TRAGEDY

Trying new start

Years later, Lizzy is 14, Charley is 16. They all live in a three bedroom house And for the most time happy. Until the drinking starts. Father walks in the house and slammed the front door. Thankfully the door is wood because if it was a glass door it would have shatters like many others in the past. Lizzy wakes up in a snap, She hears him stomp in the hall way getting closer and closer to her. Her bedroom door flings open. She flinches in fear. He grabs her by the ankle and flings her like a bad book across the room. She slammed into the wall. He starts kicking her and blaming her and her brother for his drinking and their mothers dead. He grabs her by the collar and pulls her close to his face looks at her like she is the worst person in the world and she started to believe it. He pushes her to the floor and walks to her brothers room. She closes her door and curled into her bed. She hears her brother screaming for him to stop and take control of himself. That only made him even more mad. She hears glass brake and her father just screaming. she tried to block it out but with no luck. She hears the foot steps one last time and his truck start and peel off. By now it is like four in the morning and of course they have school tomorrow. She hears he brother walk out his room and walk into hers. He looks at her and walks out. She can see sorrow and pity underneath the black and blue bruises of his eyes. Still laying in bed wondering about tomorrow and how to cover up the buses. Her brother walks in with water three advil and a heating pad for my ribs. She starts to think about how to cover the bruises and she remembers her mom. "Hey mom watch cha' doing?" "Oh nothing sweetheart." She watch her mom put on make-up over her bruises she got from dad. Then It clicks. "Hey brother!" The sudden outburst made him jump. He was always jumpy. "Shit sis, what?" He said kind of upset of the fact that She scared him "Would you mind if I put make-up on you to cover the bruises so no one will ask you about it?" She asked in fear that he would call it stupid or some thing mean like that. He really never meant to be mean that's just how he was. Really quite and angry. few friends but good friends at that. A little nerdy but hey who isn't a little nerdy at time. He thinks for a while, looks up at me and smiles. "You know what that's not a bad idea I will just cut gym today. No big deal." She smile at him "Great oh no. One problem." "What is that?" "I have no make-up.." "Oh shit that is a problem... wait I got it." He run out of the run and come right back with a box. It looks like a box their mom used to have. He opens the box and she looks inside. She smiles and Starts to look up how to apply it. She learns pretty fast. Lizzy is about the same skin tone as her mom so it blended well with her skin, but her brother was tan not dark but tan. She didn't know what to do for her brother. "I don't think this is going to work Charley.." She said worried "Yeah i don't think so ether." he said look in the box of make-up looking for his color but knew he was not going to find it "I got it! You got into a fight with these thugs because they tried to steal your money!" She said trying to be as helpful as last time. "Maybe, I don't thing it will work but fuck it ill try." He said looking at his sister know she was only trying to help and did a fairly good job at it. He never understood how happy she could be during all this. Just so smiley and nothing really phased her. Was she trying to be strong for me? He question to himself.