A/N: Okay, so... it's been a while. For anyone that was reading Here and Gone In the Blink Of An Eye I seriously will eventually update that! Anyway, I just got this idea and wanted to make a fanfic. I'm gonna warn you it may not be very good because it's been a long time since I've been writing. Any advice or ideas would help loads!
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"What? How the hell could you just pick up and leave?" Jess asked his dad.
"I don't deserve a son, I don't even want one. I can't take care of you." Jimmy said.
"I'm sixteen years old, Jimmy. I don't need a daddy I just need someone to stay with. When I'm 18, I'm gone, away for good. I won't ask for anything just don't make me go back to the fucking orphanage!" Jess pleaded.
"No. You know what, I can't handle this. I'm going away. Keep the house, do what you want. I'm sorry but I can't handle a kid like you." With that, Jimmy was out the door.
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Now let's back up a couple years and see what happened until they got here.
The orphanage was the worst thing Jess Marino could think of. Death, Murder, Suicide, to him all these things would be better then spending one more second in there.
He was so young then he can now only remember bits and pieces of what happened. Beatings, horrible laughter, hunger. These were the things that came to mind when he thought of that place. He stayed there for eight years. Finally, someone adopted him. He thought this would be amazing. He couldn't wait to actually start his life right. That is, until he got there. It was a married couple. The lady was okay, but she was gone most of the time. The man was a deadbeat. The worst part was… he loved to hit. Jess has scares that still terrify him to look at. Every time he does it brings him back to those years of the nice woman leaving for work and the man… well, you can imagine.
Finally, on Jess's thirteenth birthday he couldn't take it anymore. He left a note to the woman who had been somewhat kind to him to thank her for letting him stay with her. He figured he owed some kind of thank you for at least getting food to eat from someone.
Where would he go from there? He didn't know. He figured he'd go wherever the wind blew. He ended up hiding behind buildings and eating the food the restaurants threw out when it got to old or stale to eat. This was his life.
"Ma'am, do you have any left over food that is still half way good? I found a stray dog and he looks really hungry." Jess said, yet again to a lady working at a fast food place.
"You look awful! Are you okay?" Was all the woman could say.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine." Jess said, trying to laugh. "I was just trying to catch the dog and got a little dirty." He said, looking down at his shirt."
The worker gave him some left over food which actually wasn't too bad. Now, Jess sat in between two brick buildings and hummed a song he heard from the horrible man back at his old house. He hated that man with every fiber of his being but he did like his musical taste.
What's next? Jess thought to himself. He decided it was getting late so he'd try to sleep. He looked around for a place to lie down and saw a garbage can with a space between it and the wall to the side of a building. "This is as good of a place as any." He said, sadly. He laid there thinking about what his life could have been if his family actually stuck around. He thought about how good it would be to live in a house where he got treated okay and not beaten. He thought and thought until he drifted off to sleep behind a garbage can in New York City.
Yeah, I know it's really short, but it's a start. Should I keep going or forget it? Reviews, anyone?