"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." Thats all that could think about as Frank was flipping through my notebook that he grabbed from my bag. He kept saying things like
"You little fag. Have fun with your stupid toys. You're never gonna be able to run your dad's store." I grabbed my bookbag and snatched my notebook back from Frank. Frank was tall muscular and blonde which might explain his grades.
I turned around to hear Frank scream " Oh look the little fag Ian is running home again. Looks like he isn't gonna be a good store owner if he runs every time someone says something mean." That figures Frank is always trying to make me look weak.
I lived above my toy store since my dad is in the hospital. My mom and sisters live at our house, I just wanted to be close to the store. And my mom hates when i make toys but she deals with it since its a tradition in my dads family. I got to the toy store and went through the back to go up the stairs to my apartment. I started on my science homework. I really needed to focus on my school work, my grades are getting really low. As i got to the last question on my homework i heard someone yell from the store
"Hello. Is anyone here? The sign says you're open." It sounded like one of my sisters friends.
I ran down the stairs almost falling a few times. I opened the door the separates the stairs to the apartment and the store. I saw my little sister. She's 5'5 small and she has short dirty blonde hair. She's a freshman in the same school i go to. She's friends with Frank's little sister. That's how Frank knew about me getting the store and plus in a small town like Clarksville it's kinda hard not to know something about someone. In Clarksville everyone knew everyone. When my sister sophie saw me she ran and hugged me she also started crying.
"Why are you crying? What happened?" I ask with a confused and concerned look.
"It's dad." She said through all the tears.
"What happened to him?"
"The doctor called mom today and... dad.... dad died."
"When, do you know?"
"Around 3:50"Sof (sophie) and I just sat there hugging.
She ended up staying over at the store with me. We ordered pizza. I slept on the couch for the night i figured my little sister should get the bed since she is younger and she needs her sleep. We went to bed around 11pm. Sof fell asleep fast but i stayed up and went to the store to make toys so i could get my mind off of my dad. It was 2am when i fell asleep. My alarm went off at 5 like it always does. Sof came in and got me up off the couch. We had a few hours till we had to leave for school. Our phones were both blown up with missed calls from our mom. Sof called her and put her on speaker.
"Sophie where have you been!?!?!" Mother screamed to her.
"I'm sorry mom i stayed at Ian's last night i texted you."
"well maybe you should've called instead of staying with that moron."
"I'm sorry mom. I'm staying over here again tonight."
"Ok just be careful over there i don't trust Ian."
My mom never really liked me since she is my step mom. I'm a child from my dad's past marriage. Mark Sof and Leah were from my step mom's past 2 marriages. Sof and Leah were the youngest and Mark is the same age as me.
"Can you show me how to make toys?" Sof whispered
"Sure but why do you want to know how to make toys?" I said curious.
"Your dad always talked about how he was proud that you followed the family tradition and I think it's kinda cool that you can make toys." Her eyes started to water speaking of my dad. He was the only dad she's ever known.
"Ok come on. I'll take you down to the shop and show you some of the little things." Sof started to smile.
"Ian!" Sof yelled
"Yeah!" I yelled back she on the other end of the shop.
"Its time to leave so we can go to school!"
"Ok lets go!"
My dad gave me his truck before he well you know. I drove me and Sof to school. When we got out of the truck there was Frank waiting with an evil grin on his face.
"Oh look he showed up!" Frank yelled so he knew i would hear.
I walked past him or well i tried to. He pushed me to the ground.
"Look little fag boy came to school even though his daddy died yesterday."
I got up and started walking away when i felt something it my head. I turned around and got punched in the face so i started hitting Frank back.
I got sent home early so Sof is walking to the store after school. I have a black eye and that's it. I guess I hit Frank kinda hard since he got a broken nose and busted lip.
1 Month later
Sof moved in the apartment with me since there's a guest room. She knows how to make toys for the shop and she helps me run it. We both have jobs at BIg boys we both wait on tables now to pay bills. I haven't talked or heard from Frank since the fight everyone has been scared of me. Plus Frank's dad died over the weekend. I saw Frank at school he started walking toward me.
"I'm sorry i bullied you for so long and that I teased you about your dad dying.""It's fine don't worry about it."
He hugged me it was awkward. I felt bad that we fought even though it was a while ago. I'm not a fighter. I dont like to fight at all. I was mad when I hit him and it felt good even though i hated it.
2 Months later
Me and Frank are good friends now. He helps me and Sof at the store for fun. I showed him how to make toys which was interesting. Frank isnt a fast learner. My mom disowned Sof since she moved in with me to help around the store. A while ago Sof got all of her weird collection in the apartment. I guess she collected oddities with my dad. Sof also found a rabbit running around by the store and we decided to keep it as a pet. The past 4 or 5 months has been really interesting but i guess the big outcome that came from it is good.
(A/N) this is a story i wrote for english if u guys want me to continue this as its own story comment and let me know what you guys think thnx
