Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Heaven or Hell ❯ One-Shot
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By: darkness33 
huh Its about how one boy would do anything for one friend even put his life on the line
Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 11.07.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 4.2K | Visits: 243 | Status: Completed
huh Its about how one boy would do anything for one friend even put his life on the line
Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 11.07.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 4.2K | Visits: 243 | Status: Completed
Heaven or Hell
Wow its been how long? I say five months maybe? That scar is still there on her. The slash from that knife. My mind still going back to that day. Angela I'm sorry.
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"Ralph, my man, What is going on?" Don said as he patted Ralph on the shoulder. The two boys, Ralph was about 5'5" 120 lbs with dark as night hair. Don on the Other hand, was about 6'2" 200 lbs and his head as red as a flaming ember. "Hey, you get a date yet?" Ralph looked up to the kid and stared at him. " Hey you twit don't look, at me like that. If Max has a date then surely you have to have one. Well its not really a date, it was more of him getting dragged into it by Laura. But hell if you don't I know....."
"Shut up. I already have somebody in mind all right." Ralph snapped back at his friend."There is this girl in my global studies class that I wanna go with." Ralph started. "She is about 5'7" Golden blonde hair with streaks of brown from her natural color."
"Wow you got her down to a point don't ya?" Soon you might be telling me what shoe size she will be wearing." Don said laughing at his friend."But here is a question for ya. What the hell is her name?"
"Um....that is a good question. I haven't had the slightest." Ralph said embarrassed. He grabbed his book bag and started walking to the door. "Hey what are you doing tonight Don?"
"Nothing why?" don replied looking at his friend.
"Kick your ass at Smash Bros?"
"You wanna try" Don replied with a smile.
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That was the first time I told him about her. We eventually went to the dance....thanks to Don. I'll go from right after that.
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"Well that was fun." Max said Max was wearing one of Ralph's shirts and had dirt all over it. Max and a buddy decided to mosh during a slow song so he fell a lot and messed that shirt up.
"Hey Ralph.....my ride is here." She said as she waved. He put his hand out and she looked at him with a look that could confuse Einstein. She kept staring at him like he was on drugs.
"He wants you to shake his hand. Don said as he pushed her from behind closer to Ralph. She stumbled forward and finally put her hand out. "And what the hell is your name any ways?" Don finished while standing next to them.
" Its Angela." she responded He looked and nodded quietly. She grabbed his hand and gave it a firm shake. "well I guess I'll see ya Monday?" Ralph nodded his head to her as she stared to walk away. Ralph stared and smiled until he was slapped in the back of the head by Max.
"Hey retard lets go, its almost midnight." Max said as he walked next to Ralph. Ralph nodded his head and started his long walk home. He looked up to see the moon shin in through the clouds and then stared at his house in from of him. He walked through the door to see his little brother awake still.
"Hey Leo. What you doing up still? Its almost one in the morning." Ralph patted his head as he walked up to his younger brother. His younger brother embraced him and stood there holding on.
"I was waiting for you brother." Leo said Ralph held his head and eventually pulled away holding his little brother's hand walking him upstairs and putting him in his bed. Ralph walked over to the door smiled at his little brother and closed the door. He went to his room and laid his head on his paper white pillow and passed out.
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I slept all day Sunday and missed most of Monday....OK so I overslept due to video games. Oh the reason I write this in a story is because it seemed like a story when it happened. So think of this as an author note between ever section to catch up on what happens and when I time skip....like now I am gonna take you to the day before the incident.
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" Hey Ralph what are you doing tonight?" Angela asked the boy in global studies. Her blue-green eyes stared at him. He had a quiet week this past week. He didn't have much homework or a job at the time so he did what he was good at.he played video games.
"Um....nothing today Don has to work and God knows where max is. Why you wanna hang out?" he said.
"RALPH NO TALKING!" the teacher yelled. Ralph looked at her and nodded his head. He sighed and put his head down. He felt something on his upper thigh and looked to see a piece of paper.
"Meet me at Crandall at 4:30" it said. He looked at Angela and nodded his head. She nodded back and started to stare at the front of the classroom. He followed suit and did the same, but fell asleep after 5 mins.
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Ralph got to the park and saw Angela sitting there waiting for him. Ralph walked over and sat on the grass by her. In his hand he had a Basketball. She looked at the ball and then looked at him and smiled.
