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Savvy.
24-08-2005, 04:39 AM
Hey everyone, I wrote this story, its kind of like the book/movie "Riding in Cars with Boys" please give it constructive critiscism :)
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My Not So Simple Life
There was a time when I was 12 years old when I thought my life couldn't get any worse, that was after a rumour about me had gotten out, and everyone knew. Three years later, in the month of October, was when I found out I was wrong. It was the year 1973, when I was 15 years old. I live in a town named Shelbyville, where nothing ever happens, and when something does, the whole town knows about it three days later... I lived in a green neighbourhood, by green I mean all the women spent their afternoons gardening while their husbands were at work and kids were at school, they were practically like the Brady Bunch, smiles on their faces whenever you saw them. Every Sunday afternoon the moms and dads seperated to hang out with the other moms and dads in that neighborhood, the mom's would play a game of cards, and who knew what the dads would do. My family was the most different family I had ever met in all of Shelby, we were always in fights, our garden was hardly tended to, and the only reason our family were part of the Sunday get-togethers was because of one of the families who lived a few houses down from us.
I had always tried to fit in, but reallyit was impossible. I had already been labelled as the smart nerd who had no life... I had tried so hard since I was 13 to be cool, to be part of the popular group, but every attempt i tried to make just made me even more of a loser. What I didn't know was that my whole future would be changed just in one night.
It all started one night at a jock's house party. Gus Bishop, a senior, held a house party every once in awhile, and each time it just got better, at least according to those who actually attended. My best friend forever, Josie, told me she had gotten invited and wanted to bring me. So I went with her, my parents thought I was just going to go to her house for a bit to study for an English test. They would've died of shock if their "little princess" went to a jock's party, let alone ANY party. The minute I went through the door, I knew that I was in a place that I didn't belong, I had once again left the feeling of safety and entered the feelings of being a loner, a feeling I was actually familiar with. There's not much to tell for the first half hour of the party, after that was where it gets interesting. I sat down on a sofa on my own, my friend had gone off with some guy and apparently, according to another one of my friends, went off to his place. A guy in my year, who I had recognized and only saw a few times in my classes, walked up to me.
"Hey baby, what's happening?" He said, at first I had no idea whether or not he was actually talking to me, until I realized no other girl was around.
"N-nothing," I quickly replied. "You're Jacob Sanders, aren't you?" I wasn't sure how I knew his name, but I remembered our english teacher saying one of the only times Jacob did show up saying it was rare yet special when he did show up, and I found this hilarious.
"Yeah. Hey, wanna ditch this place? I've been here enough times I can practically tell you what'll happen. I know this awesome place, it's called The Court, no one'll be there." To be honest, I had no idea what he was getting onto, so I agreed, and we went in his car, and off to some place called the court, where according to Jacob a drive-in used to be, but now it was the ultimate teen hangout. He kept on giving me beer and alcohol, and eventually I got drunk. I can't really go into much details, but the next thing I remembered was buttoning up my blouse...


To be continued...

Thread closed by Bolt660 (Forum Super Moderator): Due to large bump.

DJ Reaper
24-08-2005, 04:48 AM
I Would love to write a reply to this great story but im going to get a sandwich maybe ill write one later who knows?:eusa_danc

kasi
26-08-2005, 12:28 AM
:o It sounds good :] Keep writing!

Janumz
26-08-2005, 10:33 AM
Oooo It sounds great so far <3

Savvy.
26-08-2005, 07:38 PM
Chapter 2:
"WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?" I screamed in a hushed whisper as Josie tagged along beside me, the two of us walking down by Harlow road, where surprisngly alot of woman brought their babies and alot of teens and adults went to the ice-cream shop just across the street. Benches and a swingset in the grass. "I MIGHT AS WELL DIE!" I continued to scream as we walked hurriedly past the ice cream shop, where the nice server, Andrew, expected us to come.
"Calm down Leanne!" Josie said, breathing heavily from trying to catch up to me. "There's alternatives."
"Not for me! Once my parents find out, their going to force me to take care of this - this monster!" I said, pointing to my stomach. It was just last night I had found out the worst news ever - I was pregnant.
"Well, uh, does Jake know?" She asked, I stopped dead in my tracks, I had asked her to avoid saying his name.
"No, he he doesn't know," I told her, starting up down the road again. "And he won't, either." I had just decided not to tell him, I highly doubted he wouldn't even care, so I might as well save him the conversation with me.

