CHAPTER 4

After we finished breakfast, my mom proceeded to clear the table but I stopped her mid way.

"Don't worry mom let me'' I say with pleading voice

Surprise clearly evident in my mom's voice with raised eyebrows

"Are you sure, I mean am okay you don't have to"

I dramatically form a frown

"Mom am seventeen do you think I cannot clean the dinning room" I say forming a pout

Chris who had been staring at us finally speaks up

"emmm" he says clearing his throat for attention "Am gonna go upstairs  to my room now, if you two need me you can call me downstairs. You can have enough time to fight for who's gonna clean the kitchen" he stands heading to the stairs.

"Women" we hear him scoff.

Like he was the matured one I thought but deep down I felt really sorry for him.

"I can do this mom, now go already I can fix this"

I say looking for a rag after returning to my mum.

"Alright! Alright!! I will be in my room if you need anything" she replies smiling.

I soon began to clean the dining room, loading the dish washer, drying the dishes.

I usually don't do this but because of the present predicament of the house I just had to, plus it wouldn't make any sense if I left my mom to the chores all the time. She's been through a lot already, she still managed to force a smile on her face and love us. It was truly a lot from her which made me really admire her a lot for she is a very strong woman.

"You gonna stand there all day or do some dishes"

I look up to see who had interrupted my thoughts only to be meant by my round faced, blue eyed best friend.

I haven't even realized that I been so deep in thoughts that I had dropped the drying rag. Am really something, I have to stop thinking so deep.

"Hi Meghan when did you arrive" I replied trying to sound cheerful

"Came in around fifteen minutes ago which you would have known if you weren't such a " thinker bell" she says with a smile of accomplishment

"Hah very funny" I say trying to sound cheerful again but my voice came out cold. Not exactly knowing why, its not like I miss my dad or anything in fact I  hated him even more so why was I  acting cold to someone who will stand by me always. "Cheer up Zoe" I tell myself.

"Heeelllloooo hey what's wrong??" Meg says again this time her voice filled with concern.

"Am okay,why would you say that" I scoff pretending to laugh but it came out as as a squeak.

"Dad finally left us"

We both look up to find Chris standing by the refrigerator. We hadn't even realized he was standing there.

"Chrisss what's wrong with you, what did we agree about interruption?" I yell

"Ugh says the queen of interruption. He replies rolling his eye .

"What! your dad left, and you didn't think you could tell me? I thought I was family? How long did you think you could hide it from me? I am so disappointed, I thought we were friends and friends tell each other everything, how could you?" She yells at me glaring and panting afterwards.

"Shhhhh my mom is resting" I say pointing my index finger to the celling trying to shush her. I moved towards her but she turned her back abruptly

"Am not happy with you" she replied sadly.

"Stop being such a baby it happened yesterday night anyway and I was going to tell you if Chris wasn't such a dork for just blabbing it." I say feeling remorseful

"Emmm, am still here"Chris says in a sing song voice

"Chris if you don't mind can you please go to your room" I say with a scorn on my face.

"You know Zoe that would have actually worked if you pretended to be nice". He says leaning by the refrigerator with the bottle water in his hand again making it clear that he was not leaving anytime soon.

"Alright can you please go to your room my dear brother" I forced a sarcastic smile that did not reach my eyes.

"I just want to make things clear, am not leaving just because you asked me to because you are obviously not cooperating with me,  am leaving because I respect Meg and I have more important things to do." He says with an annoying smile plastered across his face

I, in return narrowed my eyes down to him.

"Thanks Chris" she says coldly obviously still upset.

"Anytime Meg" he says before going upstairs.

I look away from Meg trying to avoid her eyes she in return did not say anything she just looked down casted and thoughtful, she was really taking the matter seriously. I hurry up with the dishes, clean my hands on the apron and I turned to look at her again.

"Ohh come on Meg its not that big of a deal and I was going to tell you anyway, so please stop being like this".

I say breaking the awkward silence that has been looming around.

" I know" she says

Whoa I did not expect that to be so easy!!!

"What" I say surprise clearly evident in my voice....

She must have heard the surprise in my voice because she suddenly looked up at me and stood up from the kitchen chair crashing on me. Immediately I felt her warm hug, tears suddenly sprang up to my eyes causing my cheeks and ears to go red.

"Am sorry for being such a baby"she says in the hug.

"Am sorry too for not telling you"I murmur through relieve. The hug was what I needed.

"Now come tell me everything will you, of course that's if you want to" she says with concern

"Of course no problem , let's go to the sitting room? " I say trying to force a smile as I removed the apron.

It really was going to be a long talk.

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