That Moment That Changed Everything (ON HOLD)

Chapter 2

I was greeted at the door by my little 5 year old sister Emily, who thought that us moving was a holiday and that daddy was on a very VERY long business trip. How are you supposed to break it to a 5 year old that your dad is an asshole and he doesn't love her anymore. Yeah thats right you cant, thats the hard part telling her that 'daddy will be back soon' whenever she asks you 'whens daddy coming home' or 'I miss daddy'. It breaks my heart every time, but I guess she will thank me when she's older. She will understand why I did it I hope but I just have to keep believing that. 

'Mia!' she practically screams at me. 'Woah settle down Emily, I saw you 5 minutes ago you cheeky monkey' I said as I picked her up and started to tickle her. 'M-m-mia s-s-top p-p-lease.' she chuckled. 'Only if you say Mia is the best sister in the world' I said as I threw her over my shoulder. 'Fine, Mia is the best sister in the world.' She said.

I gently put her down and she said 'NOT' before running away. 'Emily come back here before the tickle monster finds you.' I playfully screamed. 'Ahhhh Mummy, help me Mia is trying to tickle me'. she screamed running and hiding behind my Mum who was in the kitchen putting things away. 'Girls stop it, I'm trying to put things away. Go play in your rooms'. She said sternly. 'Fine, I'll go unpack' I mumbled. I walked away, I can't blame my Mum for being tired and moody. She just moved across the country by herslef with two kids and no one to talk to about it. I am 18 but she always says 'I don't want to bother you with boring adult talk', but I can tell that she needs someone to talk to and it hurts me to see her this way.

I walked into my boring lifeless room. Bed in the corner, dresser on the other side and a desk near the window. Thats it, I looked around with the bright white walls hurting my eyes to look at them to long. I walked over to the window and looked out to be greeted by the beautiful Miami sunset. I wanted to cry, I hated my new life but I hated my old life even more. I just didn't know what to do, I couldn't leave my family so I had to stay but my mind will always hurt with the memories. I pushed open the sliding door to be greeted by the warm, salty spring air, I walked over to the edge and just looked out to sea.

The sea was so calm and peaceful, nothing like my life. I just stood there thinking about it. How messed up it was. The one thing that scared me was if Dan was to find me and come back what he would do to me. Would he hurt me or would he hurt those around me including my family. I can't lose my family and my family can't lose me, we need each other so much at the moment, I wouldn't know what to do without them. I felt tears flowing out of my eyes and staining my cheeks while thinking about this, why does my life have to be so messed up?

'Mia?' I heard a voice call but it wasn't my mums or Emily's. I looked around and my eyes landed upon Austin who was on the balcony next to me. Great now he's going to ask me whats wrong and worse off he's my neighbor. I like Austin he seems like a nice guy but I don't want any guys in my life at the moment. 'Austin?' I replied with a bit of happiness in my voice. 'Yeah, hey what's wrong?' he asked. 'Oh it's nothing I'm fine'. I said with thoughts rushing through my head. 'You sure, your crying and if I'm correct you only cry when your sad or happy and by your face your not happy'. Austin replied.

He had a caring voice which meant that he really cared about me, but I can't tell him about my past. No, not yet, not even ever. 'I SAID I WAS FINE ALRIGHT, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE' I practically screamed at him. Oh no what did I just do. I saw the hurt in his eyes, I couldn't take it.

I ran back inside and lay on my bed. Just staring up at the blank ceiling. Thoughts running through my head, what have I done. Will Austin still like me? He's the only friend I have at the moment. Well kind of friend but now I yelled at him maybe not. I can't tell my Mum about Dan nor can I tell Emily. I just need someone. Someone to comfort me and tell me that everything is going to be alright but that stuff only happens in movies.

Tears were now rushing down my face. I finally got tired of crying and fell asleep. Sleep was my only safe spot at the moment because no one could hurt me or disturb me there. But sleep doesn't last forever, I will have to wake up at one point and face my life even though I would rather not.

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I hope you guys are enjoying this, I'm not the worlds best writer but yeah I'm trying. Please tell me what you think about this chapter. It's going to get way more intense later on so just stick around :)