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Against The Rules

Chapter 2

Serena walked in from school as she looked around asking "anyone home" she heard what sounded like banging coming from upstairs as she walked up stairs trying to find out where the noise was coming from. She walked by her mother's bedroom door and the noise became louder. She opened the door a peak to see what it was and saw her mother and Mr. James from down the street going at it.

She quickly closed the door trying to wipe the image from her mind, as she walked back downstairs where she saw her mother's pocketbook sitting on the kitchen table. She walked over to it and grabbed her wallet from inside as she looked inside to find 2 fifty's and 8 twenty's. She grabbed four of the twenty's and pocketed it as she put the wallet back where she found it and then went up stairs and hid the money in her secret hiding spot. She heard rustling coming from her mother's room as she quickly headed downstairs and turned the TV on, but then it started again as she turned the TV on louder so she wouldn't hear the banging coming from upstairs, but as much as she tried she could still hear it.

An hour later Mr. James came walking down the stairs followed by her mother as he looked and saw Serena sitting in the living room. He turned to Joyce and told her "well your bathroom is all fixed upstairs you shouldn't have a problem with those leaky pipes anymore"

Joyce smiled at him as she said "Oh thank you for coming over and handling it so quickly for me"

Mr. James just smiled at her as he said "it was my pleasure" then left as Joyce closed the door behind him, she turned and walked into the living room where Serena sat as she told her "that pipe in the bathroom needed to be fixed. I'm glad I was able to get Anthony over here so quickly"

Serena looked up to her mother as she told her "that seems to be happening a lot lately doesn't it, by the way fix your blouse before your husband sees"

Joyce looked down to see her blouse was all misbuttoned as she quickly fixed it then looked in the mirror as she straightened out a few stray hairs then looked at Serena as she told her "be a good girl, don't give your father to much trouble please"

Serena looked to her as she made sure to tell her "step father" Joyce looked to her as she told her "yes well don't give him a hard time tonight" Serena looked up to her mother and asked "where are you going" Her mother just looked to her as she told her "it is none of your business what I do with my time young lady. I'm the grown up here" Serena just smirked as she told her "maybe you should start acting like it" Joyce heard her words, but decided to ignore them like she usually did as she told her "I'm going out" grabbed her car keys and closed the door behind her.

Serena watched her mother pull out of the driveway and then went back to flicking channels as she heard her stomach start to grumble. She stood up and went to check for food. She walked over to the refrigerator only to find a bottle of expired milk and a case of corona in it. She slammed the door shut and walked over to the cabinet over the stove as she pushed a few empty cartons aside and ended up finding a box of stale crackers. She grabbed the box and took a cracker and bit into it, then walked back into the living room and sat in front of the TV with her stale crackers.

A couple of hours had passed and then she heard the sound of a car pull into the driveway. She looked out the window to see her stepfather get out of the car. A minute later he opened the door and walked inside to find Serena sitting in front of the TV again and asked "so how was school"

She looked at him as she just shrugged it off "it was fine"

He looked back at her again as he asked "so where's your mother" Serena just shook her head as she told him "I don't know"

He walked over as he took the remote turning off the TV as he got in her face and asked "where's your mother". Serena shook her head as she told him "I don't know" He grabbed her arm tightly raising her form the chair as he asked again "where is your mother"

Serena screamed out at him "stop your hurting me" but he just held tighter as he yelled at her "where is your mother? Is she out with another one of her friends again" he asked as he let go of her arm and she fell back hard against the wall hurting her back as she started to cry she told him "I don't know. She just left she didn't tell me where she was going"

He got very angry as he started yelling and screaming "that bitch no doubt she's out there boozing it up with some low life instead of here where she's suppose to be". He walked up closer to Serena as he got into her face and grabbed her hair he told her "now you listen to me you are not going to end up like that low life trash that your mother is. I won't have it do you understand. I won't permit it under my roof is that clear Serena." Serena started to cry as he yelled back "answer me damn it" She shook her head as she silently said "yes" then he let go and stepped back and as he turned and looked at her he asked "are you crying?"

Serena tried her best to dry her tears as she shook her head no. He looked at her as he told her "don't you lie to me Serena. Are you crying?" She shook her head no again as he told her "well you better not be because only babies cry and your not a baby are you Serena

Serena shook her head no as she told him "I'm not a baby sir." He nodded his head as he told her "good go upstairs now I don't want to look at you".

Serena did as she was told as she stood up from the floor using the wall for support and with out a word walked past her stepfather as she walked up the stairs to her room.

Once in her room she locked the door tight and turned to look out the window as she saw it was starting to drizzle.

She turned back as she went over to her closet and grabbed her jacket and then went under her bed as she grabbed an old shoe box out from underneath it. She opened the box and took the left shoe out as she put her hand inside and took out a wad of cash stuffed inside it. She grabbed two twenty's and quickly stuffed the cash in her pocket, then put the rest back in the shoe, put the shoe back neatly and slid the box back under her bed.

She stood back up as she walked over to the window and very silently slid the window up, but it made a loud creak. She listened hard to hear if her stepfather had heard it and once she knew she was clear. She put her jacket on and then went out the window as she stood on the window ledge grabbed onto a sturdy limb from the tree outside her window as she pulled herself onto it.

She quickly climbed down the tree, and made sure the cost was clear. She looked through the window of the house to make sure no one had saw her and then once she knew it was safe. She took off into the night like she was becoming accustomed to doing most nights.

End Chapter 2

Author's Note: I hope everyone is enjoying the story so far. It is a little slow to start, but will get better with later chapters. I hope everyone will continue to enjoy and as always please read, review, and enjoy! Thank you Mars Light.