Wonderful by journaliar

Author:journaliar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Family, Carly S., Completed, FanFiction, iCarly, Sam P.
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Published: 2008-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

5. Chapter 5

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A/N: Okay, so this chapter is a sort of intense so beware and also there is only one more chapter after this one. Thanks for all the awesome reviews and I hope you guys like this new chapter.

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Your mom looks happy.

You stare at her from the doorway of your bedroom, on the couch, laughing at some stupid show on TV, swirling brown liquid in a glass with Steve's hand on the back of her neck and she looks happy.

And its not the kinda happy that comes from being in a genuine, harmonious, loving, relationship. It's the kinda happy that comes from not getting beat on. It's an artificial happy that comes from too much alcohol and just being grateful that someone, anyone, even this guy with the serious anger issues, is here and wants her because apparently you being here, loving her, isn't the same. Isn't enough.

Maybe its you.

Maybe you're the one that needs to get with the program and start partaking in the alcohol sloshing around your house so it'll be easier to forget the next time Steve's smacks your mom because it seems to work for her.

But then you'd be just like them and that's not really what you want and besides, Carly would be upset.

You slip back into your room and shutting the door and dropping to your knees to finish putting the new dead bolt on your door.

Carly had questioned you about it with very serious eyes when you ducked into the hardware store on your way home from school and you'd just shrugged and told her that a girl like you needed privacy. You couldn't tell her that sometimes, when your mom works the night shift and you're home alone with Steve, you stay up all night because you can hear his heavy footsteps pacing slowly outside of your door.

You're not scared because you keep that bat under your bed now and Rip Off Rodney totally owes you an epic favor and your not afraid of a jerk like Steve. This lock is just a preventive measure.

You hear your mom laugh as you use the screwdriver you borrowed from Spencer to tighten the last screw, twisting the lock experimentally and the slide of the bolt is a little comforting.

There's more laughter from the both of them as you stand, moving over to your nightstand and dropping into the open drawer, right on top of the bus ticket you bought who's destination is Las Vegas.

And it's not like you want to go to Las Vegas but your dad, your real dad, had a sister who sends you funny birthday cards with $10 dollars taped inside every single yea, who lives there and you figure if things get out of control here you can just head that way.

You haven't told Carly about this plan yet though.

It's for emergencies anyway. It's not like you'd ever willingly leave Carly. It's only there in case you run out of options.

You don't even hear your

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