From the Beginning PT. 1
}~~~~~Colin's POV~~~~~{
{Childhood}
I leaned against the bench when I saw Emerson and this kid punch each other at first glance. It wasn't something different for Emerson, he got into fights a lot. I think it's because of his anger towards Dared, but he just says people are annoying. No one buys it. But what else is a thirteen year old with daddy issues going to do?
This kid, he looked scrawny like me, but man, he could how his own against Emerson. Sophia put me into a self-defense class after the incident and Jeremy got custody of me. But I still wouldn't be able to hold my own against Emerson.
I blinked when the kid clocked Emerson hard enough to knock him out. "Emerson?" I got up and hurried over to him. Blood didn't bother me much; just this kid hit Emerson so hard, the blood was gushing out of his nose. I looked up at him. "Hey! Go get a teacher, will ya!?"
The kid wiped his nose, looked at his bloody hand, then at me. "Huh?" He gasped. "Yer such a pretty girl!" My face reddened.
"'M not a girl! Go get a teacher, stupid!"
"Oh!" He nodded and ran into the school.
I sighed and looked down at Emerson. "I don't look like a girl, do I?" I asked even though I knew I'd get no response. A teacher ran out with the kid a few seconds later.
"Ladd!" He bent down and sat Emerson up. Ladd? That was the kid's name? His parents must hate him.
More people can out, adults, not kids. Sophia was called, Jeremy was called and I guess Ladd's parents were called. Sophia kissed my head before she left with Emerson, then told me to come over for dinner. She eyed Ladd as she walked out.
I pulled my feet up onto the chair and hugged my knees to my chest. Jeremy was going to be mean again.
"Hey! Little girl!" I don't have a temper, but being called a 'little girl' was getting annoying really fast.
"I'm not a girl. My name is Colin." I gritted out.
Ladd looked at me for a few seconds, it made me wonder if he went brain dead. But then he opened his mouth. "Clover!" My face reddened again.
"It's Colin!" Ladd grinned.
"Let's be friends, Clover! And that chubby guy!"
"His name is Emerson, you moron!"
Again, he went quiet, like he went brain dead. I'm assuming he's thinking. "I want to be Emma's friend too!" I let out a laugh. Emerson was going to just love being called 'Emma'.
I looked at these two people that walked in. Just looking at them made me think of church. My.. My parents never made us go, but we went sometimes if something bad happened. But these two people looked like a church threw up on them. Then I noticed Ladd shrinking back into himself.
Bad parents, huh?
The secretary, that loved her job so much, she never told on a parent that hit their child. This wasn't an exception. Ladd was smacked so hard across the face, it made me wince. But Ladd just rubbed his cheek and followed them out.
So, now it was time to wait for Jeremy. I hated him. Family be damned. He should've been the one that.. I bit my lip to stop my train of thought. My skin was still sensitive on my neck from the burns. The bottoms of my feet too. I hugged my knees tighter and tried to remember a time before I hated everything.
}~~~~~Emerson's POV~~~~~{
My damn nose was broken because of that stupid ass kid. And ma wasn't letting up on me getting my ass beat by him. I had to get my nose bandaged up, so on the ride home, I tried to keep my face away from the window. Ma looked at me when I sighed. "What?"
"Nothin', old hag." She smacked my head. "Hey!"
"Don't call yer mama a hag!"
I rubbed my head, it didn't hurt. It never hurt when ma hit me. It was never that hard. I looked out the window finally when we passed Colin's old house. "Ma?"
"What?"
I looked at her. "What started the fire?" She sighed. "No, I know. 'm not supposed ta' ask 'bout it 'cause it pisses people off, but really. What happened?"
She rubbed her forehead as she pulled into the parking lot of our building. "They think that someone threw a molotov cocktail thrrough the window randomly. Ya know how it's been 'round here lately." I bit my lip and nodded. "And before ya ask, I don't know why they all blame each other. Nina and David did their best to save them and get out themselves, but shit happens."
I nodded and we got out of the car; heading to the doors. "Old man isn't here is he?" She gave me a look. "What?"
