Till Death Do Us Apart
Suck it up and apologise.
Charlie Sterling
(My life has begun with misunderstandings, and it ended with one too.)
Charlie Sterling
(It was the day of my mother’s second marriage.)
Charlie Sterling
(To Chihiru Anderson, my real biological father.)
In the garden at the reception party
Everyone was dancing and having fun
Ralph danced along with the love of his life, Chihiru
But in the corner of the garden Charlie stood there alone
Charlie Sterling
(The reception party was so lavish. Everyone there was also dressed lavishly, and the suit my father helped me pick up was too tight around me neck, it was as thought it was a noose around my neck and I couldn’t breathe properly. But didn’t dare complain, how can I even do something like that? Even tho I was his son, we were from different worlds. I didn’t know anyone there. Nor did anyone come up to talk to me except Rayla. My half sister.)
3 year old Rayla
Are you going to live with me and daddy now?
10 year old Charlie
Yes we will live with our dad and mom. As a family together *smile*
3 year old Rayla
Wait.. what?
3 year old Rayla
Chihiru is my daddy! And Ralph is my mommy now!
10 year old Charlie
Yeah.. they are our parents.
3 year old Rayla
No! I don’t want to share them!
10 year old Charlie
That’s not how it works, you have me as your big brother now too! And you will be my little sister!
3 year old Rayla
But your not daddy’s real son
10 year old Charlie
I actually am…
3 year old Rayla
What… how?
10 year old Charlie
Dad told me that-
3 year old Rayla
Don’t call him dad!
10 year old Charlie
I… he is my dad!
3 year old Rayla
No he’s not! *shaking*
10 year old Charlie
He is!
3 year old Rayla
You’re not my brother!
10 year old Charlie
*holding back tears*
3 year old Rayla
You’re not a part of our family!
10 year old Charlie
I am! *harshly pushes Rayla down on the grass*
3 year old Rayla
Wahhh!! *fallen on the ground and crying*
3 year old Rayla
Mommy daddy!!!
The entire party turned their heads towards the commotion Ralph and Charlie soon rushed there
Ralph Anderson
*scoops up Rayla in his arms* are you okay??? Are you hurt anywhere!???
The crowd rushed in to see what was happening and whispering among themselves
Chihiru Anderson
Rayla are you okay???
10 year old Charlie
*looking at the ground trying to hold back his tears*
3 year old Rayla
He pushed me!! Wah!!!! Wah!!!
The whispers grew louder and into gasps and shocks
Ralph Anderson
Why did you push her down!!
Chihiru Anderson
Charlie… *gets on his knees and puts his hand on Charlie’s shoulder* why would you hurt your sister?
Charlie Sterling
(Back then. I was really naive. And I let everyone walk over me. But I still don’t know what’s changed in me after all these years. I still seem to let people’s assumptions get the final say in rather than my words)
Charlie Sterling
(I remembered how my mom wanted me to behave well. Because this was a really big day for him)
Charlie Sterling
(So I stood there silently without uttering a word. Worried I might ruin his big day.)
Charlie Sterling
(And apologiesed)
10 year old Charlie
I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. I’m very sorry…
Chihiru Anderson
*gets up from his knees and ruffles Charlie’s hair*
10 year old Charlie
*runs away into the mansion*
Asahi Anderson
It’s alright I’ll go after him! Don’t worry he will be fine you two go have fun! *runs behind charlie*
Chihiru Anderson
Thank you mom..
Chihiru Anderson
It’s okay. He apologised, I think the kids are stressed don’t worry they will make it up and play eventually. *caresses Ralph’s face*
Ralph Anderson
I don’t know what got into him… i think your right…
Charlie Sterling
(I don’t remember much what happened after that but I do remember my grandmother finding me under the sink kitchen cabinet. It’s the same place I used to hide when mark used to fight with my mother.)
Charlie Sterling
(I didn’t cry for long. I ran away. Not only because I didn’t want to cause a scene. I honestly wanted to run away from the house and family itself because I didn’t want to ruin my mother’s new found happiness in my father and their home.)
