The Media

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I woke up to flashing lights outside my window. I knew it wasn't the sun. My house was around very huge trees that kept the sunlight out. I could only be one thing. Reporters.

I started to breathe heavily. Everything that I had done to keep everyone from finding out, had failed. I didn't want to be a celebrity, I wanted a quiet home life. But that clearly wasn't going to happen.


I tried to get out of my house and go to work without being seen by the media. Thankfully it worked. When I got to work my co workers were freaking out

"You're all over the news" One of my coworkers said nervously to me. 

"I know, there were reporters outside my house. I was able to escape thankfully"

"Can I show you one of the headlines?"

"Sure"

The headline was so disgusting. It was like "CLIFF BURTON FAMILY MEMBER FOUND IN SAN JOSE" I almost vomited. It made it seem like I was a missing person. I hated everything. Erik couldn't even help me. 

I went into the bathroom and cried. "This is a dream" I kept saying to myself. I needed everything to be a dream. But I couldn't wake up. This was my reality. And I needed help.


When I was walking home, the reporters were mostly gone. I breathed a sigh of relief as I entered  my house. When I got in, I saw Erik. He was red in the face. He was enraged.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME CLIFF FUCKING BURTON WAS YOUR DAD"

"I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK HIGHER OF ME" I cried.

He was staring at me with a resentful look on his face "Friends aren't supposed to keep secrets" He said with a little darker tone than how he always talked. He marched up stairs and slammed the door to our room

I couldn't stop crying. This was gonna be my life for a very long time.


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