My City, My Hood!

In the need of the dark

MY CITY, MY HOOD!
By: Priince LaVarius Gwinn

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Chapter 1:

I grew up in a family that we didn't believe that we should be separated in any form or fashion. We basically shared everything, rooms, clothes, and even sometimes the same toothbrush. We didn't have much but my parents did whatever it took to survive. Oh, Wait a minute, I didn't introduce myself. Hi, my name is "Hopefully". I know you're wondering why I have such a crazy name, well let me explain. My parents told me that when my mother found out that she was pregnant that I was pretty much "hopefully" going to be aborted. I was child number 10 and they couldn't even think of a better name for me, thats sad. So as time went by and they decided to keep me my dad was hoping for a boy and my mom was hoping for a girl, so hopefully is the name that they came up with. I HATE IT HERE!

So lets fast forward from that. I have 5 sisters and 4 brothers and we lived in a 2 bedroom shotgun house. We basically had to sleep wherever we could. Food was scarce and my parents made just enough to pay the bills and feed us at the most once a day. We were happy to go to school because we knew that we could eat lunch there and not starve. Btw, I am 16 years old and I am the youngest of the bunch. Lately things haven't been going so good with my parents, all they do is fuss and fight with each other. They never use to do that in front of us and it is getting out of hand. My mom told me that she wants to move but my dad wants to stay. It's not a hard decision because all of my siblings are grown, they are 19 and older. I'm the only child left in the house and I have 2 more years to be out of school. I would like to graduate with my Class but it's so much that goes on here.

My dad pulled me to the side to talk to me, "son, I need to talk to you" he said with a firm voice. "Your mother is moving across the country and we are getting a divorce". I replied, I knew this was happening, all you guys do is argue and fuss for nothing, I said angrily. what do you want to do son, stay here with me or go with her, he asked. I really don't know what to say and I don't know how to answer this question. All I know is this city, all I know is my family. We did everything together and for this to be a sudden change, I just don't know what to do. I looked at both parents and said, I can't answer that question just yet. "Well you better answer it soon because I'm leaving tomorrow", said my mom. I am flabbergasted because all of this news in less than 5 minutes, I feel the need to just go crazy right now. Im going to my room and I just need to rest for a minute to get my mind off of all this.

So I rushed to my room and started crying like someone just bomb rushed my heart. I'm confused, I don't know what to do, and I'm lost of words. After about 20 minutes I fall asleep and I tossed and turned all night and suddenly I hear dishes and stuff being thrown in the kitchen. I get up quickly peep out my door looking at whats going on and my mother is in a rage throwing stuff like a mad man,"I WANT EVERYTHING, I HATE YOU, YOU'RE A LIAR", my mom screams. My Dad replied, "YOU CANT HAVE NOTHING, I PROVIDE". My mom grabs a knife and proceed to throw it at my dad, he ducks and run to his room. As this continued, I come out the room to try to stop the fight but they were not having it. My mom grabbed her bags and keys and walked to the car angrily. I'm standing here thinking what the heck is going on.

As my mom proceeded to get in her car, she cranked it up and start pulling off. My dad comes running out with his GLOCK "POW POW POW" and started shooting at the car screaming B$%@& come back. I started to try to fight my dad but I was too scared and nervous that he would shoot me especially after he shot at his own wife. So I started to run away and I ran until I couldn't run anymore. I didn't know where I would go but I had to get away from the craziness. My mom left me and my dad is going crazy shooting at my mom, I am literally about to lose it.

Lets pause for a second*******************

Recap:

MY PARENTS LITERALLY TAUGHT US THAT DIVORCE WASN'T RIGHT AND THAT WE HAVE TO STICK TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT. THEY TOLD US THROUGH THICK AND THIN AND EVEN FOR BETTER OR WORSE BUT THEY ARE DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY TOLD US. THEY ARE GETTING A DIVORCE, THEY ARE LITERALLY SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLORS. I HATE IT HERE! I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO CALL MY MOM OR GO HOME TO MY DAD.

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