27 Chapter 27 Talk With Gwen (1/2)

Varen woke up surprisingly on time, he gave a lazy stretch to his body reaching as high as he could. He then got up, changed, brushed his teeth, and knocked and MJ's door to head to school.

Varen waited outside MJ's door until he heard yelling coming from inside. The door opened revealing MJ dressed for school in her usual revealing type clothes but not to overdone. Only she had an angry face on that looked like she would cry any second.

Before Varen could ask what happened she walked passed him and said a quick ”Let's go.” She walked to the elevator and pressed the button leading down to the apartment parking lots. Thet stood in silence, but saying a word to each other on the way down. Soon they were in the car and Varen was driving them to school. Not being able to take the silence anymore he turned to her and spoke up.

Varen: ”What's wrong? What happened?”

MJ didn't say anything and just stared out the window for a few minutes. Then she answered without turning back.

MJ: ”I got in a heated argument with my Dad.”

Varen: ”About?”

MJ stayed silent at the probing question for a few seconds.

MJ: ”...I caught him drinking again when I woke up. He was so piss drunk throwing beer cans at the TV while watching a football game that already happened. I screamed at him to clean up his beer but he just ignored me, so I cleaned then up myself.  He got pissed off and a few words were exchanged between us.”

Varen: ”Is your dad an alcoholic?”

MJ was quiet for a moment but then nodded her head in confirmation.

MJ: ”He became one ever since...ever since mom passed away.”

Varen: ”I'm sorry. I didn't mean to remind you of any bad memories.”

MJ shook her head and gave a soft smile to Varen, she had a few tears in her eyes that she did not let drop.

MJ: ”No memory of my mother is a bad one. She was the kindest woman who loved her family.”

Varen: ”I would have loved to meet her, she sounds amazing.”

MJ simply nodded with a reminiscent smile on her face.

Varen choose to let her reminisce for a while until he asked another question.

Varen: ”Do you and your father often argue?”

MJ was silent for a while but eventually nodded.

MJ: ”I try to avoid any situation that might lead to us arguing, but I cant possibly avoid all of them. We usually start a small argument about the littlest things, that eventually lead into us shouting at each other.”

Varen: ”Has it ever gotten physical?”

MJ glared at Varen when she heard this.

MJ: ”Are you asking if my father has ever beaten me?”

Varen tightened his grip on the steering wheel and nodded.

Varen: ”I'm just worried. You don't have to answer, I'm sorry.”

MJ: ”...Yes.”

Her response was so quiet that any normal person would not have heard, but Varen was normal person. Since he got Audiokenisis, he was now able to hear things from a much greater distance. Varen obviously heard what MJ said without a problem, and was angry when he did.

Varen: ”When?”

Varens voice was calm but anyone could tell that he was angry.

MJ was a little surprised he heard her, but still told him.

MJ: ”It was on a random night, where we were having an intense argument that was brought up by nothing. I literally dont even remember how it started. He spent most of his day drinking again, leaving me to clean after him. We argued back and forth until I had enough. I told him that mother would be sick to look at how he ended up, which earned me a hard slap against my cheek.”

Varen was silent at the moment, letting her go on with whatever she had to say.

MJ: ”I knew I took it too far and that I deserved it, but it did not lower my surprise. I never imagined in my life that my dad would ever hit me.”