Too Naive to Know
8 years old now. Life's alright. We're getting by knowing
one of us is gone. It's summer time now, so all the kids
sleep in the family room together. There's no more
fighting for where we sleep, cause theres three couches; now
theres only three kids.. Nobody has to sleep on the floor
anymore. He hasn't been home for awhile now, but were getting
used to it. Everyone's still hurt, but were coping. The house
has been pretty quiet. Us kids are trying to keep the
fighting and arguing to a minimum, to make it easier on
our parents. We do our homework, and don't talk back.
My mom's still upset, and is doing less and less. She
still cries, but in the silence of her bedroom, where she
thinks I can't hear her through the thin wall
between our rooms. We're laying down, all asleep, when
suddenly I'm awoken by the husky laughter coming from
outside. Matt and Bill are already awake, staring out the window.
There's a white hatted man running around the back yard. Who
is that? I look out the front door window, and see some familiar
faces in the street. His friends. The white hats his. It's
him. What are they doing here? He's back up front again.
Wait. There's mom. What's she doing? They're yelling
at each other. Oh My Gosh. He just pushed her. Why'd he push
my mother? I thought he loved her. Dad got between them. He's
telling mom to come back inside. I'm scared. Chuck follows
them in. They're all at the kitchen table. They're
arguing. Chuck's got the phone. He's calling the cops. On
himself? What's going on? My brothers are at my sides.
We're sitting in the living room, peering in. Dad tells us to
go back to bed, we go back into the family room, Matt's
trying to comfort me back to sleep. It's not working.
There's a door slam. We all rush to the window. It's the
cops. They're taking him. Why?
--------> He was drunk, and in a rage, trying to collect all
of his things he left behind. Again, just another instance of
tearing our crumbling family apart, and I didn't
understand. I used to ask my mom where he was, and she'd just
cry. I didn't understand, and no one'd tell me why.
Summer 2010
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Okay,
so I'm going write a story based on my pre summer, summer,
and post summer. A lot went on during this time in my life, and I
want to get it down somewhere so I'll never forget. (I
don't think i could, but still.) From boyfriends, to break
ups. Everything's going to be here. Now, at the end of
every chapter, (1 quote per chapter.) I'll include a list of
characters and their current position in my life in the story.
The story will be 100% true. I'm not going to sit here and
exaggerate everything. It's more or less a big drama fest
though. As most of our lives are. :/ I hope you like it.
<3