CHAPTER ONE: LOVE

I was awaked by a loud noise. From here I could only hear Mommy and Daddy screaming at each other. Lately that's all they do. They don't even play with me any more. Whenever Daddy goes out Mommy gets mad and I have to stay in my room all by myself and when Daddy comes back Mommy says he's to tired and crazy to come talk or even play with me. It happened every day but all Mommies and Daddies fight. They were yelling the things they always do. Words I don't know and words Mommy would hit me for saying. This time I heard something different.

"Get out of my house!" Mommy yelled do loud I heard it perfectly from here. There was a long silence before I heard a door slam open. I jumped out of my bed and ran to hide on top of the staircase to see what was happening. Daddy had a suitcase and was standing at the door while Mommy just stood there watching.

"If I leave I ain't coming back." Daddy told Mom.

"I don't want you to come back! Just get out of my house!" She scram at him.

Without caring if I was out of bed, I ran downstairs. "No Daddy! Don't leave!" I cried running after him as he went outside. He turned to me sadly. His eyes were filled with tears. I've never seen him cry.

"Daddy don't leave" I begged wrapping my arms around him. He pulled me in tighter and stroked my hair. Even if he was hardly home, he was my Dad and I cared about him. He stood there hugging me until he did something weird. He yelled into the wind a word I would get into a lot of trouble for using.

"Why?' I asked him through tears.

"I've broken your Mom's heart and mine to, and I need to fix what I can" he whispered softly. I was confused, I shook my head and begged him to stay but he wouldn't have it. He through all his stuff into the car and apologized for leaving his OWN six year old daughter then left. Left out of my life, promising never to come back. I didn't understand anything that had happened, so I walked back into the house with a blurry vision. Mommy was still standing there just starring at the door; I couldn't tell what she was thinking.

'Why is this happening mommy? Doesn't he love us?" I asked her wiping away the last of the tears off my face. She didn't answer for a long time; she just stared at the floor.

"Love doesn't exist, Hayley" she whispered looking me in the eye and then walked away into her room. Leaving me alone in confusion and in tears once again. *************

I had cried myself to sleep and woke up curled up in the corner of the sofa next to the window. Mommy's car wasn't in the driveway, meaning she had gone to work. What had happened yesterday came back to my mind. I cant believe Daddy's gone! And I'm never going to see him ever again. Again I began to cry but this time I couldn't stop no matter how hard I tried.

"Hayley!" someone called I was guessing through the kitchen window. I dragged myself to the kitchen and had to stand on a chair to look through it.

"Hayley!" they kept calling. I laughed quietly when I saw my bestest friend, Josh jumping trying to reach all the way up.

"What are you doing!" I asked as he still tried to jump.

"Let…me…in!" he panted in between jumps.

"Come to the door then" I told him and jumped of the chair to go unlock the door.

"Hayley!" he smiled hugging me. I smiled back and closed the door.

"What's wrong?" he asked me. I guess my eyes were still red from crying.

"Daddy left us" I cried again.

"Where did he go?" He asked.

"I don't know, but he promises never EVER to come back" I sobbed.

"Don't worry Hayles, it's gana be ok" he promised. I nodded and wiped away my tears with the back of my hand and pushed back my messy blonde hair.

"Now come on… I'm a make you cereal" he said grabbing my hand and pulling me into the kitchen.

"Where's you mommy?" he asked getting a bowl from the sink.

"Work" I answered.

"Does she know?" he asked stepping onto the stool to reach the cereal box of off the fridge.

"Uh Hu she told him to leave" I whispered trying my bestest not to cry.

"Awww Hayley, don't worry. Maybe she was just saying that cause she got real mad" he said pouring cereal into the bowl.

"Nu Uh she was so serious!" I yelled.

"But your Daddy loves you so he has to come back" he said pouring in the milk and putting in a spoon.

"That not true. Love doesn't exist" I sighed resting my chin on my hand.

"That's not true!" he defended.

"Yeah it is!" I shouted.

"Uh Hu!" he argued putting the milk away.

"Nu Uh! No one loves, love isn't real!" I yelled angrily.

"That's not true! Cause you're MY best friend and I love you" he promised.