F**k, I Fell For The Bad Boy

Chapter 7: I'm scared ma.

Brady

I got off the bus and walked home. I got home and walked in and put my bag down by the study door before going into the kitchen where my mom and sisters were. My mom was baking whilst my sisters, Alicia and Cara, ate some fruit salad and scrolled through their i********:.

The atmosphere here was always so heavy and unsettling. After Cara was caught smoking and drinking  and Alicia was caught having s*x with some boy everything fell to rock bottom. My sisters stopped talking, my pa went to our neighbor's three days before and hadn't been back since and my ma...she's been trying to keep it together.

For once I'm not the problem child but I'm about to become a problem. "Hey everyone." I said. My sisters mumbled nothing and ma just waved from where she was.

She literally was watching the cake cook which was better than her watching paint dry but still awful. "So I'm going on a date." I said and got my family's attention. I'm assuming ma texted pa because he soon came barging in through the door ready to listen.

"Who is it?" Ma asked. "Royce Tracy, the bad boy of my school." I said and they all gasped. "A bad boy? Look at my brother getting his naughty on." Cara said making me blush. "He better not get his naughty on until he's married." Pa said and looked to Alicia making her role her eyes.

"Listen bro, I think it's cool that you're not so uptight about bad boys anymore. This is good." Alicia said and Cara agreed. "What're you doing?" Pa asked. "We're going to the mall, I think we're gonna watch a movie." I answered.

"Will we have to drop you and pick you up?" Ma asked. "No and if something does happen I could always call Chris." I said. Chris is my brother, he moved out and went to stay with his girlfriend.

Everyone was quiet, very deep in thought. "Alright...I hope you have fun." Ma said with a small smile. She turned and continued to watch her cake bake. Alicia and Cara went to their rooms, patting me on the back as they walked past.

And pa, he went to watch tv. Everything went back to how it was, awkward. It felt like our  family tree was dying. The only people in our family that had healthy relationships with each other were my siblings and I plus my individual parental guardians and I. I was good with everyone but everyone else weren't good with each other.

It really sucked sometimes that I was the reason they even heard each other speak.

I stayed in the kitchen with mom and decided to give her something more interesting to watch, me. "Ma...I'm super terrified because of this date." I said. She stood and came to me with her open arms. She hugged me tightly and stroked my hair.

"Don't be afraid sweetie, you're stronger now than you were. I don't think this boy is another Jeremy." She said when she pulled away. "I know but...I'm so scared, I haven't been with anyone since him and I don't know what I'm gonna do if he doesn't like me...I-I like him so bad ma." I said.

"And he likes you too, just let things happen naturally on their own babes. Just be you alright?" She asked. I nodded and she smiled. "That's my baby." She whispered before hugging me. I hugged back, my heart filling up with hope for this date.

Maybe Royce and I can work. I mean he's tried so hard ever since I got here, Jeremy never did anything of the sort. He just winked and I melted like chocolate. But Royce? Royce, he-he tried so hard and somewhere along his efforts I just fell for him.

He still thinks I don't like him too. I've somehow managed to conceal my drooling whenever he's around. Oh my god and when he stares at me, oh my god when he stares at me! I lose my mind on the inside but act disgusted on the outside.

He's just that type of f*****g amazing that makes me happy that he liked me first. But I really can't get too excited, if this doesn't work out I'll be devastated. Hopefully it will work out and we'll become something special.