Zak

"Zak!"

Shit.

"Yeah,Mom?"

"Where yah goin'?"

You don't wanna know where,Ma.

"Somewhere,Ma, don't worry."

With that I slammed the back door shut, knowing she wouldn't get up off that God damn couch for anything. Knew that even if she heard gunshots and me scream, she'd let someone else call 's how its always been with her, I guess. Ever since Dad left.

.Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I heard this insistent buzzing coming from deep within my baggy pants and pulled out my beat up, old phone. I saw that I had 1 new text from Robbie.

Got some new some? 20 $$ an oz.

Good I need someting to get me away from this hell of a life.

Angel

I was sitting in my room, listening to Raid My Heart,my favorite band when I heard a crash come from downstairs.

"Dad!Is that you?"

What I got as a response was a moan/growl thing come from right in the hall,and then a bang as my bedroom door,cracked from so many other bangs, smacked against the wall.

"You! Your-r the reason s-she's gone! YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Then he charged me, knocking me clean off the bed and into the wall. Punch after punch, kick after kick,no stopping. The alchohol in his blood gave him energy he never had any other time. Too depressed, too sad the rest of the time. Guess I'm not goin' to school tommara'. Funny what kind of things you think about when your own flesh and blood is beating you within hairs of death.

Ryland

"Now remember Ry,..."

"Now remember Ryland,..."

"You gotta remember to do this, Ry,..."

So much stuff piled up. So many things I had to do to make them happy. So much stupid crap I had to do to make them love me. But it was never good enough for them. It seemed like I had to win every game in every sport, be president of all the clubs and ace all my courses every semester just to get a fraction of their love. My parents. The puppeteers that pulled the strings of my life. I was the rag doll, being pulled this way and that, putting on a show on the outside, but then just thrown into the box afterward.

Forgotten and unloved.

Fi Fi&Reese

"Serafina Isabella Montango, I said no! Whoever this boy-"

"His name is Reese!"

My father huffed and continued." Whoever this 'Reese' is, he will not date my ."

I marched up the stairs and slammed the neon green door leading to my bed, which I threw myself upon and started Niagra Falls-like crying.

Unknown to Fi Fi, across town a similar conversation was being held.

"Reese Logan Parker, I forbid it. Whoever this girl-"

"Her name is Serafina!"

"Whoever this 'Serafina' is she is not allowed to have any type of relationship with you. Now, if you will excuse me, I have somewhere to be." My mother put on her business jacket and stormed out the door, and seconds later I heard the car rolling down the driveway and away.

"Your not excused,Mom." I muttered to myself, although no one could hear.

Fallon

A new town. A new school. New people. Only a couple months, I told myself. Then back on the road again. I can't be anywhere too long or they'll find me. Again and this time there will be no escape. It's better to live out of a suitcase, then live like that again.

Well, that was the plan. Until I met her.