Chapter one

Dan looked through his window in his bedroom. If you could call it a bedroom. His so called bedroom was basically a shed upstairs. 18 year old Dan was stuck with his abusive father since his mother died 6 months back. His father abused him and his younger sister Ally. When their father isn't punching the both of them he's out getting drunk at strip clubs. As Dan was looking out his window he was reminded of what happened 2 months prior. His father came home and screamed for Dan. Dan told his sister to hide while he went downstairs. His father was holding a knife and a gun. His father shot Dan in the arm and leg before stopping and cutting dans face. His father dragged dans body across the lawn to the street where he could die. Dan came back from his flashback and was sweating. He was thankful a couple taking a walk found him or else he would have been dead. He reached up to his face to see if there were still scars. Of course there was. He would never live this down. The man that lived in this house was not his father. Just a man that had sex with a few too many people in one night. Dan was crying. He missed his mother. His mother wasn't bad when she was sober. He remembered her passed out on the couch with countless empty bottles of wine. No pulse then he heard a knock on his door. When he realized his sister probably heard him crying he stopped and opened the door. His sister was sat on the floor crying. She must have been think of there mother too. It was late tonight. About half past 12. He let Ally in. Ally went into her brothers arms and hugged him. Though she was only 14, she had learned to grow up the same time Dan did. Dan could feel Ally's fingers go up and down his arm where he had cut. Dan and his sister had been in and out of depression before but this time, their mother couldn't save them. Both of their cuts had gotten deeper and longer. Dan flinched every time his sister went over one of them and on to the next. He stood up with his sister and told her "both of us are shaken up now aren't we" adding a smirk to the end, " why don't you stay in my room tonight with me." "I'd like that" Ally replied Sniffling. Dan went into his bed and invited his sister in. She went in and Dan wrapped his arms around her. He felt her get tense the same way he did when he ran his fingers over her cuts. Soon however, the both of them fell asleep until dans alarm went off. Dan woke Ally up and brought her back into her own room. It was Ally's last days till spring break so she didn't have to go in till late. Dan showered and then put clothes on. He then proceeded to straighten his hair. When he was done he skipped breakfast as usual and went out to catch the train to uni.