The world is full of affliction, people battle with different  complications on a daily basis.

I thought that i was the only one who had been in anguish but when I learnt of what Wave had gone through, I understood that each person had  their own demons that they battled with with daily.

I was so saddened at what Wave had gone through, his brother and mother died on the same day, his father had neglected him and only visited everything once in a while.

He told told me that after his mother and brother's demise, he resorted to alcohol and drug abuse. He found comfort in alcohol because it used to numb him of his pain.

He had been arrested multiple times for drinking and stealing from stores when he didn't have money to buy alcohol.

Additionally, he used to be violent, breaking people's cars, getting into fights and being disrespectful to teachers at his school. This resulted in him getting expelled from his previous school in sophomore year.

It was very upsetting how his father never bothered to reach out to him or even stay with him.

I asked myself if all fathers were oppressors but it wasn't true because I had met Gerald, a nice loving father to his children, and Wave previously told me that his father wasn't always like that, he used to be a good man and the both of them had a very pleasant relationship before, contrary to my abusive father who had never loved me since my birth.

After Wave got expelled from school, Caleb's mother  admitted him to our school and made him go for rehab. She started taking care of him and acted like a mother figure after he opened up to her.

And that was why him and Caleb were good friends.

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A month passed after our moment of truth and Wave and I had become even closer. I had also told him a bit about my abusive upbringing and he stayed .

I thought that he would leave after knowing the real depressed me, but he stayed, I was so ecstatic I could reach the moon.

"Skylar!" A knock resounded on my bedroom door.

"I'm almost done mom." I said,  pulling my jeans up my thighs.

"Okay honey, take your time, we will wait for you downstairs."

"Okay mom."

I was still uncomfortable calling Angela my mother but I knew I had to eventually.

After telling Wave about my complicated relationship with my mother, he advised me to talk to her and hear her side of the story.

I did.

I didn't even know why I had been upset with her all those years for never being present in my life when I knew too well that my father had a hand in whatever was stopping Angela from ever visiting me.

I asked her and she explained to me that my father used to abuse her , never loved her nor did he Care for her, and that he used to bring different women in the house while my she was present in the house.

It became too much for her to bare that she requested for a divorce. After they had divorced, the court decided that I had to stay with my father and Evie with her.

She continued to say, that my father requested for the court to make them sign some kind of restraining order, not allowing Evie and my mother to ever cross paths with my father and I.

It was cruel but she had to stay away or she could have gotten in trouble with the law.

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Thanksgiving was three days away and my family and I were going out shopping for the requirements.

"I don't understand why you get too long to prepare yourself. I'm a girl and I don't take that long." Evie said to me accusingly once I came downstairs.

"It's called self care, you can't understand, I mean....." I looked her up and down. ".... look at you."

She became red in the face with anger and attempted to punch me but I moved away almost getting punched on my face.

"Evie stop beating your brother and help me look for the shopping list from the kitchen drawers ." My mother intervened.

"Fine!" She answered. I smirked at her and she smacked me hard on my head and walked away.

I stood there glaring at her descending back until my phone beeped in my pant's pocket signaling that there was a new message.

I took out my phone and a huge grin spread out from my face the moment I saw the one that had texted me.

    From Wavy❤️: wanna hang?

Maybe the way I had saved his name was too gay..... but I didn't care, because yes I was too gay!!!

To Wavy❤️: I can't right now, I'm going out with my family to shop for Thanksgiving.😔

From Wavy ❤️: bummer😩

To Wavy ❤️: wanna hang later? or maybe you can join us.

From Wavy ❤️: nah too many people..... text me when you get back, cool?

To Wavy ❤️: cool, see you later.

From Wavy ❤️: see yha💜

I was surprised at Wave's last text. I didn't know what he was implying  putting a heart emoji
because I still didn't know what the two of us were to each other.

We hadn't had that talk yet  now and it was eating me up. I decided I was going to ask him on our next encounter.

I was taken out of my reveries by the car honk .

"Get into the car you asshat!" Evie shouted at me after she loudly honked the car horn.

" Evie! Language, there are kids here." Mother shouted.

I immediately got into the car and Gerald sped off to the mall.

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