Damaged

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Let's begin shall we?

Alexander up there

Alexander's POV

I woke up the next morning with intense stomach pains, most likely dude to the punches the it received the night before. To be honest, it was well worth it because that was the happiest I've ever been within the last six years. "Get up bitch and get the fuck out!" my mom said banging on my door, scaring the hell out me. After that, she left my room. I was glad I didn't get a early morning smack or anything like that. "I have to get out of here fast before it's too late." I mumbled on the way to the bathroom. I quickly brushed my teeth, as well was other things and left to go back to my room. I got dressed and collected all of my things for school. As if the day couldn't get any worse, it's supposed to rain. I told you guys what happens when it rains.

I quickly made my way out the door, not before being tripped by my mom, making me hit my head on the door. Luckily it wasn't on the doorknob because I'm quite sure that wouldn't have been a nice scene whatsoever. "You're so fucking clumsy. It's not even funny." she said laughing. How it's not funny but you over there laughing? Like what? I rubbed my head and quickly left the house. Good thing I kept a medium sized umbrella in my book bag. Anything bigger would've been broken by them, due them beating me with it or just breaking it for the hell of it. I quickly texted Sage and told her to meet at our normal stop in 5 minutes. I wanted her to be early so I wouldn't run into my parents nor get drenched in some dirty ass water just because they thought it was funny.

When I got into the car, I could see what looked to be my parents approaching in the distance. "Sage just pull off real quick." I said calmly but she could feel the alertness from that tone. "Ok." she said confused but doing as I asked. I slipped down into my seat just in case my parents were casing the car from the back. "Xan, are you ok?" she asked concerned. "I think I'm being followed but I'm not sure. Make a left here." I said as she followed suit. I turned around to see if the car was following us but was relieved when it kept going straight. Guess it wasn't them (today at least). She continued on our normal route to school. "What was that about? Who's following you?" she asked.

"I don't know but I really felt like that car was following me for some reason." I lied. I know I should tell y friends the truth about what's going on at home but I don't wanna put them in any more danger. I know the truth is gonna come out one day but for the time being, I'm gonna keep this close to my chest. Only thing is, I don't know how much longer I can hold it all in before I either snap or break down. "Xan! Xan! Nigga!" I heard Sage yelling at me. I noticed that we were in the school's parking lot. Damn when did this happen. "What is going on? You been spaced out this entire ride. Are you sure you're OK?" she said with one eyebrow arched. "Yeah I'm cool. I was just reminiscing about my birthday yesterday." I said smiling. There you go again with the lies.

Sage looked at me in disbelief but dropped it and smiled at me. "It was fun wasn't it? I'm glad we could make your day baby boy. You ready to start our day?" she asked. "Yeah let's go." I said as I got out the car. "My babies made it!" Aurora said hugging us both. This girl is always so happy to see us. Probably one of the reason why I love her so much. I love Sage because she holds nothing back and always sticks up for us. You could say Aurora is the sugar while Sage is the spice, with me being that nasty cranberry sauce that your grandma tries to either put on your turkey or on the side of your plate at thanksgiving. We made our way into our first class, which happens English. We took our seats in the back as the teacher began to take role and began class shortly after that.

Lunch Time

"David is having a party tonight and we're going!" Aurora said, making me choke on the slice of pizza that I was eating. After I managed to stop choking, I took a deep breath before formulating my next sentence. "Who's we? You mean you and Sage right?" I said. There's no way in hell that they would want me at that damn party. "No the three of us. There's no way in hell that we would go without you!" Sage said. That's fine and all but how the hell am I gonna get out of my parent's clutches without them suspecting something? "He Sage could you ask your dad to ask for my permission to go?" I said. Remember when you used to do that with your friends? "Can you tell him to say that we're doing a project or something? My parents are kinda strict." I said.