HARVEY
me and max rushed over and checked my mom for her pulse. thankfully she was alive. "what happened" max asked as he angrily stood up and walked over to my dad. "i... i was just talking" he told max. "no, you weren't just talking. this is a lot worse than just talking" max angrily said. "max" i heard a small voice say, both me and max looked over to see ben standing at the kitchen door. max looked at me, i nodded and walked over and picked up ben. i took him into our living room. "what happened to mommy" ben asked, i sighed a little bit smiled. "mommy is just sleeping" i smiled, lying to him.
me and ben had went to my room and he had fallen back asleep, since my dad had arrived ben had been staying in with us. "alright i got ben asleep" i told max as i walked back into the kitchen. our mom was laying on the couch and max was standing watching my dad. my mom suddenly shot up and looked over at my dad. she then looked at both of us. "w...what happened" she questioned, "you passed out" max told her. "w..why" she asked again. "it doesn't really matter, you're okay now" max smiled as he gave her a hug.
TOMMY
both me and peyton had decided to get away. not forever just for a few days. i decided to take her camping. she'd never been before and i used to love to go camping with my mom. i knew peyton would love camping so we decided to go. also i felt as thought we deserved to get away for a little while as we were dealing with both max and harvey's problems.
we finished packing up the car, "right get in i've got to grab my glasses" i smiled at peyton. she ran round to the passenger side of the car and i went back inside to get my glasses. "she's not going to run away with you" my dad told me as he appeared at my door. "we're going camping" i told him, he nodded. "i know but you'll try convince her to run away" he told me, i sighed. "she doesn't deserve to live with you, you're not even her dad" i angrily told him. "she doesn't need to know that" he smiled at me. "when are you going to tell her that her mom didn't die that she's just some random kid who you wanted, who you took to 'save' from that sick thing you used to be a part of" i angrily asked him. "never" he said as he smacked me across the face "i'm still your father, show me some respect" he spat at me as he left.
MAX
i finally got to get to bed, but i couldn't sleep. i didn't lie to my mom about passing out. it was terrifying though. her heart rate had spiked after her and my dad had gotten into a screaming match. i was glad she hadn't had a heart attack or anything. my dad was a dick and i absolutely hated him. he also scared me. i lay awake and heard my door creak open, i looked over and saw what i assumed to be my dad coming into my room. "dad" i whispered, there was a moment of silence "i... i wanna talk to you" he said, not overly quiet. i hopped down off my bunk and we walked out of the room.
we both sat in the kitchen. there was a moment of silence before he began talking. "listen, tonight has made me realise something" he admitted, i raised my eyebrow as he continued. "it's made me realise that i'm not the person i want to be, i'm the guy that i hated when i was a kid" he told me, i nodded. "when your mom passed out and you two saw that, assuming i'd done something" he continued "it made me think that that's the kind of guy you two think i am" he continued on. i nodded "i just realise i've been a dick and i've been just like my father despite the fact i hated the guy" he told me "i want to change, so i'm going to leave for a bit and i'm hoping you two will come see me" he smiled as he set down a slip of paper. he got up and that was him, he was gone.
PEYTON
i waited in the car for a little bit until tommy came back out. he flung open the car door and slammed it once he was in the car. "are you okay" i asked, he nodded as he started the car. "tommy what happened" i asked again, touching his arm a little noticing his frustration. "nothing happened, i'm fine" he blew up at me a little as he started to drive to our camping spot. "look i'm sorry i'm just trying to help, i know the way that he can be with you and i know when something happened" i told him off. we sat in silence for most of the rest of the drive, there was music but i would have preferred if me and tommy were talking.
we arrived at camping and we were sort of back on talking terms. we unpacked and we're sitting in our lawn chairs. "what are you not telling me" i asked tommy, he looked at me. i saw a slight bruise coming up on his cheek. "i can't say, dad'll kill me" he told me. "dads not going to kill you, i won't let it" i assured him. "no, i cant tell you, i just can't" he said. "please, please just give me a slight hint" i asked, he shook his head. "it was just something that happened when i went to get my glasses" he started telling me, i nodded for him to continue. "dad just thought i was going to convince you to run away with me" he told me, i nodded. "that's it, when i told him i wasn't he hit me, saying i shouldn't dare" he said, i nodded. "well, what if we do" i smiled at him.