"I heard you were good at basketball. I'm pretty sure I am at par or even better than you. Let me test that theory." He said with a grin on his face. " Its the new girl vs. the shortish one."
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Not going there I got my ass handed to me 21-10.
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They sat down at the bench to catch their breath and Ralph put his head on the table and started to laugh.
"Ha...ha...ha...well that sucks. I thought I was gonna win. I couldn't make a basket if it was about 50 feet wide. That sucked." He said at her she stood up and put her hand out for him to grab.
"Well looks like game one goes to the new girl huh?" Angela said as he grabbed her hand. She helped lift him up and then leaned against a fence. The teenagers looked at each other and started to laugh. Ralph being lazy laid down on the court and stared at the sky. He looked up there for about 5 mins and then spoke.
"Hey Angela, I never asked you where you were from. I mean I know you came here at the beginning of the school year but I never asked where you were from before here. Sorry to ask ya but I was just curious. I mean new friends talk about this stuff all the time right?" Ralph stated looking up at the sky. "Just trying to make conversation that is all not trying to be rude about it."
"No that is all right I am from the city. I lived there till my parents got a divorce. Then I moved here with my mom. We are trying to start a new life with out my abusive dad." Angela said as she sat down next to Ralph. "I didn't have a rough childhood its that he would come home drunk.....and then...he would beat me." she said calmly. Ralph looked at her and stared at her.
"How can she be so calm about it?" I would be real upset if I was her. Then she continued to speak.
"I told my mom that he would come home and hit me when he got pissed but she really didn't believe me. It was the kinda thing that kids exaggerate about but he would only hit playfully. But any ways he came home one night and he was drunk. I ran up to my room so I didn't have to get hit for I dunno what it would be this time, but any ways my mom was the victim. He hit her once and that was it. She took me and withdrew almost all the money we would need from the bank account and town hopped. I say that I am from the city and I actually moved here but I think he may know where we are."
"Ok how is that possible he can't put a tracking bug on you that is only from the movies." Ralph said as he looked at her with a concerned look. He sat up and listened to her tales of woe.
"I know but if you use a debit card and have a bank account or if you write a check he will still get the checks in the mail...Its been about 3 months right after school got out that I started to get worried. My mom said I was just a worry wart and said it was all over."
"who you staying with now?"
"A family friend that took us in...we didn't tell them what happened we just said that my mom and dad need time apart so we asked if we could stay with them for a while."
"Why would you not tell them about it? You think that they would want to know if he beat you guys." Ralph said. He heard a rustle and looked real quick over to the woods. They were sitting there for about 2 hours and darkness was choking the sky. He got up and stared.
"What are you looking at? Is there somebody over there?" Angela said as she looked in the same direction.
"No just my mind playing games..Hey look you have my phone number right Ang?"
"Yea."
" If you ever need anything call me and don't hesitate. OK? Is your mom seeing somebody right now?" Ralph said as he grabbed the basketball.
"Yea but I don't like him he reminds me of my dad he drinks alot but he hasn't touched me....yet." She responded quietly as the wind barely carried over her sound to his ear. "Ralph I wanna run. I wanna get away from him I know he will come back to find us I know it. He was like that. I'm scared. I think he may already be here."
"No he isn't why would he follow you from the city...it would take him months or even years to find you guys. It impossible to find you guys. Don't worry all right besides if something happens I'll watch you."
"But you barely hung out with me for what about 2 months?" Angela replied
"yea but its what I do. I don't let my friends down....ever." Ralph replied as he grabbed her and held her. With that motion she broke down, tears running like a faucet from a sink.
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I made a promise that day. I told my new friend I would protect her no matter the situation. I never thought that it would happen the next day.See I told you it was like a story...Lets skip all the boring bull and get to about 3 hours before the incident. That knife.
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Ralph was home from a Friday school day waiting for the weekend to hit. He was suppose to hang out with Don that day but he got called into work. Max was gone with his family for the weekend. Ralph sat down and stared at the wall. Even his little brother had a sleep over at his friends house so he was over there. Ralph got a pizza and threw it in the microwave and pressed buttons and went over and turned on the TV to see his favorite show Pardon the interruption on. He sat down and started to stare at the TV till it got blurry and dark.
He heard ringing. He thought it was part of the dream where he was a talent agent and had to fire Bob Sagat from Full house. He thought that the ringing was complaints from other people. He stirred awake to see his cell phone was ringing and looked at the number. Unlisted it said on the front of the phone. He picked it up and spoke into it.
