I smell coffee brewing down stairs,so I get up and put on my robe. As I walk down the stairs I can here my mom and dads conversation. I hear my dad saying she can't be with him absolutely not. I sit down on the stairs and keep listening. Mom says she is 15 she has a right to choose who she wants to date,but we have the say wether they go on dates or not. I hear my dad say no she is not dating him I forbid it as a matter of fact when she gets down here I am going to tell her they can't see each other. They don't like my boyfriend,but it's only because he is a boyfriend. Gram goes to the same church as we do,but he still isn't what my parents call boyfriend material. The only thing they consider boyfriend material is who they pick out. I hear my parents stop talking and I walk into the kitchen. I get my French toast and some orange juice and sit across from my dad. As I'm eating dad lays down the newspaper and ask me if I'm still with Gram. "yes" I reply. Then it starts dad starts telling me it won't happen and that he forbids me to date Gram. I reply "why can't you just support me it's already not fair that I have to put up with you drinking all the time I shouldn't have to listen to your stupid opinions." My dad slaps my mouth and threatens me to never talk to him that way again I here mom crying and tell dad just to stop. I get up to put my plate in the sink as I'm walking away I tell mom it's ok,and that I will be fine.I go back up stairs and get dressed when I look in the mirror I see the hand print on my face. I put some makeup on and get off to school. When I get to school I see Gram coming so I walk away I don't want him to see my face. The rest of the day I hide my face and as soon as the bell rings I'm gone. I'm a softmore and my little sister Marina is a freshman. When I get home I call Gram he tells me he doesn't think we are going to work out. I said "what do you mean not gonna work out just yesterday you said you didn't know what you would do without me." Gram explained how my dad threatened his family so he had to break up with me. At supper I wouldn't eat my dad ask me what was wrong. I said like you don't know you selfish coward. My mom ask what was going on I said, "your fricken husbands what's going on he threatened Grams family to stay away from me so Gram broke it off." My mom ask my dad if that was true he said it was for the best. I said your best or my best dad because it's not for me I hate you and I always will so never talk to me again. He reached across the table and slapped me across the face. My sister Marina was crying and stood up to leave and dad pushed her down and busted her knee. My dad tried to help her up and said sorry, but I pushed him out of the way and told him he had done enough already. When I went upstairs and was helping Marina get washed up I saw bruises on her. I asked her what happened she said the other night dad was drunk and she tried to take his beer away and he hit her. I had enough I told Marina to get her stuff together and I went to get mine. I met her in her bedroom 30 minutes later and told her we were leaving. I called Gram and told him everything he said he was coming with us. Next, I called Sadie which is my bestfriend and told her if my parents asked to tell them that she hasn't talked to me. It was 11:45 we were leaving at 12. I get all of our stuff together an we head over to Grams.
