit because of him, because I don’t desire to see this fuck-face not to even come to speaking with her.
“ Elena is this what you do when I’m not around? You bring guys to the House?!” she demands, this woman is something else.
What the hell is she saying? Does she think I’m like her!? I’m the kind of girl this ‘ like daughter like daughter’ don’t work on.
“ Please let me see you off. Can you get an Uber instead?” I take my eyes away from Avera, ignoring her unnecessary ranting.
“ Definitely. Please take care.” he tries to greet Avera too, but she ignores him. This is bullshit. What kind of a woman is this?
“ You have nasty thoughts, Avera.” I hiss at her as I try to walk back to my room, after he left.
“ Don’t you dare speak to me that way!” she yells. I can’t stand this, I need to go back to my room. I start to walk through the staircase when she calls my name like she has something serious to say.
“ Elena go pack your bags, we are leaving this house.” she demands, and I look like someone who has just received a big slap. Did I just hear her well? Or Riley has been right all this while about me having problems with my hearing?
I stand still like a statue, trying to process what my ears heard. I look back at her and start to walk down the staircase coming close to her.
“ Mom did you say leaving?” I call her mom, means I’m serious now. I want to call her mom so my ears, and my brain would get use to it, that yes someone like this gave birth to me. I want to think of it, do I really have someone like this as my mom? I’m confuse. Why..
“ Yes you heard right, we are moving out of this house. So go pack your bags.” she say without blinking, looking into my confused eyes.
“ To where!?” I shout. I don’t get angry yet, I’m just trying to be a good daughter and understand what she’s saying.
“ Elena I’m pregnant and the father of my child doesn’t want me staying here anymore and I can’t leave you alone. We are going to sell this house and move into his house, so go pack your bags Elena.” she demands. Wait, is that why these bags are out beside her legs?
Jeez fuck no! Why does she keep on doing the worse?
“ Mom I don’t get you.You can leave if you but I’m not leaving my father’s house. You can’t sell his house Avera, why are you doing all these?” I want to cry, this is house is where I grew up, it's where I got my father's love, its also fucking where I have his memories. Why would she do that?!
“ Elena you won’t tell me what to do. You can’t live alone and I have to sell the house while you come along with me.” she yells now.
“ Avera I’m not alone. I have Ella here, the two of us are going to stay alone. Can’t you go to your so called baby's father house alone?” I roll my eyes, I'm so irked.
“ I’m sorry, Ella is going back to California. She wouldn’t be staying here anymore. I’m going to be fully home for you, there’s no need for Ella anymore.”
she say calmly without any emotions.
No no no, she must be kidding with me.
“Why all this all of a sudden?! is it because you saw the guy in her room?” Jeez what is going on here. What is going on in that messed mind of hers!
“ Elena Sh-”
“ please!” I cut her off, yelling. “ I don’t want to leave, this house. It has my dad’s memory in it. I can leave it please. Do not sell it.” I’m crying, digging my hands into my hair because I’m confuse. She can’t keep on doing this every time.
“ Elena, you are still a kid and you won’t argue with me! Go fucking pack your bags!” it’s louder. Fuck, I’m going insane.
I want to slap myself to wake up from this nightmare. Did I sleep too long that I started to have nightmares?
I want to believe this is one of my nightmares, I can't process the thoughts of selling this house and Ella going back home. I should be happy she would be leaving this city, but not this way Fuck!
Not when I will be living under the same roof with my father's best friend that got my mom pregnant. What is going on? Could it get any worse?