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Ryan woke up the next day hurting. He opened his eyes to see Trey sitting on the end of his bed.
"Hey little brother." He said sadly. Ryan just looked at him. He wanted to cry but he didn't want his father to beat him again for crying. Last night when he was being beaten his father yelled at him that he better grow up, stop crying and take care of himself. His father had changed. He used to be different, nice and loving and cared about him. That was gone.
"Are you ok?" Trey asked Ryan. Ryan noticed a bruise on his brothers face from where his father hit him.
"It hurts." Was all Ryan said. Trey put some ice on Ryan's swelling eye.
"That better?" He asked and Ryan nodded. "Want to take a shower?" Ryan nodded and Trey helped the boy up. Once in front of the bathroom Ryan spoke up.
"I can do it." He said and Trey put his clothes on the towel rack and left. Ryan closed and locked the door. He realized he forgot to find out if his folks were home. He would find out after his shower. He began to undress and noticed all the bruises and cuts on his body. He turned on the water leaving it cool. He stepped in and let the cool water calm his aching body. Ryan realized that from this day on he wouldn't talk about anything unless it was necessary.
"Ryan." Trey said as Ryan walked back in to the room. "We have to stick together now. No matter what we have to have each others backs." Trey said. Ryan nodded agreeing with him and slowly laid back down on his bed. His body still hurting.
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Ryan began to with draw from things. He didn't participate as much in school, he stopped talking to the other kids. Trey began hanging out with tougher, rougher kids and Ryan wanted to stay around them because at the time he felt safer with his older brother and his tough friends.
After a while those tough friends began getting Trey into drugs and drinking. Ryan tried to tell his brother not to do it. To see how it effected their parents but Trey didn't want to listen. Ryan still hung out with his brother and his friends but he didn't do the drugs or drinking. Ryan was a smart kid that way.
One night the boys came home to see their father and another man exchanging money and what Ryan learned later to be cocaine.
"Looks like dad has a new job." Trey whispered to Ryan. Trey then walked into the kitchen for something to drink. The man that gave his father the money glanced at Ryan before leaving the house. Ryan looked back at this father who was counting the money.
Ryan would find out when he was older that his father was the middle man drug dealer. Derek would buy the drugs from a bigger dealer and then he would sell them at higher cost to the people in the neighborhood to make a profit.
"What do you want to eat boys?" His father smiled. At the time Ryan thought this job may not be so bad if it meant he was going to be nice again.
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A few months passed and things were far less then peachy. In the beginning things got some what better. His father didn't hit him or Trey and his mother had stopped drinking for a bit. But it didn't last long. His father and mother started to sample the drugs that were bought and again Ryan and Trey would try and stay away from home as much as possible.
As the boys got older, Trey would smoke more pot and drink more with his friends. Trey would start getting in trouble more with other kids and get into fights. Since they made a pact to be there for each other, Ryan was usually dragged in to those fights.
When the boys did go home it was to a drunk mother and a coked up father. If they were lucky they would be passed out but most of the time they weren't lucky and their father would go after them for a reason he would make up. This went on for four years.
One day a now 10-year-old Ryan had locked himself in his room. His father tried to go after him the night before but was so out of it Ryan was able to get to his room and Trey was lucky enough to get out the front door. Ryan thought about going out his window but remembered that his father nailed it shut. He heard the phone ring and listened through the thin walls.
"Yea?" He heard his father say. "Rick you will have it today....... yes! ok..... i know." He said then hung up. Ryan had learned a few years ago that Rick was his fathers supplier. He only calls here when he needs money. He heard the front door slam and the car start up and knew that his dad had left. Ryan ventured out of his room to find the house empty. He sighed with relief and went to get something to eat. He opened some cabinets and the refridge not really surprised to see nothing in them. He started looking in the couch cochins for extra change and he managed to get together two dollars. He then put on his leather jacket. Trey gave it to him when he out grew it and it was way to big for Ryan but he put it on anyway and headed out the door.
Ryan headed to the 7-11 a few blocks down. They sold sandwiches for two dollars and the lady there liked Ryan and she would give him a drink for free. He knew she probably felt bad for him. She had seen the bruises but didn't say anything and she probably knew he was hungry so he guessed this was her way of trying to help. As he rounded the corner he saw cop cars in front of the 7-11. Ryan like any other 10-year-old stood and watched with curiosity. After a few minutes he saw a man being lead out in handcuffs and he suddenly wasn't very hungry any more.
His father was being lead out and put in to a police car. The officer following them was holding a gun in his hand carefully. Ryan guessed his father just tried to rob the store. For a brief moment Ryan thought his life might get better now that his dad would be gone but then he felt bad for thinking about his own father like that. Ryan turned around and ran home.
He ran in thee house to find it still empty. He had to find Trey and tell him what happened so he ran back out of the house and toward Auturo's. He was Trey's best friend so it was a good place to start.
