Chapter 2: Suppressed Feelings

Lemmy and Maggie sat at a booth and ate the food that they ordered. Lemmy got a regular Burger with large fries on the side and a large Pepsi Cherry, Maggie got a Double Burger which had 3 thin patties, Lettice, Pickles, Ketchup, Mayo, and Mustard, along with that she got herself a Strawberry and Cholate shake. Lemmy was eating his fries first, wanting to save the burger for last, He looked to Maggie as she took a sip of her shake.

"So if I may ask, why don't you believe in god?" Lemmy asked

Maggie looked at him and put her shake to the side and put her elbows on the table, "well, I just never really believed in it, nothing about it made sense to me" she told him "for as long as I can remember I always believed that once you died that was it"

Lemmy nodded, "makes sense, I already told you why I don't believe in him"

Maggie nodded, "but how does your family feel about that?" she asked him

"well..." Lemmy put his hand to his chin and thought about the answer, "My parents and my older sister Maria don't like it much, but my two younger siblings Rachel and Bellatrix" Lincoln told her

Maggie nodded, "Your lucky, My mother thinks I'm the worst type of person for not believing God"

"Why?" Lemmy asked

"She grew up in a catholic town and it was a strict one too" Maggie replied "at a young age it was kinda forced on me too since it was forced a little I didn't like it much"

Lemmy nodded, he took a sip of his drink and Maggie took a bite of her food. The food, even if not good for you, was the best thing ever.

Sometimes the bad things were good. That's what Maggie thought at least, Because she was raised with such a push to join the same religion as her mother she hated it, so she did everything opposite of the bible, she found that she enjoyed some things but didn't care much for others. To Maggie that was living life to the fullest, and that's what mattered, she shouldn't have to hold back because of some morals that she didn't believe in, why would she let someone who didn't exist dictate her life?

Maggie balled up her wrapper and looked to lincoln as he was finally eating his burger, "so what was the fight about?" Maggie asked

Lemmy looked down, "Me not wanting to go to church was only half of the story" he began "I also may have got into a physical fight with my dad..." Lemmy finished

Maggie looked at the boy with a shocked expression, Lemmy was tall but he didn't look all that tough. "What! For Real!" Maggie asked with a shocked tone but with a smile

Lemmy looked around uneasy but he looked back to her, "Look... My parents were trying to force me to church but told them again that I didn't want to go, Kept mentioning how much my sister, Maria wouldn't act like me, and that hurt me..." Lemmy told her

"Why?" Maggie asked

Lincoln looked at her and sighed, "I haven't done much with my life, my older sister is in college, and Rachel being asked to move up to the 9th grade even though they just entered the 8th grade" Lemmy said

"So whenever your parents talk about your sisters... you feel unappreciated?" Maggie asked

"Yeah..." he told her "I mean it feels like no one in my family really knows what I do for my family Except for Bellatrix of course... She's trying to be like me, but she doesn't know what I go through every day..." Lemmy replied

Maggie looked at him and she saw the sadness in his eyes, she understood that sadness, she understood his pain, it may not be the same, but the pain is pain. She grabbed his hand that lied on the table and he looked shocked and looked to Maggie.

Once he looked at her, he saw the look of understanding in her light green eyes. Lemmy felt something come up his throat, something that felt like sharp nails in his throat, it was the words he had always wanted to say, the words that he kept in, the words that truly expressed his feelings.

"I... I-I Help them with so many things, I help them when they are having bad days, When things don't look good at all I'm there... But do I ever get the same treatment? Rarely" Lemmy said "It's always about them... I don't get much in my house... Hell, I still get the smallest room no matter what! I helped them! and what do I get? I get brushed off and tossed away after being used! Every day I make sure no one kills each other! Yet do I get a thank you? Nope" Lemmy cried

Lemmy sighed, he felt water begin to form in his eyes but he wiped them away. Maggie still had her hand in his.

"So how did it get physical?" Maggie asked

"I got mad at saying that I should be more like my sisters, as soon as he said those words something just snapped, I punched my dad in the face and he fell back into the wall, he didn't break anything but after that, I just left, I walked and stayed away from places where my family would be looking for me," he finished

"Then you meet me at the playground?"

Lemmy chuckled, "Yeah... and I'm glad I did"

"Oh?" Maggie asked with a smirk and a raised eyebrow, "why's that?"

"Because you're the first person I've ever told about these feelings, you're the first person who understands where I'm coming from,"

Maggie smiled, "don't mention it"

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Maria was currently with her girlfriend, Alex Bering, in her light purple 2006 Scicon XB, looking for her brother. She had heard what had happened while she was out of the house and Wondered what was going on with her brother.

"Where are you Lem?" Maria asked as she looked at the sidewalks, hoping to see a head full of white hair

"Maria, I'm sure he's fine" Alex replied

"Maybe, but when I find him I'm gonna give him a serious talk! What was he thinking! Hitting Dad!"

"What exactly happened Maria?" Alex asked

Rachel grumbled and looked to Alex, "Mom and dad were trying to take him to church and he wouldn't go, he and dad got into a fight, and dad told him something that made him throw a punch"

Alex was a bit shocked to hear this, She knew Lemmy as a calm and laid back person and never thought he would punch someone, like ever.

"What did your dad say?"

"Don't know, but I'll ask him when I find Lemmy and head back home"

Alex nodded, "That's fine Luns, but remember to ask him how it happened, don't just start yelling at him please," Alex told her

Rachel looked back to the road and she turned left and sighed, "Yeah, I'll ask him"

"Good,"

The two continued to drive and look for lincoln. Rachel then began to remember just how much Lemmy had changed after the incident. He changed so much after that. No matter how many times the sisters asked, he didn't give them a straight forward answer, not even Bellatrix could get an answer out of him. Just what was happening with her brother?

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