Michael

Michael stretches waking up from a long nights sleep giving that she went to bed a little to early for her liking. Normally her normal routine works as she leaves school go home and do her homework, chores and unfortunately cook dinner . It's always hard for her to get a good nights sleep . Her father isn't abusive, although he does want her to cook, clean, and go as far as washing his car. Michael's Mother died when she was 12 from an accident involving in an drunk driver, that broke Michael to the fullest. Never did she think it would be her mother that would never come home to her lovely daughter waiting on her mother to help with her homework or help her mother cook her famous lasagna.

After her mother's death, her dad went into this mode of everything has to be perfect and if it's not Michael gets a punishment as big as not being able to go to school. Yes it's that bad to where she can't even get her education sometimes that's a reason why she cherishes schools so much.

As Michael get out of bed she stops by the mirror to remind herself that she's beautiful even in the bed head state that she's in. She forces herself to "try" to be confident as hard as it is she wants to make her mom proud. She don't want her mom to see her living in misery.

Walking out of her room door careful to be quiet on not knowing if her dad is home or not walking into the bathroom, she wouldn't want to wake him and hear him make a fuss. She grabs her toothbrush putting the toothpaste on and lathering her teeth making she to get her tongue and all the crumbs from her late night barbecue chips she had in her teeth.

Washing her face and finishing up she walks to her bedroom and go straight into her closet to find her outfit that she is going to today already picking out her clothes before bed. Throwing her night clothes in a hamper and putting on a plain white tee and some dark blue jeans she feels content with her outfit making sure to not have her rolls out she bends down and pick up her white FILAS and slip on some socks and her shoes.

Going to her dresser mirror she picks up her comb and run through her hair getting the knots and crinkles out along with scratching her scalp in the process. She puts her hair in a ponytail to the back and puts a headband on her head to cover her forehead. Without it she feels naked. Michael grabs her book bag and her phone and make sure to grab her house key also. Michael and her dad lives in a two bed one bath and one story house. After her mother died her dad didn't want to live in a house that holds her mothers memories. Also he couldn't take on the challenge of paying all the bills on his own living in a 3 bed two bath house.

Walking of her room she bumps into her father that's just walking out of the bathroom. He smells of fresh shaving cream and men's body wash. Michael looks down as he speak.

"Where are you going" her father James ask in a voice that dared her to leave him unanswered.

"To school" Michael said in a hush voice hoping she didn't sound sarcastic.

James raises his eyebrows and crosses his arms, "I didn't say you can go to school, cause when I came home last night I didn't have a dinner meal"

"I'm sorry dad I just didn't have a bunch of homework and I thought I'll have extra time to take a nap, then be up in time to make dinner I swear I didn't mean to oversleep." She replied slightly getting hot while rushing out her words.

"I don't care if you don't sleep for the rest of this week, when I get home I want my dinner to be ready and my house to be spotless, do you understand?"He said with a slightly raised voice

"Yes dad" Michael answered in a shaky voice. "Now don't let it happen again". James said walking back to his room.

Michael has been scared or her dad every since her mom. He was always so tense and even though he never hit her, she feels like one day he will and Michael is honestly dreading that day.

First chapter down hopefully more to go.
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