"Hello? Who is this and what do they want." Ralph spoke into the phone with a stern voice.
"Ralph can you come to the park? Its Angela. I need to talk to somebody. I am still worried about my dad being here. There is a car that has been driving around the house for about an hour now."
"Huh yea I can do that." Ralph replied "I'll see ya in about 20 mins OK?
"Thanks" Angela replied and hung up. Ralph looked to see that his pizza was still in the microwave.
"Bet ya money that shit is cold but I am hungry." Ralph said as he grabbed the pizza. He thought about it and went into his dad's room to grab his knife. He hoped that he wouldn't have to use it because he never had to before and he wanted to keep it that way.
Ralph got to the park and saw Angela there looking around like a scared mouse.
"Hey you all right?" Ralph shouted scaring her. She turned and saw him and calmly walked over to Ralph. She smiled weakly and embraced him. He hugger her back and let go.
"What you wanna talk about, we ain't gonna worry are we?" Ralph said as they walked over to the bench and sat down. She smiled weakly again and spoke.
"Basketball, lets talk about basketball. I like basketball. I like three pointers."
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I noticed when she kicked my ass. She only shot three pointers. She had seven of them in three point land. That sucked.
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"I remember a couple years ago I was playing basketball with a friend of mine. She was good, she taught me how to shoot three pointers. All I did back then was shoot foul shots. I could do lay ups to a point but I sucked at them. She taught me how to throw the ball in an arc like way." She continued. " We played again about a month later and i still lost but by only one point. She told me I needed hope and time to get it down. So I practiced everyday in my backyard, with no basket or anything. Just shot in the air." Angela got up and walked over to the courts. Ralph looked at her with a confused look and walked over to her to see her doing the thing she described. He stopped next to her and started to do the same thing. They did this for about 10 mins till Ralph's phone ran over on the bench. He walked over and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Ralph where are you you left the house without telling me." a voice replied
"Sorry dad I went to hang out with a friend." Ralph spoke back into the phone. "I'll be back in a hour or so. Is that all right. I shouldn't be later than that."
"OK that will be fine just leave me a note that is all OK? Have you seen my knife by the way I needed it to cut some gun rags to clean my gun with."
"Huh? Oh no I haven't I'll help you look since your old and feeble nowadays" Ralph joked into the phone while holding the knife in his pocket.
"Hey you brat I am only 37! But I will talk to ya later." His dad replied as he hung up the phone. Ralph closed his phone and looked over to Angela He walked back with his phone in his pocket and the knife in the other pocket.
"Hey you gonna be all right?" Ralph asked as he looked closer to her in her eyes. She looked at him and nodded and spoke
"Who was that?"
"My dad just wondering where I was." Ralph stated "He is a worrier sometimes, but its all good I just told him I would be home in a hour or so." He looked at the sky to see darkness battling light.
"Hey I'm gonna walk ya home tonight that way I know you will be safe is that all right?" Ralph said as he looked at her. She smiled and nodded.
"Ok. I need a big strong man to walk this frail little girl home" she joked as she punched Ralph in the arm. He chuckled and shrugged the hit off as he walked down the road with her.
"So any ways how far you live from the park?" Angela asked.
"About half hour walking." Ralph stated as he walked down the road how about you?"
" Same depends on how fast I wanna walk home." she replied back.
They walked for about another 20 mins in silence and then they got to a house that was tan with green shutters and a blue garage. They walked up to the door and Angela opened it. She motioned to Ralph to follow so he did and walked in to her house. There was a lady standing at the stair well in the front part of the house that was about 5'9" and skinny.
"Oh Hi Ang who is your friend?" the lady question looking at Ralph in a weird way. The boy stared back at the lady but not at her face...but her fingers. The lady had about 7 rings on each hand. He held back the laughter that he wanted to let out but let it stay in his mind laughing at all the rings.
"This is Ralph." Angela replied back. Ralph silently waved to her and leaned against the door. He jumped when there was a knock at door and back away from the door.
"What you don't have a door at your house? Can you at least be a dear and open the door." Angela's mom said.**********************
That was the worst idea ever in my life. I opened the door to see a man about 6'3" and jacked to hell. He looked at me and then the girls and spoke.
