Chapter: 6

Harlem POV:

      Today is the day, that we are leaving, I went to school today to say my last goodbye to people. Jason and skipped classes and hang out for the entire day. It wasn’t no point of me attending, since I’m leaving, Jason, it will affect him. He did not care, he told me that spending the day with me is more important right now. I appreciate that, instead of leaving school, we went up to the school roof Jason, and I sat there chilling.

     It was silence between us right now, what can you say to someone that you been with for a long time? I never knew how to say goodbye, someone. I never thought my one action will cause my family to up and leave. I really feel that this is all my fault, if only I walk away from Preston that day, I would not be sitting spending my last day with Jason.

  I spoke “Jason, I-“

“There no need for apology, you did nothing wrong. It was Preston fault; I just hate that asshole is the reason you have to leave. There is no need for sad goodbyes, since this is your last day let celebrate” Jason unzip his bookbag, pull out two glass of beer, cigarettes and a lighter. I smile Jason knows how to cheer a person up, I could tell from his eyes their sadness in them, he chooses not to show it. We took our beer and began drinking it right along with the cigarettes that we smoke we sat on that roof reminiscing about the good old days, when we were kids laughing our asses off. When school ended, we walk out of the building, without saying a word we did a bro hug, and from there we went our separate ways.

      At home there was nothing but silence, everybody was in their own room gather these things to place them downstairs. The minute I place my last bag on the floor there was a knock on the door. I went to the door and open it I saw it was a guy with a clipboard in his hand.

“Can I help you? I ask.

“Yes we are here to move your stuff into the truck, this is the Cartwright residence?”

   I nodded, I turn to see my father was approaching, once he approaches, I walk away heading back into the living room. There I sat on the couch right alone with Jessika. I could see the hurt in her eyes, as she realizes that this is all a reality, I knew it was hard for just as it was hard for me to say goodbye to your friends and to the only place that you only knew to call your home. This was not just a house it was a home fill with precious memories, all the laughter and the cries had soon disappeared.

“I’m sorry Jess, this is my fault that this is happening to us,”

“It’s not your fault Harlem, you did what you had to do. After everything that you told me, I’m just mad that dad did not fight hard enough for us to stay, that what I’m mad about. It’s not fair that we must leave our whole life behind because of a jackass,”

“I know, I’m still in disbelief myself” I said, Jessika nodded.

    When the movers took the last box out, my mother, Jessika, and I looked around seeing how empty the house is. We stood in silence, my mother who had been silent all day had tears in her eyes, that I could do nothing but console her. It was hard for me to see my mother that way. Especially having to give up everything that you work so hard for, all because my father felt that leaving town was best for everyone. He did not even take the time and consider how this whole situation will us as a family, I hate him for everything that he did, and the things that he has done to my mother, that she does not know about I hope one day I will tell her.

“It’s time to go” I was snap from my thought from the sound of my father voice. We all look at him in disgust, not showing no compassion for us, I feel he could at least show that he cares.

“Look Braxton, you could at least us a have a few moments to say goodbye to the house. We all know that you are in a hurry to leave, make me wonder are you hiding something.”

It’s not that Felicity, I want to get on the road that all.”

“Whatever” my mother said rolling her eyes at him. My father left out of the house. Me, my mother and Jessika grab each other hand, and left out of the house. When we got into the car Jessika and I stare at the house, when my father put off we kept right on looking until it became invisible to us. Without a word I place my headphones in my ear and close my eyes I listen to music until darkness took over.