reckless ; a short story

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     My life isn't the kind of life you would typically want to have. Now don't get me wrong, life always has it's ups and downs.. buuuut I truly don't think you would want to have my life if you could choose not to.

     So, I'm and only child. My mom, dad, and older brother passed away on a plane crash. They all went to California for this gig or whatever because my brother could sing like a god, and on the way back the plane crashed and there weren't any survivors. I didn't get to go because my family isn't rich and can't afford 4 plane tickets. So I live with my aunt now, she's single and looking for a good guy (wink). I'm 16 years old and I live in Charlevoix, Michigan. When you live here for so long it gets pretty boring, but I'm not gonna lie it's beautiful here.

     It's pretty normal here, nothing too special. I'm single, I have a few school friends but only 1 bestfriend and that's Brielle. She's like the sister I never had, she's always been here for me, even after my parents and Brennan passed away. We're about halfway through our junior year in high school and honestly It's not terrible. I mean It's not amazing, It's school, but It's not hell, at least for now. I don't usually get into trouble at school, I've been in a couple arguments but never a huge fight. Well, that might all change soon.

     "Hey, Liz?" I ask from the living room, my aunt is in the kitchen making dinner. "what's up sis?" she responds "This bitch is talking about me on her snapchat." I say, obviously pissed. My aunt is 26, and she could care less what I do or say, she just wants me to be safe. "Who? and Why?" she says confused. "It's that girl from my school that has that clique of bitches, your basic high school brats. It's Ally Moore and Samantha Evans." I respond pissed off. "What did the little sluts say?" She asks. "They were making fun of me and Brennan, the posts says 'They probably used to fuck, oh that was before Brennan's tragic, tragic death.' and it was followed by a bunch of laughing faces!" I said on the verge of tears, how dare that bitch?  "How dare that bitch! You better show her who the fuck you are tomorrow. I don't care what you have to do, just don't lose." she says. Me and my aunt are literally the same person. We even look just alike, long dark brown hair, blue eyes, even the same dimples. The only difference is I'm like 5 inches shorter than her. "I'm gonna beat the shit out of her, for real." I say jumping up and storming up the stairs and into my room. "Just don't overthink it!" Liz yells as I slam my door.

     I text Brie, "come over asap, 911." she doesn't respond. about 10-15 minutes later I hear a tap on my window. Brie always comes in that way, Liz is even used to it. I open the window and she jumps through. "what's wrong?!" She asks honestly scared shitless. "have you seen Ally and Samantha's snap stories?" I ask. "No? what's going on?" She asks concerned. "go look." I say. "What the hell is this why can't you just tell me I don't unders-" She complains as she's opening their stories. "WHATTHEFUCKINGFUCKISTHISBULLSHITANDWHATAREYOUGOINGTODOAREYOUGOINGTOBEATTHESHITOUTOFHERORWHATOHMYGODI-" She's screaming before I cut her off "YES! I'm gonna beat the hell out of her tomorrow on sight." I say. "HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!" She screams. Brie is absolutely gorgeous. She has long blonde hair, green eyes, pale skin, she's just beautiful. She's such a good person too, she is always helping somebody out. She's got many friends, but only a few bestfriends. I've got her and my aunt, and a couple other people I talk to at school, but mainly just them.

     The last time I was in a relationship was in the beginning of 10th grade. We had been together for 4 years, and he was truly a piece of fucking shit. He constantly cheated on me and also mentally abused me until I finally figured out he wasn't worth my time.  Every time I would try to end things with him he would get very verbally violent and sometimes even physically violent. He's honestly terrifying and I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up in jail one day. One time, I had found out he had cheated on me with Ally ( ironic right? ), and when I tried to end things with him, he shoved me into the wall and I got a large gash on my thigh. The gash was about 5 inches long across my thigh, and maybe an inch wide. I had to have about 30 stitches, That was the last straw. But believe me, there were plenty of other incidents that happened and I stayed. So please learn from my mistakes and get the fuck out as fast as you can.