Love ~ Hate Relationship - Episode 7

 

November 6th 2006.

"What are we doing here?" She asks and I gesture for her to step forward.

"We are here to meet someone" I say, Guiding her through the many gravestones.

"This is a weird place for a meeting don't you think? And its spooky" She says.

"It's okay, I'm here, there will be no ghost jumping out from anywhere I promise" I say and she squeals, looking around.

"Don't talk about ghosts while at a graveyard okay?"

"Fine princess" I say stopping before the headstone.

"Who is here?"

"My gramps, I wanted you to meet him" I say and she nods, bending down to drop the flowers I made her bring.

She looks like she has no idea what she is supposed to be doing but I just let her set the flowers.

It's been two weeks since we started dating, I won't say it's been all that blissful and I won't say she's been perfect but I know she's trying.

It's hard for her to drop her princess persona most times and I've tried to tell her that she doesn't have to, not with me.

Must times she's seems so different from the Sybil I know in my heart to be, that's the reason Carter called her a bitch the other day.

But I know she is trying.

And that's the point of her being here, I want her to see just how important she is to me, just how marvellous I believe her to be.

And even though I know that in the future things might not always turn out the way we want it to be but I am here for her always.

"You must have really loved him" She says quietly and I nod.

"I never knew my grandparents, both of them, they died before I was born" She says and stroke her hair off her face.

"I don't miss them or anything but sometimes I wonder how it would have been if they were alive" she says and I nod again, knowing my words aren't needed at this point.

We stay like that for what seems like hours before I pull her up by her arms.

"Are we leaving?"She asks

" Yes, you are getting a reward for being a good girlfriend today "I say and she laughs.

I pull her out of the graveyard and into the waiting truck.

I drive us to the diner.

" Are we having dinner? "She asks. 

" I noticed you don't eat sugary food so as your lovely boyfriend it's up to me to supply you with this, don't you think? "I ask with a grin as I shuffle her to a booth.

" Yes, as my lovely boyfriend, I will expect nothing less" She says deadpan and I laugh at her serious face, kissing her head as I go to order..

When I return with the stack of pancakes and whipped cream her eyes widens.

"That's a lot of sugar, it will be bad if I...."She starts and I hold up a hand.

" No, no, no, no cursing the sugary confection okay? Now dig in or I will force feed you "I say and she throws me a look before grabbing a fork and digging in.

The trepidation on her face is so cute I kiss her cheek with a chuckle.

" You don't have to look like you are dying of diabetes on the spot princess" I say and she scrunches her nose.

"Do not joke about diabetes while I'm eating okay?" she says and I mimic zipping my mouth, for someone who hates sugary food she clears the plate clean.

"What did you think?" I ask and her eyes go to the order stand.

"Can I have ice cream?" she asks and I laugh.

"Sure thing baby" I say.

I get her ice-cream and she happily gorges on it on our way back home.

She offers me a bite but I don't accept, mainly because she looked sad to see the bite go.

The truck comes to a stop and we enter the house through the kitchen.

She freezes and I turn to look at where her eyes are.

Her parents are at the kitchen table with mine.

The ice-cream falls from her hands into a messy puddle and my gaze goes to hers.

"Where have you been Sybil?" Her mother asks quietly and I see the look on her father's face and my body tenses. 

"We.. We went into town mother" She says and I hear the trepidation in her voice, I've never seen her interact with her parents mainly because they are never around but what I am seeing is something I don't like.

"You eat ice-cream now?" Her father's voice asks, his eyes staring at the now melted puddle of ice-cream.

"Daddy..."

 "You go around town with that boy, why?" He asks, pointing at me and I stand up straighter.

"Daddy, he's showing me around, I was so bored at home..."

"Then you should have read a book and slept, like a normal girl your age!" He says his voice rising in anger.

"Sir...." I start.

"Not now son" My dad says and my body tenses when he puts a hand on me, I want to tell him to back off.

"Not a word from you boy, did you think to seduce my daughter? Get her to give you money, is that it?" He asks and my body tenses further.

"Eli, the girl was just being a girl, she must have been bored inside all by herself" Sybil's mother says in a quiet pacifying voice that I know all too well.

It's the voice my mum uses anytime my dad is drunk and liable to hit her.

I don't like Eli Knight.

"You will stay indoors young lady, you will read your books and get ready for boarding school next year, no more late night escspades, no more diving, no more graveyard visits and certainly no more ice-cream" He says and I'm suddenly aware that he's aware of everything, every single move i and Sybil had taken.

Frustration runs through me.

"Yes daddy" Sybil says before turning to go up the stairs not a single look thrown my way.

"Keep your son away from my daughter, we will be out of here soon, trust me you don't want any incidents on your hands" He says before nodding at his wife. 

Sybil's mother stands up with Alicia sleeping in her arms before going after her husband. 

I turn to my parents. 

"How did they find out about all of those things they talked about?" I ask. 

"I told you to stay away from the girl Stellan" My mother says. 

"That's not the question I'm asking" I say before turning to my father. 

"Did he pay you to keep tabs on his daughter?" I ask when he's quiet. 

I scoff. 

"You kept tabs on your own son? For money?" I ask. 

"Watch your mouth boy, you know you shouldn't have been with her in the first place" He says and even though I always knew I hated him right then was too much for me to bear. 

I look back and forth from the both of them before exiting the kitchen. 

I have to talk to Sybil. 

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