Chapter Banner by Batman_Justice of GraphicSilly

Leigh just woke up.

She cringed as she heard something crack when she tried to sit up. Her vision was messed up as hell and so was her hair. Buried under layers of blankets, she finally understood why her mother told her to sleep warm. It was cold. Freezing, heck-as-hell, cold. It was so cold, Leigh could hardly feel her toes. It was so cold that the coldness itself seemed to engulf her and bite down on her spine. It was so cold, she wondered why the hell the window was open. 

Rubbing her eyes, she yawned and took a step out of the safety of her blankets. She walked to the window and shut it as hard as she could. Leigh grumpily took her phone off the bedside table and went to that phone app whose name she could not pronounce. She scrolled through all the numbers and stopped suddenly. On the screen was a number and the name Earl Grey under it.

Leigh hovered her finger over the call button. She was in a predicament. Finally deciding, she switched off her phone and threw it on her bed. She was frustrated. Very frustrated. She ran a hand through her messy hair and let out a sigh. Opening the door, she saw her mom sneak into her stepfather's room.

She found that weird. Parents usually sleep in the same room, right? But when Leigh saw this, she had an uneasy feeling. And something else-curiosity. She tiptoed to the front of their room and waited. Pressing her ear to door, she could hear something vague. Was that kissing? Her nose screwed up in disgust. She was still not used to her mother being with another man. 

Venturing, she quietly turned the doorknob and opened it the slightest bit. She peeked through the gap. To her horror, he was snogging her. It was a long kiss. Too wet though. Leigh spotted his hand toying with the bra strap of her mother's. Horrified, she closed the door and ran back to her room, trying desperately to scrub that memory from her brain. She plopped herself onto her bed and felt something crush under her butt. She took it out and found pieces of broken metal and chips. 

Oh no.

Her phone.