Hard times get better (Switz) (Abandoned)

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Swagger's POV
It's been a few months since the day my dad beat the hell out of me and I now spend most of my time hanging out with my friends in the fresh air instead of staying cooped up inside my house and it feels great. My dad came home yesterday from jail but he hasn't said a thing to me at all,he just looks at me but he says nothing. I hope jail did him some good because I don't wanna have a repeat of what happened a few months ago. Well I'm at school right now and I'm in the worst class of the day, math so I better try and pay attention I guess. I look up at the board and watch as the teacher writes down a bunch of shit and I write it down in my notes then the bell rings and I guess we don't have homework today which is awesome and now it's time for art then it's off to lunch. I walk into the art room and I go to my normal table. I always sit with one person during art because they are the only real friend I have in this class. "Hey Swagger" Fitz says as he sits down and gets out his notebook "hey Fitz, how was health?" I say as I get out my supplies. " Same as always, what about math?" He says as he takes out his pencil "boring as hell but no homework today so yay" I say as I start drawing on my paper. We both just chat and draw for the whole hour. When it ended we put our stuff away and started walking to the lunch room. I heard a voice from the bathroom and it kinda sounded like Toby so I got Fitz's attention and we walked in and peeked around the corner towards the sinks and I see a group of guys towering over Toby and they were laughing at her and calling her names. "Hey back away from her now or else!" I walk further into the bathroom and 1 of the guys turned around and smirked at me "well if it isn't one of his little faggot friends, get out of here before you become our next target" he says then I hear a loud whistle and I see Fitz walk in behind me and he looks pissed. "He said back off or else" Fitz said as he crossed his arms "well another guest decided to join our little party, well I think you may be a little out numbered here dude and trust me you don't wanna fuck with us so why don't you and short stuff over here go to lunch so no one gets hurt" he said then I heard a bunch of footsteps behind us and all our friends walk in and I turn back to the other guys "nope you're the one who's out numbered, so beat it now" all our friends glare at the guys and they get mad but they leave and I help Toby up. "Are you ok?" I ask as I Toby her backpack "yea I'm fine thanks guys" she turns to the guys and they just smile "no prob Toby, you're one of us and nobody fucks with us unless they wanna get fucked up" Racc says and everyone nods in agreement and we go to lunch.

-Later-

I got home at 3:30 and went into my room and got on my phone for a couple of hours then around 4:30 me and the guys and Toby of course decided to play CS and we had a blast. It's now 6:30 and I'm just sitting in my room drawing at my desk and my dad walks in. I dropped my pencil so I turned around to grab it and I saw my dad in my doorway, I jumped because I didn't know he was there "jeez dad you scared me, what's up?" I said. He looked really creepy in the dark hallway then he spoke up "so the cops huh?" He said as he looked down. "W-What about them?" I said kinda confused then he chuckled lightly and he started to walk towards me "d-dad?" He got in my face and he grabbed me by my throat and made me stand up then he put me up against the wall. "You really had to snitch didn't you faggot?" He said then he tightened his grip a little and I just stared at him in shock, I gasped for air then I started trying to get out of his grip but it just got tighter. "You're worthless, you're a worthless piece of shit faggot and you don't deserve to be here!" He screamed in my face and he dropped me, I fell to the floor coughing and crying slightly. He turned around and kicked me in the stomach and he took something shiny out of his pocket "you fucking faggot! Why can't you be a normal person! Why do you have to be the way you are!?!" He tried to kick me again but I grabbed his foot and pulled it so he'd fall and I got up and ran into my bathroom, slamming the door behind me, locking it and getting out my phone and calling a random contact. It rings then someone picks up. "Hey Swagger-" I cut Fitz off by yelling "F-FITZ I NEED HELP PLEASE!" I yell as my dad starts to ram the bathroom door. "PLEASE FITZ! HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME! PLEASE HELP!" I scream as a knife comes through the door right next to my head and I run over to the sink. "OPEN THIS DOOR ERIC NOW!" I hear my dad yell as he rams the door again and the door cracks. "F-FITZ! PLEASE HELP-" I scream again as his fist comes through the door and he reaches for the door knob and I throw open the shower curtain and open the little window at the top and I use the toilet to get up far enough for me to start pulling myself through it. "SWAGGER! SWAGGER!?!" I hear Fitz freaking out on the phone as I put it in my pocket. I'm about halfway out the window when I hear the door finally break and I feel my dad grab my feet and he starts to pull me back through the window "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!?" He says as he pulls my legs. I get my right foot away from him and I kick him straight in the face and he let's go. I pull myself all the way through the window and fall off my roof screaming until I hit the ground. I get up and start running/limping down the road. I turn around for a second and I see my dad running after me so I start to go as fast as I can. I run down the road until I get to Toby's and I see her helping her mom with the groceries so I start to run towards her. "TOBY! HELP!" Toby turns and drops the groceries and starts run towards me but I trip and my dad gets on top of me and punches me repeatedly. "GET OFF HIM YOU PSYCHO!" Toby tries to get him off but my dad gets off me and punches her in the face which knocks her out cold and he comes back to me and gets out his knife and tries to stab me but I hold his arm away from my chest. I hear Toby's mom screaming then I hear someone run up beside us and they kick my dad square in the jaw which gets him off me and they get on top of him and punch the shit out of him. I look at them with blurry vision and finally when my eyes focus enough for me to see them I see that it's Fitz. My dad drops the knife and gets Fitz off him and he gets up then they start having a full on brawl then I slowly get up and as my dad was about to punch Fitz I punch him as hard as I can and he turns around and punches me and he knocks me down then he punches Fitz again sending him to the ground. My dad gets on top of me and starts to choke me and I'm too weak to get him off and his grip is so tight that my vision starts to get blurry again then I blacked out.