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Chapter One

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Give Your Heart a Break

Chapter One

August,23.2001

"Where the hell have you been?" she yelled once dad came in. I coward behind the couch not wanting her to see me. I knew they were going to fight again but this time it was going to be worse. Dad staggered in but fell on the floor. I inched forward worried something had happened but before I reached him he looked up. I sighed because he was okay.

"Relax." He said and for a minute I thought he was talking to me but then I saw my mom's face turn as red as a tomato. I didn't understand what was happening.

"Relax?!" she screamed and I covered my ears from the noise. Why was she so mad for? Dad was clearly hurt and she was yelling at him. I didn't dare move though from fear of getting caught.

"Kyle's going to hear you." my dad hissed attempting to stand up but falling on the couch. Why was he being so clumsy?

"Good! I want him to see what kind of piece of sh-t of a father you are!" she screamed again and I frowned. Mom had always said not to say those words because they were bad. Why was she calling dad that?

"Oh yeah? Well it's better then having a bitter b-tch for a mother!." he screamed back. I covered my ears now shutting my eyes while rocking gently. Why were they fighting? I thought while crying. I knew dad had always told me men didn't cry but I couldn't hold it back anymore. I just wanted them to stop before they began hurting each other again.

I heard a loud crash and shut my eyes tighter while humming the Abc's over and over. It was the newest thing I had learned and I was happy I had learned it in only two days. Now I was thankful because I could use it to shut out the noise.

Crash

a-b-c-d-e-f

Grunt

g-h-i-j-k-l-m

scream

n-o-p-q-r-s-t

Crash

u-v-w-x-y

thump

and z now I know my abc's

crack

next time won't you sing with me!

slam!

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July,23.2012

"Hello welcome to Subway what would you like today?" I asked with as much politeness as I could muster. I hadn't slept that good last night. Once again having to witness the screams and yells from the other room.

"Yes I'll have a..." the middle aged man ranted his order while I put all the ingredients in his sub. I wasn't in my most energetic mood so I messed up a few times. By the time he paid for his meal he huffed and left with an agitated frown on his face. Couldn't say I blamed him I messed up pretty bad.

"Not feeling it today?" Melanie questioned from the back. I gave a grunt as response not in the mood for her small talk. "You need to loosen up a bit Blake." she continued obviously not taking the hint. I knew this was just her excuse to get me in the backroom again. We had kind of a habit of going in there but after she started talking about being official I stopped hooking up with her completely.

"Nah I'm good." I said moving to where a new costumer had come in to order. The rest of work seemed to drag and even though I was tired I didn't feel like going home just yet.