Chapter Three Drink up, you look spent

Lupin's POV

Was he serious!

I looked at him again waiting for him to say it's a joke or something but instead he looked down at the floor.

But....she never talk about this. She never talked about anything!

"Nathan is telling the truth dear" I heard my mother's voice from the corner of the room.

When did she enter.

"Mom...."

She walked towards me and placed her body on the bed sitting next to me. She wasn't loosely dressed like before but instead was in a pink tank top and 3-quarters.

" I need to explain somethings to you. Lupin." She glanced at Nathaniel and he left us alone.

" I've been sick for over a year now... you do know what leukaeima is right?" She asked and I nodded.

" Ok dear. It's cancer of the blood. And I'm afraid it's gone too far to be treated, all I can do now is take medication to help me stand strong for the few months I have left."

"But why....why am I just hearing this" I asked still unable to phantom that I was going to lose my mom in just a matter of months.

" I didn't want to worry you and well it wasn't that bad earlier. Until.... your father passed on." She said visibly struggling to get the words out.

"Joshua knew though. He persuaded me not to tell you so you won't have a panic attack. But now there really isn't any point in hiding it. It's not like I'll see Christmas....."

"Mom?" I hugged her. But I held back. I didn't want to cry yet.i still had questions that hadn't been answered.

" But why him?" I looked up at her " why did you have to date a guy who's young enough to be your kid. And why didn't you at least tell me about him before...." My voice trailed off. I couldn't finish my sentence.

I still found it difficult to swallow the fact that Mom was seeing someone else. The pill was just too bitter. No matter how I looked at it, she was cheating on dad!

" Nathaniel is a good man Lupin. I plan on dieing in his arms." She said with a dreamy look on her face " He gives me this comfort I didn't know I had before and it's just....it feels right."

Are you kidding me?

Was she really falling for this college student? This didn't make any sense. The more I thought about it the more confused and annoyed I became.

" No mom! This is wrong. You don't have any excuse to be involved with him."

" Lupin! You don't tell me what to do. I am your mother not you. I have every right to be in a healthy relationship with another man. My husband is dead for Christ's Sake!" She yelled making me shake a little.

I stayed quiet.

Yes she was right. She is a grown woman. Who can do as she pleases.

She can mess around and there's nothing wrong with it.

I'm the one being delusional. Thinking she'll stay single for the rest of her life.

"Dear, I'm sorry...I didn't mean to snap like that." She said trying to hold me in her arms.

I pulled away.

Don't touch me.

"Hey please say something...." She continued

I stood up and walked out of the room.

Down the stairs and didn't stop to look at Nathan in the living room, I didn't see anything until I was a good mile away from the accursed door of my house.

I moved along the busy road and spotted a couple of my class mates in cliques headed this way.

One of them saw me and pointed. They all turned their heads to my direction and whispered.

I quickly headed in an alley although I wasn't familiar with it. Just needed to get away from their judging eyes.

I stopped after a while and sighed.

Sat on the damp dirty floor and watched a family of Rats fight each other for a rotten piece of bread.

I laughed when one ( which I'm guessing is the wife lmao) bit the *** of the larger one and kicked the kids aside.

So desperate.

I placed my face in my palms and slowly but deliberately held back the tears that had been stinging my eyes all day long.

" Are you alright?" I heard a deep voice ask.

Startled I jumped up to my feet and studied the stranger invading my personal space.

He seemed a bit tall and his skin was shining despite the lack of sunshine in the deserted hole we were in. Long brown hair slightly curled at the tip properly arranged with obvious hard work gave his finely defined face a godly look.

He had brown eyes that seemed to look at my soul from a single glance. And was in a black tracksuit.

It's him....

"Yeah....."

Oh My Gosh it's him!

"You don't look ok" he said with a worried look. " Here take this"

He then tossed over a bottle of chilled water. It felt cold to the touch but I bet it's gonna be a whole lot refreshing.

Because it's from him!

"Drink up. You look spent. " He said squatting down.

I didn't. Just stared at him like a moron not able to speak.

"Do I know you? I feel like I've seen your face somewhere before..." He muttered using his hand to roughen his hair.

He does that when he's thinking!

Wait he's thinking about me?!