King of the Streets

I could hear his heavy footsteps as he walked up the stairs, "You can't hide from me forever!" I was deep down in my closet covering myself in cloths, stuffed animals, and blankets. It was very hard to breath.I could hear him open my door, "Come out and play Edgar!" I heard the closet open, I tried not to make a sound as he kicked me in the face. "What the hell does this kid keep in his closet?" He didnt know it was me, the pain was unbearable and I could feel the cold blood running from my nose to my lip. My mom wasn't home to stop him and neither was my older brother. My step-dad...he's a sick bastard that will do anything to have me killed. I heard the truck start and drive off, he was finally gone. I got out of the closest and stumbled to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror. There was sweat running down my face and blood gushing from my nose. School started tomorrow and I knew there would be a commotion among the teachers if they saw me in this condition. I took some of my moms make up and covered most of the damage up. It was 8:30 p.m. and I was tired do I went to bed, hoping nothin would happen in my sleep.

I woke up, it was time for school. I could still feel some pain in my face as i put my cloths on. A grey Epic Meal Time shirt, blue jeans, and black Jordan's. I walked downstairs and saw everyone was already awake eating, he didn't say a word to me. I walked out the door onto the bus and sat next to John. "We're going to run away." He looked at me with a confused face, "What?". "We are going to run away, far away from home." He was still trying to understand what I was saying, "Are you serious!?" I wiped some of the make up off my face to show the bruises and blood. "When do you want to leave Edgar?" I didn't even think of it at the time, "During school." John sat back down in his seat taking in all that was just said. "After lunch when everyone's outside." We got off the bus and made it through our day to lunch. "How are we going to sneak out?" I signaled him to look at the fight that was just about to start. It was Sedrick and Ethan, they always hated each other. As soon as the first punch was thrown everyone crowded around them. 

"Come on!" We ran and jumped the fence over to the baseball field and ducked behind a large oak tree. "Do you think anyone saw?" I looked back and people were still crowded around the fight. "Don't think so." We caught our breath and ran to the street. We ended up running into the wrong kind of people at the wrong time. A gang that technically ruled the city, the kings basically. We looked up to see one of the muscular men glaring at us. "Aww shit!"