So as you all probably can figure out this was not my ORIGINAL story. I've taken this story over from VampireRide. Their writing is awesome and you should totally check it out! Anyways I now present you with the first chapter of *drum roll* Save Me From The Silence!
(Max is four)
"Maximum, come to bed darling!" I smiled at my mom's voice and ran into my room, eagerly curling up under the covers. Dad smiled at me and brushed my hair back.
"You are so beautiful Max. I love you." Dad kissed my forehead and walked over to the shelves. "What story tonight?" He asked.
"Blue bears!" I said, as mom tucked me in. I loved that story more than the rest. Dad and mom both chuckled as he pulled it off the shelf and sat down at the end of my bed and began to read.
One year Later
I cried silent tears as I stood in my black dress. Mom was in that coffin. Mom was dead. Mom was gone. I remembered once when I was three how she promised she'd always be their to protect me from danger. How could she protect me from the first day of school now that she was living in the pretty clouds?
The sky was gray and dull, and the clouds began to cry. They weren't as pretty now. Was that mom? Crying because she missed me? Her tears fell on my face and slipped down my cheeks. But all I could do was stand there and shiver.
I felt a hand intertwine with mine and looked to my left. Iggy stood there, a sad smile on his face. "Your mom was nice. She made really good chocolate chip cookies." Iggy was three years older than me, but he was like my big brother, my best friend. He hugged me and let me cry into his shoulder.
When we got home, dad just sat down at the kitchen table for a long time. After a few minutes I went to my room. And that's the day everything changed.
He started drinking and doing drugs. And some nights if he came home upset, I'd find myself being hit for no reason. I learned the new rules quickly. I wasn't aloud to talk anymore. Anywhere. I had to clean the house while he was wherever he was. And it had better be spotless when he got back.
Iggy and I stopped hanging out after the funeral, and life just got worse. Especially in school.
Sixth Grade
"Why don't you talk?" A redhead sneered at me.
"Isn't it obviously?" Some girl dragged on. "She's brainless. I bet if you knocked on her head it'd echo." I just sat under the oak tree, not listening to them. Talking wasn't aloud. The redhead smirked.
"Let's try it." She hit my head hard three times. I didn't even flinch. I just glanced up at her once and then looked back down at my old black converse. Dad- no, he wasn't my dad anymore- hit me upside the head with a rifle a few times. After that, the redhead's hits were nothing but flies landing on my head.
Lissa kicked my leg with her high heels. "Don't you feel stuff, Brat? No? Then I guess you don't mind if..." Lissa shoved me on my back and snapped her fingers. The two girls behind her clenched their hands into fist and went at me. Throwing punches left and right. I laid their and took it, remembering the consequence for flinching, or screaming, or crying, or blocking.
I thought it would go on forever. That is, until someone stopped them. A strawberry-blond haired boy along with a shadow shoved the girls back. Iggy and, who was the boy with him?
Iggy left the girl he tackled alone, the black haired boy punched the one he pushed off me.
"What's your problem Brigid?" Iggy snarled at the girl who now had a bloody nose. She was the one who punched me the most. The boy with Iggy stood up and held his hand out towards me. I just stared at it. Was he gonna hit me or something? I stood up on my own and watch the redhead bat her eyes at him.
"Hey Nicky! You look so hot in all black, have I told you that?" She asked.
"Only a thousand times a day. And it's getting annoying. I don't like you Lissa! You're a backstabbing, liar! And how could you beat up some innocent girl?" 'Nicky' snarled. I could hear the venom in his voice. He spun around in a rage and looked at me. His features instantly softening.
"I'm so sorry for the dog's behavior. Do you know where the clinic is?" I just looked at him, like he was foreign. A clinic? I was never aloud to have anyone help me. Iggy looked over at me.
"Max, let's go to the clinic. You're bleeding." he whispered. I just stood there, not paying attention to them. I wiped the blood from my upper lip and turned away to walk home. School was over anyways. My last period was my free one.
When I got home, Jeb was there. "Get to work." He snapped at me, and so, without a word as usual, I did.
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