My dad hit me. "You're such an ungrateful brat! Get out of my house!" "Gladly," I say walking out of the house. I go to my best friend's house, hoping he would let me crash there. His name is Jayden by the way. I knock on the door and he answers. "Hey," I say. "Hi Zander what are you doing here." "Can I stay the night my dad kicked me out again." "Let me ask." "Ok." I wait there for a minute counting the number of bricks is on his house. Then he comes back. "You can stay here," he says. "Thanks you're a life saver," I say. I walk in any say he to his dog peaches. "Hey peaches you're such a good boy," I say petting him. Jayden smiles seeing my pet his dog. "Ok let's go upstairs." I say. "Yeah let's go" he says. I get to his room. He has chipped wallpaper all around his room and old glowing stars on his ceiling. He has a book case of old childhood books he doesn't read and a closet full of clothes. He has movie posters on his walls and a cozy twin-sized bed. I sit on the bed and he sits beside me. "Can we watch a movie" I ask. "Yeah. We can what do you want to watch?" "I'm fine with whatever you want to watch." He flips through the different movie options trying to find a movie to watch. He finally picks a movie after like 10 minutes of looking through movies. I fall asleep about halfway through the movie and he looks at me. He laughs then turns off the movie and switches the lights off. He lays down and goes to sleep. When I wake up our legs are interlocked and my head is on his shoulder. I blush and get off of him. He wakes up slowly and I sit there staring at him. I look away and grab my phone scrolling on it. "Good morning" he said in a happy voice. "Good morning my dad just texted me." "Ugh he is always ruining everything. What did he say?" "You better get your ass home you worthless piece of shit. He's been so mean since my mom left three years ago. It's annoying I get that he is sad but he doesn't have to take it out on me. I'm sad too but I don't take it out on him you know." "Yeah....I wish I could help but I can't and I'm sorry." "It's okay everyone thinks my family is good because we are rich but it's really not. Everyone has horrible days. I know I'm privileged but I still have bad days you know." "Yeah everyone has struggles. You just got to overcome them the best you can." "Yeah I know. Well I should probably get home bye." "Bye you can crash here anytime you need to." "Ok thanks for letting me stay. Hope it wasn't a bother." "You weren't trust me." I leave and pet peaches before I go. Her golden fur glowing in the light. I walked out the door seeing two parents walking their baby in a stroller. They waved at me so I waved back and started my walk home. I saw some bunnies run into a bush when they saw me coming. The sun beating down on me so I walked quicker. I got to my big house. It wasn't big like a mansion but it was still pretty big. We didn't need all the space though. The only people that lived there was my dad and me. My mom left three years ago. We used to be a happy family but after she cheated on him and left him. Things haven't been the same as they once were. I walked in the house it smelled like cigarette smoke. I swear I will never smoke. I hate that my dad does it. It stinks horribly and you can get addicted to it like my dad. I walk upstairs and open the door to my room. My room is pretty nice. It's kind of big and it has that little spot by the window. I sit on it sometimes when I want to be alone. I have a closet full of expensive name brand stuff and a big tv. I have a chair with a foot rest and a king sized bed. My walls are painted white and I have nice carpet on my floor. I sit on the bed and scroll on my phone. I see that it is almost dead so I plug it in. I hear my dead stomping up the stairs walking towards my room. He walks in and stares at me. He says, "make me some lunch." "Ok" I say not wanting to cause unnecessary drama. I walk downstairs and see what stuff we have. I see steak so I start cooking that. Once it is cooked I put some seasoning on it and put it in the plate. I cook some eggs, making them sunny side up. I wash some vegetables, then I put the eggs on the plate. I cook some veggies and put them on the plate. I give him the plate. I walk back upstairs as he loudly eats his food. I get to my room and sit down for a minute watching tv. One hour later I look at the time. It is 10pm I should probably get ready for bed. I walk to the bathroom and wash my face. Then I dry my face and brushed my teeth. I go back to my room and get a text from Jayden. I look at the text 'good night Zander see you tomorrow at school.' Shit I forgot I have school tomorrow. I am in the 10th grade and I hate school. People are rude for no reason and I go to the run down school that nobody cares about what anyone does. I try to go to sleep but I can't. I toss and turn till it is 6am and I have to get ready. I hear my dad snoring so I try to be quiet to not wake him up. I go to the bathroom and put cold water on my face. I dry my face and walk back to my room put some fresh clothes on. The shirt was a white button up shirt. The pants were some black slacks. After I was done with that the time reads 6:05. I go downstairs and she my dad sleeping on the couch. His snores were piercing. I walked to the kitchen and poured myself some cereal. I poured the milk in the cereal it slightly hovering in the bowl. Then I get some chocolate milk in the fridge and put it in a tall glass. I ate my cereal and drank my milk slowly. I had a lot of time before the bus came. A little time passed but I heard the bus in my neighborhood. I put my dishes in the sink and went to grab my backpack. I walked towards the door and walked out. The cold air grasping my whole body. I walked to the end of my driveway where the bus picked me up every day. A few minutes later the bus got to my driveway and I stepped in. The light was bright and instantly I heard people talking. I sat down then I pulled out my phone and earbuds. I put my headphones in and started my music. I was listening to the music for a while but then we got to Jayden's house. Jayden stepped on the bus and sat down beside me. I took out one of my earbuds and offered it to him. He took it and we listened to music together. I felt a plop on my shoulder and looked. Jayden was sleeping on my shoulder. I let him sleep till we got to the school. I tabbed on his shoulder and he woke up. We got off the bus and I say the principal saying good morning. I went to the gym where they keep us till the bell rings. The bell finally rings and I get up. I was walking in the hallway but then I feel myself getting pulled in the janitors closet.
