Once a blooming red rose, full of streaming life in its veins. Now a wilting black petal rupturing with death and pain. -Jessica Sorensen
behind a small high school building labeled b-2 a few punches and cries could be heard
"let's go he's not worth the time plus well be late to class if we stay here," said a female voice "whatever," said a male voice as he spat on the kid that was already down"hey freak just so you know no one wants you here well i at least don't want to see that ugly mug until i graduate," another male voice said while kicking the person that was already on the ground in the stomach, the kid on the ground grunted when the hit landed mumbling a sorry though it was barely audible, the man and his friends left all laughing cackling and boasting about how strong they were. after a few minutes of the kid laying on the ground, he got after making sure they were gone
the kid on the ground was our protagonist Oliver a very scrawny looking kid with black hair and mitch match lifeless eyes one black and one white thanks to the huge scar going across his left eye leaving him partially blind, he had gotten it when he was around 9 years old that was thanks to his moms drunk driving, if it wasn't for her he wouldn't be bullied because of it.
sadly Today was his birthday he turned 14 today but as you can tell it's not a very happy one 'they never are' he thought as he crawled over to his book bag. Once he secured his book bag and made sure I'll of his stuff was mostly intact he tried to get up but winced because a sudden pain erupted all over his body probably because of all the bruises all over his body and the possible broken rib he has.
"looks like i won't be able to go to class today," he said almost relieved as he won't have to deal with the torment from the teachers and his classmates. He decided to sit there until the bell rang and sat there he did, and once the bell rung he tried to get up again and succeeded. once he got up he started to head opposite of where he was laying planning on going home even though he was in pain.
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once he got home he took off his shoes and tipped toed toward his room. he was trying to get past his mom's new bf jack that was passed out drunk on the couch, Oliver looked at the man with disdain he didn't know what his mom saw in him. his mom started dating around after his father went missing 4 years ago, she hated the man ever since and was always cussing him out whenever she could. and since Oliver was his son she took out her anger on Oliver hitting him whenever she was drunk asking him why did he leave even tho she knew that Oliver was her son, not her husband but she didn't care she still hit him for being 'that man's son' she would say for an excuse even though he was her son to. truly a terrible woman he thought.
once he got to his room he made sure not to make a noise so as to not wake up jack he closed his door and went to the bathroom taking off his shirt in the process, he looked at his bruises and wounds wincing and the sight of all of the bruises and cuts, "this is gonna take a while to heal" the kid said as he look at himself with disgust. he hated the way he looked, he hated that he was so pathetic, he hated himself for not fighting back, but let's face it the last time he fought back he ended up with a black eye and a broken arm, he hated how he was still alive he quickly shut that thought out as he didn't want to end up in a mental hospital for another attempted suicide he instead prompted to go out of the bathroom and head over to his bottom drawer and take out his razor blade but before he could do anything with it a groggy but deep voice shouted out.
"OLIVER" he heard his name be called by no other than his mom's boyfriend jack, and before he could respond he heard another shout "DAMMIT OLIVER I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE"
dread overcame the boy as he heard the shout, he started panicking he quickly got up and locked his door hoping to keep the man out "I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE DONT MAKE ME COME UP THERE" the man shouted again.
"dammit why now," Oliver said in a panicked tone as he started to move objects in front of his door, faint noises of stomping up the stairs could be heard coming closer and closer with each step *BANG BANG* could be heard as the footsteps reached the door "DAMMIT OLIVER OPEN THE DOOR RIGHT NOW" the boy trembled in fear when the man tried to open the door he started hoping and wishing the door would hold*BANG*another one *BANG* that one was louder then the other ones, then silence *BANG* the door almost broke from that one, the boy trembled again as he was startled because of that, he started panicking not knowing what to do "OLIVER OPEN THIS DAM DOOR RIGHT NOW OR ELSE ILL BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU," the groggy voice said with rage laced in his tone like he already wasn't gonna do that.
the boy didn't say anything hoping to not anger the man any more than he has *BOOM*the door finally caved in breaking"IVE GOT YOU NOW YOU LITTLE SHIT" the man said with a smile on his face. the man then grabbed Oliver by the hair and dragged him down the stairs "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU IGNORE ME AND SKIP SCHOOL" the man said when he finally reached the end of the stairs. he then threw Oliver to the ground. oliver grunted on impact, before Oliver could make sense of what just happened he was kicked in the stomach getting the wind knocked out of him.
jack then started kicking him over and over and over again until blood could be visible. jack started smiling over him, and that's when the front door opened