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Independence Undervalued

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I opened my other eye. I had heard the gunshot loud and clear.

Hey, wasn't I supposed to be dead?

Maybe I am.

I opened my eyes to see my mom fixing herself to another beer on the couch. My dad stood in front of her insanely pissed. He still had the gun and was shooting over and over but nothing would come out.

Then it occurred to me.

My dad missed.

The poison that he engulfed had finally done something right. It had saved my life.

I looked to the right of my head to see the small whole in the wall just a few inches away from my head.

The angry man stormed off to his room. There was a sound of shuffling.

He had extra guns and bullets there, I knew it.

As quick as I could, I jumped up and went running before he could get back to me. I might not be lucky this time, but it took all my luck not to get killed the first time. I wasn't about to chance it again.

"Come back here you little shit, I want you dead!" The drunken man screamed to no one.

I ran as fast as my legs could take me. I could feel the cool air of the night being blown against my dirt covered face. It was too cold to sleep in the lot. I'd be dead by anomia by morning,

"You know the door is always unlocked."

I heard shots being fired in the background but couldn't turn to look back. I've witnessed one murder in my life and one's enough.

Tears welled up and fell out of my eyes. I tried stopping but can't. Crying hurt like hell. I was glad that nobody was here to see me cry. Greasers don't cry. I normally just keep it all in but, I guess my attempted murder had shaken me up something awful.

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I looked to see where my legs had taken me. It was the park. I didn't have to worry about getting attacked by socs because this was far out from their territory.

I sat by the fountain and just cried. Just sat there and cried. I did some thinking too. I thought about the gang's parents. It was no surprise that Pony's parents beat the rest of them by a mile. They had always been 'there' for them and the gang.

Two-Bit's mom would come next, I guess. Then Steve's dad. Steve's dad never really did anything except get drunk and throw him out a couple of times. Dally's dad's the same.

Then came my parents. They would do anything and everything to get rid of me. I could never really try to sleep without worrying if I could wake again.

After all my tears had dried I decided it was only best for me to head to the one place that always welcomed me.

I can't help you fix yourself
But at least I can say I tried
I'm sorry but I gotta move on with my own life
I can't help you fix yourself
But at least I can say I tried
I'm sorry but I gotta move on with my own life

I tried to make my parents like me better, I really did. I tried to make my old man proud of me by studying for a stupid math test all night and when I got an A, I got a beating for interuptin' my old man's 'beer time' to show him what I got. I tried to make my mom happier when she came home by organizing and cleaning the house. Guess what happened? She hollered at me for "misplacing" her beers.

I can really try to make them happier now. I'll never come home again, that'd make them real proud of me.

Aw heck, they probably wouldn't even notice.

I had the whole gang. They were right the whole time. I don't need my parents, they don't even want me. They gang wants me. My parents don't even pay attention to me. The gang loves me. They are all I ever need. I'm done trying to make my parents change for the better. It never works out in the end.

It's time I stood up for myself. It's time I did something Dally would do for once.

I'm leaving that house. The house filled with nightmares and sadness. I'll never go back there and hold back my tears when the leather lashes on to my back. I'll never go back their shouts of hatred. I'll never hear the word worthless again.

This is my new life. I'm standing up for myself. I'm loved by someone, more than someone. They love me no matter what, they always will.

The gang's all I ever need.

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