Well, the next few years were probably the slowest, most uncomfortable years of my life.
I mean, they tried to make it easy, but they gave up pretty quickly.
I'm not going to lie, I didn't make it easy on them either.
I could just never forgive them.
You know, but I'm the kind of person who believes that everything happens for a reason.
And you know, I'm kind of glad that I was so miserable counting down the days until I was 18.
You know, so I could leave.
Because the way it worked for me, there was this one day where I was in the right place at the right time.
And I'm not the type of person to just go get what I want.
I usually wait for it to casually come to me.
But something hit me that day.
Like a ton of bricks.
I know it sounds cheesy, but I fell in love.
And that's what kept me there for the next few years.
I would have ran away if it wasn't for her.
But she was like,
Well, it was just the same as any day.
I was looking to run far from school.
And I was at the door ready to go.
And I heard,
I heard,
I heard,


Some books hit the floor
So then I stopped, jaw dropped
I said, this must be love
Cause when I pulled myself together, you were already gone
I screamed, wait a minute, listen to the voice in my head
He said, kid you better run, cause she's getting away with it
So I chased after her, running down the hallways
When I got up to her, I grabbed her arm
And I actually just stood there frozen, didn't know what to say, but
I think she kinda felt the same thing, so it worked out
I felt like I finally had a reason to be happy, you know
She would be the first person in my life who was completely honest with me
I had a reason to trust
And
When I was with her
It just felt like my problems with my parents didn't seem so big anymore
Oh well, I just didn't care about them