It was at that moment where I looked ahead at the swingset and saw a little 3 year old, screaming and kicking and crying, trying to get away from his Dad.
"See!" I said, pointing to the little boy. "I am not going to raise - that!" I said, looking at her.
"Terrible twos," she whispered under her breath. "Hun, you'd be making a mistake by not telling Jake. You don't know that he won't want to raise it - and you don't know he will either, but what I'm saying is you have to tell him, he's the kids father. And I think you and him should work out a plan, before telling your parents."
"I guess," I said. Glancing at my watch, I said "now is usually around the time where he's at the school park. I'm going to go there now, Josie. I'll see you."
"Call me," she said as I headed in the opposite way. I was scared to death of what would happen.

"I'm gonna be a dad?" Jake said blanky, a clueless look upon his face.
"Yeah," I said, annoyed half to death - this had been the fifth time he asked me that question, I was about to grab a piece of paper and write in Huge letters YOU'RE GOING TO BE A DAD.
"At first I was thinking of abortion, but I'm against that type of stuff, so that wouldn't make any stuff. Than I thought adoption, but I don't know, one of the girls in my class is adopted and she is always really mad because she is."
"So, er, what? You're going to be keepin' it?"
"Well really I have no other choice. And my parents, when they find out - their going to force me to raise it... I don't know, I can't move out on my own with a kid, so I was thinking maybe if my parents don't want me there I could move to Jersey with my cousin and - "
"Leanne?"
"What?"
"I'm going to be a dad. I don't want to turn out like my dad, knowing that I'm a dad ut never acting on it. I want to help you raise your kid, our kid." He quickly corrected himself. This came to me as a shocker, I had never expected him to say this.
"Really?" I said, lowering my voice, he just nodded, staring innocently at me.
"Well, my dad'll be getting home from work now. I guess I should go, and um... tell them."
"Wait!" He put his hand around my wrist to stop me from leaving. I looked at him, troubled. "Leanne - I don't know how to say this, but uh." He looked up at the car roof, as if the answer to his problems would be written up on there. "I think that the only way we can be happy and raise the kid together is if we - well, what I mean is, Leanne, will you marry me?" He pulled out a ring from his back jean pocket, he was going to ask me before? I gasped.
"Let me tell my parents first." I felt heartbroken to say this, but he nodded and handed it to me.
"Even if they say no - keep it." He said, I kissed him goodbye and raced off, nearly beginning to cry. Was this the right thing?




I was leaning against the kitchen wall in our small home, with five rooms and a small, cramped basement. My mom had hidden her face in her hands and was now shaking her head as she cried. My dad was sweating fiercly by the look of his forehead, and stared at the table, refusing to look at me. Why couldn't they have handled it the way Jacob did? Warm and comforting? Instead they had to torture me and make me feel guilty.
"I'm going to keep the baby." I said, breaking the unbearable silence. My mom looked up, her cheeks tear-stained.
"Okay." She said, nodding her head. "I'm not going to send you back to school, but you're going to learn. You can get either a tutor or one of your friends to help you with your work, tha tway you can still get a good education. And umm, when you have the baby we can move the two of you into the basement, we have that extra storage-space room, really when it's empty its quite large, you can either share the room or you sleep down there and the baby stay up here, or we'll - we'll figure out something."
"Mom," I said, not knowing what she was talking about. "Jake wants to help." I pulled out the engagement ring from my pocket, and handed it to her. "He proposed to me, said he wanted to be a dad." My dad looked up.
"He wants to be a dad now, but once you start getting fat and that baby comes to the world, man oh man Leanne, hes gonna be gone before you can change a diaper!'
"Thanks for that, Dad..." I said, staring down at my feet.
"Alright. Umm, well maybe we can pull a few strings. You know, down at the Gaslight Addition I hear there's a nice house up for sale there, you and Jake and the baby could maybe live there? I'll pay, I know you don't have the money. He can get a job, and you can just stay at home till the baby goes to school maybe?"
I just shrugged, looking up at him. I found it unfair that my parents were planning my future... I had no idea what I was going to do.

Cynosure
11-07-2012, 02:28 AM
Omigod, you should make a book. I would buy it. lol :)

Edited by Martin (Forum Super moderator): Please dont bump old threads.

buttons
11-07-2012, 01:57 PM
I Would love to write a reply to this great story but im going to get a sandwich maybe ill write one later who knows?:eusa_danc
hi hah; get back in the kitchen and make that sandwich

David
11-07-2012, 03:31 PM
tl;dr did anyone die at the end

nice bump btw

sex
11-07-2012, 03:36 PM
omg jen my account lol how

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