Asahi Anderson
There you are!! What are you doing under the sink cabinet! Come here!!
Asahi Anderson
*scoops Charlie out of the cabinet and carries him in his arms*
10 year old Charlie
I’m okay… you should go back to the party…
Asahi Anderson
Why would I go back there when your like this?
10 year old Charlie
I’m okay…
Asahi Anderson
Sh.. I know *rubs his back*
Asahi Anderson
It’s stressful but your doing a good job already don’t worry okay?
Asahi Anderson
Rayla and you will come around
10 year old Charlie
I… I didn’t
Asahi Anderson
I know you didn’t mean to. It’s okay..
10 year old Charlie
*cries and snuggles in asahis chest and neck*
10 year old Charlie
Wahhh!!!! Wah!!!!! I’m sorry
Charlie Sterling
(My grandma is the only one I’m close to. And the only one who understood me back then. He was the only one other than my father to talk to me and spend time with me. My grandfather seemed like he didn’t really like me although that changed overtime.)
Charlie Sterling
(I still remember mark.. my mother’s ex husband. Making me stand and beating my knuckles whenever something broke in the house.. or whenever I miss behaved. He always did it when my mother wasn’t around)
Charlie Sterling
(I remember him telling me “sometimes all you need to do is just suck it up and apologise. Even if it’s not your fault. Don’t you think if you do that me and your mother wouldn’t fight anymore?”)
Asahi Anderson
Let’s go back now?
10 year old Charlie
*nods*
Asahi Anderson
That’s a good boy now!
10 year old Charlie
*smiles*
Charlie Sterling
(Even though I hated mark with all my heart. And knew everything he did to my mother was wrong. I still agreed with him on this.)
Charlie Sterling
(Sometimes it’s just better to suck it up and apologise. That way I won’t hurt anyone or ruin someone’s day or life.)
Next Time?
Charlie Sterling
(Even during my teenage years my sister’s behaviour towards me didn’t change much. But she wasn’t as mean as she used to be instead she did was she does best, kick me from the side lines. And completely ignore me. How?)
Charlie Sterling
(She became my parent’s golden child. Always came first rank in school. And co curricular activities. Was the popular kid. The prettier sibling. And always the smarter one.)
Charlie Sterling
(She went well out of her way to make sure I was the biggest disappointment to our parents.)
Charlie Sterling
(She was everything mother and father wanted. Whereas I, was the complete opposite. Always failed almost all of my exams, I didn’t have any friends, hung out with the wrong crowd most of the times, partied too hard. Picked fights. Always late to school or absent, have no other hobbies than just sleeping)
Charlie Sterling
(It wouldn’t be a shocker to know that my mother and father didn’t like me back then. I was everything they never wanted me to be.)
Charlie Sterling
(And I honestly don’t blame them for it. After all I hated myself too.)
Charlie Sterling
(That was until I meet Liam Sterling)
Charlie Sterling
(And I thought my life had changed for the better)
Charlie was standing near the school’s terrace railing and looking out down below
He had just gotten into a fight with some classmates and ended up beat up instead.
17 year old Liam Sterling
This doesn’t really suit you.
Charlie Anderson
*turns around scared*
17 year old Liam Sterling
The whole being a delinquent I mean. You’re better off being yourself. A soft spoken omega with cute eyes and a timid personality.
Charlie Anderson
Who.. who are you! (How does he know?)
17 year old Liam Sterling
*smirks as he takes a drag from his cigarette*
Charlie Sterling
(Even after all these years, after even getting married to him I still didn’t understand how he read past me. He was the first one who went through my lies in an instant. A part of me was happy that finally someone understood me another part of me was furious at how pathetic I must have looked in his eyes.)
17 year old Liam Sterling
*walks closer to Charlie*
Charlie Sterling
(At that moment when I saw him face to face closer than ever. I know I’d fallen for his looks)
Charlie Sterling
(He was an alpha in his prime, rugged looking with long black hair touching his shoulders and always with a cigarette when he was alone. )
17 year old Liam Sterling
I’m Liam Sterling. A real high school delinquent.
