Keefer
"Don't you talk to me that way!"
"Or what, you'll hit me again? Go ahead! It'll be the last time you touch me!"
"You little--"
"Stop. I'm not afraid of you and I'm not staying here one more day. You can try taking care of those kids on your own."
"Oh, so you'll stick me with that monster son of yours?"
"You deserve that monster."
"No one deserves him!"
"Well you're stuck with him, so get used to it."
A monster. That's all I was to anyone. I'd thought I'd gotten used to it until that day. The day it came out of my own mother's mouth right before she slammed the door in Dad's face for the last time. My little sister Melina cried herself to sleep that night, and the gunshot didn't wake her up. I was glad. Wouldn't have wanted her to see Dad like that, even if he had been a jerk.
Who knows why that time was replaying in my head right then. Not that it was unusual. I hated memories, that one most of all. Thankfully, the strange scent brought me out of it. I looked up to see this guy walking toward me. That wouldn't have been strange if I hadn't been sitting in an alley. Great. Time to move again. I stood up slowly, just in case he hadn't already seen me.
"There you are."
"Excuse me?"
"I've been looking for you."
Looking for me? Crap. I looked around, checking for escape routes.
"Relax. I just want to talk."
"Yeah. The last guy who said that tried to take my head off with a knife."
"Keefer, I'm not a bad guy."
"Whoawhoawhoa. How do you know my name and who the heck are you?"
"I can explain everything if you come with me."
"Um....right. I'll pass, thanks."
He looked at me with those creepy green eyes, and there was something there...I don't know if I can explain it. I felt like I wasn't really alone. Like he understood how I felt. "Do you want to belong somewhere, Keefer?"
I don't know why I did it, but I nodded.
"Then come with me."
And for some reason, I did. I had no clue what I was in for, but for once, I felt like I wouldn't be in it alone.
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Sorry it's kind of short, I hope it's okay -- Narie:)