"Honey I missed you where did you go?" The man spoke. I turned to see Angela scared out of her mind. I put my hands in my pocket and grabbed my knife. Little did I know I was no match for him. He pushed me out of the way and I fell to the floor. He walked over to Angela's mom and got on his knees.
"Baby I didn't mean to hurt you. I was drunk I never wanted to hurt you. I am so sorry will you ever take me back?" The man stated.
" No Why the Fuck are you here and how the Fuck did you find us? I don't want to ever see you here again and if you get near me or Angie I will call the cops." She responded back with a tone that would scare even the devil. I saw Angela standing there frozen in the fear he released from his body. I couldn't move I was scared as much as she was. But I was a man I couldn't show it. I finally got up and stood there staring...waiting to see what happened next. I was not a fan of what happened next.
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The man grabbed Angela's mom by the leg and pulled. Angela's mom went from scaring people to being scared herself. Ralph looked on in horror as her head crashed on the stair case. Angela's screamed and ran to the phone but wasn't quick enough. He turned and looked at her and ran faster than Ralph could react. Ralph looked at him and stood there. He was frozen. He watched as Angela's mom laid there. No movement. Very light breathing. He looked in time to see Angela's face meet with a balled up fist. There was a loud crack and she dropped. Her cries as he sat there looking at her. Then he walked back over to the mother and grabbed her by the throat. He picked her up and slapped her across the face.
"Stop it.." She pleaded with he man. Ralph seeing enough looked and saw the kitchen through the hallway. He bolted as fast as he could but tripped landing hard on the kitchen tile. He tried to get up but a heavy foot was on his back.
"WHO THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU ARE. The man said as he kicked Ralph in the side. The pain searing in his body as he rolled on the ground screaming, tears running from his eyes. " Are you gonna be a hero and save these worthless whores? ARE YA?"
Ralph looked at him and pulled his body off the ground. He breathed heavily as his ribs pained him even more. He looked at the guy and put his hands in his pockets.
" My dad is nice and caring. I wish every dad was like that but its dick heads like you that make it impossible these days. Death is only a simple option." Ralph said taking deep breaths between each word. The man charged at Ralph and swung connecting his fist to his stomach. Ralph dropped as he threw up the cold pizza from earlier. He looked at the man and pulled his hand out of his pocket trying to conceal the knife and hold his stomach at the same time. The man foot raised up to crush Ralph's head to the ground.
" Well well Mr. hero it looks like death will be a simple option after all." He forced his foot to Ralph's head and stopped halfway. Red liquid dripped on Ralph's head instead as the blade went into the man's foot. The man screamed as he dropped to the floor. He pulled the knife out of his foot and raised it to the kid. He looked as the man jabbed the knife to his eye. He closed his eyes waiting to see the Gates of Gold. He opened his eyes to see Angela step in front of him. Her calf sliced due to the knife. She fell next to Ralph and laid there the pain too much to bear. He looked at her and started to cry.
"This is it. I am dead. What the hell am I suppose to tell my dad? I'm sorry I couldn't make it home. I love you Dad." Ralph though and looked at Angela.
" I helped you as much as i couldn't keep the promise though...I let you down....I'm sorry" he spoke out loud. "Angela your the first person I let down. I tried to stay strong. But it didn't happen. I though i could deal with it now there is blood everywhere. And so much pain. He looked to see the man get up and kick Angela. She rasped her screams as Ralph sat there unable to do anything. Then there was hope. A knock.
"Open up its the police." A man yelled. The Man looked at Ralph as he had his cell phone in his hand with it on speaker phone. The cops broke the door down and tried to tackle the man. All He remember was that there was a lot of yelling and sirens. Ralph looked at his phone and spoke into it.
"Thanks Dad." as he passed out.
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I remember waking up in the hospital with a bandage around my waist. I heard that the man was shot in the other foot ironically. I had to give a statement to the cops telling them what happened and why. I found out that Angela's mom suffered a severe concussion and had to be hospitalized for 2 weeks. Angela on the other hand was worse. She had to get surgery to close the wound and had to get therapy. I guess the guy cut it pretty deep. She still walks with a limp to this day. My dad was pissed that I took his knife but he was glad that it protected us. I also had a lot of explaining to do. To Don and Max and explaining to them why I was not in school for a week, that was fun to do. But like I said I wrote it like a story because it seemed like a story. I wish it was a story...But I told Angela about how I didn't protect her and you know what she told me.