"I told ya, 'm not lettin' him around ya anymore. Ya ask every time we come home."
"Well, sometimes he's here!"
"Not 'cause I invited him, Emerson!"
We glared at each other before she hugged me and kissed my head. "Help me cook dinner. Colin's supposed to be over tonight."
}~~~~~Ladd POV~~~~~{
I was trying to tell them about Emma and Clover, but they weren't listening. I made friends today and they don't wanna hear about 'em, the jerks. I saw Clover as we drove pass him. "Hey!" He swerved the car a little.
"Ladd! Do not yell in the car!"
I looked at him. "But there's Clover! I wanna say hi!" I started to roll down the window, but she yanked my hand away from the roller. "Ow!"
"Shut up, that didn't hurt. When we get home, you're going to your room without supper." I looked at her.
"But that's what happened yesterday!"
"You were a little devil yesterday! You said the lord's name in vain!" I stared at her 'cause I didn't understand what she said. She looked angrier the longer I stared.
"I.. don't know what that means."
"You said the lord's name and a curse in the same sentence!"
"Who's the lord!? I don't know him!" She smacked me again and I held my cheek.
He pulled over to a parking lot and got out. I knew what was about to happen, so I locked my door and moved away from it.
"Ladd, open the door. You need to be punished for your sins." I just shook my head, then I was yanked out backwards by her and dropped to the ground. He opened the trunk. "C'mere, Ladd." I slowly stood up and walked to him. "Put your hands right here." He pointed to the wooden block that was sitting in the trunk. When I put my hands there, he smacked them with a whip. I winced each time, but I didn't move my hands away.
By the time he was done, my hands were bleeding. They both got into the car. "W-Wait!" I walked towards the backseat and they locked it on me. "Y-Yer just gunna leave me here?" They didn't look at me as they buckled in. "I-I don't know how to get h-home.." He rolled down his window a crack.
"Then don't try to find it. If you want to go somewhere, go back to the orphange." He rolled the window up and drove away.
I watched them go to the end of the street and turn. "I-I don't know where that is either.." I wrapped my hands up in the bottom of my shirt and started walking in a random direction.
{Childhood}
I leaned against the bench when I saw Emerson and this kid punch each other at first glance. It wasn't something different for Emerson, he got into fights a lot. I think it's because of his anger towards Dared, but he just says people are annoying. No one buys it. But what else is a thirteen year old with daddy issues going to do?
This kid, he looked scrawny like me, but man, he could how his own against Emerson. Sophia put me into a self-defense class after the incident and Jeremy got custody of me. But I still wouldn't be able to hold my own against Emerson.
I blinked when the kid clocked Emerson hard enough to knock him out. "Emerson?" I got up and hurried over to him. Blood didn't bother me much; just this kid hit Emerson so hard, the blood was gushing out of his nose. I looked up at him. "Hey! Go get a teacher, will ya!?"
The kid wiped his nose, looked at his bloody hand, then at me. "Huh?" He gasped. "Yer such a pretty girl!" My face reddened.
"'M not a girl! Go get a teacher, stupid!"
"Oh!" He nodded and ran into the school.
I sighed and looked down at Emerson. "I don't look like a girl, do I?" I asked even though I knew I'd get no response. A teacher ran out with the kid a few seconds later.
"Ladd!" He bent down and sat Emerson up. Ladd? That was the kid's name? His parents must hate him.
More people can out, adults, not kids. Sophia was called, Jeremy was called and I guess Ladd's parents were called. Sophia kissed my head before she left with Emerson, then told me to come over for dinner. She eyed Ladd as she walked out.
I pulled my feet up onto the chair and hugged my knees to my chest. Jeremy was going to be mean again.
"Hey! Little girl!" I don't have a temper, but being called a 'little girl' was getting annoying really fast.
"I'm not a girl. My name is Colin." I gritted out.
Ladd looked at me for a few seconds, it made me wonder if he went brain dead. But then he opened his mouth. "Clover!" My face reddened again.
"It's Colin!" Ladd grinned.
"Let's be friends, Clover! And that chubby guy!"
"His name is Emerson, you moron!"
