High School Never Ends

“You sure like to make an entrance don’t you.” He chuckled
“Get the fuck out of my house, Austin.” I said through gritted teeth
“It’s my house too.” He sighed
“No, no it’s not. You lost all your rights to this house when you left!”
“Aria…”
“I’m not done yet. When was the last time I saw you Austin, when was it!?” I was screaming at him by this point
“I… I don’t remember.”
“Does nobody remember!? Am I crazy!?”
“Aria, please….”
“You left! You left me with a broken mother. I lost my sister and brother at the same time.” Tears were welling in my eyes
“Aria, you didn’t lose me. I’m still here, I’m still you big brother. Please, Aria.”
“NO. As far as I’m aware, I don’t have a brother.” I spat and ran back out of the house.
I ran. I didn’t know where I was running, but I kept going. Soon, I ended up at the old skate park. Curling into the corner of the ramp, I stared down at my phone, unsure of whether to call Mike or not. I couldn’t. He needs to realise that I’m not going to run back to him, maybe I’m not such a pushover.
Unsure of how long I had been sat on the park, I checked the time. 23:48. Fuck. I was about 10 minutes from my house however now I was aware of the people who lurked in the shadows making me absolutely terrified to walk home. I couldn’t call Vic, even though he would understand he was too close to Mike. Instead, I called Jaime.
“H-hello?” Jaime grumpily answered
“Uh, hey. It’s Aria…” I trailed off
“Why are you calling at like midnight?”
“I-I kind of need a place to stay and I had a fight with Mike so I don’t want…”
“I’ll come get you. Where you at?”
“I’m at this old skate park on Pickford Avenue.”
“Alright, I’ll be there soon, but I’m gonna have to borrow Tony’s car.”
“Okay, oh and Jaime?”
“Yup?”
“Thanks.”
“Anytime.”
I hung up and leant against the ramp. My eyes fluttered shut as I prayed for time to move faster. When I opened my eyes, two men stood before me.

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