Disclaimer: I don't own anyone except for the OC's
Title: Life's Unfair
Rating: PG
Summary: Kylie Lawson is a mom raising a 12 year old boy. She is trying her hardest to make ends meet, but has an extremely difficult time doing so. She's in an abusive relationship, but can never seem to leave. Her son makes a new friend at school, and he trusts her enough to tell her his secret. What happens if she tells her uncle, John Cena?
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~Chapter 1~
"Mom. Mom. Mom wake up." Ethan said gently shaking his mom.
She groaned a little and rolled over to see her son standing there. "Morning. What time is it?"
"Six thirty. You have about 30 minutes to get ready for work. I didn't hear you up so I decided to come and make sure you were awake."
She quickly sat up looking at her clock. When she sat up, Ethan immediately noticed the bruise around her eye. "Mom…" he started to say but was interrupted.
"Get ready for school hun, I don't want you to be late for your first day." She said and then jumped out of bed.
He sighed a little bit, hoping his mom would soon see the light and break up with the loser she was dating. "Yes ma'am." He said and went back to his room to change.
Ethan's School
"Welcome everybody. I'm Mrs. Davis, and looks like you'll be stuck with me for a year." She said with a laugh. The kids joined her. "Ok, I would like for you all to take a look beside the person sitting next to you."
Ethan looked beside her and there sat a young girl, blue eyes staring back at him. "Hi." He said with a smile.
She smiled back. "Hi." She replied shyly.
"The person sitting next to you will be your partner throughout the school year. Sometimes you may be assigned a new partner, it all depends on how well this turns out."
"What's your name?" the girl asked real quietly.
"Ethan. Yours?" he asked.
"Ashlyn."
Meanwhile at Kylie's Work
"Sorry I'm late Sir." She replied out of breath as she ran into the house she worked at. She was a housekeeper for an elderly, wealthy, man.
"It is ok my dear." He replied with a warming smile.
She thanked him and quickly got started. Her best friend, the cook that worked there, walked over to her. "I noticed that nice little shiner you have there."
"Jessi, can we please not get started."
"I'm sorry Ky, but I'm sitting here watching my best friend dig her own grave."
"Josh means well, he just can get a little angry at time, that's it."
"At times? Girl every time I see you there's something else. He. Is. Going. To. Kill. You. What part of that do you not understand."
"He loves me!" Kylie snapped back.
"Girl, no he doesn't! What do you tell Ethan every time he sees you with bruises, or cuts?"
"I'm done talking about this. I've got a job to do." Kylie said and then walked away.
Back at the School
"Move punk!" a boy yelled at Ethan as he shoved him to the ground.
"Stop it!" Ashlyn cried out.
Ethan clenched his teeth and stood up, shoving the other kid back to the ground. Unfortunately a teacher saw and quickly dragged Ethan off to the pricipal's office.
"Ethan Lawson?" the principal asked looking up at him.
"Yes sir?" he asked quietly.
"You used to be such a good kid."
"I still am sir. He's the one that started it!"
"I know, and he's in trouble too, but you should've got a teacher or just walked away."
"Sorry sir. It won't happen again."
"It better not. Now I have to send you home. I already tried calling your mother, but she didn't answer so I called Josh."
Ethan looked up when he heard that name. "I-I-I promise I won't get in a fight. Can I please just stay here?"
"I'm sorry son, but I'm going to have to send you home."
Josh appeared in the doorway and Ethan quickly swallowed a huge lump in his throat. "I understand sir." Ethan slowly stood up and followed Josh out to his truck. The drive back to Ethan's house was long and quiet.
When they finally arrived Ethan started to go to his room but was stopped. "So you got in a fight huh?" Josh asked him.
"Y-yes sir."
"Did you win it?"
"A teacher stopped us."
Josh slowly nodded his head, and then walked over to where he was standing right in front of Ethan. He then brought up his hands and shoved him to the ground. "So prove it to me you can really fight."
Ethan started to crawl backwards, hoping he could reach his bedroom. Josh quickly grabbed him by the arm, and pulled him to his feet, just before punching him on the face. Ethan began crying as he felt a sharp pain coming from his lip. He could also taste blood. "You little cry baby." Josh said and then shoved Ethan into his room and shut the door.
Ethan was relieved to hear the sound of his truck starting up and pulling out of the driveway. He went on his bed and sat down and began crying some more. This was the first time Josh as ever hit him. He couldn't help but thinking about how his mother had to go through it all the time. He couldn't imagine how much pain she was in.
Later on that night
"Ethan I'm home!" Kylie yelled as she came through the door. "Ethan?" she called out again. She walked back to his bedroom and saw a bloody tissue on his desk.
"Hey mom." He replied from behind her, coming out of the bathroom.
"What happened?!" she asked when she saw his busted lip. "I got into a fight at school today."
"You what?! What made you do that??"
"Some guy shoved me to the ground and called me a punk. I don't know, it just made me mad."
"Are you in trouble?"
"No. The principal said the other guy was the one who started it. All I got was a warning."
"Ok. But listen to me. Do not do it again."
"I'm not mom." He said and pushed past her to get into his room. He quickly shut the door.
The next day
"Hi Ethan!" he heard Ashlyn's voice say.
"Hey." He replied, not looking up from the books.
"So how mad were your parents?"
"Well I only have my mom, she just told me not to do it again." He said and then looked up at her.
"What happened to your lip? I don't remember him punching you."
"He didn't. But my brother did. He's always messing around with me. This time he accidently hit me in the face." Ethan replied with a laugh.
"Oh. Man two fights in one day, maybe you should work with my uncle." She joked.
"What does your uncle do?"
"He's a wrestler."
"That's cool."
"Yeah, sometimes. So yesterday I asked my parents if you could come over. They said that was fine. They won't be there, because they'll be working, but my uncle will be there."
"Yeah sure. Sounds fun. I'll just have to call my mom later and let her know."
"Okay."
The day went by pretty quickly and Ethan was looking forward to going to Ashlyn's house. She was his first friend he'd made since starting up at that school.
As the car was arrived at a gated driveway, he quickly turned his head and looked at Ashlyn. "You live here?"
"Well my uncle does. We live next door."
Ethan turned his attention back to the house that was now in sight. He noticed several cars parked out front. When they finally came to a stop, Ethan studied the house in front of him. "Let's go." Ashlyn said pulling him inside.
"Uncle John!" she yelled.
"In here!" he yelled back.
"Come on." She said dragging Ethan towards the living room. "Uncle John, this is my new friend Ethan."
John stood up to greet John, but noticed the busted lip. "Hi Ethan, I'm John."
"Hi." Ethan shyly replied. He couldn't notice how big this guy was.
John nodded towards his face. "What happened?"
"I got into a small fight at school."
"I thought you said it was because of your brother." Ashlyn said, slightly confused.
"My brother? Oh right, yeah my brother." Ethan quickly said.
John looked at him suspiciously. "So man, do you like to play football?"
Ethan looked down at the ground. "I've never really had a chance to play."
"What? Your dad or brother never taught you?"
"I don't have a dad. He left my mom before I was born."
John looked at Ashlyn and back to Ethan. "Sorry man, I didn't know."
"It's ok."
"Well how about Ashlyn and I teach you a little something?"
Ethan had a huge smile spread across his face. "Thanks!"
Hope you liked! Here is a little about what chapter 2 is going to be like:
Ethan slips up and mentions he does not have a brother. John quickly begins to think his mother his hurting him. Meanwhile, Josh shows up at Kylie's work very unhappy.