Again, he went quiet, like he went brain dead. I'm assuming he's thinking. "I want to be Emma's friend too!" I let out a laugh. Emerson was going to just love being called 'Emma'.
I looked at these two people that walked in. Just looking at them made me think of church. My.. My parents never made us go, but we went sometimes if something bad happened. But these two people looked like a church threw up on them. Then I noticed Ladd shrinking back into himself.
Bad parents, huh?
The secretary, that loved her job so much, she never told on a parent that hit their child. This wasn't an exception. Ladd was smacked so hard across the face, it made me wince. But Ladd just rubbed his cheek and followed them out.
So, now it was time to wait for Jeremy. I hated him. Family be damned. He should've been the one that.. I bit my lip to stop my train of thought. My skin was still sensitive on my neck from the burns. The bottoms of my feet too. I hugged my knees tighter and tried to remember a time before I hated everything.
}~~~~~Emerson's POV~~~~~{
My damn nose was broken because of that stupid ass kid. And ma wasn't letting up on me getting my ass beat by him. I had to get my nose bandaged up, so on the ride home, I tried to keep my face away from the window. Ma looked at me when I sighed. "What?"
"Nothin', old hag." She smacked my head. "Hey!"
"Don't call yer mama a hag!"
I rubbed my head, it didn't hurt. It never hurt when ma hit me. It was never that hard. I looked out the window finally when we passed Colin's old house. "Ma?"
"What?"
I looked at her. "What started the fire?" She sighed. "No, I know. 'm not supposed ta' ask 'bout it 'cause it pisses people off, but really. What happened?"
She rubbed her forehead as she pulled into the parking lot of our building. "They think that someone threw a molotov cocktail thrrough the window randomly. Ya know how it's been 'round here lately." I bit my lip and nodded. "And before ya ask, I don't know why they all blame each other. Nina and David did their best to save them and get out themselves, but shit happens."
I nodded and we got out of the car; heading to the doors. "Old man isn't here is he?" She gave me a look. "What?"
"I told ya, 'm not lettin' him around ya anymore. Ya ask every time we come home."
"Well, sometimes he's here!"
"Not 'cause I invited him, Emerson!"
We glared at each other before she hugged me and kissed my head. "Help me cook dinner. Colin's supposed to be over tonight."
}~~~~~Ladd POV~~~~~{
I was trying to tell them about Emma and Clover, but they weren't listening. I made friends today and they don't wanna hear about 'em, the jerks. I saw Clover as we drove pass him. "Hey!" He swerved the car a little.
"Ladd! Do not yell in the car!"
I looked at him. "But there's Clover! I wanna say hi!" I started to roll down the window, but she yanked my hand away from the roller. "Ow!"
"Shut up, that didn't hurt. When we get home, you're going to your room without supper." I looked at her.
"But that's what happened yesterday!"
"You were a little devil yesterday! You said the lord's name in vain!" I stared at her 'cause I didn't understand what she said. She looked angrier the longer I stared.
"I.. don't know what that means."
"You said the lord's name and a curse in the same sentence!"
"Who's the lord!? I don't know him!" She smacked me again and I held my cheek.
He pulled over to a parking lot and got out. I knew what was about to happen, so I locked my door and moved away from it.
"Ladd, open the door. You need to be punished for your sins." I just shook my head, then I was yanked out backwards by her and dropped to the ground. He opened the trunk. "C'mere, Ladd." I slowly stood up and walked to him. "Put your hands right here." He pointed to the wooden block that was sitting in the trunk. When I put my hands there, he smacked them with a whip. I winced each time, but I didn't move my hands away.
By the time he was done, my hands were bleeding. They both got into the car. "W-Wait!" I walked towards the backseat and they locked it on me. "Y-Yer just gunna leave me here?" They didn't look at me as they buckled in. "I-I don't know how to get h-home.." He rolled down his window a crack.
"Then don't try to find it. If you want to go somewhere, go back to the orphange." He rolled the window up and drove away.
I watched them go to the end of the street and turn. "I-I don't know where that is either.." I wrapped my hands up in the bottom of my shirt and started walking in a random direction.