" You kept your promise you said you would protect me. I really appreciate it. We went through Hell to get to Heaven to stay away from this guy forever. Its Heaven or Hell. Your choice but to find ultimate happiness you need to go through both."
Wow its been how long? I say five months maybe? That scar is still there on her. The slash from that knife. My mind still going back to that day. Angela I'm sorry.
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"Ralph, my man, What is going on?" Don said as he patted Ralph on the shoulder. The two boys, Ralph was about 5'5" 120 lbs with dark as night hair. Don on the Other hand, was about 6'2" 200 lbs and his head as red as a flaming ember. "Hey, you get a date yet?" Ralph looked up to the kid and stared at him. " Hey you twit don't look, at me like that. If Max has a date then surely you have to have one. Well its not really a date, it was more of him getting dragged into it by Laura. But hell if you don't I know....."
"Shut up. I already have somebody in mind all right." Ralph snapped back at his friend."There is this girl in my global studies class that I wanna go with." Ralph started. "She is about 5'7" Golden blonde hair with streaks of brown from her natural color."
"Wow you got her down to a point don't ya?" Soon you might be telling me what shoe size she will be wearing." Don said laughing at his friend."But here is a question for ya. What the hell is her name?"
"Um....that is a good question. I haven't had the slightest." Ralph said embarrassed. He grabbed his book bag and started walking to the door. "Hey what are you doing tonight Don?"
"Nothing why?" don replied looking at his friend.
"Kick your ass at Smash Bros?"
"You wanna try" Don replied with a smile.
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That was the first time I told him about her. We eventually went to the dance....thanks to Don. I'll go from right after that.
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"Well that was fun." Max said Max was wearing one of Ralph's shirts and had dirt all over it. Max and a buddy decided to mosh during a slow song so he fell a lot and messed that shirt up.
"Hey Ralph.....my ride is here." She said as she waved. He put his hand out and she looked at him with a look that could confuse Einstein. She kept staring at him like he was on drugs.
"He wants you to shake his hand. Don said as he pushed her from behind closer to Ralph. She stumbled forward and finally put her hand out. "And what the hell is your name any ways?" Don finished while standing next to them.
" Its Angela." she responded He looked and nodded quietly. She grabbed his hand and gave it a firm shake. "well I guess I'll see ya Monday?" Ralph nodded his head to her as she stared to walk away. Ralph stared and smiled until he was slapped in the back of the head by Max.
"Hey retard lets go, its almost midnight." Max said as he walked next to Ralph. Ralph nodded his head and started his long walk home. He looked up to see the moon shin in through the clouds and then stared at his house in from of him. He walked through the door to see his little brother awake still.
"Hey Leo. What you doing up still? Its almost one in the morning." Ralph patted his head as he walked up to his younger brother. His younger brother embraced him and stood there holding on.
"I was waiting for you brother." Leo said Ralph held his head and eventually pulled away holding his little brother's hand walking him upstairs and putting him in his bed. Ralph walked over to the door smiled at his little brother and closed the door. He went to his room and laid his head on his paper white pillow and passed out.
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I slept all day Sunday and missed most of Monday....OK so I overslept due to video games. Oh the reason I write this in a story is because it seemed like a story when it happened. So think of this as an author note between ever section to catch up on what happens and when I time skip....like now I am gonna take you to the day before the incident.
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" Hey Ralph what are you doing tonight?" Angela asked the boy in global studies. Her blue-green eyes stared at him. He had a quiet week this past week. He didn't have much homework or a job at the time so he did what he was good at.he played video games.
"Um....nothing today Don has to work and God knows where max is. Why you wanna hang out?" he said.
"RALPH NO TALKING!" the teacher yelled. Ralph looked at her and nodded his head. He sighed and put his head down. He felt something on his upper thigh and looked to see a piece of paper.
"Meet me at Crandall at 4:30" it said. He looked at Angela and nodded his head. She nodded back and started to stare at the front of the classroom. He followed suit and did the same, but fell asleep after 5 mins.
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Ralph got to the park and saw Angela sitting there waiting for him. Ralph walked over and sat on the grass by her. In his hand he had a Basketball. She looked at the ball and then looked at him and smiled.
"I heard you were good at basketball. I'm pretty sure I am at par or even better than you. Let me test that theory." He said with a grin on his face. " Its the new girl vs. the shortish one."
