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The Sleepover

•Maxes P.O.V•

It was 10 at night and my mom and stepdad and Billy were asleep. I got a call from el asking if I could stay the night, they probably wouldn't even know I was gone, and i'll be back early. I packed a bag and told her I was on my way. I skated down the road and made it to her house. I knock on the door and immediately got greeted by my beautiful girlfriend. I hugged her immediately and she hugged back. "hi" "hii" We let go and I see will and mike. "hey guys" I smiled at them. "isn't Dustin and Lucas coming?" "yeah, I think they should be coming in like ten minutes" Will said. "okay, we can set everything up then" We set out a couple of sleeping bags in the living room and make popcorn with melted m&ms and sodas. We were just on the couch talking about random stuff and then the door rang. We all got up from the couch and greeted them in hugs. We went back to the living room and played games and watched a couple of movies and basically ate the whole entire box of popcorn. We were now playing uno. It was against Lucas, Mike, and El. I'm pretty sure El will win, she's sometimes competitive. I was right beside her watching her playing her cards right. The color was blue and El had 1 blue and 2 greens and 1 red. It was Mikes turn and he put down a Yellow card since it matched the number. Then El put down a green card since it matched that number, then lucas had just placed a +2 green card. Mike gasped dramatically, "oh how dare you!" "you're soooo gonna lose Michael!" He laughed. El had placed a green card then lucas placed a yellow card that match that number, then Mike put down a yellow card.
couple cards later Mike had called uno since he had one last card but so did El and Lucas had 2 cards left. Lucas placed a red card but it was +4, "nooooooooooooooooooooooo!" We all laughed, Then El placed a wild card. She smiled proudly as she said uno first before lucas. "What color?" he asked, "blue" then BAM! He immediately called out uno too and place another +4 card that was blue. Mike just put his arms up in the air "i have been defeateddd!" and then he sighs so dramatically. We clean up the place and put on a movie, after that we were all tired and got into our sleeping bags, we put something on for background noise. "night guys!" Will called out, we all said goodnight to each other and was slowly drifted off to sleep. Lucas and Dustin was more closer to the tv and Mike and Will we're more closer to the coffee table and me and El were closer to the left end of the couch. So we was all mostly spaced out. "goodnight el" "goodnight max" we whispered and silently kissed each other goodnight. Which I felt so good about, how could I get so lucky with a girl like el?

The next morning Joyce made breakfast. Me and El were the ones who got up first and then dustin and Mike and then Will and Lucas came shortly after. Every time I will always be amazed by Joyce's cooking skills. After breakfast we call talked for a bit and then I had to go home. I grabbed my stuff and skateboard and skated home. I climbed through my window to my bed, then fell right back to sleep.

It was about an hour later when Neil (my dumbass "step-farther") barged into my room and startled me awake, "what?!!" I yelled, "don't you use that tone with me! where were you?!" suddenly my heart dropped to my ass right then and there, I tried to stay calm and said, "what are you talking about?" "last night! Billy said that you left." "I didn't!" Then he slapped me across that face. Just again Susan was there, not saying a word, not doing anything at all just, standing. there. While looking away. How could you let your husband abuse your own daughter? and just stand there. "Don't you raise your voice at me!" "But your yelling at me?!" Then he just slapped me again but harder. "If I get word that you snuck out again, do. not. come. back." "fine! like I would ever wanna be here! in this abuse, toxic household." Then he took a glass sculpture one of my old friends gave me before I moved here. He smashed it so hard one the ground one of the pieces hit my check almost hitting my eye. "you could have fucking blinded me!" I said as I pulled it out of my cheek. Then he full on hit me, that's all I remember before waking up around 11pm.

I went to the bathroom to see under my right eyes was black and purple, and that cut of where the glass went was dried up blood. I cleaned myself up before taking a nice shower and then quietly going out in the kitchen to grab and ice bag to put over my bruise. Then I clean up the glass in my room and then went to bed, I can skip school today.

I woke up to the walkie-talkie going off. "Whatttt." I groaned being annoyed. "Come to Mikes house" Lucas said. "no. I can't." "why not?" "because I can't. i'm... uh- grounded." "grounded for what?" "Jesus! what's with the integration?! leave me alone." I turned it off and went back to bed.

A/N- MY POOR MAX. 🩷