Thanks for the reviews!! This will be a shorter story then "Outsiders" but I hope you enjoy it!
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Ryan found Trey at Autoro's. They were busy smoking a joint and trying to fix a car.
"Trey!" Ryan said out of breath.
"What?" He asked annoyed that his little brother was there.
"Dad got arrested." He said still out of breath.
"You're kidding!" Trey said, his irritation gone. Ryan shook his head no. "Come on lets go home and wait for mom." Trey said then said see ya later to Autoro. The two boys walked back home, Ryan told him what he saw then they walked in silence. They walked in the door surprised to see their mother was home even more surprised to see her sober.
"Boys, something happened." She said softly. Trey and Ryan looked at each other but didn't offer any information. "Your father was arrested..." She paused. "for armed robbery." She finished. They looked at her and both knew they should feel something. Sadness, anger or shock but both felt a sense of relief and both felt bad about it but couldn't deny it.
"What's going to happen now?" 13-year-old Trey asked his mother. She looked at them and took a deep breath.
"We are moving. We are going to make a new start. No more drugs or drinking. It will be a lot better." She said and she sounded like she meant it.
"Where are we going?" Ryan asked softy talking to his mother for the first time in weeks.
"I am thinking Chino. I am going to look for a place tomorrow." She said and got up from the couch. The two boys looked at each other. Maybe things would get better.
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A week later Dawn had found a house in Chino. They packed their things and with in a day they were out of the old house and moving in to the new one. This house was about the same size as the old one but it didn't matter to Ryan, he was happy to have a sober mother and to start over. He and Trey had to share a room again but that didn't bother them since it was like that their whole life.
For a while things were better. Dawn had a job and she had stopped drinking from what Ryan could see, they had food and electricity. Ryan started doing better in school and he even joined the soccer team.
Six months later Dawn had met a man, Joey. Ryan, now 11, didn't like him from the start. There was something off about him and he was right. A week later, Dawn had gone out to get some food and Trey was at friends. Joey showed up and said he would wait for Dawn to come back and told Ryan to get him something to drink and Ryan brought back some soda. Ryan watched as Joey pulled out a small bottle of vodka from his jacket and pored it in to his drink. Ryan then got up to go to his room but he tripped and knocked over Joey's drink accidentally. Joey got really angry. Ryan went to go get some paper towels but Joey grabbed him by the wrist.
"Let me go!" Ryan yelled. Joey back handed him across the face. Ryan froze.
"You little shit! You cost me my last bottle!" Joey yelled then hit Ryan again. Ryan let out a small whimper but didn't cry. Joey let him go and Ryan left the house. Once outside, he ran from the house and towards where Trey was. He stopped running a block from the house and felt his face. The side of his face was swelling and his lip was cut. He noticed an angry purple bruise around his right wrist where Joey grabbed him.
He got to Autoro's, it worked out that they moved only two blocks away from him. He knocked on the door and Autoro's sister Teresa answered the door.
"What happened to you?" She asked. Ryan ignored her question.
"Is Trey here?" he asked ad she nodded. She let him in and lead him back to Autoro's room. She knocked on his door. A mumbled 'what?' came from inside.
"Ryan is here for Trey." She said and the door opened. Trey stood up at the sight of his brothers face.
"What happened?" He asked. Ryan shifted his eyes between Teresa and Autoro.
"Can we..." Ryan said pointing out the door.
"Sure." He said then turned to his friend. "Be right back." Autoro nodded. Once outside Trey asked again.
"What happened?" Ryan sat down on the curb and Trey joined him.
"Joey." Ryan whispered. Trey took a deep breath. It was starting again.
"Damn it!" Trey said angry. "We will tell mom when she gets home from work later." Ryan nodded not sure how well that will work. "I bought these today." Trey said pulling out two leather looking wrist cuffs. "I was going to give one to Autoro but I think you should have it." Ryan looked at him and Trey took Ryan's bruised wrist and put the cuff on. Ryan smiled. The bruise was completely covered. Ryan watched as Trey put his on. It was a bond between the boys no matter how twisted it may seem.
The boys walked back home but didn't go in. They waited for their mother to arrive. A few minutes later Dawn pulled up and got out.
"Hi boys." She said. "What happened to you?" She asked in a 'what did you do' voice.
"Joey hit him." Trey said flatly. She looked at Ryan.
"That true?" She asked and he nodded. "Well what did you do to make him do that?" Ryan and Trey looked at her in shock. A man she just met hit her son and she was asking what he did to cause it. She walked past them and into the house. The two boys followed her.
"Your kid owes me a bottle of vodka." Joey said from his spot on the couch. "He had the nerve to knock it over." Dawn just waved him off. Ryan and Trey went to their room.
"It is going to happen again Trey." Ryan said flatly. Trey plopped down on the bed. "I thought she was going to change."
