"I had a dream so big and loud, I jumped so high I touched the clouds Wo-o-o-o-o-oh, Wo-o-o-o-o-oh, I stretched my hands out to the sky, we danced with monster through the night Wo-o-o-o-o-oh Wo-o-o-o-o-oh, I'm never gonna look back whoa I'm never gonna look give it up No, please don't wake me now (2,3,4)." "Adeline shut up already, I'm trying to sleep here!" said my brother Christopher, he just got back from Iraq and I've missed messing with him so much."What did you say something? " I teased him and got "the look" from my mom and dad up front. "Enough Adeline both your father and brother are trying to sleep, so please sweetie bother your brother later." said mother, she's always saying that particular phrase. For example, "Adeline dear please leave your father be, he needs his rest for training tomorrow." or she says "go out side and bother the neighbors kids please..." Don't get me wrong I respect my father and my brother for what they do but when there gone for 6 months, I can't help it, I miss bothering them.
Oh excuse me where are my manners, hi I'm Adeline Scott and my family (from what I haven't to you yet) are war veterans and mainly the men. But my aunt did go into the war as a nurse in World War I. Anyways I would tell you all about the war stories and other heroic thing they've all done but that would take way to long, so instead here are the ranks of the most recent Scott family men, start with grandpa Andrew. Grandpa Andrew's was a general in WWI and WWII, but he retired after the last World War. Then theirs my dad who was a major in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan (but unfortunately he's still active), and last but certainly not least my oldest brother Christopher is a soon to be Staff Sergeant and has been on three tours to most of the middle east. Even though I have another older brother, he hasn't decided to go into the military yet and that makes me and my mom happy but not my dad. He thinks that every man in the family should go into the military, to show that their finally a man. To be very honest I would much rather have my dad, and brothers at home instead of fight in some far off country on the other side of the world.
Well anyways back to the story, driving back from the airport I was looking out the window thinking about my brother John and how he might be going into the military or he could choose to be a electrical technician for the army either way I hope he decides to go to college instead. I was brought out of thoughts when my mom asked to wake up Christopher. I try everything to wake him up but he sleeps like a rock. So I plug my ear buds into his ears and blast my One Direction music up so loud, I pretty sure people in China heard it. He jumped so high out of his seat that I thought he might go through the roof. I tried holding in my laugh but failed so bad when he turned around. My father gave me the look and then got a slap up side the head from my already smirking brother.
Pulling up to the driveway I'm the first one out of the car and the first inside the house. But to my suprise John and Carly are sitting next to each other on the couch and they hate each other or at least that's what I thought, but then I saw how far Carly had moved away from John and I signed realizing that everything is still normal. Finally Carly notices me "Hey Adeline back already I thought that there plane wasn't arriving until 10pm?" I rolled my eyes she can never remember anything. "No I said that their were arriving at 8pm." Oh okay well I'll be upstairs in your room if you need me." Carly walking up stairs and out of hearing rang of what John is about to explain. " Okay so why is my best friend down here, she never go down stairs it's always either my room or the guest bedroom when she comes over at night?" "She didn't say anything when she came in, she just sat in the kitchen drinking a Dr. Pepper. Then after she came in and sat on the couch right next to me and I was at shocked first but then I saw her red eyes, I knew she had been crying, so I left her alone until you got home to talk to her about whatever happened." As soon as hear what he had to say I walked up stairs to talk to my best friend. Carly has a bad family life, her mom is never around and her dad is either drunk or is sober and beats her physically and mentally (but I am the only who knows about the physical beatings), she has no one to protect her because her brothers and sisters left once they were old enough to buy a place for themselves. Carly of course is my age 17 and won't be leaving anytime soon. But she always escapes to my house or her siblings home when she gets the chance to leave the hell she lives in.
Once I'm at my door I can hear her crying coming from my room. She looked terrible and had big purple and green bruise on her left cheek, the only reason it wasn't on the right was because their was already a bruise there from when her father was angry for loosing all of his bet money! I couldn't take it anymore she is not going back there ever she can live here with me and my family, I mean she practically is family because she's practically spends most of her time here anyways. I was once again brought out of my thoughts by my best friends sobs "Oh Carly what did he do to you." I hugged her so tight I thought she might break, don't get me wrong she is not weak by any means, in fact Carly is the only person I know that has ever had to deal with these kinds of beatings all through her life and I was proud to call her my best friend. "Adeline it was awfully, he lost his bets again and I forgot to make him dinner and we were out of beer..." "You are never going back to him ever again you are staying right here with me and our family, because we're basically sisters." I said with the best smile I could manage and of course she smiled back with those pearly white teeth, I have always been jealous of her perfect smile that she was born with, lucky duck. "No I can't do that to your family you don't has anymore room with your grandpa moving in next week." I roll my eyes at her. "Yes we do we have that whole third floor that we never use and most of it is a bunch of junk." "What about your parents won't they get worried as to why I am all of the sudden staying in your house?" "Nope they already consider you as family as I have said a billion times. Now why don't we go down stairs and talk to my parent's about the new living arrangements."
Carly and I walked down stairs to talk to my parents about Carly staying here and about what's been going on with her father, for the past 17 years of her life. Of course they were mad that I hadn't told them about it but got over it as soon as Carly told them that she told me not to tell, then they finally calmed down and had no abjections to Carry living here and also she gets to move into the room next mine, which was supposed to be for grandpa but instead he gets to move into my brother Johns move since its the closest to the first floor and with grandpa not walking so well it worked out perfectly.
Now me and Carly are watching Netflix's when she gets a text from her brother saying child services have got her dad in custody and is going to jail for a long time for beating his five children, for so many years, man karma works out great sometimes. ;) Carly and I decided that tomorrow we would go to the mall and buy her some new stuff for her room and her closet. I stay up think what excitement is waiting for me tomorrow?
*Well I know it was probably not the greatest but it was my first try at a chapter and anyways I don't know when I will update my next chapter because schools finally ending and I have projects and finales and stuff to prepare for so hopefully I can write the next one really soon. See y'all later!