17 year old Liam Sterling
*takes another drag of the cigarette and blows the smoke on Charlie’s face*
Charlie Sterling
(the contours of his body and face were sharp and well defined)
17 year old Liam Sterling
Charlie Sterling
(His voice sounded like rumbling thunder. But his gaze was as harsh yet gentle as the sunlight)
17 year old Liam Sterling
Charlie Sterling
(Long hair really did look good on him. But he said he didn’t like it very much and cut it all off before my 18th birthday.)
17 year old Liam Sterling
*touches Charlie’s bruised cheek* you really shouldn’t go picking fights with people twice as big as you.
Charlie Anderson
*pushes away his hand*
Charlie Anderson
What’s it to do with you? Don’t you do the same thing anyways?
17 year old Liam Sterling
*smirks* I’m built different we both know that.
Charlie Anderson
*raises an eyebrow* so you want to pick a fight with me?
17 year old Liam Sterling
*laughs* haha. Tempting but no
Charlie Anderson
*scoffs* yeah right.
Charlie Anderson
*turns his face around*
17 year old Liam Sterling
*kisses his bruised cheek*
Charlie Anderson
What the-
Charlie Anderson
*punches Liam square on the face*
17 year old Liam Sterling
Fuck! *laughs as he holds his bleeding nose*
17 year old Liam Sterling
You’ve got quite the power in your punches.
Charlie Anderson
*eyebrows furred*
Charlie Anderson
Why did you kiss me!? Do you want to die!? Huh? *blushes*
17 year old Liam Sterling
*smirks as he takes a puff of his cigarette and holds Charlie’s cheek with his other hand and uses his other hand to place the cigarettes on Charlie’s lips*
17 year old Liam Sterling
Wanna try? Maybe it will help you relax for fuxks sake.
17 year old Liam Sterling
Just suck on it. And breathe through your nose as you do.
Charlie Anderson
*blushes and does as he is told*
Charlie Sterling
(That was my first time ever smoking a cigarette and I still to this day don’t know if I was calming down because of the nicotine or his pheromones)
Charlie Anderson
It’s bitter. Ew
17 year old Liam Sterling
*smirks* I’ll get you some mint ones next time. *walks away from Charlie*
17 year old Liam Sterling
Cya Charlie.
Charlie Anderson
*blushes* (next time…)
Charlie Sterling
(It was the first time I felt butterflies in my stomach when I heard someone call my name is a yearning voice. It was almost as if I was looking forward to the next time like as if it mean life or death when I got back home I couldn’t even sleep. I stayed up all night listening to radiohead thinking about Liam.)
Charlie Sterling
(And how I sucked on the cigarette which was just between his lips seconds ago.)
Charlie Sterling
(His pheromones tastes like coffee. Addicting and comforting.)
Charlie Sterling
(But I couldn’t smell any pheromones on him until he later told me that his pheromones don’t have a scent.)
Charlie Sterling
(And it wasn’t like I minded it that much either. It was kind of convenient for us to have s*x and I didn’t have to be worried about being covetted in his pheromones in front of my parents. He could have even marked me and no one would know. But he never did, even when we got married. He said he didn’t believe in it.)
Charlie Sterling
(To me it sounded like he didn’t believe in a forever, and honestly I don’t blame him, because he was right.)
Please, Stay.
Charlie Sterling
(I remember when me and Liam started dating. It was around the time my mother fell ill.)
Chihiru Anderson
Charlie, Rayla. There is something important we need to talk about.
Chihiru Anderson
*holds Ralph’s hand*
Ralph Anderson
*smiles sadly*
Charlie Anderson
What’s wrong?
12 year old Rayla Anderson
Mom dad… is everything okay?
Chihiru Anderson
Ralph is ill… his heart isn’t as strong as it used to be.. *looks at Ralph with tears in his eyes*
12 year old Rayla Anderson
Mom… are you going to be okay! *runs and hugs him*
Ralph Anderson
*smiles and pats her head*
Ralph Anderson
For the time being yes.