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Not going there I got my ass handed to me 21-10.
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They sat down at the bench to catch their breath and Ralph put his head on the table and started to laugh.
"Ha...ha...ha...well that sucks. I thought I was gonna win. I couldn't make a basket if it was about 50 feet wide. That sucked." He said at her she stood up and put her hand out for him to grab.
"Well looks like game one goes to the new girl huh?" Angela said as he grabbed her hand. She helped lift him up and then leaned against a fence. The teenagers looked at each other and started to laugh. Ralph being lazy laid down on the court and stared at the sky. He looked up there for about 5 mins and then spoke.
"Hey Angela, I never asked you where you were from. I mean I know you came here at the beginning of the school year but I never asked where you were from before here. Sorry to ask ya but I was just curious. I mean new friends talk about this stuff all the time right?" Ralph stated looking up at the sky. "Just trying to make conversation that is all not trying to be rude about it."
"No that is all right I am from the city. I lived there till my parents got a divorce. Then I moved here with my mom. We are trying to start a new life with out my abusive dad." Angela said as she sat down next to Ralph. "I didn't have a rough childhood its that he would come home drunk.....and then...he would beat me." she said calmly. Ralph looked at her and stared at her.
"How can she be so calm about it?" I would be real upset if I was her. Then she continued to speak.
"I told my mom that he would come home and hit me when he got pissed but she really didn't believe me. It was the kinda thing that kids exaggerate about but he would only hit playfully. But any ways he came home one night and he was drunk. I ran up to my room so I didn't have to get hit for I dunno what it would be this time, but any ways my mom was the victim. He hit her once and that was it. She took me and withdrew almost all the money we would need from the bank account and town hopped. I say that I am from the city and I actually moved here but I think he may know where we are."
"Ok how is that possible he can't put a tracking bug on you that is only from the movies." Ralph said as he looked at her with a concerned look. He sat up and listened to her tales of woe.
"I know but if you use a debit card and have a bank account or if you write a check he will still get the checks in the mail...Its been about 3 months right after school got out that I started to get worried. My mom said I was just a worry wart and said it was all over."
"who you staying with now?"
"A family friend that took us in...we didn't tell them what happened we just said that my mom and dad need time apart so we asked if we could stay with them for a while."
"Why would you not tell them about it? You think that they would want to know if he beat you guys." Ralph said. He heard a rustle and looked real quick over to the woods. They were sitting there for about 2 hours and darkness was choking the sky. He got up and stared.
"What are you looking at? Is there somebody over there?" Angela said as she looked in the same direction.
"No just my mind playing games..Hey look you have my phone number right Ang?"
"Yea."
" If you ever need anything call me and don't hesitate. OK? Is your mom seeing somebody right now?" Ralph said as he grabbed the basketball.
"Yea but I don't like him he reminds me of my dad he drinks alot but he hasn't touched me....yet." She responded quietly as the wind barely carried over her sound to his ear. "Ralph I wanna run. I wanna get away from him I know he will come back to find us I know it. He was like that. I'm scared. I think he may already be here."
"No he isn't why would he follow you from the city...it would take him months or even years to find you guys. It impossible to find you guys. Don't worry all right besides if something happens I'll watch you."
"But you barely hung out with me for what about 2 months?" Angela replied
"yea but its what I do. I don't let my friends down....ever." Ralph replied as he grabbed her and held her. With that motion she broke down, tears running like a faucet from a sink.
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I made a promise that day. I told my new friend I would protect her no matter the situation. I never thought that it would happen the next day.See I told you it was like a story...Lets skip all the boring bull and get to about 3 hours before the incident. That knife.
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Ralph was home from a Friday school day waiting for the weekend to hit. He was suppose to hang out with Don that day but he got called into work. Max was gone with his family for the weekend. Ralph sat down and stared at the wall. Even his little brother had a sleep over at his friends house so he was over there. Ralph got a pizza and threw it in the microwave and pressed buttons and went over and turned on the TV to see his favorite show Pardon the interruption on. He sat down and started to stare at the TV till it got blurry and dark.
He heard ringing. He thought it was part of the dream where he was a talent agent and had to fire Bob Sagat from Full house. He thought that the ringing was complaints from other people. He stirred awake to see his cell phone was ringing and looked at the number. Unlisted it said on the front of the phone. He picked it up and spoke into it.
