Warren's POV
I eye my sisters ready for them to spill about my eyes glowing but they stay quiet, "Nothing," Sam says after a few seconds. I smiled uncontrollably at her loyalty though it was unnecessary.
"They know," I tell them, their eyes open in terror.
"Wait what?!"
"Sweetie I'm so sorry I won't kill anyone else I promise," Stu swears, making my eyes widen, Sam and Tara stare at their father's in shock. "Dad you didn't,"
A laugh slips my lips "That wasn't what I was talking about,"
"Fuck be clear next time this family has a lot of secrets!" he argues angrily walking away.
Tara steps in his path "Dad, you killed Frankie?"
"Of course I did, what else do you expect of me? He tried to take advantage of you, I could feel how scared you were, I'll kill anyone who so much as looks at you wrong," He towers over his daughter, his voice stern and serious.
"I'm supposed to have a normal life,"
"When has your life ever been normal?" he questions her.
"That girl who threw that drink at me?" Sam asks her dad who tenses at the question. "No, that's petty," I tilt my head at my dad before giving him the finger when Sam's back turned.
"It was me," I tell Sam who stares at me like I've gone crazy.
"Oh my god, that dream I had when my ex tried to take advantage of me, I saw you drag him away and he was screaming," she says as if she's reliving the memory.
"Don't be angry with him, I made him bring me those boys," my dad says stepping in.
"I'm telling Mom," she says after a few seconds.
"Don't be rash, that's the last thing we need," Stu says, flinching out of his seat.
"I'm with Dad on this one, mom's seemed a little unstable lately," Tara says
Meanwhile
Taryn's POV
I watch as my mom eats the last slice of the large pizza with multiple toppings that make me want to throw up. Riven sits next to me listening to my mom's every word like he's interested.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" I cut her off, she puts down her now half pizza, takes a breath she opens her mouth like she's about to say something before taking a long sip of soda.
"So I think I'm pregnant again,"
"Ugh, "It slips before I can stop it.
"Aww," Riven says, his eyes lighting up.
"Are you positive?" I ask to make sure.
"Yeah I just lied, I know for sure I'm pregnant, four months now though there haven't been many symptoms," she shrugs, my eyes widened before I pulled my lips in from laughing and telling her she's been a total evil queen for those entire four months.
If that kid ends up more evil than Warren we're doomed.
"Do dads know?" she shakes her head quickly, "Do you honestly think I'd be able to be here if they did know, they are already so protective I can't go through that again,"
"So who's the father?" Riven asks
My mom tilts her head thinking for a moment, "I don't know there was a lot of overlapping so there's honestly no telling."
I gag holding my hand over my mouth, "Mom that is just ugh," Riven rubs my back laughing while my mom shrugs uncaringly and uninterested in the fact I'm dying of disgust.
"I hadn't seen them in a long time, they made up for a lot of lonely nights," she explains.
"I didn't ask for this I am a child, "I complain wanting to cry, I get up pulling Riven with me"We're done here let's please go home,"
"Fine, just please don't say anything" she pleads following us, "Yes only if you keep them from stalking us, they can call and visit only when we say," I demand, my mom looks at me like I'm crazy.
"Please if that's okay with you?" I change my tone, and her face softens, "Alright, I think I can work that out," I do a small dance in victory. Riven walks us back to Warren's apartment where he secretly got to be closer to him.
"Congratulations again," Riven whispers to my mother, she pinches his cheek with a bright smile on her face, "Thanks cute face," he laughs going into his apartment.
When we entered Warren's, were barely through the threshold before both my dads engulfed my mom in a hug, "I was only gone an hour,"
"Felt like months," Stu whines patting her head.
I roll my eyes plopping down on the couch with Warren until I hear a hiss, I scream slipping from the couch, away from Warren's evil reptile he calls a pet.
"We're leaving but we'll be close," my mother announces, not sure what she said to them but they looked eager to leave when I realized a shiver of disgust rolled through me. Hopefully, she can keep them at bay for a while.
I look around for my sisters but it's pretty quiet "Did Tara and Sam leave?" he nods suddenly looking annoyed with the topic, "They stormed out, said Chad and Mindy will be with them,"
"Oh,"
"Go home," he tells me, not even looking at me as the snake wraps around his hand.
"Fine weirdo,"
NEXT DAY
My classes were weird, people kept staring at me and the groups I've spent so much time building have been disbanding. I've worked so hard and I deserve to have a life, my own life.
I cut my next class annoyed with all the stares and whispers, I'm a pretty strong person but everyone has their breaking point. I take deep breaths holding back tears.
"Are you okay?" Ethan asks sitting next to me on a bench near the campus, "Yes, Ethan just go away," I look away from him not wanting anyone to see me weak.
"I can't do that, I can just sit here if you want and just listen, I won't say a word," he promises, turning his body away from me. "I'm just annoyed, everyone has something to say but won't say it to my face."
He laughs. "That's funny?!" I question in disbelief.
"No It's just that means they're too scared to say it to your face, I would be too you pack quite a punch," he says rubbing the spot I hit him, I hold back a laugh.
"Yeah, my mom taught me that move, unlike my siblings I wanted to learn self-defense," I told him without meaning to.
"Are you hungry?" he asks suddenly, turning to me, "Always," I tell him, he holds out his hand, I raise a brow but take it, and he leads us to the subway pulling me onto the train.
I'd hoped there wouldn't be too many people but there were so I was against a window with Ethan close to me, he held the pole with one hand and his other hand against the window to keep his distance.
He was still close enough that I could smell his cologne, I kept finding myself holding my breath so I didn't breathe it in. We stop again and more people enter, I trip almost falling back.
