He pushed him up against the wall, beating into him like a punching bag, his power to fight him off slowly falling with every hit like a video game where the characters energy level gets less and less
His eyes start to slowly close and the hits start to end, he falls to the ground, bringing his legs to his chest and starts to let the tears fall
Hours earlier
14 year old Beck walks out the hospital and wipes his eyes
His mother, who was suffering from a long term illness, had just passed away
He started walking home, alone
The rain started to pour and Beck felt like he couldn't lift his arms up to lift up his hood, he started to think about his father
His alcoholic father
He thought to what was going to happen when he got home, what his father might say, might do, how much he has drank...
His thoughts were cut short by the sound of someone's voice
"Beck!" he stopped and turned around to see Jade, one of his close friends from school, running towards him
As she reached him she embraced him, tightly
He hugged her back, even though he doesn't know why
"i-i just heard, i-i was visiting my mom at the hospital and i heard about your mom, are you okay?" she let go and looked at him
He pretty much ignored her question "your mom's in the hospital again?"
She decided not to ask again "yeah, she uh, she just went in for a check up, make sure she's doing alright.."
Beck nodded "i hope she gets better.." tears start to form in his eyes, threatening to fall over the edge
Jade heart broke into a tiny million pieces with the look of hurt in her friends eyes
She decided to hug him again, flinging her arms around his neck
He rests his head down on her shoulder and lightly places his hands on her back
"are you sure you're okay, Beck?"
He just nods, emotionless, almost in a daze
"i should go..." he says as they both let go
"yeah...hey, where's your dad?"
"at the house" Beck tells her
"aw, looking after your sister?"
"no" he scoffed "probably having another drink.."
"did he uh, get to see your mom before..." she doesn't finish her sentence as Beck shakes his head
"i should go.." he says again and she nods
"call me if you need anything, yeah?" she says squeezing his hand and smiling a little
He smiles the tiniest bit and turns away, walking the rest of the way home
The smell of alcohol hit him as soon as he walked in, he turned to face the door to close it quietly
He turned back around and seen his dad standing there, grasping a bottle of whatever was left in the cupboard
"where have you been." his voice was slurred
Beck just crossed his arms instead "how much have you drank, dad?"
"where were you." he got closer
"how much have you drank." he challenged his father
He got even closer to him "where the hell were you!?"
"i was visiting mom!"
"that useless bitch.." he rolled his eyes
"you don't get to say that! She tried her best to keep this family going! You never respected her!" the tears were streaming down his face now "you didn't deserve her! I WISH IT WAS YOU THAT WAS DEAD INSTEAD OF HER!"
The bottle came for Beck but he dodged it
He pushed him up against the wall, beating into him like a punching bag, his power to fight him off slowly falling with every hit like a video game where the characters energy level gets less and less
His eyes start to slowly close and the hits start to end, he falls to the ground, bringing his legs to his chest and starts to let the tears fall
He saw his father walk away
His alcoholic abusive father