"Hello? Who is this and what do they want." Ralph spoke into the phone with a stern voice.
"Ralph can you come to the park? Its Angela. I need to talk to somebody. I am still worried about my dad being here. There is a car that has been driving around the house for about an hour now."
"Huh yea I can do that." Ralph replied "I'll see ya in about 20 mins OK?
"Thanks" Angela replied and hung up. Ralph looked to see that his pizza was still in the microwave.
"Bet ya money that shit is cold but I am hungry." Ralph said as he grabbed the pizza. He thought about it and went into his dad's room to grab his knife. He hoped that he wouldn't have to use it because he never had to before and he wanted to keep it that way.
Ralph got to the park and saw Angela there looking around like a scared mouse.
"Hey you all right?" Ralph shouted scaring her. She turned and saw him and calmly walked over to Ralph. She smiled weakly and embraced him. He hugger her back and let go.
"What you wanna talk about, we ain't gonna worry are we?" Ralph said as they walked over to the bench and sat down. She smiled weakly again and spoke.
"Basketball, lets talk about basketball. I like basketball. I like three pointers."
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I noticed when she kicked my ass. She only shot three pointers. She had seven of them in three point land. That sucked.
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"I remember a couple years ago I was playing basketball with a friend of mine. She was good, she taught me how to shoot three pointers. All I did back then was shoot foul shots. I could do lay ups to a point but I sucked at them. She taught me how to throw the ball in an arc like way." She continued. " We played again about a month later and i still lost but by only one point. She told me I needed hope and time to get it down. So I practiced everyday in my backyard, with no basket or anything. Just shot in the air." Angela got up and walked over to the courts. Ralph looked at her with a confused look and walked over to her to see her doing the thing she described. He stopped next to her and started to do the same thing. They did this for about 10 mins till Ralph's phone ran over on the bench. He walked over and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Ralph where are you you left the house without telling me." a voice replied
"Sorry dad I went to hang out with a friend." Ralph spoke back into the phone. "I'll be back in a hour or so. Is that all right. I shouldn't be later than that."
"OK that will be fine just leave me a note that is all OK? Have you seen my knife by the way I needed it to cut some gun rags to clean my gun with."
"Huh? Oh no I haven't I'll help you look since your old and feeble nowadays" Ralph joked into the phone while holding the knife in his pocket.
"Hey you brat I am only 37! But I will talk to ya later." His dad replied as he hung up the phone. Ralph closed his phone and looked over to Angela He walked back with his phone in his pocket and the knife in the other pocket.
"Hey you gonna be all right?" Ralph asked as he looked closer to her in her eyes. She looked at him and nodded and spoke
"Who was that?"
"My dad just wondering where I was." Ralph stated "He is a worrier sometimes, but its all good I just told him I would be home in a hour or so." He looked at the sky to see darkness battling light.
"Hey I'm gonna walk ya home tonight that way I know you will be safe is that all right?" Ralph said as he looked at her. She smiled and nodded.
"Ok. I need a big strong man to walk this frail little girl home" she joked as she punched Ralph in the arm. He chuckled and shrugged the hit off as he walked down the road with her.
"So any ways how far you live from the park?" Angela asked.
"About half hour walking." Ralph stated as he walked down the road how about you?"
" Same depends on how fast I wanna walk home." she replied back.
They walked for about another 20 mins in silence and then they got to a house that was tan with green shutters and a blue garage. They walked up to the door and Angela opened it. She motioned to Ralph to follow so he did and walked in to her house. There was a lady standing at the stair well in the front part of the house that was about 5'9" and skinny.
"Oh Hi Ang who is your friend?" the lady question looking at Ralph in a weird way. The boy stared back at the lady but not at her face...but her fingers. The lady had about 7 rings on each hand. He held back the laughter that he wanted to let out but let it stay in his mind laughing at all the rings.
"This is Ralph." Angela replied back. Ralph silently waved to her and leaned against the door. He jumped when there was a knock at door and back away from the door.
"What you don't have a door at your house? Can you at least be a dear and open the door." Angela's mom said.**********************
That was the worst idea ever in my life. I opened the door to see a man about 6'3" and jacked to hell. He looked at me and then the girls and spoke.
"Honey I missed you where did you go?" The man spoke. I turned to see Angela scared out of her mind. I put my hands in my pocket and grabbed my knife. Little did I know I was no match for him. He pushed me out of the way and I fell to the floor. He walked over to Angela's mom and got on his knees.