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Ryan woke up the next day hurting. He opened his eyes to see Trey sitting on the end of his bed.
"Hey little brother." He said sadly. Ryan just looked at him. He wanted to cry but he didn't want his father to beat him again for crying. Last night when he was being beaten his father yelled at him that he better grow up, stop crying and take care of himself. His father had changed. He used to be different, nice and loving and cared about him. That was gone.
"Are you ok?" Trey asked Ryan. Ryan noticed a bruise on his brothers face from where his father hit him.
"It hurts." Was all Ryan said. Trey put some ice on Ryan's swelling eye.
"That better?" He asked and Ryan nodded. "Want to take a shower?" Ryan nodded and Trey helped the boy up. Once in front of the bathroom Ryan spoke up.
"I can do it." He said and Trey put his clothes on the towel rack and left. Ryan closed and locked the door. He realized he forgot to find out if his folks were home. He would find out after his shower. He began to undress and noticed all the bruises and cuts on his body. He turned on the water leaving it cool. He stepped in and let the cool water calm his aching body. Ryan realized that from this day on he wouldn't talk about anything unless it was necessary.
"Ryan." Trey said as Ryan walked back in to the room. "We have to stick together now. No matter what we have to have each others backs." Trey said. Ryan nodded agreeing with him and slowly laid back down on his bed. His body still hurting.
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Ryan began to with draw from things. He didn't participate as much in school, he stopped talking to the other kids. Trey began hanging out with tougher, rougher kids and Ryan wanted to stay around them because at the time he felt safer with his older brother and his tough friends.
After a while those tough friends began getting Trey into drugs and drinking. Ryan tried to tell his brother not to do it. To see how it effected their parents but Trey didn't want to listen. Ryan still hung out with his brother and his friends but he didn't do the drugs or drinking. Ryan was a smart kid that way.
One night the boys came home to see their father and another man exchanging money and what Ryan learned later to be cocaine.
"Looks like dad has a new job." Trey whispered to Ryan. Trey then walked into the kitchen for something to drink. The man that gave his father the money glanced at Ryan before leaving the house. Ryan looked back at this father who was counting the money.
Ryan would find out when he was older that his father was the middle man drug dealer. Derek would buy the drugs from a bigger dealer and then he would sell them at higher cost to the people in the neighborhood to make a profit.
"What do you want to eat boys?" His father smiled. At the time Ryan thought this job may not be so bad if it meant he was going to be nice again.
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A few months passed and things were far less then peachy. In the beginning things got some what better. His father didn't hit him or Trey and his mother had stopped drinking for a bit. But it didn't last long. His father and mother started to sample the drugs that were bought and again Ryan and Trey would try and stay away from home as much as possible.
As the boys got older, Trey would smoke more pot and drink more with his friends. Trey would start getting in trouble more with other kids and get into fights. Since they made a pact to be there for each other, Ryan was usually dragged in to those fights.
When the boys did go home it was to a drunk mother and a coked up father. If they were lucky they would be passed out but most of the time they weren't lucky and their father would go after them for a reason he would make up. This went on for four years.
One day a now 10-year-old Ryan had locked himself in his room. His father tried to go after him the night before but was so out of it Ryan was able to get to his room and Trey was lucky enough to get out the front door. Ryan thought about going out his window but remembered that his father nailed it shut. He heard the phone ring and listened through the thin walls.
"Yea?" He heard his father say. "Rick you will have it today....... yes! ok..... i know." He said then hung up. Ryan had learned a few years ago that Rick was his fathers supplier. He only calls here when he needs money. He heard the front door slam and the car start up and knew that his dad had left. Ryan ventured out of his room to find the house empty. He sighed with relief and went to get something to eat. He opened some cabinets and the refridge not really surprised to see nothing in them. He started looking in the couch cochins for extra change and he managed to get together two dollars. He then put on his leather jacket. Trey gave it to him when he out grew it and it was way to big for Ryan but he put it on anyway and headed out the door.
Ryan headed to the 7-11 a few blocks down. They sold sandwiches for two dollars and the lady there liked Ryan and she would give him a drink for free. He knew she probably felt bad for him. She had seen the bruises but didn't say anything and she probably knew he was hungry so he guessed this was her way of trying to help. As he rounded the corner he saw cop cars in front of the 7-11. Ryan like any other 10-year-old stood and watched with curiosity. After a few minutes he saw a man being lead out in handcuffs and he suddenly wasn't very hungry any more.
His father was being lead out and put in to a police car. The officer following them was holding a gun in his hand carefully. Ryan guessed his father just tried to rob the store. For a brief moment Ryan thought his life might get better now that his dad would be gone but then he felt bad for thinking about his own father like that. Ryan turned around and ran home.
He ran in thee house to find it still empty. He had to find Trey and tell him what happened so he ran back out of the house and toward Auturo's. He was Trey's best friend so it was a good place to start.
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More soon? Well that depends on you... no reviews... no more story lol...so please review :)