Chapter one
"Tommy if u don't turn that damn noise down I'm going to throw your stereo out the window" I screamed through the floor where Tommy's room was. It was pointless his music was so loud it drowned out my voice. Fuming I flew down the stairs, kicked open his door and then I yanked the cd out of the stereo ripping it in half.
"I'm going to kill you" tommy yelled his face turning red "that was my only freaking copy". He threw me on the ground and started hitting me in the chest
"get of me jerk" I growled and punched him square in the jaw.
Tommy let go clutching at his chin which was already turning black and blue giving me a chance to escape, I rolled over away from his reach and ran as fast as I could to my room. Once I got there i slammed my door shut and locked it before tommy could get in. When I was sure he didn't follow me I threw my self on the bed sobbing. I hate him, I hate my so called family and I hate this house.
" Knock, knock, knock "
"go away" I said making sure I sounded hostile
" sweetie are you all right" great it was my foster mom, I defiantly didn't want to talk to her and face her fake cheeriness and concern.
" yah I'm awesome I just want to go to sleep" I answered adding a yawn for effect
" ok goodnight then, don't let the bed bugs bite" she said, I rolled my eyes.
When I woke up the smell of bacon and eggs wafted up to my room and filled my noise. I didn't want to go downstairs and face my foster parents but my stomach was growling, demanding to be fed. So I slowly make my way down the stairs my hair probably looking like a birds nest sitting on top of my head but I didn't care, it's not like I was trying to impress someone.
When I finally made it to the kitchen my foster mom greeted me " good morning sleepy head" her smile was so big and bright it was almost blinding.
"Yah, good morning to you too" I mumble sitting at the kitchen table. She carries over a giant plate full of food and sets it down in front of me
"dig in" she says and I do.
My foster dad was the next to come down and he wasn't Evan wearing pants just underwear Ew, does he care anything about my innocence or my sight for that matter. He sits down at the table and I can feel his eyes on me
"Destiny if you ever take money from me again I swear to god I'll make it so you won't be able to sit for a month" spit flys from his mouth, some of it landing in my food.
I stare at my plate
" Destiny look at me" he hisses,
I look up
" is that clear"
I nod in response. It wasn't fair he blamed me every time something of his went missing, I didn't steal his money it was tommy. I hate my foster dad, i can't stand to be around him but that won't matter soon because I have a plan.
As soon as I finished breakfast I ran straight up to my room to start packing. I couldn't stay at my foster home anymore,my foster dad yelling at me wasn't even the worst of it. When he got really mad which wasn't rare he would take it out on me, and very hard.
Knock,knock, " honey can I come in"
God not now, I quickly grabbed my overfull suitcase and tried to stuff it the best I could under my tiny bed. "come in" I called a little weary, the door creaked open and my foster mom stepped through and sat down at the edge of my bed.
" I know your dad can be a little rough around the edges but he does care about you" she cooed while patting my back.
He's not my dad I thought and I wanted to say it out loud, but if I did I she would go on and on about how we are a family, "I know mom" I said forcing the corners of my mouth to curl up into a smile
"Good....if you ever want to talk you can always come to me, you know that right" she asked
"yes" my voice cracked, I didn't love my foster mom but she was always kind and loving to me like a real mom. I couldn't imagine how much pain and sorrow I was going to put her through by leaving. She got up to leave but before she closed the door I managed to croak out " thank you" and then she was gone.
I didn't plan on leaving until it was dark out so I stayed in my room the rest of the day, mostly sleeping.
At 9:00 (my foster parents bed time) I snuck out of my room carrying the suitcase with me. I had to tiptoe really slowly down the stairs because it was an old house and they creaked really loudly. I managed to make it out the door and onto the front lawn Without causing a lot of ruckus.
I took in a deep breath and started walking away from my foster home towards.... Well I wasn't exactly sure we're I was going, that's what made it so exhilarating. I was going on an adventure.
