Everything is Gonna be Alright
"Maxwell! Bring me a cold beer!" His father yelled to him from his sitting chair. "Why don't you just get yourself you lazy fucking bastard." Max mumbled under his breath as he raised from bedroom floor. As he got up of the creaky wooden floor he had to avoid the shattered glass scattered across it. "Ahhhhhh shit!" He hissed to himself quietly, as he looked towards his small foot he saw a large gash with a piece of glass in the middle of it. "Fuck!" he cursed. "Maxwell! The fuck is taking you so long boy!" his father called out from across the house, Max quickly ripped the chunk of glass out of his foot. He quickly grabbed an elastic wrap bandage out of his backpack and wrapped it tightly around his wound. "David's shit is useful after all, tshh who would've thought?" Max trudged to the fridge obeying his father not wanting another one of his 'punishments'. He then walked towards his father and placed the beer bottle down next to him. "About fucking time, it took you forever, the fuck were you-" Max walked off before his father could finish his lecture. "Hey! The fuck you think you going! Get your ass back here you ungrateful little shit!" his father yelled. "It's rude to walk off when someone's talking to you. We need to fix that. Turn around!" Max instantly regretted walking off, his father slowly rose from his chair and started removing his belt. and gripping it tight ready to belt the 10 year old. "Ryland!" Max's mother screeched from the bedroom "We're out of
stuff!" Max knew what that ment, it ment that they were out of drugs. "We have to go out and get some more, besides we can't have the stupid kid fuck it up. And we're having the party tonight!" She continued entering the lounge. "c'mon!" she insisted, half dragging her husband out the door. "Maxwell! Go to your fucking room. Your so unappreciative of it, do you know how hard we work so you can have a room, so you can live here, in this lovely neighbourhood!" and with that the door was slammed and his parents had left in the van that they had.
It was about 2 hours later when his parents came home, and Max could tell that they were high, because of all the noise they were making. "Maxwell! Get your fucking ass here, right now!" His father said in an angry slur. Max then emerged from his room and entered the hallway to the cold gaze of his parents. Max's father then started undoing his belt and gripped it tight agian, but this time stared to beat Max with it. The beating continued for 30 minutes and ended with mad having a broken nose, multiple bruises on his arms, legs, back and sides. his parents then forced him to his room again for the night.
Max wasn't at all fased, nor suprised by his parents actions. 'Same shit, different day.' Is what he said. He then pulled out his phone and stared messaging the group chat he had with Nikki and Neil. "Sup losers how r u?" within seconds he got a reply from Nikki "Hey Max! I'm pretty good missing camp tho :(" then there was a reply from Neil "Hey, Good I'm staying with my mum right now, can't wait for school though." 'Of course they're good!' Max thought to himself. "How about you Max? Happy we're not at camp?" Neil messaged. "Yeah Max u miss us?" Nikki chimed in. 'Fuck! what am I supposed to tell them?' "Meh, I'm alive. :/ definitely weird without u guy here and David's constant happiness." He replied. "IKR!" Was all he got from Nikki. "Hey I got to go guys my Mum is taking me out to get some new school supplies. I'll talk to you later bye." Neil sent. "Yeah I gtg to Ttyl Max & Neil." Was what he got from Nikki a few minutes later. "K bye." Was all Max could say, and at this point his nose was throbbing really bad by now. He knew his parents wouldn't do shit, he also knew that he needed someone to help him with his nose otherwise it could get worse. Then he realised something, he had David's number! David would help right? But if his parents found out he called someone he would be dead. So Max did the most logical thing, he snuck out.
Max had snuck out using his window, he headed straight towards he park. by the time he had reached his destination it was around 7PM, he reached into his hoodie pocket and pulled out his phone. He clicked on contacts and found David's name, and pressed call. David answered with a confused "Max?" "David? I need some help." was all he could muster, and boy was David shocked to hear that. "Max what's wrong, where are you, are you ok?" Questions came poring out of David's mouth. "I'm coming to get you! Where are you?" Max could hear David's car key jingling in the background. "The park on the Eastern side of town. I didn't know who else to call." was all he said. "Max! Why are you on that side of town!? Don't you know how dangerous it is over that side!?" David said worriedly "Yeah, I do. But I live on this side of town." He answered coldly. "Oh, well I'll be there in 30 minutes tops, ok Max?" "K. See you then."