Too Far Gone.

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I heard my dad return home meaning he had brought back a new ‘customer’.
“Thea get your ass over here”, I looked back to see my mum on the couch watching tv. I shook my head, mother of the year. Hope was upstairs, which I am grateful for I hate it when she sees me this vulnerable.
I walk over to the door and open it to see my dad and a man with greasy hair and a beard. He's a regular. “I want fresh meat this time Phil, no fresh meat means no money” he thought for a second and pushed me back into the living room. While telling the greasy man to wait outside. He shut the door and shouted for Hope. I knew this was going to happen one day, and I am going to make sure she doesn't go through what I went through.
I knelt under the couch and grabbed a small pistol I had stolen from one of the customers pockets a couple of weeks ago and I put it in my back pocket.
Hope came running down the stairs and looked at me, I shook my head and she stayed in her spot. “Come here!” He said getting more angry I just shook my head again and she stood still. “Hey dad?” I said and he turned to look at me, I reached in my back pocket and pulled out the gun and pointed it at him. “I will shoot” I warned him and he looked angry. I was trying not to trip over all of the rubbish left all over the house. He started to come towards me and I looked him in the eye “one more step” at the moment I heard a clang behind me, just to see my mother passed out of the floor and hope standing there with a frying pan in her hand, she shrugged. Then all of a sudden my dad pounced forward and that's when I shot him.
Once straight through his brain, bits of it covered the floor and my dad's body lay there lifeless. I turned to hope.
I grabbed her shoulders and looked into her eyes “go to your room and stay there, don't come down, do what I say please” I hugged her and she ran up stairs.
I sat on the couch and my mother started to wake up, mind as well.
I shot her straight in the chest, right through her heart.
The sound of sirens were approaching.
The customers must have rang them after he had heard the gunshots, that's why I told hope to go to her room. She still had a chance to make something out of her life. Mine was basically fucked up since birth.
The door busted open and in came the police, they saw my parents and looked straight to me an 18 year old with a gun in her hand, who had just killed both of her parents and is showing no remorse. Not your everyday sight, right?
They came up to me and began to search the house, they would find hope and take her to an orphanage. Just as they had put handcuffs on me a small 15 year old came running down the stairs crying. “She didn't do anything wrong, it was all self defence please!” She hugged my waist and wouldn't let me go. “Hope you're going to have to let me go, please. I'm sure you can come and visit me” tears rolling down my cheeks. She looked me in the eyes and said in her most serious voice.
“Promise?”
“Promise”.

