𝓨𝓸𝓾 & 𝓜𝓮

He's gone.

August 4th, 2009. 7:00pm

"Bye sweetie, have a good night. I love you," my dad says as he kisses my cheek getting ready to leave for work.

He works nights and sleeps during the day so I don't see him much but I know he cares so much about me. He's been there for me ever since my mom left after the divorce, it was really tough on him but he made it work and still treats me like the little princess I was 14 years ago before my mom left.

"Bye dad! Have a good night at work! I love you too!" I say giving him a hug.

My dad is basically my bestfriend. Any time he has off we go out to eat or go to the movies or do a night in and just do board games and a movie. He's my hero. He will pull me out of school just so we can have a day together. My dad is truly such an amazing person. He said my mom is too and things just didn't work out, but she left so she can't be as great as he makes her out to be.

I go up to my room and get started on some homework and by the time I'm done it's 9pm, I have to be up by 5:30 so I can go to school in the morning. I honestly don't mind school, I'm pretty smart and mature for my age, at least that's what people tell me.

I get off my bed and go into the bathroom and take a nice warm shower.
*15 minutes later*
I get out and dry off and put on my black fuzzy pants which are literally the most comfortable pants I own. I put on a dark tie dye shirt that I made with my dad and my fuzzy grey socks. I brush my teeth and wash my face and get into bed and slowly start drifting off to sleep.

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August 5th, 2009. 2:25am

* bang bang bang *
What in the-
* bang bang bang *

I wake up a little more and realize someone is knocking on my door. I look over at my digital clock and it's 2am. Who would be knocking at my door at 2am? I grab my wooden bat from my bed, shaking a little because i'm terrified, no one gets knocks at the door at 2 am, it's just not normal. I slowly walk down and look through the peephole.

It's two officers, I put the bat down and open the door. "Hi, are you Charlie Williams?" one of the police officers ask.

They both seem upset, and Im really not liking this feeling i'm getting. My stomach is in nots and I'm a little shaky.

"Um, yeah that's me. Why?" I ask nervously, which is obvious because of how much I'm shaking now. "Well, your father, Jesse Williams was killed by a drive by shooting around an hour ago. We-"

Everything stopped. Everything was going in slow motion, my world stopped. I can't think, I can't talk, I can't function right now. I dropped to my knees and started bawling my eyes out, my bestfriend is gone. This isn't possible, he can't be gone, he can't be!

"No. No. He can't be gone. He can't be!" I yell while still crying. "I'm sorry Charlie, but he is. I know it's tough right now but because you are still a minor, we need to ask, is there anyone you can stay with for the time being?"

Are they serious right now? I just lost my dad! My bestfriend! I can't even think clearly right now!

"Um, I- " I can't even finish my sentence without tears rolling down my face and wanting to just scream. "My mom, she um, she lives in Virginia but I don't have anyone here." I say while trying to stop myself from crying so much and just trying to calm myself down.

And this is where it all started.