A few hours later
Michael groaned as he woke up with a pounding headache. His body ached with pain as he sat up against the brick wall of the alley.
“Agh… What happened?....” Michael said as he rubbed his neck and hissing in pain when his hand met the injury there.
Michael pulled his hand away from his neck and saw that there was blood. “Ugh- Gross-” Michael made a disgusted face and wiped his hand off on his pants.
He grabbed onto the jutting out bricks that weren't placed just right and stood up with his shaky legs.
“Oh god-” Michael said as he felt as if he was going to vomit.
Michael took a few wobbly steps forward while held to the wall with his right hand before bending over and vomiting onto the ground. “Fuck…” He whimpered out as his left hand clutched his stomach to try and ease some of the pain he felt.
Michael stood back up after a while and tried to keep moving to get home, groaning and limping as he did.
Once Michael got to the front of his house he pulled his keys out with shaky hands and opened the door. He stumbled through his house around furniture and appliances, almost falling flat on his face every second. Michael eventually got to the steps of his stairs making his way up as fast as he could, feeling as if every step he took was another two back down.
He made his way to his room past his siblings' rooms on the second floor, closing his down and locking to make sure no one would see him while in this awful state. Michael then flopped down onto his bed not bothering to change his clothes and fell asleep.
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“Michael- Michael! MICHAEL!”
Michael groaned as he was awakened by pounding on his bedroom door with his father screaming his name.
“What!?” Michael yelled back, wincing as he sat up when he felt his body ache in horrible pain once more.
“Michael Terrance Afton! Unlock this door and get ready for school this instant! Evan and Elizabeth have been up for almost an hour now!”
“Okay! Okay! I get it! Give me a minute!”
William walked away mumbling under his breath about how lazy Michael was and how he never listened to anything he was told.
Michael stood up out of his bed but after he did he instantly fell to the cold wooden floor with a THUD and a cry of pain for no one to hear.
Michael layed on the ground sobbing, his bones felt like glass with every deep inhale in and shake of his body making his crying just go on longer and longer. After some time his pain crying subsided allowing him to stand again and get ready for his day.
He hiccuped and wiped the tears from his face as he grabbed a different pair of clothes to wear from his closet, a casual tank top and jean short like always.
Once he was dressed he ran down the stairs and to the kitchen to grab the food his father had made for breakfast.
“About time you got down here. I was starting to think you were going to skip school once again to get stupid like your dumbass friends.”
Michael glared at William and grabbed the plate of food that was sitting on the kitchen counter that was starting to get cold. After he grabbed it he went to sit down with Evan and Elizabeth at the table.
“Just shut the fuck up… You’re such an asshole to everyone…” Michael whispered under his breath so William wouldn’t hear what he was saying.