Charlie Sterling
(Back then father didn’t really mention what the diagnosis was but I later figured it to be cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia. A painful combination.)
Charlie Sterling
(I could feel my chest tighten and my breathing shallow but I couldn’t make myself to move and rush to my mother.)
Charlie Anderson
Mom…. Isn’t there a cure?
Ralph Anderson
There is. I’m taking medication for it now, so don’t worry I’ll be fine Charlie *smiles*
Chihiru Anderson
But that still doesn’t mean Ralph can handle stress, remember, Charlie and Rayla, don’t stress out your mother okay?
12 year old Rayla Anderson
Okay we won’t please just get better soon mom! *hugs Ralph*
Charlie Anderson
*puts his head down and tries not to cry*
17 year old Liam Sterling
Hey.. where have you been? *worried*
Charlie Anderson
Sorry… I uh… I
17 year old Liam Sterling
Are you okay? *rushes up to Charlie and holds his shoulders*
Charlie Sterling
(Once I figured out what my mother was suffering from guilt took over me. And I blamed myself for everything, that’s what I have always done.)
Charlie Anderson
Can…. Can we go to your place? *hugs and snuggles in Liam’s chest*
17 year old Liam Sterling
Yeah. Whatever you want baby. *hugs him back and caresses his head*
Charlie Sterling
(I never really knew how to express what I felt… words never seem to leave my mouth whenever I am questioned. Instead I use my body. And that’s what I have done the best. Liam’s parents didn’t live in LA they are from Chicago, Liam lives here alone in a 2 bedroom apartment near the beach)
Charlie Sterling
(I remember as soon as we entered his apartment Liam snuggled into my neck with soft kisses)
17 year old Liam Sterling
Your pheromones.. they smell really nice… just like the ocean…
Charlie Anderson
*feels his bo*er / hard on while sitting on him*
Charlie Anderson
Ngh~ wait! *breaks the kiss*
17 year old Liam Sterling
*looking worriedly at Charlie while stroking his hair*
17 year old Liam Sterling
What’s wrong?
Charlie Anderson
I have never done anything more than this… um…
17 year old Liam Sterling
Are you afraid?
17 year old Liam Sterling
I don’t usually fuxk with virg!ns. But you’re hot… and you’re my boyfriend now so that’s an exception…. *smirks while stroking Charlie’s lips*
Charlie Sterling
(Even though I wasn’t all his firsts, I’m glad he was all my firsts.. and all my lasts.)
17 year old Liam Sterling
*starts to grind Charlie from underneath*
Charlie Anderson
Ngh! Slow down!!!
17 year old Liam Sterling
Why? We both know you want it. Look at how wet you are, I can feel it through your pants
Charlie Anderson
*blush* I…
17 year old Liam Sterling
*pulls him in closer for another deep kiss*
Charlie Sterling
(Liam carried me to the bed and layed me down slowly. But he was only gentle until the foreplay and it soon got rough)
Charlie Anderson
Ahh!!! Hmm! Liam slow- slow down!!!
17 year old Liam Sterling
*grunts*
Charlie Anderson
It hurts!!!
17 year old Liam Sterling
Shh it’s okay you’ll enjoy it once you get used to it.
Charlie Sterling
(That night was the one I wasn’t really sure how to feel about. A part of me liked it. That Liam touched me. But another part of me hated it because I wanted to stop half way through… but how dare would I deny him this when he has already done so much for me.)
17 year old Liam Sterling
You can stay here tonight too.
Charlie Anderson
Okay… I’ll stay *kisses liam*
17 year old Liam Sterling
*kisses him back*
Charlie Sterling
(Liam used to let me stay at his place anytime whenever I used to have arguments with my parents the first thing I used to do is rush to his place and have s*x)
17 year old Liam Sterling
Ah fuxk you’re so tight.
