liza's pov
tonight was wonderful. i got to spend my time with my favorite person. i love david with all of my heart. i couldn't have asked for a better best friend than him.
david walked me home after stargazing on the top of his roof.
"thank you for walking me home," i said to him.
"anytime," he responded.
"wanna help me with something?" i asked him.
"what?"
i grabbed his hand and led him to where my window was.
"i kinda snuck out and i can't go through the front door so can you just give me a boost?"
"you're always getting yourself into trouble," he chuckled while linking his hands together for me to step on.
"trouble is my middle name," i giggled and stepped on his hands while he pushed me up to my window. i carefully lifted it open, went in and stuck my head out to say bye to david.
"bye! thanks, loser," i whispered loud enough for him to hear me.
"goodnight," he whispered back.
i shut my window and tried to quickly but quietly slip off my shoes and jacket. i was quiet, but i wasn't quiet enough because my 'dad' came into my room to yell at me.
"where the hell were you?" he asked, his voice giving off a hostile tone.
"no where," i grouched.
"you were with that boy weren't you?"
"no."
"stop lying!"
"i wasn't with him!"
"i saw him!" he pushed me aggressively to the wall.
"what the hell?!" i yelled.
"what did you just say to me?"
"nothing."
he took his hand and slung it across my face. i fell to the floor in pain at the sudden movement. tears stung my eyes. i tried to hold them back, but i couldn't.
"maybe now you'll learn to stay away from that damn boy," he growled.
he left my room and i began to sob. tears streamed down my face uncontrollably. i lay on my bed, letting my tears trickle from my eyes to my pillow.
my adopted father wasn't the best, but i'm lucky that i even got adopted. all i have to do is follow the rules and life would be good for me, but i just have an inability of being able to do so. his rules are unfair and stupid. one of those stupid rules is that i'm not allowed to be around david. he doesn't even have a reason as to why i can't be around him and if he does, then he hasn't told me.
my dad doesn't usually hit me but today, he did. i saw an even worse side of him today. a side i never want to see again.
i wanted david more than ever at this moment. i wanted him to hold my hand and tell me everything would be okay. david is always there for me and now i can't have him in my life. david and i do volunteering at the library together, but i don't think my dad even knows, and i definitely will never tell him. that may be the only time i'll actually get to see david until school starts. more and more tears poured from my eyes at the thought of not being able to be around my best friend. eventually, my tears dried and and my eyes were puffy, but i managed to fall asleep.
maybe things will be better tomorrow.
