Change Me// Hayes Grier

One.

"It's like I'm trapped underwater where no one can hear me."

I lay there lifeless. Lifeless I tell you. I scream in pain as his hand hits my face.

I whimper as he kicks my back.

I couldn't deal with the pain any longer.

I try to get up but he just pushes me back down.

It's useless.

"I'll be back," he states, "and if you're not here when I come back, you're fucking dead." He says angrily and walks away.

That was my dad.

Ever since my mom divorced him, he's been abusive. Didn't let her take custody on me.

He used to be so happy and loving. I miss it all so much. Its like, one minute I was on his shoulders, and the next I was thrown off.

I just lay here and cry. Basically my everyday routine.

"help.." I try to scream but my voice breaks.

I decided to do what I've never had the guts to do.

I hear the door close and watch the car pull away.

I'm running away.

I just run and run and run until I fall to the ground.

Then, a car pulls up and stops.

A older looking lady runs up to me.

"What's wrong sweetie?!" She asks. I just look up at her and she tries to pick me up.

I stand on my feet and she asks me to come with her. Normally, I would hesitate, but I don't care right now.

I get in the car and stare out the window.

She finally stops and gets out.

She comes to open the door for me and I get out of the car.

She escorts me inside and I take in my surroundings.

It's an adoption center.

I look at her and start crying.

"This is so amazing. Thank you." I say and give her a big hug.

"How about I get you hot chocolate and you tell me what happened." She smiles at me and I give her a weak smile and nod.

We go into the kitchen and I sit at the table. She hands me a hot chocolate.

"First of all, what is your name?" She asks.

"Brooklyn." I say, "Brooklyn Morris."

"How old are you, Brooklyn?" She asks.

"I'm 14." I say, "my birthday is December 24th."

"Oh how nice! A Christmas child!" She says.

"Yeah." I smile.

"So tell me your story." she says.

"Okay.." I wait for her name.

"Becky." She says.

"Okay Becky," I start, "well when I was about 9, my mom left my dad. My dad thought she was horrible so he took full custody on me. I didn't really think anything of it because I really loved my dad. Then he started to drink, then the abuse came in, and he would always come home drunk and hurt me. I never had the courage to run away because he says every time he leaves that if I'm not here when he's back I'm dead." I say and get all panicky.

"Relax honey relax, I would never let anyone hurt you." I say.

"You have to stay here though until someone is willing to adopt you. Don't worry if it's not right away, you just got here like 10 minutes ago." She says and laughs.

"Thank you so much Becky, you're a blessing in my life." I say.

"You're welcome, Brooklyn." She says and smiles and hugs me.

"I'll take you to your room." she says and brings me to a cute little pink room.

"Thank you." I smile and take in my surroundings. I sit on the comfy bed and just lay down.

"Get up!" She says.

"What?" I ask.

"We're going shopping!" She says and I smile and interlock our arms.

We go to the mall and I immediately start to get clothes.

She picks out this top that's cute but..?

"Where's the rest of it?" I ask.

"What do you mean? you've never heard of a crop top?" She asks.

"No I've never heard of a crop top." I state.

"Well you're getting one, you have the perfect body shape." She says and gets me one in every color.

She then picks up these high waisted shorts in black, red, jean, and white.

I then just get plain t-shirts and shorts and dresses and skirts and Lots and lots of shoes.

"Thank you so much Becky, you didn't have to do this." I say.

"You are my family now. Of course I did." She says and I start to tear.

"I can't believe you think of me as family." I say and I feel such joy.

"Of course I do, and I always will." she says.

"Okay so now let's go in here." She says, pulling me into a jewelry store.

Later in the day, we go back to the place and I go into my room.

"Thanks so much for this day, you mean a lot to me." I say and hug her.

"You're welcome." She smiles and shuts the door behind her.

I just lay down and think of what good I have in my life now.

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So I really like the idea of this one😌 I hope you like it.

xo-nat