One Hundred Sleepless Nights

Chapter 25: Can You Hold On One More Day

"I choose Tony." I said. "What the hell?" Dad yelled. "Well, better than being with someone who hit you." Jaime said. "Let's go Alli." Tony said. "Uh Jaime, you're our ride." I told him. "Right. Let's go." Jaime grabbed the keys from his pocket. "Wait... Please don't leave me." Dad dropped to his knees. "Let me talk to him alone guys." I told Jaime and Tony. They hesitated but went outside. "You hit me. I don't think I can forgive you." I sighed. "But I love you Allison. You're my daughter." Tears ran down his cheek. "If you love me, let me go." I said, turning to go out the door. I heard his sobs as I walked outside. I felt tears well at my eyes. I quickly blinked them away. This was for the best, right?

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Weather man said it's gonna snow
By now I should be used to the cold
Mid-February shouldn't be so scary
It was only December
I still remember the presents, the tree, you and me

Miranda Lambert's Over You blared through my room. I groaned and turned off my phone alarm. Mr. Turtle was taking me to school today, so I had to get up early. I quickly went to the bathroom and did my hygiene routine. I put on some clothes, and I was ready. I walked downstairs and grabbed a blueberry muffin. "Ready?" Tony asked. "Yeah." I said. We walked out to his car silently. "So, you okay?" Tony asked. "I'm good I guess." I sighed and looked out the window. "This is what I think. Don't get butthurt okay? I think you need to talk to Vic. He is going to be a mess." Tony said without taking his eyes off of the road. "I know. I just, he hit me. I'm never going to forget that." I looked down at my feet. "You should be grateful you have us as your uncles. You have someone to run to when you're arguing with him. Be lucky we haven't shut you out because of your attitude. You need to be respectful." Tony looked at me. I just kept looking at my feet. We eventually pulled up to the school. "Love you." Tony said. "Love you too." I said back before getting out. I walked over to the group I was with yesterday. Dalton smiled and walked over to me. "Hey can we talk somewhere?" He asked. I nodded. We walked over to a tree that no one was at. "Will you go out with me?" He said after a minute of silence. "Sure." I smiled. "Uh cool." Dalton laughed awkwardly. We walked back to the group together. Dalton reached for my hand. I held his. Crystal looked at our hands. "Called it!" She squealed. I rolled my eyes playfully. The bell rang so we all went to our classes.

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I stood at my locker trying to organize it even though I should be at lunch. "Who are you?" A girl came up to me and asked. "Uh I'm Allison?" I replied. "Well you're a slut." She snickered. "W-what do you mean?" I suffered. Her friends came up behind her. "Dalton will be mine." She grabbed my shirt. Oh hell no. I shoved her. "Don't touch me." I hissed. "Leave Dalton alone." She snapped. "Sorry, I can't. I'm kinda dating him." I sneered. "You bitch!" She lunged at me. I dodged her and took off running towards the cafeteria. I ran into Dalton. "Woah Alli. You okay?" He asked. I just wrapped my arms around him. "This girl was telling me I can't be with you." I said into his shoulder. "Cecilia." He muttered. "Is that your ex?" I asked him. "No. She is some crazy popular girl who has a crush on me." He groaned. "Oh..." Was all I said.

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"Bye guys! Bye Dalton!" I waved to my group of friends and kissed Dalton on the cheek. I walked out to Tony's car. "Hey Tony." I smiled as I got into the car. "We are going to Vic's." He said. "What the hell?" I was shocked. I knew he wanted me to talk to my dad, but I didn't think now. "I'm taking you to his house. I will be in the kitchen the whole time. If he tries something I will punch him. You'll be fine." Tony assured me. "Okay." I calmed down.

I sat on dad's couch. "Alli, I'm sorry." Dad said. He sat on the love seat across from me. I simply nodded. "I was just angry okay? I didn't mean to slap you." He rubbed the back of his neck. "What happens if you get angry again?" I asked. "Uh..." "Exactly." I crossed my arms. I took this time to study my dad's face. His eyes were bloodshot and had bags under them. His face was oily, like he hasn't washed it. Damn, it's been like a day. He reeked of alcohol. Figures. "Please forgive me." Dad begged. "To be honest, I will probably never forgive you. I will in fact though, stay here for a while." I said. His eyes instantly lit up. "Really?" He asked. I nodded. "I'm so glad to have you back." Dad ran up and hugged me. I didn't say anything. I walked upstairs. I walked into dad's bathroom. I looked for a razor. I found an unused one and slid it into my pocket. I walked back to my room. I'm such a terrible daughter.

One cut for being a bad daughter.
One cut for letting Dalton kill himself.
One cut for replacing Dalton with some kid I met yesterday.
One cut for being a bitch.
One cut for being depressed.
One cut for being suicidal.
One cut for being me.

I looked at my wrist. "What have I done?" I gasped. I felt light headed. I dropped to my knees. I took the razor again. "One cut for being an idiot." I muttered. "Hey Alli, I'm leaving now. Good- holy shit!" Tony rushed over to me. Everything went black.

A/N: OHHHHH shit

QOTD: be honest, do you disrespect your parents?

AOTD: yes.....:(