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10 Years later (Wahoo):

Blood ran down my chin from the slap I had received earlier for talking without being spoken to. I had run up to my room and cleaned it up before surveying the damage done to my lower lip.

At least it's a Friday. I thought happily. I knew it would be gone by Monday and I didn't have to worry. Luna, now 16, was a miracle dog. She was over the age limit by 4 years and loving it. She was very unstable on her feet, but she could get up and move around if she needed to.

She was lying on my bed when I came in and she watched me every moment I was in her sight. I looked at her and smiled. I thought of how she was such a great help to me when I was sad or afraid. I told her everything, and she was amazing at keeping secrets, too.

"Hey girl," I said sitting own next to her so I could pet her, "how you feeling?" She licked my hand and wagged her tail happily. I laughed and lay back on the bed. I looked up at the ceiling and smiled, as the paint seemed to make silly looking shapes on it.

Luna nestled her small body in the sheets next to my body to give me warmth. I looked out the window and watched the cars go by outside. My parents were yelling downstairs at each other and I hoped that they would stop soon.

It was never the same after my dad left. My mother was never the caring and beautiful woman she once was. My stepfather was rude, abusive and a jobless fruitcake. Guess how he got fired from his job? He didn't go to work. Not surprising in the least.

I was the last one still living at home. Mitchell was 20, Nick was 23 and Ryan was 27. We were very close. I was ALWAYS at one of their houses/apartment on the weekend. They hated the fact that our mom and step- dad were so mean to me. They were trying to get custody of me so that I wouldn't be hurt or scared anymore.

Growing up with no sisters was hard. Don't get me wrong, brothers are great, but there is something sisters have that just can't work with brothers. When I heard that my brother was getting married to his girlfriend I nearly burst. Sherry, my brother's girlfriend, and I were very close. We would go shopping together and have 'girl's night' ALL of the time.

She was always influencing me to get my nails done or fix my hair a new way. I loved her very much and she loved me, too. So, of course, when I heard they were getting married I was very happy. They asked me to be the Maid of Honor, and of course, I accepted. I helped Sherry pick out her wedding dress and the bride's maid dresses.

The dresses were tube top-like on the top and went down to my ankles. I looked so pretty in it. I had my hair done and I was set. We got to the wedding and everything went well, until Sherry fainted. We went to her and found that she had her dress too tight. I opened it up and she 'came back to life' as I put it. The wedding went on and everything went smoothly. After the wedding Sherry and Ryan went to their house and packed for the honeymoon. They left the next day for the Caribbean and came back two weeks later.

So, now my family was immensely larger, I now had 4 sets of grandparents. The Christmas and Birthday presents didn't stop coming! I was so happy, not only for Sherry and Ryan, but that I might start to have a better life.

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