"Me too Ry. Me too." Trey said sadly.
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Ryan found Trey at Autoro's. They were busy smoking a joint and trying to fix a car.
"Trey!" Ryan said out of breath.
"What?" He asked annoyed that his little brother was there.
"Dad got arrested." He said still out of breath.
"You're kidding!" Trey said, his irritation gone. Ryan shook his head no. "Come on lets go home and wait for mom." Trey said then said see ya later to Autoro. The two boys walked back home, Ryan told him what he saw then they walked in silence. They walked in the door surprised to see their mother was home even more surprised to see her sober.
"Boys, something happened." She said softly. Trey and Ryan looked at each other but didn't offer any information. "Your father was arrested..." She paused. "for armed robbery." She finished. They looked at her and both knew they should feel something. Sadness, anger or shock but both felt a sense of relief and both felt bad about it but couldn't deny it.
"What's going to happen now?" 13-year-old Trey asked his mother. She looked at them and took a deep breath.
"We are moving. We are going to make a new start. No more drugs or drinking. It will be a lot better." She said and she sounded like she meant it.
"Where are we going?" Ryan asked softy talking to his mother for the first time in weeks.
"I am thinking Chino. I am going to look for a place tomorrow." She said and got up from the couch. The two boys looked at each other. Maybe things would get better.
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A week later Dawn had found a house in Chino. They packed their things and with in a day they were out of the old house and moving in to the new one. This house was about the same size as the old one but it didn't matter to Ryan, he was happy to have a sober mother and to start over. He and Trey had to share a room again but that didn't bother them since it was like that their whole life.
For a while things were better. Dawn had a job and she had stopped drinking from what Ryan could see, they had food and electricity. Ryan started doing better in school and he even joined the soccer team.
Six months later Dawn had met a man, Joey. Ryan, now 11, didn't like him from the start. There was something off about him and he was right. A week later, Dawn had gone out to get some food and Trey was at friends. Joey showed up and said he would wait for Dawn to come back and told Ryan to get him something to drink and Ryan brought back some soda. Ryan watched as Joey pulled out a small bottle of vodka from his jacket and pored it in to his drink. Ryan then got up to go to his room but he tripped and knocked over Joey's drink accidentally. Joey got really angry. Ryan went to go get some paper towels but Joey grabbed him by the wrist.
"Let me go!" Ryan yelled. Joey back handed him across the face. Ryan froze.
"You little shit! You cost me my last bottle!" Joey yelled then hit Ryan again. Ryan let out a small whimper but didn't cry. Joey let him go and Ryan left the house. Once outside, he ran from the house and towards where Trey was. He stopped running a block from the house and felt his face. The side of his face was swelling and his lip was cut. He noticed an angry purple bruise around his right wrist where Joey grabbed him.
He got to Autoro's, it worked out that they moved only two blocks away from him. He knocked on the door and Autoro's sister Teresa answered the door.
"What happened to you?" She asked. Ryan ignored her question.
"Is Trey here?" he asked ad she nodded. She let him in and lead him back to Autoro's room. She knocked on his door. A mumbled 'what?' came from inside.
"Ryan is here for Trey." She said and the door opened. Trey stood up at the sight of his brothers face.
"What happened?" He asked. Ryan shifted his eyes between Teresa and Autoro.
"Can we..." Ryan said pointing out the door.
"Sure." He said then turned to his friend. "Be right back." Autoro nodded. Once outside Trey asked again.
"What happened?" Ryan sat down on the curb and Trey joined him.
"Joey." Ryan whispered. Trey took a deep breath. It was starting again.
"Damn it!" Trey said angry. "We will tell mom when she gets home from work later." Ryan nodded not sure how well that will work. "I bought these today." Trey said pulling out two leather looking wrist cuffs. "I was going to give one to Autoro but I think you should have it." Ryan looked at him and Trey took Ryan's bruised wrist and put the cuff on. Ryan smiled. The bruise was completely covered. Ryan watched as Trey put his on. It was a bond between the boys no matter how twisted it may seem.
The boys walked back home but didn't go in. They waited for their mother to arrive. A few minutes later Dawn pulled up and got out.
"Hi boys." She said. "What happened to you?" She asked in a 'what did you do' voice.
"Joey hit him." Trey said flatly. She looked at Ryan.
"That true?" She asked and he nodded. "Well what did you do to make him do that?" Ryan and Trey looked at her in shock. A man she just met hit her son and she was asking what he did to cause it. She walked past them and into the house. The two boys followed her.
"Your kid owes me a bottle of vodka." Joey said from his spot on the couch. "He had the nerve to knock it over." Dawn just waved him off. Ryan and Trey went to their room.
"It is going to happen again Trey." Ryan said flatly. Trey plopped down on the bed. "I thought she was going to change."
"Me too Ry. Me too." Trey said sadly.