Hi guys this is a new story of mine and of course it's something different because I don't like doing the usual Camden story. The Camden's are like normal people and aren't perfect, so in my stories they make mistakes too. Lucy won't be living here the whole story this is just where it starts out so please keep reading. This will be a Kevin and Lucy story so just bare with me to get through the starting information before Kevin is introduced. Please leave a review I need at least 3 before I am going to write another chapter because I need to know if anyone even likes it. :)

The city bus came to a stop and 21 year old Lucy Camden filed off with other passengers. It was dark and a bad neighborhood. Lucy began to walk down the street, holding her purse close to herself, keeping her eyes out for anything or anyone. This wasn't anything new to her. She had been getting off that bus almost everyday for over the past 4 years. It was in the middle of Detroit and she had to walk a few blocks every night to get home, if you would even call the place she slept a good home. She worked at a Walmart in one of the malls. The pay wasn't good, but she was able to pay rent and barely afford food. Then there was her two kids to support not to mention. Her boyfriend of almost five years, Logan, didn't work and sat at home all day with friends, getting high and drunk, even though he was supposed to be watching their kids.

Lucy could never forget the night she left her family. She now knew it was the worst mistake ever, and wanted to go back very bad, but couldn't afford to get there. She would try to save up money, but somehow it would always get spent, usually on Logan's drugs. She tried hiding it from him, but he always found it. Almost five years ago her and Logan had run away from their home town, Glenoak, when they found out he had gotten Lucy pregnant. Their parents weren't happy at all, but Annie and Eric were planning on getting through it, but Lucy ran away and they couldn't find her. Lucy and Logan had a 4 year old son named Dylan and a 2 ½ year old named Madison, which they called Maddy.

Lucy walked over to their trailer. Babies crying and gun shots could be heard. As she neared her trailer she could smell pot too and felt so bad that she had no other choice than to leave her kids with their father all day while she worked. She took a deep breath before entering the hell-hole. Logan sat on the couch with some buddies. Each had a beer in their hand and they were passing around a joint. That's where all their money was going. Logan was completely out of it. She scanned the room for her kids and knew they must be hiding in their room that they shared. They also shared a bed because Lucy couldn't afford to buy them one, so they shared the one built into the trailer.

"Get me a beer!" Logan yelled at Lucy as he laughed.

"Get it yourself." Lucy mumbled as she walked down the short hall to her kids' room. She could hear him complain and curse at her. Of course it was nothing new.

"Hey guys." Lucy said in a cheerful voice as she plastered on a smile, while she walked into her kids' room. Dylan was on the ground playing with his trucks. Maddy was in bed coloring. Logan did get the kids toys and clothes sometimes, he just never paid for them. It drove Lucy crazy that he wouldn't get a job so he could buy things instead of always stealing them. All he did all day was hang out with his "gang". Smoking, drinking, beating up other guys. He was in a gang with black and a few white people.

Every moment while she worked she though about her kids, if they were safe or not. If someone was driving by her trailer, with a gun, trying to shoot Logan, but instead missing and hitting one of her kids. Or if Logan would leave them home alone and they would wander out and get lost. If Lucy felt she really needed to, she would bring Dylan and Maddy to Mrs.Kezler's, a woman who owned a trailer not far from theirs. She was retired, but didn't get much so she lived in a trailer. She was nice and didn't mind watching the kids, no payment involved.

Maddy and Dylan looked up at Lucy smiling. They always felt much better when she got home, and much safer. Their dad would get in fights and there was always things thrown at the walls or screaming. Their parents fought a lot.

" Did Daddy feed you at all?" Lucy asked. Most parents wouldn't even need to ask a question like that, but it was a daily question Lucy asked her kids.

"No. We asked him to make something and he yelled at us to go back to our room." Dylan said.

"Again! I'm going to have to talk to him. I'll go make you guys something then you have to have a bath." Lucy said sighing.

"Ok." Both kids answered as Lucy left to go make something.

Not wanting to go back out into the kitchen that was attached to the living room, Lucy forced herself to.

She rummaged through cupboards, most which were empty.

"Logan where's all the food I bought two days ago?" Lucy yelled.

" We ate it. That's what it's for. Get me a beer while you're up." Logan stated simply.

"I buy the food to feed us and our kids, not just you and your friends. Your kids haven't eaten since I left this morning and they're starving." Lucy said as she grabbed the last beer in the fridge and threw it at him.

" My friends need to eat too. Sometimes they don't eat every day cause they can't afford to. Our kids at least eat in the morning you don't have to pamper them." Logan told her getting pissed.

" I never thought eating each meal would be pampering my kids. And if your friends want to eat then they can get jobs. Stop eating our food cause I can hardly afford that." Lucy said having a fight they had had many times.

" Whatever just stop complaining and throw Keandre a beer." Logan ordered her.

" Don't tell me what to do and there are no beer left. I thought you just got three cases this morning?"

" Yeah so they're gone now. Give me some money then we'll go pick some up guys." Logan told his friends.

"I don't have any money!" Lucy said raising her voice.

"Yeah right I know you do now give me some I just watched the kids all day." Logan said, like it was a job that involved pay.

"I have none." Lucy said again. She intended on keep saying it until he left her alone.

"Fine! We'll go over to Denai's she's having a party tonight I think. We can score some free booze there guys." Logan stood up and walked out of the trailer, his crew following him.

Lucy watched him walk away and then locked the door. Even with him home she didn't feel safe, but she knew he would beat someone up who tried to break in.

"Kids you can come out here." Lucy yelled to them. She popped a movie into their tv, another item stolen, and the kids sat on the couch. She opened the windows, trying to get the smoke smell gone, but it was impossible, because as soon as this was aired out it would be replaced by more. The only food she could manage to find was an old box of Kraft Dinner. She cooked it up and then noticed all their dishes were dirty. Dishes were the last thing on her list when she got home from work each night, so she had completely forgotten about them. She quickly washed two bowls and forks and dried them, then scooped Kraft dinner into each. With a cup of water each and a bowl of Kraft Dinner, the kids ate.

Lucy brought them into the bathroom after and ran the water. The bathtub filled up and she let them play for a short time then came to wash them up. She went to grab the bar of soap, when she noticed it had become a mere block. Soap was another thing to buy on her shopping list she thought. She washed the kids as best she could with the small bit of soap left. When they got out she let them finish watching their movie and they fell asleep on the couch. She carried them to their room. Now it was time to finish the dishes. She began to fill the sink up with water and waited for it to turn hot. It stayed cold. The hot water had been used up for the kids bath. She washed the dishes in cold water and then dried them and put them away. Before heading to bed she added soap to her list of things to get at the grocery store. Sinking into her bed, tears began to form in her eyes. She usually waited until she was in bed to begin crying away the stresses of the day and her life, but sometimes couldn't help it and broke down.

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