Everybody Deserves a Fighting Chance // ₛₕₐₘₑₗₑₛₛ

Chapter||1 The Family

   Let's see, where should I start? I guess my name, duh, obviously. Lillian, Lillian Gallagher, twin sister to Phillip Gallagher. Yeah, yeah my parents had a real sense of humor when they named us. Phillip goes by Lip, most of the others got in the habit of calling me Lil. Outsiders call us Phil and Lil, dickheads. Those outsiders being my parents, I should mention. Assholes.

   In case you couldn't tell, I hate my parents, could for nothing twats. My mother gave us all her bad trails and decided to split, my father being there but not.. there. Nope, that would be my big sis, Fiona. Her and I, taking care of our family in our parents absence. Then there's Lip and Ian, Ian's my younger brother, though not by much, well anyways they used to help out more buuuut..

    Lip went to college, and Ian.. Well as luck would have it one of us was blessed with my mother's disorder. Bipolar. Hasn't been exactly fun but somehow we're managing. He was just released from Army prison, yeeeaah. Turns out he stole Lip's identity and tried to steal a plane, then broke it, then went Awol... Yeah, a lot's happened. And that's not even the half of it.

   My younger brother, Carl, my best bud? He's in juvie. Man, I miss the little fucker so damn much. Me and him used to do some crazy shit together, but then he got busted for strappin' drugs to our Nephew, got them both locked up because of it. The other's don't even visit him, understandable in this family though. Everyone's too busy, trying to make sure the money's flowing in and we can keep a roof over our heads and food in our stomachs. I tried looking after Carl the best I could. Him and Liam. Liam even more since he almost died... Fiona almost killed him. Coke.. Yeah, um, we don't talk about that. Bitch already feels bad enough for it as it is, let alone if we all dwell on the fact she almost killed one of our babies.

   Finally, there's Debbie. Little bitch is getting on my nerves as of late. I used to love her a lot more than I have lately, actually found her to be adorable when she was younger.. Now. Now all I can do is hope I can straighten Carl out and hope my little brother bear doesn't grow up into an asshole too.. Oh, who the fuck am I kidding?! They're all assholes, we all are.. We're Gallaghers.

   Guess I've stalled long enough, huh? You're probably wondering about ME. Well, that's because after you take away my family.. there's not really much of me left. I'm nobody. I'm just merely here for support. And I'm not, like.. complaining. I chose this. From the start I chose to support and provide for my family, my brother, twin brother, sorry should specify.

   We all knew Lip was the one that could maybe, hopefully, actually make it out of this dump. He's a fucking genius and for the longest time he didn't want to pursue that. His girlfriend and I were the ones that mailed in college applications. Of course he was pissed, wouldn't talk to me for like a week because of it. He talked to me eventually. He was worried. Worried about leaving me and the others on our own, not sure if he'd make it and it would be a waste of time. He was just.. He was scared. I knew it would be difficult, but I told him to go.

   And soon after, I dropped out of school, trading in my part time job for a full time one. Then one day, out of the blue.. I got a new job offer. And it was kinda decent pay, way better than what I was making as a fucking waitress. It hurt, God does it hurt, but fuck.. What a rush it is too.