The Earth Angel and the Alpha Bad Boy

Message Undelivered

I stood in silence, as my mom fumed with anger. Pacing up and down the dining room, waving her hands around her head. I had never seen her this angry before - but then again, I had never pissed her off before. "After all I do for you, this is how you repay me?" She hit her fist down on the dining table angrily. "And to make it worse, you lie to my face. What happened today? Tell me everything, now Kelsey, i am not letting you get away with this."

"I was with lucy, she asked me if I wanted a lift home and we stopped for burgers. That;s it. Nothing more to it. I am sorry I lied, I did not feel good about it. I just wanted a normal experience with friends, is that so bad mom?" I said calmly, amazing myself at how assertive I was being under the circumstances. "If you weren't so strict I would not need to lie."

Mom's face went red with anger, maybe that was a bad choice of words. "Oh right, so it is MY fault you lied? I made you lie, did I? You ungrateful little wretch, do you think I enjoy doing the same routine every day, getting up and being a mom, ensuring you have all you need, do you think I don't want a life? Do you see me hanging out with friends and not being here for you? I am all you have, and don't you forget it. Now give me those gifts, that is your punishment, give them to me now and you won;t get any further punishment."

I looked down at the two gifts, one in a pretty blue bag and the other in a gold paper with a red loveheart tag on it. For the first time in years, i had more than my mom's shitty gifts to open - i was not giving them up without a fight, "No, they are my gifts. Ground me, scream at me, don;t feed me for the next few days, whatever you want - but these gifts are mine and I won't let you take them from me." I wraspped my hand tighter around the gifts, ready to have a tug of war over them if need be.

"What did you say? Because it sounded a lot like you just told me 'no' and that is one word I told you I will not abide by in my house. Now give me the gifts!" She marched towards me with her hand held out. "Now Kelsey!"

I clutched them tighter. "Well maybe it's time for you to throw me out of your house then." I muttered.

Mom stopped within a few inches of me, she paused for a beat then burst out lsughing - not the nice kind you like to hear though, more like the Cruella De Ville kind that sounded more like an evil cackle. I had never heards this from my mom before. "You think that you can survive without me? Don't make me laugh. You are a pathetic excuse for a human being, do you think anyone would want to look after you? You're a burden! Now, for the last time, give me the gift box?"

Suddenly, it dawned on me, my mom was a control freak, she had to know everything and wanted to be in control always - especailly of me. Not knowing what was in this gold box must have been driving her insane. "No, it;s mine. And if you try and take it from me I will leave and go to the police. I am sure they would love to know about the money you have hidden away from dad's saving account, even though you are claiming welfare cheques for me."

Mom raised her hand to slap me, then dropped it again. "Get out of my sight, you ungrateful little b***h before I do something I regret."

I did not wait around a moment longer, I ran towatds the stairs and took them two at a time. Adrenalin coarsing through my veins. I did it! I finally stood up to my evil ice queen mom and it felt amazing!

As soon as i got into my room, I locked the door and placed my desk chair under the handle, for some reason I had a weird uneasy feeling, like my mom would snap and charge up the stairs after me, That could still happen. I lay on my bed and stared at the little gold box, I would open it now and hide the contents somewhere so my mom could not find it. First, I opened the gift bag from Coach Kelly. I pulled out the gift-card which read 'Happy 21st Birthday Kelsey, Love from Coach and Lucy xx' which made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I lifted the pink tissue paper out of the way and saw a little black and gold box, i opened it and inside was the most gorgeous pait of crystal heart earrings, I was so overwhelmed to get something that was so pretty. I quickly removed my old gold studs and replaced them with my new sparkly crytal ones.

Now, for the mystery gold box. I could not help but wonder who it could be from. Did I have a secret admirier? But who else would have known it was my 21st? I carefully opened the sides, my excitement and curiousuty reaching an all time high. I removed the last bit of tape and the gold wrapping fell away, leaving only a blue velvet box. Even the box made me go 'wow' in my head. I gently lifted the lid and gasped. Inside the box was a blue stone pendant, it almost looked like water inside of a stone. It shimmered and glistened under the light of my bedroom. I had never seen anything so utterly beautiful before. There was a long gold chain attached to the pendant. I slipped it on over my head, the cold feeling the pendant created as it nestled between my breasts, was uncomfortable for a few seconds, but then I felt so calm and relaxed. What kind of crysyal was this - it definitely had some sort of healing, magical qualitites, because I felt so calm and unborthered by my mom and I's earlier disagreement. like I was so relaxed and unfazed by it all.

I grabbed my phone and began to type out a message on the group chat that Lucy created. 'Tell your mom thanks for the lovely gift. And you will be so proud of me Lucy....because I finally stood up to my mom! See you all tomorrow. K x'

An alert came up on my phone immediately, 'message undelivered'. I tried again. Same message appeared. Frustrated, I tried to call Lucy,, but the call got diverted, then I heard a strange clicking sound. What was going on right now? Then I heard a very familiar voice which made my blood run cold.

"Well, you need to figure something out soon, I think she knows something is up and I can't be held responsoble for my actions. I have been putting up with the brat for years. Oh and just so you know, she was hanging out with friends today, so you better keep an eye on that, I can't look after her all day and all night."

Mom? I was shaking as I listened to her words, too scared to breath incase she heard me. Who was she talking to?

A deep male voice, almost so deep it casued my phone to vibrate in my hand. "Helena, don't blow your cover now. it's almost over. You know 'she'; will reward you as promised, just hang in there. Meantime, act normal and let us hanfle the rest, okay. We have someone watching her very closely, don;t worry."

I pressed the 'end call' button purely because i could not hold my breath any longer. I just hoped that me listening in was not detected, my life could be in danger if so.

I paced up and down my bedroom floor, how was i going to handle this? My mom was an enemy of some kind, that I was sure of, but why?

Grabbing my backpack, I stuffed some clothes, some photos, and a little pink swan toy (that my dad had bought me the day I was born) inside and zipped it up. Walking to my washroom, I brushed my teeth, dried the brush and folded a washcloth neatly and placed it in the side pocket of my bag. I opeend a drawer and reached right to the back, over the years my mom had given me lunch money, I always saved a dollar from each day. I used to think I would use it to run away and find my father one day, I hadn't realised I was going to use it to run away from my crazy psycho mom.

If she even 'was' my mom.

Either way, I knew I had to get away from her and whoever she was working with.

Now.