Personal Narrative: Malery Longing

Malery Longing

Once something happens, you can’t take it back. I am seen as the girl that goes to the parties and greats bad grades,but in reality I am the totally opposite. I don’t go to parties and I have a B average,even though I used to have straight A’s. It all went down hill when my dad got invited to a party. My dad didn’t exactly want to go because he was never a person that liked to party. He ended up going to the party,but never arrived back home. Later my mom and I had found out he got in a bad car accident caused by alcohol. My dad barely drank around us and when I found out he was the one that caused it, I couldn’t believe it. About one year later when we knew he wasn’t going to get better,my mom got a divorce. All I could do is to tell myself over and over that he was going to be okay. However, I knew that he wasn't. I

Building up enough courage I asked, “Who’s the guy?” She looked at me all confused and said, “How did you know?” I stared deep into her eyes for a moment and said in a voice that was so strong I didn’t know I had it in me. “Mom,I was going to find out sometime. You can’t hide things like that from me. I’m 16! I have the right to know. I asked one question. Who’s the guy?” I could see that she was actually scared of me. I for the first time ever scared my mom. As a result of my screaming, tears started falling from her cheeks, leaving an imprint on the white carpet. “He lives down the street,his name is Zander.” That’s when she broke down. “I should have told you. I should have let you into my life. I should have been a better mother.” I couldn’t believe my ears. I said something that I couldn’t take back “Mom you’ve been through a lot and it’s okay to move on.” She grabbed me into a hug and cried. Usually being the mom she was, she would have kept it in. I let go and left. I had to be the strong one in the family and show her that I could handle what happened to