Gone (a Zalfie fanfic)

Chapter 5

Alfie's POV

~ 7 months later ~

My 14th birthday was great. Apart from mum not being there, she was at a bar again. I had invited my close friends and Zoe (of course). She did come! I thought she wouldn't have. We went bowling and had fun. But that was ages ago. 7 months to be precise.

Life was not fun anymore. The 14th year of me living, the worst year of my life. I mean Zoe was great. We still weren't properly together but we sometimes held hands and cuddled.

It was mum. She was an addict. On alcohol. I remember trying to stop her going out to pubs, drinking, but she never listened. I never saw her anymore. All I saw of her was when she went out the door or came back home. Sometimes she didnt even come home and would come the next day. I would worry about her. What if she was taken to prison, what if she died from too much alcohol, what if she never came back home again?

She looked bad every time she came home. Worser and worser each time. She face looked tired and saggy, and she had very dark bags under her eyes from not sleeping.

The worst thing, was that (when she was home) she started taking it out on me. She yelled and threatened me all the time. "ALFIE GET DOWN HERE NOW OR ILL LEAVE YOU FOR GOOD!" "GO TO YOUR ROOM!........ NOW!" "GET OUT OF HERE!" Once I had to leave the house just for her sake. I didnt want her to shout anymore. I didnt want her to leave.

Authors note

Ahhhh, so short! Shorter than the last chapter. I need to write more. I do enjoy it and mostly I have good ideas, but sometimes I really cant be bothered. Im so lazy.

Thanks for reading! Xx