AN: Hiya! This is my first story ever on fanfiction! I finally got off my lazy bum and am putting it up finally. I hope you will enjoy it and please review. It will keep this story going. Thanks.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or "Because of You". If I did, you would not find me writing this story on the internet, but in a actual book. tear
Because of You
Chapter One
By: alexandra warkel
He was drunk again. Ask me how I knew and I would respond, 'He comes home every night drunk nowadays.' It used to be once a week, now it's not normal if He comes home sober.
My mother and I were sitting on the couch when he came. She stood up and immediately He asked, "Did I give you permission to stand up?" He then back handed her across the face, sending her into the nearest white wall, now stained red from my mother's blood.
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did you fell so hard
I've learned the hard way to never let it get that far
He then strode towards her, picked her up by the hair and slammed her into the wall. That was when I couldn't take it anymore. "Mom!" I screamed, as I tried to pull Him away from her. He pushed me away into the television set as if I were a rag doll.
Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you, I am afraid
"Get up!" He yelled at her. Without waiting for a response, he kicked her wile she was on the ground defenseless. Shakily, I forced myself into a standing position, and I pushed Him out of the way of Mother. That was when he turned on me.
I lose my way and it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry, because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake, a smile, a laugh, everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break, when it wasn't even whole to start with
He said something. I still to this day have no idea what He said. It was incoherent. I was trying to figure out what He said and He reached inside His back pocket. I heard my mother gasp. Out of his pocket, he pulled out a gun.
Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you, I am afraid
"If only," He said. I wondered what He meant by that. But then, I had bigger problems. He pointed the gun towards my mother, and shot her in the head; killing her instantly.
I watched you die, I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night for the same damn thing
I felt a numbness creep over me. It felt as though my heart had been ripped out of me in one second flat. It was then I felt the cold gun against me. It was between my left shoulder and my collarbone. He fired the gun. I fell to the ground, still alive and barely conscious.
Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you, I am afraid
Because of you
"I am sorry, Hermione. It wasn't supposed to happen this way." Those were His last words. He put the gun to his right temple, and pulled the trigger. He fell and did not move. I then slipped into the dream world of unconsciousness.
Because of you
AN: I know that was sad, but the humor and the romance is coming soon. That is if i get reviews. PLEASE/
Look deep into my eyes
The purple box calls to you
Want it?
Push the button
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