Chapter 6 Chapter 5

"Back home and the first face I have to see is this, God must love me so much." She murmured as she took in her step mother's face. Catching the glare her step mother threw her she put on a fake smile. "Hey mom, it's so nice to see you again mom, I've missed you so much that I counted the seconds till I could see you again mom, you know, I was so sad when the first face I saw when I woke wasn't you mom, I totally--" "Which poor life donated her heart to you, I pity the poor girl she should have just taken her heart with her to the grave and spared us your presence." She sneered. Melanie sighed. She found herself wishing she was back at the hospital, as much as she hated to admit it, anytime someone indicates she's not wanted it always stung her heart but she always tries as much as possible to cover her hurt with as much sarcasm as she could afford, as she did now.... "You know, if I give a fuck about what you always say, I won't be here." "Are you talking back at me?." She asked with her eyes narrowed. If it another person they'd shrink back at the venom in her voice but Melanie was used to it, she'd been spoken to like that for five years almost every day so it didn't have an effect on her, she just shrugged. "You call it talking back. I call it explaining." She said and moved away from the door, she dumped her bag at the foot of her bed and turned to her stepmother with a tired expression on. "Don't you think it's time to leave? You know...go out through the door and go to wherever you want, just not my room." Her step mom fixed her with a stare and moved to go out. "Won't be coming down for dinner, and be sure to tell dad that his most despised daughter won't be coming down for dinner." She informed her step mother. "Will gladly do." She murmured but it was loud enough for Melanie to hear. "Yeah, whatever." She said and collapsed on her bed with a huff. She reminisced the times she usually spent with her mother on the bed, with her head laying idly on her mother's laps. Adele, her mother was the perfect example of a mother. She was loving, caring, patient and above all understanding. Life hasn't always been a bed of roses but with her mother there it had been better and after every strenuous day caused by her step mother and father, she always had her mother to confide in and for comfort at the end of the day. Until death took her away, she died of cancer. At this point Melanie couldn't afford to think further, she didn't want to break down by thinking about it. She promised her mother on her death bed to always be strong. like her. And that was one promised she swore to keep no matter what it takes. Even though the feeling kept eating her inside out, she'd never break down, she'd try to be strong. She gently wiped away the tears that slipped out of her eyes and tucked herself deeper into the bed. In an attempt to avoid thinking about her mother's death, her thoughts strayed back to her donor and she wondered what she must have looked like. How is her family? Are they okay with her taking their loved ones heart? She decided to go back to the hospital tomorrow and talk to the doctor in charge. Maybe she could find answers from the doctor and show gratitude to the donor's family. She wasn't sure if it was a good thing that she survives. Maybe she was better off dead after all she had nothing to live for. If only she knew she now had another life to live for. "Come on, get up Toby." Asher drawled,pulling the cover away from his friend who buried himself deeper into the bed. "Leave me alone." He whined. He was conscious now but too lazy to get up from the bed. "Stop whining like a girl and get your butt out of bed."Asher chuckled. That infuriated Toby, at once he got up from his bed, shoving away Asher's hands in the process and grabbed his friend by the collar. "If you ever compare me to a girl again I'll--ill..". "You'll what?." Asher asked with a smirk meant to rile him. "I'll kill you." He threatened. Asher scoffed. "And what excuse will you give the cops? That you killed you best friend who is also your brother just because he woke you up so you won't die in your sleep? I'm sure they'll agree with you that that alone deserves a death sentence and let you go." He completed with a smile. "You're not my brother." He scowled. Asher put a hand to his heart, feigning hurt. "Ouch. That hurts, you're mean." He whined. "Fuck off." Toby added. he was annoyed with his best friend for disturbing his sleep. He cancelled work for that day because of the nightmares that kept him awake most of the night and was catching up on his sleep when the asshole decided to disturb his peace. "Can you have your bath yourself or do you need help?." Asher offered and winked at Toby which made him grow angrier and flung a pillow at his friend. Asher dodged the first one but wasn't so lucky the second time. The pillow hit him at the place his manhood was and he scrunched his face pretending to be in pain. "Ow, what the hell Toby? We promised each other that our children will marry each other when they're old enough, are you trying to make me break my promise by crushing my balls before I even reproduce?." This almost pulled a smile out of Toby's hard expression. Almost. Asher noticed and sighed. "Smiling is not hard you know. You used to do it before..... You can do it again, do not let 'it' rob you of your happiness." "We're not talking about this right now." Toby said with a more serious expression. His eyes hardened and he lost any traces of smile from his face. "Fine." The both were silent for a while, a tense air descended into the room making the both of them uncomfortable. Asher cleared his throat twice but nothing was said so he broke that silence. "Get ready, let's go to the loner's club." "The party is every Friday and today's Sunday." He pointed out. 'I know, there's a special party thrown by Kevin and he invited us, you especially. " Kevin was Asher's business partner and he was introduced to Toby by Asher when they went for one occasion. "I'm not going." He deadpanned and started arranging the pillows and was about to lay down back when Asher grabbed his arm and started pulling him towards the bathroom. "Leave me alone, I don't wanna go." He drawled out. "I'm not asking for your opinion fool, I'm taking you there and that's final." "Leave me alo--ow! Stop it Asher....leave me alone. No no no no don't touch me there. That's invading of privacy dude stop it. Stop stop stop OK OK I'll go just stop." He finally gave in when Asher pulled away all his clothes leaving him stark naked with his hands in front of his privates. He took in his appearance and glared at Asher. "I swear I'm going to--". He was cut off when Asher shoved him harshly into the shower and pressed the hot water button. "What the hell, Asher you're scalding me I swear I'm going to--." "Thank me later." Asher completed for him and slammed the door to the shower shut. "And by the way, is that thing there 7 inches or 8? It looks so looong." Asher added and opened his mouth intentionally to mimic drooling." Toby quickly covered 'it' back and turned to Asher with fire dancing in his eyes. "I swear to God I'm going to--". "Bye." He cut in again and shut the bedroom door. A smile tugged on Toby's mouth but he forced it back down quickly and focused more on having his bath and not letting his mind stray to the times he bathed with Mara.