Charlie Sterling
(Even though Liam never asked for anything in return I felt like I owed him something. But I didn’t have anything either. My parents maybe rich but their money isn’t mine, and all I had was my body, and I made sure to let him use it whenever he wanted partly for the fear of him abandoning me. And partly for being indebted to him.)
Charlie Sterling
(I didn’t know when I had fallen asleep but I always remember whenever I wake up after we did, he would have already cleaned me and had given me a sponge bath. Things like these make my heart flutter because I know he cares.)
Charlie Sterling
(I had several miss calls that night and when I realised it was my mother’s birthday I was already too late. It was 1am. I remember struggling to get up and wear my clothes back on when my legs felt like jelly. Luckily his pheromones don’t have a scent or esle my parents would have killed me.)
Charlie Sterling
(When I was about to leave I saw him standing near the kitchen smoking a cigarette)
17 year old Liam Sterling
Where are you going at this time of the night?
Charlie Anderson
Back to my house…
17 year old Liam Sterling
Don’t go.. *takes a drag of his cigarette* stay.
Charlie Sterling
(I don’t know what made me feel like I wanted to stay so bad, but I also knew if I didn’t go home mom would be angry.)
Charlie Anderson
I’m sorry… I have to go..
17 year old Liam Sterling
*blows out the smoke*
17 year old Liam Sterling
Okay. Let me drop you atleast. It’s late
Charlie Anderson
No no it’s alright… it’s just a block away from here anyways I’ll be fine..
Charlie Sterling
(I could sense his gaze growing into a rigid glare, I had unknowingly burnt out a match in our relationship. It was almost as if I was asking him to not care about me outside the bedroom, and Liam didn’t seem to like that idea. But this was what I was used to. I wasn’t used to being loved and I wasn’t sure how to express it back either, in the end I only hurt him more than trying to be less of a burden to him)
17 year old Liam Sterling
Okay, if you want to pretend like we are strangers every time after we do it then go ahead.
Charlie Sterling
(I wish I could go back in time because there are a lot of things I wanted to say. But looking back at it now it was my mistaken in the first place.)
Charlie Anderson
Liam… that’s not
17 year old Liam Sterling
What? I understand you’re only with me for the sex why even bother asking me to be your boyfriend when you pretend to be a stranger after the deed is done?
Charlie Anderson
… *looking down on the floor*
17 year old Liam Sterling
Ha… you can’t even come up with an excuse. Honestly Charlie. You hurt me.
Charlie Anderson
*looks up with shocked and worried eyes*
17 year old Liam Sterling
I love you and yet you.. seem so distant. Like almost as if you don’t like me back… *touches and caresses Charlie’s hand*
17 year old Liam Sterling
I don’t understand am I doing something wrong? I did everything you asked me to do.
Charlie’s phone starts to ring and it’s his mom
Charlie Anderson
I’m sorry I have to go!
Charlie Anderson
*breaks off Liam’s hand from his and rushes out the door*
17 year old Liam Sterling
… *standing looking at the closed door in front of him alone*
Ralph Anderson
Charlie… where were you!
Charlie Anderson
Sorry I… I was with my friends…
Ralph Anderson
*sighs* still you should have told me you’d be late I was so worried and I missed you at the party *sad face* luckily your father is asleep or else he’d make it such a big fuss
Charlie Anderson
I’m sorry mom. I’ll try harder next time, happy birthday I’m sorry I’m late
Ralph Anderson
It’s okay *hugs charlie*
Ralph Anderson
The only thing that matters is that you’re safe.
Ralph Anderson
Want to eat some cake? I have saved us both a piece? *smiles*
Charlie Anderson
*nods and smiles* yes
Ralph and Charlie sat up in the kitchen late at night and ate cake while talking and laughing about things
Charlie Sterling
(Even tho I was glad I made it home to spend time with my mother my heart still carried a ache of leaving Liam behind on his own with thoughts of heartbreak on his mind)
Charlie Sterling
(I still have a picture of his sad heartbroken face burned deep into the back of my mind.)
Charlie Sterling
(I hurt him first.)
Charlie Sterling
(It’s all my fault to begin with.)
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