This Is Us
02. In My Words
Next Day
Tori’s POV
‘’No, Tori. You can’t go. We have lots of cleaning to do before Harry and Selena come over tonight.’’ Mom sighs as she continues to search for something to cook for dinner. ‘’Why not though! It’s not fair, half the people in this house don’t even clean.’’ I whine, annoyed at her.
‘’Okay, well that’s because one of them can’t walk, another one is too little, and the other two are too little, and won’t do what we ask.’’ Mom says, excuses.. excuses. ‘’So basically, it’s me, Taylor, Tristan, and Dad cleaning the whole night.’’ I say, the truth.
‘’Go away.’’ She mumbles as she shuts the cabinet door. ‘’Where’s Dad at?’’ I ask, hoping he will give me a break for once. ‘’He’s in his office, but don’t go in there, he’s on the phone with a very important person.’’ Mom blabs, yeah yeah yeah, whatever..
I don’t reply, I just turn on my heel and make my way all the way across the stupid house to Dad’s ‘office’, or as I call it ‘where he goes when he’s too lazy to get dressed for work’.
Same difference though.
I knock on the door a few times as I open it. I go in and see that Dad’s chair was facing the back windows and he had the phone to his ear, as always. ‘’Daddy?’’ I pull that little girl thing on him, it gets me whatever I want, well… unless Mom’s around.
He looks over his shoulder at me, but continues to talk on the phone as he spins his chair around to face the desk. I watch as he grabs a pen and a random piece of paper that was sitting on his desk. He flips the paper to the back and starts writing something down.
Finally though, after what felt like twenty minutes, which was really only like two, he hung up his phone and sat it down on the desk and looked up at me, smiling lightly. ‘Yes, Princess?’’ He asks.
‘’Can I ask ya something?’’ I smile as I shut the door behind me, hurrying over to sit in the chair in front of his desk. ‘’Well, yeah.’’ He shrugs lightly. ‘’Okay, well.. there’s this party tonight, you know at Dalton’s house, and I was planning to go all week. And then Mom had to ruin it and said that I had to stay and clean all night.’’ I spill.
‘’So.. Your mother said no?’’ He asks, propping his elbow on the desk top and pressing his hand against the side of his face, slightly leaning on it. ‘’Yep.’’ I nod a little. ‘’Then the answer’s no.’’ He says simply.
‘’But, Daddy! Please! I done all my chores this week. I done all my school work. I passed all the things at school, please. I never get to do stuff like this.’’ I whine out, hoping it would make him break and just let me go, because that’s what I want. I just want to go to the party, that’s it.
‘’Tori, Mom said-‘’ ‘’But Daddy, please. Mom’s on it this week, and you know how she is.’’ I sigh out, praying that would change things. But as always, its mom’s way or no damn way at all.
‘’No. Its final, don’t ask again.’’ He shakes his head lightly as he stands up. I watch as he walks over to the light switch and presses the button. You see, we have intercoms installed in every room all over the house, it makes things a lot easier, believe me.
And then he talks into the speaker, ‘’If you’re not busy, I’d love to meet with you in my office, Mom.’’ He says. Mom and Dad refer to each other as ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ or ‘Mommy’ and ‘Daddy’, depending on which kid they’re around. They’re so weird, they’re not normal.
My life isn’t normal.
‘’Y’all get on my nerves.’’ I huff as I stand from the chair and head towards the door as he walks into the hall. ‘’Love you too, babe.’’ He laughs a little as we go opposite directions down the hall, thank God.
‘’So, you can’t go?’’ Maryanna asks me. ‘’Nope, my parents are being bitches.’’ I mumble, annoyed at this entire thing. It makes me sick. ‘’I don’t want to go alone.’’ She sighs.
‘’Well you know, if I was Terra or Tinley or Tristan or any of the others I’d be able to go, you know, because they’re all just spoiled and bowed down to. It drives me stupidly crazy.’’ I complain, a normal thing for me.
‘’I don’t know what that’s like, I’m glad I’m an only child.’’ She laughs lightly. ‘’I used to be, I can barely remember, but I still used to be.’’ I roll my eyes to myself, annoyed at the fact that my parents won’t stop fucking each other every other month and giving me a new sibling, which I didn’t want any of them but Taylor and Tristan, to be honest with you.
If they would’ve stayed out of each others pants years ago, then it might just be three or four of us, not eight.
My dad’s a sex addict.
My mom’s a whore.
In my words, at least.
