The Hot Mess

[Ten years ago]

(Tony- 20 years

Sophia- 16 years)

[Tony's POV]

I just arrived at my hometown for a small vacation and I called my friends immediately letting them know of my arrival.

I was changing my clothes as mom called, "Tony! Come downstairs! Your friends are here..."

A smile crawled on my face as we were going on a short trip to another city nearby.  For booze...and girls...

And I heard Mathew had broken up with his girlfriend which was a shock since they were inseparable.

Well, that was the reason I never liked to be committed in any kind of romantic relationships. Who knows what will happen later and you might never find out that your 'inseparable' partner might be screwing around with others behind your back.

My eyes went to my dad as I was going downstairs. Mom was making his favourite snacks since he had come home after a week of a business trip.

My dad looked at me and gave me a smile before greeting me, "Good morning."

I didn't return the gesture as I crossed past him, my face was cold and emotionless. Mom had noticed and came out with a tray full of snacks and a coffee mug for dad. She said, "Tony! Don't be rude. You always return the gesture to someone when they greet you."

"Yeah. I would have if he was a 'someone'." I said as I took the keys of my motorbike.

"Tony!" Mom shouted behind me but I had already crossed the door of our entrance and she muttered, "I don't get why he sometimes acts this way..."

Dad joked, "It is okay. He is growing up now so it is okay to act like this once in a while."

Mom glared at him and said, "You spoil him too much!"

I heard them laughing as I went outside, my chest feeling clogged with the dark feelings that I had been buried inside of me.

They were acting like an ideal couple but in the end, were they?

Last week, when I sneaked out of college and flew to Dallas with a few friends, that was when I saw him. My dad. With another woman on his laps.

I hated it.

For years, they were my ideal couple and now, I hated him. He has been cheating on my mom and I can't even tell her.

I didn't want to break her heart but it was making me suffocated instead. I didn't want to break the house when it was already broken.

As I went outside I saw Mathew, Kelly and Derek. Including me, we were the four musketeers of our previous school.

I discarded the feelings and smiled at them. I didn't want to tell that to anybody so I decided to keep acting like it was never happened.

We were meeting after two years since I was going through a practice session of basketball on last winter vacation. When we were leaving school we decided to meet on every winter vacation.

"Hey! So, where will we buy our stuffs?" I asked as I took out my motorbike.

Derek said, "On our way, we will get enough shops to buy beers."

I nodded and suddenly Kelly cursed under his breath, "Shit!"

"What happened?" Mathew asked, he seemed so gloomy and out of his cheerful characteristics. I didn't wanna bring up about his relationship.

"I forgot my bag..." He said as we all groaned. Damn! Kelly would never change. Even though he didn't look like it, he was a clumsy guy.

"We can go back and take his bag then..." Derek suggested as we all agreed.

And I said, "It would be better since I forgot to pee..."

They all looked at me and gave me a face.

I shrugged, "What! I traveled for six hours and I was about to go but I forgot."

"How anyone can forget that!?" Kelly asked.

"Hey! You have no place to say that since you forgot your bag!" I said.

"At least I don't forget to pee..." He muttered and I glared at him while Mathew and Derek laughed.

As we reached Kelly's house, he said, "While you are going in, can you just take my bag with you? I have left it on the couch."

I glared. "No! Go take your own things."

"C'mon man, I will give you a kiss."

I cringed. "No thanks, I don't need a gayish kiss from you..."

They all laughed as I grumbled and went inside. I saw his bag on the couch and noted to take it when I leave.

I went directly to the bathroom but saw it was broken. Damn! I couldn't hold it longer.

I knew Kelly's mother had died and after that his dad was trying his best to look after him and his sister so, he must have forgotten to fix the problem.

I huffed and went upstairs since they had a bathroom there as well.

I was in a rush as my bladder had started to give me warning signs and I dashed into the bathroom. I opened my zipper and brought my man out and suddenly I felt a pair of eyes were on me.

I froze and slowly turned my head to my left side. I saw a thin ghostly girl was there standing just after the transparent curtains, naked. Her pale skin was wet and currently she was frozen while her hair stucked on her face from every side.

My heart stopped.

The time was frozen from my shock but my little man didn't stop from flowing. It was an emergency, after all.