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📷 Jack and Phoenix

Jack's POV
My dad is a band guy, he's on tour about 300 days out of the year and since I've started school, I haven't seen much of him, because he's not been around I didn't have that male influence in my life to help me through the early teenage years. I have mom and Uncle Euan sometimes, only when he's back from the UK but the males I really admire are always away on tour.

My dad thinks we have a good relationship, but he's wrong. When he phones me; Phoenix or Mom take over the call and the same when he's home. I don't really get attention off my dad at all so now I'm just done with trying to get any off of him. Sometimes I think Mike's the only one who really cares about me.

When they're all gone on some other tour, he'll send me videos and tips on how to improve my drums, sometimes he'll ask about girls or just wanting to know about me and how I'm doing. Dad doesn't and I'm just done with him, I'm 17 years old and in a few months I'll be gone so he probably won't see me anyway.

Why is he even my dad is he doesn't give a damn about me? When I look threw old photos, dad always has me on his lap or me attached to his hip but not now. It's always Phoenix, I don't hate my sister, I love her to pieces but I just miss dad. It's like he's gone and even when he's home, he's basically still gone.

When he's gone I feel like I have to be responsible for her. At school she's not the smartest of girls, she is also very pretty so gets a lot of dick boyfriends and is always partying way to hard. I feel just at the end. I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle and nobody is helping me.

When I'm not at school I hang out in my drum house. A couple years ago me and Uncle Euan built a room outside for me to get away, it like my escape. Nobody but certain people are allowed in this place and I like it like that. Mike and Uncle Euan are the only people allowed in, nobody else, it's my secret place in a way.

My best friend would be my dog Jetta, she a black husky. Phoenix picked her out for my 15th birthday along with her name and she's the best dog ever. She doesn't need a lead and she's so obedient, for a 2 year old, I'd say she's perfect.