The Vintage Style

The Puppet On The Stage

It is 22 October, 8am.....

Brooks's house......

He again hears those screams, shouting and noise of beating from his parent's room. Brooks was quite use to it now.

Though his parents were lawyers, very well known attorney generals but still it is what it is, nothing is in our hands.

Sometimes his dad would leave his house for days and sometimes he would see some marks on his mother's face or on the hands.

Oliver Williams and Josephine William were his parents.

At times his parents would shout at him for no reason or even beat him up.

Because of his family issues he got addicted to drugs and alcohol.

It wasn't like he was happy with it or something but it was an excuse, something that keeps him away from all of this. He even tried to leave them but was unsuccessful. Though he was able to leave alcohol but not drugs.

But as we all know drugs are more intoxicated than alcohol so it's one in the same thing, Leaving one intoxicant, and started pursuing another and even more intoxicating thing doesn't make difference.

When he was caught while using drugs he promised not to do it again but where has an addict been able to give up his drug habit so easily?

This is the only reason he didn't have friends. Nor did he ever tried to make one.

He gets up from his bed and goes downstairs to eat an apple as breakfast, when he hears a loud sound of table breaking.

He runs to the room only to find his parents again fighting but this time it was even more violent.

His father was standing there with red eyes and breathing furiously. Whereas his mother was lying on top of the broken stable, not moving at all. He could see many cuts on her legs and arms.

He stood there looking at the whole scene with wide eyes.

Then his father turned to face him. He saw some blood dripping from his head and corner of the lip. He wips the blood by the back of his hand and stares at Brooks.

Brooks was so scared that he just ran away from that house. He took his bag and went for college or practically run to college.

On the way college he went inside an alley to take some drugs to forget some events.

Autumn season had already started and the day seems pretty good but was contrary for Brooks.

After that he went to college only to be greeted by smiling Professor Chamberlain.

"So what have you decided? How are you going to start?" asks Professor with a huge smile on his face.

"Wellllllllllll......... I am gonna sit with her today, start with introduction and then exchange numbers." Brooks says trying to smile but he was feeling bit dizzy because of drugs.

Professor notices that and says, "Naaaa.. not like that" looking up and down.

"First, stop walking like that, go to the loo and come back fresh. Second she won't talk to you like that, you have to sound nice and look presentable and third , I told you her parents keep an eye on her phone so, you have to very careful with that"

" Aye aye Captain." Brooks salutes him as if he was his captain. Charles only laughs and told him to get freshen up so he went to the loo.

The moment he saw himself in the mirror he starts crying uncontrollably and sat down on the floor.