The Entanglement

blaring alarm clock on my nightstand.

yself, staring at the alarm clock for some

aze into the darkness in silence, mustering the energy to fully

mother's voice fills t

draws open the curtains, then immediat

eyes shut as the bright morning light

almond milk and your father needs his milk," she announces, gathering the pile of cloth

ready impatient from observing

in frustration before storming off to the

she says as she close

erson every morning, consistently pointing out how it was always a struggle to get me out

her go late to school, crying

ping all through class, eventually peeing your pants," she never failed to chip this p

room. Standing 5'9 tall, slender shoulders, toned arms, slim waist, well pronounced curves in my hips and thighs, long straight legs. I definitely possessed supermodel qualities. Tanya often teased me about

uld hear my mother's familia

ays late!," she complains

ng the side remarks from my mother and reachin

silly grin on his face, setting down

erk f

lways

ish b

l, you're supposed to have been at the grocery store thirty minutes a

trying to get this word right and you keep distracting me", he continued as he scribbled something down with a pencil. Crosswords. He was filling crosswords.

ng those irrelevant crosswords", my mother bursts out, standing upright and folding her

mother often says this to guilt trip my father whenever he snaps at her. It's

and moves towards my mother, bringing her into an embrace, her head resting agains

ug, slipping on a leather jacket s

an. He notices I'm rushing towards him and quickens his pace. The car keys. I needed to get to it before him but he's faster a

es, laughing as we walk out the doo

a big jerk, Ethan", I sa

, Ava. Just take the bicycle like

big d

cle today then, if it's really

had the habit of pushing me to the point where I wanted to punch him hard in the face. The car had been handed down to

drop you off at the supermarket s

ew you,

waiting in line just to screw me," Eth

to my face. The revelation that girls were now hovering around him wasn't entirely surprising because even I couldn't deny the fact that he was a handsome young man. His height, fair skin, ocean blue eyes and long brown hair, which he often styled

is hands for me to enter and take a seat. Seeing I wasn't moving, he le

Dad right now that you're scre

Prov

id it to my face, ou

o said

I say, amazed by his swift

He looks through it and immediat

too much, aight?" he says with the usual grin on his face as he st

It was a big shiny bicycle with red and brown stripes and a wicker basket on