After It Happened

Kelechi's pov.

One thing I've learnt to do in the 4 years I've been away is to embrace the darkness and become one with it. You try to fight it and it slowly kills you until it ends up winning.

I remember the day my dad left us. We expected it, but the tiny sliver of hope we had became our enemy. It shattered us; it killed me. I had just lost two of the most important people in my life within a week. I remember how the darkness called me every second and I would try to fight it by putting up a cheerful facade. I had to be strong for my mother.

My mom cried for months; I never shed a tear. I tried to be the boy I was before he left, but after sometime I realized the boy was gone. That part of my life was gone forever. I had just been fighting a lost battle.

regret how my mom watched me slowly kill myself. It killed her too; I saw it in her eyes everyday. She didn't hate me, she couldn't. But she tried hard everyday to understand and accept me, but she

as I proved to be, but she found out when I hit rock bottom. I regret the worst decision I've ever made because I realized

smile the way she does when she sees him. I'll admit I'm jealous, but I'm no monster to deny my mom of her only chance at happiness. I know I'm a jerk most times, but I feel it's better that way. I don't care that my step-dad looks at me like he wants to beat the hell out of me sometimes or that my annoying stepsister is always complaining about

school, I was eager for new beginnings. Maybe my life could get a little bit brighter and I won't feel like so cold and empty. What I

nuts; she loved chocolates. She despised eating breakfast and she'd always be forced to do so. She loved dancing in the rain and singing although her voice was horrible. Every detail I thought I had

into her eyes, I know I really lost her like I lost myself. That naive, hyperactive girl was gone. My thoughts

must be her stepbrother. Your face looks really familiar, though I can't

forgotten that easily, but her words still hurt. I quickly mask my emotions and