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Mentions of Abuse, Alcohol Use And Possibly Sever Depression, May Not Be Appropriate For All Audiences, Readers Discretion Is Advised!!!(not in all chapters but always advised)
Daddy left at 4:30 am, it's 2:30 pm. 5 hours until he's home.
Knock Knock Knock...
What was that sound?
It was a new sound, you could hear rats scurrying and the house settling, the door slamming and the clock ticking. But never have I ever heard a knock. I slowly creep downstairs and the knock comes again, from the front door. I quietly tiptoe over and turn the cold metal handle, I pull and reveal a girl, she looked my age so I quietly spoke.
"Hello?"
"Hi there! I'm Lucy! Nice to meet'cha! What's your name?!" She sounded very peppy and hyper, not like anyone I've ever spoke too, which is close to none..
"Char-lotte, you can call me ch-Char" my voice cracked and I stuttered, how stupid.
"Char! I like that, I just moved there" she points across the street to the little green house Char looked at through her window.
"Can I come in?" She pulls her jacket tighter in the cold frigid air
"Yeah I-I guess" I move away from the door and lead her to my bedroom
"Your house is messy, it smells bad, where are your parents? Where do you go to school? Wh-" I cut her off
"Too many questions. My parents, well my mum left when I was small, and my dad is probably out drinking right now, like every day" I answer the first question
"Drinking?! That's absurd! Shouldn't he be at work or something?" She crunches her face as if she'd smelt something rotten.
"Isn't that what every fa-Mily is like?" I ask hesitantly
"My Ma and Pa work at factories so they make money, never ever would they go drinking!" She sits on my carpet with me
"Also I don't go to school." I say very quietly
"Are you homeschooled?" She exclaimed.
"No" I put it bluntly
"Oh." She drops it.
She looks at me with hope in her eyes
"You could come to my school!" She says
"What times?" I can feel blood rushing to my cheeks, Lucy looked very appealing
" it starts at 7am and ends at 2pm" she says tipping her head in confusion
"Okay I'll go, wait I don't have any money." I look down
"It costs nothin!" She smiles toothily showing off some purple braces that looked very nice next to her blonde hair.
"See you tomorrow Char!" She leaves
7:15, perfect
I tidy until I hear Daddy come home
"CHARLOTTE" he slurs
"Coming William" I run to him
"Get me aaah beur ouat of tha fridge" he says drunkly
"We ran out William!" I look down ready for his yell
"I DID NOT ASK FOR BACK TALK" he shoves me to the ground, stepping on my arm with a crunch, I scream out and he kicks me in the face, I taste the blood. I lie cold on the floor as Daddy tells me to clean up the horrid mess of blood and spit, a knock hits the door...
Oooookay so this story seems to be going faster than planned but I'm so excited and I have a plot and stuff already, I might get Char out of the house earlier than planned...
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Paper Dolls
RandomPaper Dolls I have them now, they keep me company, ten years and they've never left me, their smiles never fading. A Mum A Dad And A Little Girl, they're all smiling
