Landon's Story
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Landon Russel West sat on his bed. It was night and he was wearing a muscle shirt and a pair of pajama bottoms he had stolen from his friend because his sister refused to buy him any, even when the temperature dropped below freezing. He tried to ignore the moans that were coming from the room across from his. They were doing it again. His sister Kelsey and her newest boyfriend Shae. Sex. He thought angrily. What does sex get you? Babies. His sister had two kids-a girl, 4, Megan Rae and a little boy named Michael, 4 months. Often Kelsey made him stay home from school to watch them, which Landon had no problem with. He may have been popular, but his bad-boy attitude had gotten him suspended and more detention slips than he could afford-with his sister-who beat him when needed, and often her boyfriends did when they were drunk.
Landon turned up his Linkin Park CD as loud as it would go (the babies were at Kelsey's friends) and put a pillow over his face to drown out the noises from the other room. A tear leaked down his cheek. It wasn't like this mommy or dad was here, he thought. More tears came down as he thought of his parents. They had been killed when he was 10. He had been sent to live with an Aunt who couldn't take care of him so she gave him to Kelsey, who had been living on her own for a while. She had run away from home at an illegal young age but their parents felt that if she didn't want to live at him she was going to get a reality slap. Landon missed his parents.
Suddenly his body jerked as he heard his door swing open and hit the wall with a loud BANG. It was Shae.
Landon looked at him with tears in his light blue eyes. "Turn down that damn music!" Shae screamed, coming towards Landon, who scrambled out of bed and turned off the CD player. Shae grabbed his arm and shook him. "Me and your sister are trying to have some Peace without the little kids in the house, but I guess at thirteen you're still a baby, Huh?" Shae sneered. "You weren't trying to have Peace you were screwing!" Landon exclaimed. trying to get out of Shae's grasp. Usually Shae was nice to him, except at night when he and Kelsey were trying to get some sleep or, uh, "play". "Shut up you stupid piece of crap! You're lucky your sister let you come live here!" He yelled. Landon struggled out of his grasp and ran downstairs, not noticing if Shae followed him or not.
He grabbed Shae's car keys. A good drag or two always made him feel better. He walked quietly to his car and opened the trunk. There laid some drugs and a bottle of alcohol. He took the bottle of alcohol and closed the trunk. He went up to his tree house that he had built after he moved in with his sister. it was built high up in a tree with a chain ladder that led up to it He took out a flashlight and a big box and a photo album. The photo album contained pictures of happier times. In other words, when Kelsey wasn't a whore and his parents were alive. The box contained school stuff. Even though he failed most of his tests after his parents died he still kept them. He tried to do good in school, but tried harder to make friends to have an excuse not to go home to Shae and Kelsey.
He looked at his most recent test. On the top was a scribbled sticky note that read:
Ms. West, please try to talk Landon into getting a tutor, he is failing 4 out of 7 classes and is in danger of failing eighth grade.
THe test grade was a 34 and the test was a math one. It was on parabolas and linear equations. For Landon, parabolas came easier than the ABC's, yet Linear Equations, even if they were just lines, came hard, like reading did. In fact, he struggled to read some of those words. He use to be great ins chool, until the accident.
He drank the beer and pulled out a pillow and blanket from a cabinet he had also built and made himself a pallet. He escaped into his dreams. Escaped into a worl of mommy, dad, and nice Kelsey. Escape from police men coming to your door at midnight when the baby-sitter is asleep and you're playing Nintendo 64. Escape from teachers. Escape from Kelsey's mean boyfriends. Escape from night-Shae. Escape from...reality.
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Landon Russel West sat on his bed. It was night and he was wearing a muscle shirt and a pair of pajama bottoms he had stolen from his friend because his sister refused to buy him any, even when the temperature dropped below freezing. He tried to ignore the moans that were coming from the room across from his. They were doing it again. His sister Kelsey and her newest boyfriend Shae. Sex. He thought angrily. What does sex get you? Babies. His sister had two kids-a girl, 4, Megan Rae and a little boy named Michael, 4 months. Often Kelsey made him stay home from school to watch them, which Landon had no problem with. He may have been popular, but his bad-boy attitude had gotten him suspended and more detention slips than he could afford-with his sister-who beat him when needed, and often her boyfriends did when they were drunk.
Landon turned up his Linkin Park CD as loud as it would go (the babies were at Kelsey's friends) and put a pillow over his face to drown out the noises from the other room. A tear leaked down his cheek. It wasn't like this mommy or dad was here, he thought. More tears came down as he thought of his parents. They had been killed when he was 10. He had been sent to live with an Aunt who couldn't take care of him so she gave him to Kelsey, who had been living on her own for a while. She had run away from home at an illegal young age but their parents felt that if she didn't want to live at him she was going to get a reality slap. Landon missed his parents.
Suddenly his body jerked as he heard his door swing open and hit the wall with a loud BANG. It was Shae.
Landon looked at him with tears in his light blue eyes. "Turn down that damn music!" Shae screamed, coming towards Landon, who scrambled out of bed and turned off the CD player. Shae grabbed his arm and shook him. "Me and your sister are trying to have some Peace without the little kids in the house, but I guess at thirteen you're still a baby, Huh?" Shae sneered. "You weren't trying to have Peace you were screwing!" Landon exclaimed. trying to get out of Shae's grasp. Usually Shae was nice to him, except at night when he and Kelsey were trying to get some sleep or, uh, "play". "Shut up you stupid piece of crap! You're lucky your sister let you come live here!" He yelled. Landon struggled out of his grasp and ran downstairs, not noticing if Shae followed him or not.
He grabbed Shae's car keys. A good drag or two always made him feel better. He walked quietly to his car and opened the trunk. There laid some drugs and a bottle of alcohol. He took the bottle of alcohol and closed the trunk. He went up to his tree house that he had built after he moved in with his sister. it was built high up in a tree with a chain ladder that led up to it He took out a flashlight and a big box and a photo album. The photo album contained pictures of happier times. In other words, when Kelsey wasn't a whore and his parents were alive. The box contained school stuff. Even though he failed most of his tests after his parents died he still kept them. He tried to do good in school, but tried harder to make friends to have an excuse not to go home to Shae and Kelsey.
He looked at his most recent test. On the top was a scribbled sticky note that read:
Ms. West, please try to talk Landon into getting a tutor, he is failing 4 out of 7 classes and is in danger of failing eighth grade.
THe test grade was a 34 and the test was a math one. It was on parabolas and linear equations. For Landon, parabolas came easier than the ABC's, yet Linear Equations, even if they were just lines, came hard, like reading did. In fact, he struggled to read some of those words. He use to be great ins chool, until the accident.
He drank the beer and pulled out a pillow and blanket from a cabinet he had also built and made himself a pallet. He escaped into his dreams. Escaped into a worl of mommy, dad, and nice Kelsey. Escape from police men coming to your door at midnight when the baby-sitter is asleep and you're playing Nintendo 64. Escape from teachers. Escape from Kelsey's mean boyfriends. Escape from night-Shae. Escape from...reality.