Michael sighs as he sees the three sets of expectant eyes waiting for him to tell his story. He knows they already know the story, he told them when they first met them. Yet, the prospect of actually seeing his parents tomorrow is really daunting for Michael. Not only that, but it also brings back all the horrible feelings, insecurities, and memories that they caused him. However, he knows that he needs to let it off his chest.
After Calum and Ashton came back in from making it official, the boys shifted positions and now the other three boys were sitting across from Michael at the foot of his bed.
"They didn't love me." Michael could feel the tears starting to trickle down his cheeks.
"Mikey...." Luke mumbles, grabbing his hand and stroking it lightly with his thumb.
"T-they treated me badly ever since I could remember. They didn't care for me and they neglected me. I don't remember them ever saying a single nice thing to me. The worst of it started on my ninth birthday. I woke up to my dad storming into my room. He started screaming something at me and dragged me out of bed. Then he threw me on the ground and started telling me how worthless I was. I was so in shock that I couldn't even scream. He then forced me to stand up and dragged me to the servant room. Telling me to strip and change into the servant clothes. I was his servant now. I started to cry and ask him why. He slapped me and held my mouth shut. He told me I was a mistake and I was worth less than a piece of dirt. I meant nothing to him or my mom. H-he said-" Michael cuts himself off with a sniffle. Luke squeezes his hand in reassurance.
"He told me that my existence is a burden on him and my mum and that I was to make it up to them by being their servant. I was nine years old. I couldn't do anything. I was scared shitless. He then forced me down the servant wing stairs that led to the kitchen. My mom was waiting there for us. She told me the Irwin family was coming over for dinner, my name was Gordon, I was a servants son, and if I spoke a single word or did a single thing wrong..... They would do bad stuff to me. Almost everyday after that I wanted to die. I struggled through endless verbal abuse. However, they never beat me because they didn't want to touch someone like me. I never took in what they said to heart. But it was hard, from such a young age being told I wasn't good enough, I would never do anything significant, I wasn't supposed to be here, etc. I didn't have anything to look forward to in life.... Until I discovered the library." Michael says, eyes lighting up.
"It was about a year and a half later. I was just walking around the mansion silently, and I found a library. So I went in and started looking around. Eventually I discovered the 'tech and mechanic' section in the library..." He says with a growing smile on his face. He looks around at the other boys and sees them smiling too. This is where the story turns good.
"It immediately intrigued me. So I grabbed as many books out of the section as my little arms could carry and I took them and hid them in a closet of an empty room. That empty room was my hide out. It was on the complete opposite side of the mansion from my parents room. In it I would hide from my parents criticism and read the books I found in the library. After a span of 2 months, I had read every single book in the section... I was in love with technology and the mechanics of how it worked. Then I started to go into more details. I figured out all the ins and outs of the Internet, coding, and hacking. After two years of discovery, I was a twelve year old genius. It was about that time too, that I started to hate everyone. I already did hate people before, I mean my parents did literally treat me more like a spec of dust rather than an actual human being. But that was the point where I actually hated people to tag point where I wanted to put in effort to ruin their lives. I was ready to do it too, except one thing stumped me. I needed to steal some things and I had no idea how. But then Calum, quite literally, came into my life," Michael says, throwing an exaggerated look at Calum, who just smiles back at him.
"Oh quite literally, now did he?" Ashton asks teasingly.
"Yeah, he did. Came right in through the window," Michael laughs softly, remembering how shocked his thirteen year old self was when Calum slipped in through the window of his hide out. After realizing someone else was in the room Calum, then just beginning to steal, started apologizing profusely and started blabbing out some excuse. But instead of angry, Michael was actually intrigued. He had never seen someone else his own age before. He also knew Calum had to have a somewhat similar mindset to him based on the fact that he was in his house and no alarms were going off.
"Instant start to an awesome friendship," Calum says.
Michael nods in agreement. It was completely true. The two boys became great friends once they started talking to each other. Together they created havoc around the city, ran away when they were sixteen, recruited Luke, got Ashton out of his hell, and a lot more.
"Anyways, that's it for my story boys. Let's get back to the matter at hand," Michael says clapping his hands together.
The four boys shift positions again, moving to form a circle in the middle of the bed. Michael across from Ashton and Luke across from Calum.
"Okay, so we need to get invitations, outfits, and a ride." Michael says, setting the basic goals of their conversation.
"I got the ride handled," Calum says.
"Calum and I can go get the invitations tomorrow morning and we'll figure out outfits later. I think all we need are suits and masks." Luke says.
"Sounds good to me. What are we going to do at the party anyway?" Ashton asks.
"Well...." Michael starts telling the boys his idea. Then they all pitch in ideas until they come up with a perfect plan.
"Great! Now that that's settled, let's get some rest boys. We're going to need it for tomorrow," Luke says, already feeling himself growing excited for the mess they're going to create the next day.
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