I did it, bro, I'm free.

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(Josh) 

My heart raced as we pulled into my drive way. Tyler squeezed my hand and kissed my cheek.

"Want me to come in?" Tyler's soft voice filled the silence. I shook my head no. 

"Better if I went in alone." 

"But you can't lift some things." His eyes scanned my hand. He was right. I nodded and opened my door. 

"Okay, you can come." I waited for him to climb out before shutting the door. I felt my heart race as we walked closer to the door. 

"Once we get here just go to my room, grab my other book bag and my two suit cases and fill them with my art supplies, books, clothes. I will be there for the rest." I kissed his warm cheek as he nodded. Once at my door I opened it. I looked around as I walked in. I looked into the kitchen to see my mother chugging wine with a bottle of whiskey on the counter in front of her. 

"Look at that Joshy no wonder she didn't come, you make her life a living hell!" Voice number five laughed. 

I balled my fist as Tyler quickly headed to my room. I stormed into the kitchen, My mother looked at me as she placed her wine glass down. 

"Oh, my son" Mom walked towards me with her hands held out like she was going to put her hands on my cheeks. I jerked away looking down, I tightened my fist causing pain to fill my palm. I felt blood go under my finger nails. 

"I was shot!" I felt tears fill my eyes. 

"Shot!" I started to cry as she stomped her foot. 

"I know! Damn it! I know!" She walked to the bottle of whiskey, I ran trying to get to the bottle before she did. She snatched it with her bony hands. 

"I was hurting! scared! I needed my mother!" I wiped the tears from my eyes. "But no!, My boyfriend's mother came to my side! while you stayed at home drinking yourself to death! what mother does that!" I dug my finger nails deeper into my palms, Blood trickled down my palms to my knuckles. 

"I'm leaving." I shook my head as she took a swig of the whiskey. 

"Fine, I never loved you anyway!. Just like Daniel!" Anger filled my chest, I grabbed the wine glass and threw it in her direction purposely missing it shattered against the fridge she ducked down as she yelled "Joshua".  

"You killed him!, You bitch!. You feel so sorry for you own-" I picked up the bottle of wine and threw it at the cabinet. "God damn self! you bring people down! Like your dead son!" Tears streamed down my face. 

"I did not kill him!" She sobbed. 

"You did!, You are pathetic mom!. You hurt people so you feel better about yourself. You called him pathetic and so much more. You spread rumors about him to mothers and it got into schools. He hung himself because of you! you! made his life a living hell. Fuck you for doing this to him and abandoning me when I needed you the most." I sobbed.

"I'm leaving and don't come after me." I stormed out of the room, up the stairs and into my room. Tyler was grabbing clothes and putting them in a suit case. 

"Bookbag is filled with art supplies, sketch books, a laptop and chargers" His voice was shaky. I grabbed my other books that Daniel gave me. He always gave me the coolest books about anything. Fiction, Nonfiction, Biographies any genre you name it. 

"Just be quick baby" I kissed his temple as I walked to my night stand. I grabbed a picture of me and Daniel when we were babies, I opened the drawer and grabbed my tablet and stylus for my digital art. 

"I got all the clothes for you" Tyler zipped up the filled suitcase. 

"Every thing even socks and boxers?" He nodded. 

"Thank you".  I gather the rest of my things I needed. I even grabbed Lilly's Treats and toys I kept in my room. I put my bookbag on my back. I picked up the lightest Suit case, it was light due to my hats, CD's, Pop figures, Lilly's stuff and other little things. Tyler picked up the other suit case with a grunt. 

"You okay" I looked over at him, He nodded. 

"Let's just hurry" He chuckled I nodded as we made our way to the stairs, we carefully walked down the steps and to the front door. 

"Where do you think you are going!" My dad's voice yelled from the top of the stairs. Tyler looked at me. I nodded to the door and opened it. He walked out. 

"Away, Like Daniel told me to do!" I snapped back at him. 

"The hell you are!" He walked down the stairs. 

"You are going to do this to your mother!" He hissed. 

"When do you care, you fuck other women at work and on skype." I scoffed. 

"You are staying here that is final!" He stomped his foot, His face was red from anger. 

"Try and stop me" I looked at him and at my mother, then at Daniels Football pictures on the wall, Daniel played foot ball so well, he was gonna be in NFL I knew he was. I nodded at his picture and walked out, closing the door. 

"I did it, bro, I'm free." I saw Tyler standing at the trunk of the car, I walked to him fast and put my things in the trunk. 

"Can we go now?" I chuckled as Tyler slammed the trunk shut.

"Yeah, Let's go" He smiled. We got into the car, I put my arm around his shoulder and kissed his cheek as Tyler's dad pulled out of the driveway and onto the road. I did it, I'm finally free. 


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