It is a cold winter Friday and I had just gotten off school. I get on my bike and began to ride home. We just started break and I have no friends to hang out with. As I get home, my mom is yelling at my brother because he left all the clothes out and they got soaked on. She grabs a hanger and begins to wack him. I enter the gate and my mom goes "Aliya! Why didn't you tell your brother to take the clothes back inside? Now they are all wet." She goes back inside. I check on my brother and asks if he's okay. And he goes "Oh yea, I'm okay. Mom likes to always blame you anyway. I just get hit a few times. The sexism is real though, how come you don't get wacked? Is it a women's rights thing?" He always asks this so I respond with, "No Hunter it is not a women's right thing. Isabel and I got our beatings already for disobeying mom when we were your age. So, now its your turn." I park my bike and head inside.
My dad is sleeping on the couch again and my mom is cleaning in the kitchen. "Ali, your sister is coming back home from college for your birthday tomorrow so, clean your room, the bathroom, and your brothers bedroom." My mom says. I am upset as to why I have to clean my brothers room. He is 13 years old. "But mom, hunter can clean his own room. I don't want to go in there." I say with a bit of attitude. My father wakes up, "Aliya, just do what your mom says. It's your birthday tomorrow. Endure today honey, tomorrow will be better." "Fine! I'm only doing it cause dad said so." I say that to my mom as I pass the kitchen, run upstairs and slam my door.
I begin to clean my room and then I head over to the bathroom. I overhear my mom "That girl thinks that just because she is turning 18, she can do whatever she wants. But she can't. The girl can't even drive yet. Her grades aren't even that good so she won't get into a good college. And all she cares about is that damn keyboard. I hear it all night. I don't even know why you bought her that thing." "She never had any friends growing up so, I thought that giving her something to do at home would make up for it a little bit. She needs a way to express herself, sweet peas." My dad says. He always has my back and my mom...I don't know what I did for her to treat me like that. Maybe it's a middle child thing. Anyway, back to cleaning the bathroom.
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RandomAliya Keins just turned 18 but her mom still has her under control. Her mother uses the excuse, that Aliya does nothing but think about herself. So, she decides to run away but, where will she go?