Present day//

“Ay girl you have gotta come and see us, and tell us what shit is going on, outside this shithole” the girls shouted through the bars. “I will” I said laughing as the officer gave me some clothes to get changed into. I walked over to the changing room and put on this http://www.polyvore.com/m/set?.embedder=17413076&.svc=copypaste&id=201516839.
I exited the room and gave the officer back my prison clothes. “Good luck out there blondie” shouted one of the inmates. “Thea come on, your sister is here to collect you” said the guard of the prison block. I nodded and said goodbye to my friends of at least 4 years.
I exited out of the doors to see my baby sister standing there, I ran up to her and gave her the biggest hug known to man. We both started crying and laughing.
“Ok so first things first, have you came up with a name?” She asked with a serious face.
My release would be all over the news and I didn't want to get noticed, so I am changing my name and my appearance. I nodded “me and red decided upon Nymeria Miller”.
Red was one of my friends in the prison, she had short red hair and tattoos covered her body, she was in there for murder as well, she murdered her boyfriend. It was as self defence because he abused her. But the court didn't believe her case.
Hope nodded and smiled “okay, secondly” she picked up a strand of my hair. “You look a lot like you did when you were 18” she said and then she carried on and ended up mentioning dying my hair a darker colour. I trust her, I mean she has bright pink hair, she knows this shit.
When she came to visit me, she used to tell me all about how she made these friends, and she lived with them, she is dating one of them I think his name is Perry? But I don't know.
“Ok so we are going out to buy you some hair dye. The boys won't be back for another two hours, so we have enough time to dye your hair”. She also mentioned they were in a band and that they were quite well known. Due to me not being able to listen to any music, I wouldn't know.
We hopped into her car and she turned on the ignition and started it up. But it also started a cd to play. “This is the boys band” she said smiling. I nodded and listened to them as we made our way to get my hair dye.
I waited in the car as Hope had gone to buy it. I really needed to sort out my life, my little sister is looking after me, it used to be the other way around. I just have to get my bearings and I will be back on track again. Fuck, I really need a drivers license.
My thoughts were interrupted as the car door open and closed, “let's go home!” Hope said while starting up the car again.
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We had just finished dying my hair and drying it. I looked really different. But I liked it. I missed my baby sister.
We were catching up on the couch until we heard the door open and four boys entered. “So this is your sister?” The one who was small and had long brown hair questioned. “Indeed it is” I just awkwardly waved.
“So the-- I mean Nymeria, these are my best friends and boyfriend”.
“This is the boyfriend Tony Perry”. Oh that's his name. She said as she pointed towards the one with the stretchers and tattoos with a dermal under his eye.
She then pointed to the one who asked if I was her sister and said “this is Vic Fuentes” then her finger moved across to the man with the spikes in his hair and really big dimples “that is Jaime preciado”.
Then she pointed to the last one “last but not least that is Mike Fuentes, he is vic's little brother” I looked at her and frowned, “little?” They all laughed at Vic and walked over to the other sofa.
The boys on his tracks. Except from Tony, who sat next to my sister. We turned on the tv, and just my luck the news was on. I mean the 18 year old who shot her parents and had just been released, it's going to be announced somewhere. Hope saw my body stiffen and held my hand. She mouthed
“You okay?”
I nodded
And are attention turned back to the tv.
Just as I had hope that it wouldn't mention me. It did.
“Thea Lawton, a girl who shot both of her parents when she was just 18 years of age, has been let out of prison today, upon showing good behaviour” I stopped focusing on his words and my eyes couldn't move from my mug shot at the top of the screen.
Tears threaten to spill from my eyes, but I blinked them back. I'm never going to live this down.
“I wonder why she did it?” Spoke Jaime from the other sofa. “Self defence” I spoke up. They all looked at me. “What? I used to be interested in a few cases like this” I said as I looked down to my lap. They shrugged, “you don't know unless you were there” said Tony. I nodded, what they don't know is I was.
I coughed, I was stressed and I need relief. “Does anyone here smoke?” I said looking around the room. One of them who I remember as Mike stood up. He held out his hand and I took it. “They won't let us smoke inside, we have to go into the garden” I nodded, and we both made our way outside.
He passed me a fag and I put it between my lips and he did the same but lighting his and he put the lighter at the end of mine, lighting mine also. “Thanks” I said inhaling and exhaling. “You're stressed” he said as he puffed out some smoke. I laughed a little, “is it that obvious?” He nodded smiling. “So Hope never did tell us your name, what is it?” I looked up at him “Nymeria. Nymeria Miller” God it sounds weird saying that. He put his head to the side like a confused puppy “nice name, never heard of it before” I shrugged, are parents were original. “How come you and hope don't have the same second name?” I thought for a second. “Erm, well my middle name was milly and I didn't like the second name Edwards, so I changed milly into Miller and that's how that happened” I smiled, yeah that sounds believable. We carried on talking until we had finished our fags and we entered into the living room again.
I sat back in the spot I was in before and threw my long hair over my shoulder and down my back. “Your hair is really long” said one of the boys, I didn't look up to see which one. I smiled, “thanks, I looked like a twat when it was short”.
Hope was beside me snorting, I looked her in the eyes “what?” She tried to stop laughing and said “you really did look terrible”. “Rude” she held her hands up in surrender. “You said it, I just agreed”.
“So, Nymeria. Hope never did tell us why we couldn't meet you before today” Mike spoke up from the other sofa. I sighed “that's a story for another time” they nodded in understanding.
Hope then whispered something into my ear and my eyes widened. “Are you serious?” She nodded smiling. “Where is it?” She pointed down to the Bottom of the big garden and said it was just through the gate. “Are you talking about the beach?” Tony said confused. Hope nodded, “she used to love going to the beach, it was like her hide out I guess. If you couldn't find her, she was most probably at the beach. But she hasn't been to one in a long time”.
“Why don't you two go down to the beach then?” I looked outside the sun was setting. It was my favorite time of day. “Pleassseeeeee” I looked towards hope. She laughed slightly and nodded, but before I could stand up she grabbed my hand “we have set it up for you, but you need one incase we ever need you. Our numbers are in there already. And she passed me and iPhone 6. I looked at her “are you sure?” She nodded, “take it” I nodded. I put it in my back pocket and dragged her to the beach.
It was beautiful, the sun was setting over the ocean and the rocks surrounding it made it even better. “I set you up an Instagram” she said as she pulled my phone from my pocket. “A what?” She laughed and showed me what Instagram was. I took a picture of us both and tagged her in it.
She then took out her phone and did the same. But, as soon as she did it, my notifications blew up. I showed her and she started laughing. “Welcome to 2016”

Notes

A first chapterrrrrr.