LIFE AS IT IS

Chapter three: Stop pissing me off!

The next second,They all sat in garden sitting area, chatting about random things. While diamond and Violeta strolled towards the car, diamond put his hand around her shoulders while the happily chatted... Violeta suddenly become quite,she let out a heavy sigh. He halted and turned to face Violeta and saw the worried look in her eyes..

" Snowflake,what's wrong?Are you okay? Violeta sighed but didn't respond. "Did someone bully you? Just say their names!" He tried to coax her

" I should be the one asking,'if you are okay?...so,are you okay?" Diamond was taken aback by the question.

'She knows about the fight already!'He screamed in his head.

" It was just a silly fight" he assured her but Violeta was not feeling any of it.

" Oh was it now"? She asked in a monotone. She narrowed her eyes on him while taking a few steps closer to him and diamond kept backing up.

" You've been hiding your left hand from me all day". She pointed out, diamond nervously chuckled. She was right! His knuckles were a little bit bruised.

" Hiding? What? No?"

" Dee, i've been with you my whole life and I know better than you anyone,you should really do a better job when trying to hide something from me."

'Duly noted. News flash, she called me Dee. Not Snowflake,not Lackey. Is she really that upset?' Diamond whined in his head.

" It's really not something, to be worried abo.." The rest of the sentence got caught in his throat as he received a glared from Violeta. He bowed his head as he slowly brought his hand out of his pocket.

A loud gasp left Violeta lips when the bruises on his knuckles came into view. She flipped out.

" Are you kidding me right now? How could you injure yourself Like this all in the name of getting back at someone?... Let's go inside, I'll help you clean it." She said as she tried to pull him back inside the house but diamond quickly stopped her.

"No! Don't worry, I'll ask Mom for help. You should be preparing for your exams."

Yes! She had a very important three hours exam and the venue is out of town. It will take at least forty minutes to get there but she still had time to take care of him.

"But I still have a few hours to spare". She looked at her wrist watch before facing him.

" It's just a little past three PM, the exam starts at five PM and it won't take long to help yo..."

" Snowflake, Mom will take care of it and besides it's not like am gonna die because of a few scratches,so I'll be fine".

Diamond cut her off,she sighed helplessly before nodding a yes.

" Fine,do what you want".

" I sure will!" He replied as he took her hand and tugged her towards the car.

" Now,get going. Am pretty sure Elle is getting bored". He commented

" No, she's not. Look at her." She replied pointing at her sister Annabelle,who was busy conversing with the rest of the family.

" Well, what are we talking about this time family?" Diamond asked in a sarcastic tone as the two approached the others.

"Finally,the two love birds decided to grace us with their presence". Said Annabelle with a sarcastic look on her face as she threw her hands in the air.

" Ha ha, very funny. Let's go". Violeta said to her sister before bidding their goodbyes and left the Howard House.

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Mrs Regina and her children went back inside the house.

" Kids I be in my office,I gotta talk to my patients."

Mrs Regina told her kids before walking towards the stairs.

Mrs Regina is a child and also a clinical psychologist. she normally goes to out to meet with her patients during week days but Friday's she prefers online session, because of her children. They have their meeting sessions every Friday at seven PM, it's easier to manage their session when she is in the same space as them..... Speaking of meeting. Mrs Regina halted before facing the teenagers who were sitting on the couch, some were arguing, some were watching TV and the others were on their phones.

"Sons and daughters!".

She called out causing them to stop their activities and focus their attention on their mother.

" Yes, Mother?"

" We are going to start your session a little later than usual, because violeta is out of town. Be in the meeting room at eight PM, okay?" Mr Regina announced.

" Yes mother! " They agreed in unison

Mrs Regina turned and went upstairs to her office. Seeing their mother leave, the teenagers returned to their respective activities.

" Dude, you're all over the internet!"

Victor said to diamond as he starred into his phone.

" Ugh! I'm getting off internet." Stephanie groaned in a frustrated tone, before tossing her phone to the side table and picked up the TV remote.

" I already have to live with you in the same house and look at your face all day. But seeing that same face on every social media platforms, when I'm trying to kill time on the internet is too much!". She continued with a bored expression on her Face.

" Is that because you can't stand my highly magnificent handsome face?". Diamond complimented himself with a bright smile.

The boys chuckled as they praised diamond and the girls couldn't help but roll their eyes, their brothers are such narcissists.

"Ouch! My hands hurts like hell!" Diamond exclaimed as her he looked at his knuckles, causing his siblings to turn their gazes to him with concern in the eyes.

"Chris". Diamond said the name of his worst enemy with an agitated look on face.

" His face was as hard as a rock! Son of a biscuit". He groaned in frustration. He wasn't anywhere near done, with Chris.... He was going to have it out with Chris next time.

" What caused the fight this time? I know he hasn't bullied anyone under your guidance these past few weeks." Gabrielle asked diamond.

Chris is just a jerk that's always trying to ruin people's lives, because he comes from a wealthy background. He thinks the earth revolves around him.

" It had.... Something to do with violeta." Diamond replied as he starred blankly at the injuries on his hands.

The others were shocked,how did they not know about it. If violeta knew,she would have dealt with that jerk herself. She's literally her own Karma.

" Really? Tell us in details!" Gabrielle immediately sat up with her eyes wide open.

Diamond sighed then shook his head

" Not yet, I tell you all about you when we meet for our session."

The sessions are all about them, they come together and share their experiences throughout the week and the way they remember it and the feelings attached to the memory. Violeta and Annabelle also attends the sessions.

