Disclaimer: I do not own the song Untitled/How could This Happen to Me? or The Outsiders, the are owned by S.E Hinton and Simple Plan

I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight

Johnny lay on the floor, no tears entered his eyes but the pain engulfed him. His father was drunk, and he was beating him.

And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain

He sat on the floor holding his nose. His father kicked him and he let out a cry of pain.

How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

Johnny sat there as his dad came near him again. He grabbed Johnny by the hair and pulled him to his feet. Johnny screamed and his father smacked him across the face.

Everybody's screaming

Johnny could tell his father was screaming at him, but wasn't listening, he was trying to block out the noises, block out the pain.

I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again

Johnny wished he could know what about him made his dad so angry, why just looking at him could set him off and land Johnny in a world of pain.

So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care about him, just let the pain stop. Johnny thought to himself, but he did care, and that was one of his bigger weaknesses.

How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

He finally stopped screaming, but it didn't help. He kept being hit and kicked and punched. And then, when it finally stopped, he was thrown into a corner just to sit. He sat there shaking.

I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run

He'd run away if he wasn't so afraid that later he'd come back. He leave forever if he had a place to go, someone to take care of him.

The night goes on
As I'm fading away

Johnny lifted his head and limped down the hall and sat on his bed. He looked out the window at the darkness as his spirit slowly started to fade.

I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream

He burst into tears, it wasn't the beating that was making him upset, it was the thought about the person who was doing it, the person he loved and loathed at the same time. He was so sick of it, but couldn't do anything to help himself.

How could this happen to me

Johnny looked out the window again and staring into the blackness of the night, he cried silently.

"How could this happen?" he cried angrily, "How could this happen to me?"