I think this is a new twist I haven't seen done yet; I don't have much time to write, so updates on this and everything else will be slow... I have college and work three jobs. I'm going crazy here.

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"Boy, don't you close that door! Come back here right now!" his voice roared, and I snarled, my anger soaring as I listened to that man slam his weight against the door, and I rolled my eyes as sputtering curses came through the door as I grabbed my suitcase from the closet and began filling it up.

"You have no right to lock me out! I pay the bills here, Buddy. I am your father! UNLOCK THIS-!"

I flung a pair of Nikes against the door and as the resounding thud hit my ears and the door vibrated from it, I stated calmly,

"Not according to Mom. I'm leaving and there's nothing you can do about it."

The metaphorical bomb dropped, I wasn't sure what to expect. The silence that greeted me on the other side of the door had me shaking my head in disbelief and sadness. He and I had never gotten along, but it had gotten worse in the last weeks as Mom got sicker. Finally, last night, my mother had come into my room and spoke about our options.

"Son… son, you need to wake up. We need to talk."

I glared at her, biting back anger as the moonlight lit up the tears streaming down her cheeks.

"We are leaving here tomorrow. I can't take it anymore, and neither you nor your sister deserves to be left alone with him."

I sat up, all sleepiness gone.

"But, Mom! He's our dad, you can't just-!"

"No, he isn't. Not your dad. I suppose you have a choice, but listen to me first." She had sighed, and sat down, trembling slightly. Her sift hair dipped in front of her eyes and she murmured "I had sworn to never tell you of this, but… things change."

I bowed my head, thoughts of the night before spinning through me as my phone went off. I checked it and sighed. Could my best friend ever call at a convenient time?!

"Dude! Is it true? Are you really leaving? It's all over the school, man. What about football? We need you, man!"

The bed groaned as I flopped down on it, and I winced as I thought of my sport. "Yea, yea it's all true. Mom told me I have until…ten to get packed and we leave. I don't know man. This comes before football."

Talk about a sentence I never thought I would say! Silence greeted me for a long time and then he spoke quietly, and I could hear the hurt and sadness in his voice.

"Don't forget me, Man. We've been best buds since preschool. Do what ya gotta do; I don't blame you at all…I… I love ya dude. Call me when you're there, wherever that is."

I choked up, blinking back tears and trying to keep sounding manly.

"Love ya too, bud. And I won't forget you; you know I couldn't even if I tried. I guess I better call…"

My phone buzzed, and Call Waiting blared across my screen. I choked back both tears and laughter at her timing and nodded, though my bud couldn't see me.

"She's calling now. Guess the rumor mill reached her too. I'll call you later."

I hung up before he could say anything else, and accepted my girlfriend's call.

"You're not leaving me, right?"

Her voice… she'd been crying, and heavily too. I sighed but before I could speak she continued, anger flaring in her voice.

"Cuz that would SUCK… and I love you, you can't suck. Don't do this. Please…"

She had never said that she loved me before, and my throat closed for a good minute before I could speak.

"I have to. Mom's dying; this is what's best for us. I love you too, but I need you to understand, I can't live with him, pretending to live a lie. I just can't. I figured we could… would… stay together? If you don't want to, I mean I guess…"

Before I could hear her answer, a loud thud at my door made me almost drop my phone.

"Your mom is here, Baxter. Get your shit and get out of my house."

My temper riled back up and I ended the call abruptly, rising up and flinging my door open, enjoying how I towered over this asshole I knew now wasn't blood.

"It's Masters, Raymen. Dashiel Masters."

I grabbed my back and ran down the steps, never to return.

A/N:

No, the rest of the fic won't be this vague. I wanted it to be a surprise who the character was until the end of this chapter. Hope ya'll enjoyed!