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P.O.V. Emma

Something is bothering him more than usual even through the whole bus ride to school while he was talking to me he seemed off. I know that Marcelo as gone through a lot from having put up a strong front in front of a sibling all the time, but in reality is the softest person I know, I known him since the beginning of middle school, his always been there for me even when my parents weren't and when the arguing with his parent's got to bad he would sneak to my house and we'll talk until morning came, that's why I feel bad leaving him to go off to college even though he says it's all right and he'll be fine, I try hard to believe him.

As we walk into school, and go to are lockers to collect the text books we need for the day, I keep thinking of what could be bothering Marcelo, as I feel some hug me from behind and i know only one person that would do that would be my girlfriend Aria as i turned around and kissed her on her cheek. " Are you excited for are date this Sunday." She says. " yes" I say while I blush. "Aww your blushing." She says teasingly which makes me redder than I already am. We talk for a while until the bell rings singly that we have to go to class as me and Aria parts ways she kisses me on the cheek and says she'll see me in class and lunch 2nd period and 6 the period which feels like a lifetime way. As I walk to my class and the teacher goes on with the lesson even though it's the last day of school my mind wanders back to Marcelo and what could be bothering him.

P.O.V Marcelo

As i walked into school me and Emma went our separate ways sense are lockers are far away, as walked past my locker and straight to class since its last day of school and they can't really get me in trouble of I don't get my books, as I got to class I walked to the back row of the class and sat in the desk next to the window, while the teacher drowned on about some war in 18th something I kept looking at the window and wondering if leaving as still the right choice sense what my brother told me maybe my siblings still need me but at the same time maybe it's still the right choice and maybe my only chance of getting out of this town and i don't how much more of my family drama I can handle before I break.

As the day went by and it was finally time to go home I decided to walked home instead of riding the bus, as I got home I could hear my parents arguing all the way to the porch as I opened the door and headed upstairs to my bedroom and slammed the door close it's not like they notice from how loud there arguing I'm just glad my siblings aren't home to see them argue. While I was in my room I got out the duffle bag I had under my bed and started putting my cloth into it as my mind wandered to why my mom wouldn't leave him. His always cheating on her all the evidence is in his phone he doesn't even bother to hide it and it's like my mother is blind about it but she still says she loves him and that he'll change but she's been saying that sense he cheated on her the first time, the sad part is that when my mother first found out about what my father was doing behind her back she was pregnant her Nathen she also found out the my father had knocked up another women. It's the first time that I saw her break. I remember as she closed herself off in her bedroom and cried all day. I was around 6 or 7 around that time. I could never understand why my mom could stand still living under the same roof as him.

I thought as I kept packing all the cloth I could fit into the duffle bag while packed I heard a cough from my door.