Hey guys! I'm Samantha, but people call me Sam. This is my first story that I have posted on here, but I have been writing for many years. It's a way to vent, which I am sure most of you know. Anyways, I wanted to say hi. And please review…I would love it, and I'll totally thank you in my upcoming chapters. I like constructive criticism, and compliments (D). I hope you all enjoy.
Absent Faith
Summary: AU: Haley James is a junior in high school. Smart, tutor, beautiful, and friendly. She goes out of her way to make friends…..or she did. Before her heart was broken by the people that mattered most to her. Her brother Jake was her best friend. He left her. Her parents fight all the time. And her other siblings don't care. Her old friends left her, because they were on Jake's "side." Slowly, Haley begins to loose herself. Now, she is in a fight to save herself from completely disappearing.
Prologue:
Who will save your soul after all the lies that you told, Who will save your soul if you won't save your own?
August 2008:Her fingers hit the strings as her melody could be heard throughout the room. Pick up. Pick down. Her auburn hair fell over her shoulder as she began to move to the beat of her own music. For two seconds of her young life, she could finally drown out the yelling and screaming taking place in the kitchen. As the song died down, she heard the voices picking up volume. She strummed more strings trying to find that solace again.
But, just like every other time a song ended, the solace never came. The yelling replaced that calming feeling.
"Dammit Jimmy! This isn't my FUCKING fault," her mom yelled.
"Oh yeah. Your so innocent," her dad yelled just as loud, if not louder.
She heard silence and her eyes widened a bit.
"Bitch." "Fucker." She heard said at the same time.
Inside, her stomach cringed. She put her hand on her stomach as she felt the remnants of her dinner bubble up. Taking a deep breath, but still feeling dizzy, she fell back onto her bed.
Her eyes closed momentarily and she took a shaky breath. She felt a shudder, as if she were about to cry, but it never came. The tears never came and streaked down her face. Not once. She couldn't even remember the last time her tears had truly fallen. Well she did, but that night was something she had "amnesia" about.
That was the night that Haley James' life turned from truly magical to a living hell. Literally.
She sighed and got out of her bed. She looked at herself in the mirror, and instantly disgust flashed across her features. Disgusted with the way she looked. Disgusted with who she was now. Disgusted with her own pity she had only momentarily felt for herself.
Without even thinking, her hand got a life of it's own. And before she knew it, her hand smashed into the glass. Her eyes widened for a moment as she brought her hand back to inspect it. Blood poured from her palm.
Her mom burst through the door, closely followed by her father. Lydia walked to her daughter, with a worried expression. She glanced at the broken mirror and then saw her daughter, with blood running down her arm.
"Oh my god. Jimmy call someone. Do something!" she said as she reached her daughter. Haley let her mom coddle her. After all, it was the only time that her mother ever acted like a mother anymore. She heard her father curse and dash out of the room.
"Oh baby! Are you in any pain?"
Haley didn't even get a chance to respond that it didn't hurt that bad.
"Because I already lost your brother."
Haley heard the slight desperation in her mother's voice. She took a breath and shook her head no. Truth was, she didn't feel anything. Haley James was numb.
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Okay. So I hope you liked the little prologue. I know it wasn't very long, but I promise that chapters will get longer. This particular starter chapter was just short. So, please review. I would love to know what you guys think.