" So violeta could see that you're responsible and sane, and only fight for the right reasons?" Hudson asked diamond, while starring deep into his eyes, as if he just read his mind.

" Yeah,sure!... something like that." Diamond replied with An awkward look on his face, before his brows furrowed because he saw a sudden glittering in Laurence's eyes and his lips stretched into an amused smile. It's never good when he has look on his face!....why does he even have the look on his face?!! Diamond yelled in his mind.

" Why do you have that look on you Face?"

Diamond couldn't help it anymore and his siblings gazes all moved to Lawrence's face, they also furrowed their brows.

" I know that look!" Raymond said as he narrowed his eyes.

" I hate that look!" Stephanie and Gabrielle said in unison as they both glared at Laurence.

" I love that look!" Hudson yelled with a wide smile and eyes glittering with excitement causing his siblings to send him questioning looks.

" All the fun and adventure it brings... it's thrilling!" Hudson continued.

" That's the same 'look' I had on my face when I was fourteen and i gifted Brie a cake.." Raymond trailed with a smile on his face before he made a stern look.

"that almost killed her. Well, turns out she was allergic to Hazelnut! Who knew?" He said with a thoughtful look on his face.

"However,I almost went to jail because I was suspected for attempted murder, just because I liked Brie but she totally ignored my feelings and went ahead to date Maroon! FBI thought I had a motive to commit murder" He sneered.

" Who's Maroon?" His siblings asked in a synchronised voice.

Raymond shook his head before answering.

" Oh, He's a dude with a handful personality... you guys haven't met him before ,so you definitely don't know him".

The others nodded in acknowledgement.

" I also had the same look on my face when I confessed my ' UN-dieing love ' to Melvin when I was twelve".

Stephanie said in a sarcastic tone.

" Then after two days he started stalking me because he told a fortune teller he met at some charity fair about me and my feelings. The fortune teller then told him that he and I were meant to be together forever, then Melvin came to me and said that I was his mate for eternity just like Foxes... She trailed off with a complicated look.

" What a weird thing for a twelve year old to say?!" She wondered.

" Erm... So what's the point?"

Hudson asked with a bored expression on his face.

" The point is that look has a bit of a sub-factor to it." Gabrielle answered before facing her phone screen.

" Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's... sideways".

Lawrence commented with a sheepish smile but that only made his siblings glare harder.

" Alright Joker, spill the beans. What's the big idea?!"

Raymond questioned his brother with a stern look. Lawrence smile and rubbed his hands together causing Gabrielle to groan as she rolled her eyes.

" Ugh!.. you're such a maniac!" She sneered under her breath.

" It's for YES DAY ". Lawrence went ahead and told his siblings his plan.

Yes day is an occasion they do once in a year. The Howards and their close friend has to say Yes to each other requests for twenty-four hours.

After brainstorming and discussing their ideas,at the end they all satisfaction with what they've planned for their parents and friends. And also the ones they personally prepared for each other as siblings.

" Speaking of YES DAY, it's in two weeks! We've planned what we're doing to Mom and Dad... What do you think they plan on doing to us that day?".

Raymond asked his siblings and the looked at each other thoughtfully before shaking their heads. No idea!

" Well, whatever it is we will be ready for it! Right? Victor asked his siblings enthusiastically.

They all just mumbled under their breath, not so enthusiastic about it. What if it's bad?!

" Yeah, sure! Last year they made me go to that dance camp instead of allowing me to enjoy my spring break,I spent a whole month in there dancing next to Addison!" Gabrielle yelled in an irritated tone before she shuddered violently.

" I survived it but I haven't. gotten. over it". She spoke through her gritted teeth as she sent her brothers a murderous gaze with her clenched fists.

The boys huddled together with their frightened gazes on Gabrielle's face. Stephanie just smiled at the scene, there's never a dull moment in this house.

" Why is she starring at us like that? We are not Mom or Dad!" Victor spoke with his trembling voice. Stephanie dragged Gabrielle and made her sit on a couch, few feets away from her brothers. The boys breathed out in relief and they separated from each other.

" What her beef with this.. Addison?"

Diamond asked Stephanie

" Addison is a fifteen years old spoilt brat that tends to trample on young kid's dreams. One time she destroyed something valuable to villain... She poisoned Sparkles!"

Addison murdered Gabrielle's hamster? The boys gasped dramatically. Stephanie explained as she called Gabrielle's nickname.

" And you know how it goes. Villain being villain, ruined her reputation, since then they never see eye to eye.

"Wow!" They boys exclaimed in unison.

"Well family, I have an anger management class to attend in about...twenty-three minutes". Diamond announced as he starred at his wrist watch. His siblings gave him pitiful looks.

" It's been a week already! You still have to go to those classes?!

Gabrielle asked diamond.

About two weeks ago, a douchebag named Daniel angered Diamond and typical diamond who's a little cold hearted just like his brothers and father. He doesn't have a bad temper but he also doesn't like talking too much either and he gave Daniel a nose bleed then he ended up in the principals office. Then he ended up in detention where he literally beat up two guys, then he ended up in the counselors office because his therapist( a.k.a his mother) was out of the city for her forensics work. That's how he ended up in the anger management mess.

" Apparently,I have to,even though I don't want to. I beat up jerks but I don't need anger management, people need to stop pissing me off!". Diamond replied in a low voice as he threw his hands in the air.

His siblings starred at him wide-eyed for a moment after his little confession, before they shock their heads.

" Well, be home before eight o'clock and good luck". Stephanie said as she waved her hand.

They all went upstairs to their separate rooms. Few minutes later Diamond came out of his room and headed downstairs. Twirling his car key that he wore on his index finger, as he went out through front door.