Tori’s POV
‘’No, Tori. You can’t go. We have lots of cleaning to do before Harry and Selena come over tonight.’’ Mom sighs as she continues to search for something to cook for dinner. ‘’Why not though! It’s not fair, half the people in this house don’t even clean.’’ I whine, annoyed at her.
‘’Okay, well that’s because one of them can’t walk, another one is too little, and the other two are too little, and won’t do what we ask.’’ Mom says, excuses.. excuses. ‘’So basically, it’s me, Taylor, Tristan, and Dad cleaning the whole night.’’ I say, the truth.
‘’Go away.’’ She mumbles as she shuts the cabinet door. ‘’Where’s Dad at?’’ I ask, hoping he will give me a break for once. ‘’He’s in his office, but don’t go in there, he’s on the phone with a very important person.’’ Mom blabs, yeah yeah yeah, whatever..
I don’t reply, I just turn on my heel and make my way all the way across the stupid house to Dad’s ‘office’, or as I call it ‘where he goes when he’s too lazy to get dressed for work’.
Same difference though.
I knock on the door a few times as I open it. I go in and see that Dad’s chair was facing the back windows and he had the phone to his ear, as always. ‘’Daddy?’’ I pull that little girl thing on him, it gets me whatever I want, well… unless Mom’s around.
He looks over his shoulder at me, but continues to talk on the phone as he spins his chair around to face the desk. I watch as he grabs a pen and a random piece of paper that was sitting on his desk. He flips the paper to the back and starts writing something down.
Finally though, after what felt like twenty minutes, which was really only like two, he hung up his phone and sat it down on the desk and looked up at me, smiling lightly. ‘Yes, Princess?’’ He asks.
‘’Can I ask ya something?’’ I smile as I shut the door behind me, hurrying over to sit in the chair in front of his desk. ‘’Well, yeah.’’ He shrugs lightly. ‘’Okay, well.. there’s this party tonight, you know at Dalton’s house, and I was planning to go all week. And then Mom had to ruin it and said that I had to stay and clean all night.’’ I spill.
‘’So.. Your mother said no?’’ He asks, propping his elbow on the desk top and pressing his hand against the side of his face, slightly leaning on it. ‘’Yep.’’ I nod a little. ‘’Then the answer’s no.’’ He says simply.
‘’But, Daddy! Please! I done all my chores this week. I done all my school work. I passed all the things at school, please. I never get to do stuff like this.’’ I whine out, hoping it would make him break and just let me go, because that’s what I want. I just want to go to the party, that’s it.
‘’Tori, Mom said-‘’ ‘’But Daddy, please. Mom’s on it this week, and you know how she is.’’ I sigh out, praying that would change things. But as always, its mom’s way or no damn way at all.
‘’No. Its final, don’t ask again.’’ He shakes his head lightly as he stands up. I watch as he walks over to the light switch and presses the button. You see, we have intercoms installed in every room all over the house, it makes things a lot easier, believe me.
And then he talks into the speaker, ‘’If you’re not busy, I’d love to meet with you in my office, Mom.’’ He says. Mom and Dad refer to each other as ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ or ‘Mommy’ and ‘Daddy’, depending on which kid they’re around. They’re so weird, they’re not normal.
My life isn’t normal.
‘’Y’all get on my nerves.’’ I huff as I stand from the chair and head towards the door as he walks into the hall. ‘’Love you too, babe.’’ He laughs a little as we go opposite directions down the hall, thank God.
‘’So, you can’t go?’’ Maryanna asks me. ‘’Nope, my parents are being bitches.’’ I mumble, annoyed at this entire thing. It makes me sick. ‘’I don’t want to go alone.’’ She sighs.
‘’Well you know, if I was Terra or Tinley or Tristan or any of the others I’d be able to go, you know, because they’re all just spoiled and bowed down to. It drives me stupidly crazy.’’ I complain, a normal thing for me.
‘’I don’t know what that’s like, I’m glad I’m an only child.’’ She laughs lightly. ‘’I used to be, I can barely remember, but I still used to be.’’ I roll my eyes to myself, annoyed at the fact that my parents won’t stop fucking each other every other month and giving me a new sibling, which I didn’t want any of them but Taylor and Tristan, to be honest with you.
If they would’ve stayed out of each others pants years ago, then it might just be three or four of us, not eight.
My dad’s a sex addict.
My mom’s a whore.
In my words, at least.
Notes
BRAND NEW POV!!!!! You'll be seeing more of that soon, also I FINALLY finished all the links and stuff to the rooms and all that sh!t.
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His mom, remember it was a whole chapter about it before??
10/18/15