The Girl Who Lived

Story Time

Next thing I know we are talking about our pasts. I went first: “My mom died in a car accident when I was 5, My dad was a drunk driver so he went to jail for manslaughter. I didn’t go see him. I couldn’t see him in a cage. I don’t really remember his name. I know that he didn’t mean to kill her, they were in love and all that, but it still happened she is dead because of his carelessness so I don’t know why I am trying to defend him. I went to that scumbag first, I was 5 and didn’t know what he meant by me calling him my boyfriend instead of my dad. I realized it when I was 10 when no one has to do what I did to him. He took my virginity when I was 11. I ran for the first time when I was 13 and I was caught like 3 months after that and went to another crappy home. This one had a kid who was 5 years older than I was and he wanted me to do unspeakable things. So I ran again this time I had you I guess helping me and I was one the run longer but like always I was caught and put into another home but this one was different then the others there was a kid but he was in college and there was a boyfriend and of course he wanted my body but when I told the woman she believed me but then the kid came home and told me he wanted to have a relationship and so I ran again and was caught and I went back to the first home and was adopted, but you know that already. Then I met you and yea now you know my entire past, well sorta my entire past.” Jake looked at me and didn’t say anything for a while and I thought I scared him off, but then he said: “well I guess it's my turn to tell you my story.” I answered, “if you want to.” He stated “ well I was abandoned when I was 10 my parents just left me in an old house. They had to leave in a hurry because they were involved in a Ponzi scheme. I was found two weeks later by the neighbors. The first time I was arrested it was for being like my parents. I got people to give me money because they thought I was going to use it wisely and help them but I didn’t. When I was in jail for the first time I met some people that were affected by my parents' scheme and I knew I didn’t want to be like them so I changed my life views and started to help people who had it bad. The second time I was arrested was for shoplifting food for people who have been living on the streets and were in a bad situation and couldn’t get a proper job. The last time I was in jail was for you, I stole some money from some rich people, to help you stay on the run.” I started to feel guilty about that and when I tried to say I’m sorry for that he looked at me and said “don’t apologize, I made a choice and I am happy with my choices, don’t ever feel like you have to say that you are sorry for the choices I made to make sure that you would have a better future, so never apologize for my actions.” I still felt really bad about them no matter how much he tried to say that it was not my fault. He continued on with his life story about how he found out his dad was shot in the head for the scheme and his mother was in prison for what she did. When he was done he looked at me and there was anger in his eyes when he told his story, but when he looked at me and there were tears in his eyes. When I went to wipe his tears away he went utterly still after I wiped his tears away I kissed long and hard. When we were both out of breath he pushed back a little and said “are you trying to take advantage of me?” he asked with a smile and I looked at him and said, “no why do you want me to take advantage of you when you are all down in the dumps?” I asked him with a smile and he said “if you want to then sure but if you….. “