***This was my first fanfic and after rereading it, I thought it could be
improved. So I am rewriting it. It's going to start out slow and give
more history into the relationship between Sky and Leon. Hope you like it,
please read and review. ***
Chapter 1
May 1994 Riverside, CA
"Come on Sky, we're gonna be late." Leon called from his porch at the girl across the street. She raised her right hand flipped him off. "Very ladylike. Someday I'll teach you some manners." She mouthed the words "yeah right" and rolled her eyes. After securing the closure on her backpack, she slung it onto her back and ran across the street.
"Why are you in such a big hurry to get to school? I think that we should just blow off class today. It's not like you turn sixteen every day, Birthday Boy."
"We can't blow off exams."
"Fine, I guess you are right. How does my face look?" She said holding back her hair for him to see.
Leon ran his fingers along her right cheek tracing the black and blue marks under her eye. "It's swollen. Give me your makeup, you missed a spot." She handed him a small pink compact and he brushed the powder on the bruises. "What happened last night?"
"The usual, my dad was off duty and drinking heavily and he just started going off. You know me always the wrong place at the wrong time." Leon handed the makeup back to Sky and they started walking towards school. "So what do you want to do for your birthday?"
"A new life." He joked.
"Don't we all. See you at lunch." Sky headed off to her Biology exam and Leon headed off to Spanish.
~Later that night~
Sky set a package in Leon's lap, "It's just not fair that you get to drive before me. I have two whole months to wait, sucks to be me."
"Stop complaining. You know that I'll drive you anywhere you wanna go."
"How about as far away from here as possible." Sky said with a sigh.
"Soon girl, soon. We'll get away from it all. So what did you get me?"
"Open it silly and find out."
Leon lifted the lid of the box revealing a velvet pouch, "You better have not spent too much on me." He pulled open the bag to find a silver chain inside.
"You are so hard to buy for, you know that."
He wrapped his arms around her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you. Damn, now I have to get you something nice for your birthday."
Sky smiled at him, "You better get me something nice." In the distance Sky heard her father calling for her. "I have to go. I'll radio you later after the drunk passes out."
Sky slowly walked into the front door of her house. Her mom was in the kitchen and her dad was sitting in his recliner. He had been drinking and was in a foul mood. She tried to head for the kitchen, but he stopped her. "Look at the way you are dressed. How many times have I told you about showing so much skin? You look like a slut just like your mother."
"It's too hot outside to wear pants." She said without thinking of his reaction.
Her dad jumped out of his chair and grabbed her by the hair, "What did you say to me? You will speak to me with respect you little whore." He slapped her across the face.
"Daddy please don't hurt me."
He ignored her pleas, threw her to the floor and kicked her in the face and chest. Sky's mother grabbed his arm to stop him, but he shoved her down onto the floor. "I will not take this from you. You like to dress like a slut, then I'll treat you like a slut." He pulled her off the ground and ripped her shirt open. "Daddy no please." She screamed as he tried to grope her breasts. "What's wrong doesn't the little whore like it?" She broke free and ran to her room, locked the door and pushed the dresser against it.
Sky lay in the darkness until the house to became quiet. She grabbed the two-way radio on her nightstand, "Leon are you there?"
"Hey girl."
"How did the rest of your party go?"
"Great until Mom spilled Dad's beer. He went ballistic and blacked her eye. I swear someday I'm gonna kill him."
"Is she ok?"
"Yeah."
"Leon promise me someday that we will get our moms away from here."
"I promise as soon as I can get some wheels we'll get them outta here."
Sky heard a noise come from the hall, "I have to go now, good night Leon."
"Good night Sky."
Chapter 1
May 1994 Riverside, CA
"Come on Sky, we're gonna be late." Leon called from his porch at the girl across the street. She raised her right hand flipped him off. "Very ladylike. Someday I'll teach you some manners." She mouthed the words "yeah right" and rolled her eyes. After securing the closure on her backpack, she slung it onto her back and ran across the street.
"Why are you in such a big hurry to get to school? I think that we should just blow off class today. It's not like you turn sixteen every day, Birthday Boy."
"We can't blow off exams."
"Fine, I guess you are right. How does my face look?" She said holding back her hair for him to see.
Leon ran his fingers along her right cheek tracing the black and blue marks under her eye. "It's swollen. Give me your makeup, you missed a spot." She handed him a small pink compact and he brushed the powder on the bruises. "What happened last night?"
"The usual, my dad was off duty and drinking heavily and he just started going off. You know me always the wrong place at the wrong time." Leon handed the makeup back to Sky and they started walking towards school. "So what do you want to do for your birthday?"
"A new life." He joked.
"Don't we all. See you at lunch." Sky headed off to her Biology exam and Leon headed off to Spanish.
~Later that night~
Sky set a package in Leon's lap, "It's just not fair that you get to drive before me. I have two whole months to wait, sucks to be me."
"Stop complaining. You know that I'll drive you anywhere you wanna go."
"How about as far away from here as possible." Sky said with a sigh.
"Soon girl, soon. We'll get away from it all. So what did you get me?"
"Open it silly and find out."
Leon lifted the lid of the box revealing a velvet pouch, "You better have not spent too much on me." He pulled open the bag to find a silver chain inside.
"You are so hard to buy for, you know that."
He wrapped his arms around her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you. Damn, now I have to get you something nice for your birthday."
Sky smiled at him, "You better get me something nice." In the distance Sky heard her father calling for her. "I have to go. I'll radio you later after the drunk passes out."
Sky slowly walked into the front door of her house. Her mom was in the kitchen and her dad was sitting in his recliner. He had been drinking and was in a foul mood. She tried to head for the kitchen, but he stopped her. "Look at the way you are dressed. How many times have I told you about showing so much skin? You look like a slut just like your mother."
"It's too hot outside to wear pants." She said without thinking of his reaction.
Her dad jumped out of his chair and grabbed her by the hair, "What did you say to me? You will speak to me with respect you little whore." He slapped her across the face.
"Daddy please don't hurt me."
He ignored her pleas, threw her to the floor and kicked her in the face and chest. Sky's mother grabbed his arm to stop him, but he shoved her down onto the floor. "I will not take this from you. You like to dress like a slut, then I'll treat you like a slut." He pulled her off the ground and ripped her shirt open. "Daddy no please." She screamed as he tried to grope her breasts. "What's wrong doesn't the little whore like it?" She broke free and ran to her room, locked the door and pushed the dresser against it.
Sky lay in the darkness until the house to became quiet. She grabbed the two-way radio on her nightstand, "Leon are you there?"
"Hey girl."
"How did the rest of your party go?"
"Great until Mom spilled Dad's beer. He went ballistic and blacked her eye. I swear someday I'm gonna kill him."
"Is she ok?"
"Yeah."
"Leon promise me someday that we will get our moms away from here."
"I promise as soon as I can get some wheels we'll get them outta here."
Sky heard a noise come from the hall, "I have to go now, good night Leon."
"Good night Sky."
