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5:30 am
My alarm goes off. I jolt out of my twin sized mattress in the corner and walk into the bathroom. Trying to wake up I continue to strip out of my clothes and head into the shower. I look in the mirror seeing myself staring back at me. My eyes trail down to the fresh small new mark that I've made last night. My step brother cares about me more then my step-parents do. He has protected me since day one. He caught me making marks on myself by surprise when he came home two hours early last night. Also these weren't just attention marks. I did this because I deserve them. Every mark I'm proud of. Every cut takes me away from my problems but only for a certain amount of time. After washing my hair and my body I stand there thinking about that day everything came crashing down. I decide to get out and when my foot hits the floor, my body's reaction is to shiver due to the fact that window is cracked open a little bit. It all happened 8 years ago after my ninth birthday party.
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Flashback
"Jack how could you?!" I watched my mom shout at my dad as I hid behind the bars of the stairs.
"Mary I'm sorry but I have to go now." My dad replies.
"Jack please don't leave me, we have a child! You wouldn't want to leave your little girl alone right?" my mom sobbed while on her knees.
"I've found someone else" he says and my moms face turned completely white. She stood up and asked in a wispy voice.
"How long has this been going on?" I shifted closer to the bars to hear better.
"3 years. But I didn't know how to tell you, I didn't want to hurt you." It came off steadily from his mouth.
"Get out! I don't want you! I hate you! How could you do this to me! To us! You are a coward Jack!" After that I ran to my room and cried my nine year old self to sleep.
End Flashback
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Drying my body off with a towel, I step into my closet to grab my outfit for the day. After putting on my undergarments I then proceed to pull up my skinny jeans that I've been using for years. Surprisingly they still fit from when I was only 15. I haven't changed my size since then. I stopped growing all together. For my top I choose to wear a thick grey sweater. Running my hand from the top of my roots to the end, a bit past my shoulders I realized that by now my brown hair has dried so I brushed out the knots and it stays in its wavy condition. Realization hits me as the clock ticks 6:27 as I have to get downstairs before they think I'm still asleep.
I rushed down the stairs trying to ignore the pain that spreads through my arms every time they touch the railings. I made my way into the kitchen and I see my foster parents, Josh and Margaret. They took me in a year after my dad left and found me in the woods.
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Flashback
I was enjoying my ten year old self on the biggest slide. Mommy said she was going to grab a snack from the car so I had to stay put on the playground. We traveled here because she say that I need to get out more since we don't have a lot of money to have the electric on. She was always complaining that she works too much and doesn't make much money.
I was on the tallest and scariest slide on the playground in the park. Since it was so tall my vision could see mommy. ""MOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" I tried to scream, but she didn't hear me. She was with a man in a black outfit. He didn't look very friendly. He had a suitcase but I had no idea what it was filled with. She shook his hand then pointed toward me and took the suitcase.He started to trudge closer to me. I slid down the big slide and did the only thing that I was good at. Running. I ran as fast as my ten year old self could take me. Jumping over roots leaf piles thinking that was far enough I found a tree with low enough branches and boost myself up and climb a good distance above the ground. I saw the man come through and curse. He started walking away in the direction that we came in. He gave up. I start to tear up as I piece together what just happened. How could she do that?! I didn't realize that there were voices trying to get me out of the tree. I didn't want to move. I soon felt arms being placed around me. My reaction resulted into thrashing. The person used a hushed tone to calm me down and it worked in a matter of time. I realized that it was a boy around my age who had helped me calm down. He had also helped me out of the tree to his parents. "Oh my heaven's what happened to you!!" The women said. "Mom-my gave me-e aw-way and a man tried to g-get me so I ran" I managed to rasp out. "Come here hunny were going to protect you okay?" The man said but I didn't want to go to him. I stayed right in the boys grasp as he hugged me. I liked it there. I felt safer then I had ever felt before.
End Flashback
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"Morning Julia, how did you sleep last night?" Margaret asked. "It was alright I just haven't had any good sleep this week at all." Its the truth. I've been staying up late thinking about school, grades, knowing they could be better. I try to get good grades but sometimes I know I can't be good enough. "Here's your pills for the day, don't forget to take them." She hands me my three rounded tiny pills. I grab a glass of water and gulp them down. "I'll see you guys after school. Also Cole wants to come over if that's alright?" Noah says while one foot is out the door "Sure thing hun!" Margaret yells.
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