"Baby I didn't mean to hurt you. I was drunk I never wanted to hurt you. I am so sorry will you ever take me back?" The man stated.
" No Why the Fuck are you here and how the Fuck did you find us? I don't want to ever see you here again and if you get near me or Angie I will call the cops." She responded back with a tone that would scare even the devil. I saw Angela standing there frozen in the fear he released from his body. I couldn't move I was scared as much as she was. But I was a man I couldn't show it. I finally got up and stood there staring...waiting to see what happened next. I was not a fan of what happened next.
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The man grabbed Angela's mom by the leg and pulled. Angela's mom went from scaring people to being scared herself. Ralph looked on in horror as her head crashed on the stair case. Angela's screamed and ran to the phone but wasn't quick enough. He turned and looked at her and ran faster than Ralph could react. Ralph looked at him and stood there. He was frozen. He watched as Angela's mom laid there. No movement. Very light breathing. He looked in time to see Angela's face meet with a balled up fist. There was a loud crack and she dropped. Her cries as he sat there looking at her. Then he walked back over to the mother and grabbed her by the throat. He picked her up and slapped her across the face.
"Stop it.." She pleaded with he man. Ralph seeing enough looked and saw the kitchen through the hallway. He bolted as fast as he could but tripped landing hard on the kitchen tile. He tried to get up but a heavy foot was on his back.
"WHO THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU ARE. The man said as he kicked Ralph in the side. The pain searing in his body as he rolled on the ground screaming, tears running from his eyes. " Are you gonna be a hero and save these worthless whores? ARE YA?"
Ralph looked at him and pulled his body off the ground. He breathed heavily as his ribs pained him even more. He looked at the guy and put his hands in his pockets.
" My dad is nice and caring. I wish every dad was like that but its dick heads like you that make it impossible these days. Death is only a simple option." Ralph said taking deep breaths between each word. The man charged at Ralph and swung connecting his fist to his stomach. Ralph dropped as he threw up the cold pizza from earlier. He looked at the man and pulled his hand out of his pocket trying to conceal the knife and hold his stomach at the same time. The man foot raised up to crush Ralph's head to the ground.
" Well well Mr. hero it looks like death will be a simple option after all." He forced his foot to Ralph's head and stopped halfway. Red liquid dripped on Ralph's head instead as the blade went into the man's foot. The man screamed as he dropped to the floor. He pulled the knife out of his foot and raised it to the kid. He looked as the man jabbed the knife to his eye. He closed his eyes waiting to see the Gates of Gold. He opened his eyes to see Angela step in front of him. Her calf sliced due to the knife. She fell next to Ralph and laid there the pain too much to bear. He looked at her and started to cry.
"This is it. I am dead. What the hell am I suppose to tell my dad? I'm sorry I couldn't make it home. I love you Dad." Ralph though and looked at Angela.
" I helped you as much as i couldn't keep the promise though...I let you down....I'm sorry" he spoke out loud. "Angela your the first person I let down. I tried to stay strong. But it didn't happen. I though i could deal with it now there is blood everywhere. And so much pain. He looked to see the man get up and kick Angela. She rasped her screams as Ralph sat there unable to do anything. Then there was hope. A knock.
"Open up its the police." A man yelled. The Man looked at Ralph as he had his cell phone in his hand with it on speaker phone. The cops broke the door down and tried to tackle the man. All He remember was that there was a lot of yelling and sirens. Ralph looked at his phone and spoke into it.
"Thanks Dad." as he passed out.
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I remember waking up in the hospital with a bandage around my waist. I heard that the man was shot in the other foot ironically. I had to give a statement to the cops telling them what happened and why. I found out that Angela's mom suffered a severe concussion and had to be hospitalized for 2 weeks. Angela on the other hand was worse. She had to get surgery to close the wound and had to get therapy. I guess the guy cut it pretty deep. She still walks with a limp to this day. My dad was pissed that I took his knife but he was glad that it protected us. I also had a lot of explaining to do. To Don and Max and explaining to them why I was not in school for a week, that was fun to do. But like I said I wrote it like a story because it seemed like a story. I wish it was a story...But I told Angela about how I didn't protect her and you know what she told me.
" You kept your promise you said you would protect me. I really appreciate it. We went through Hell to get to Heaven to stay away from this guy forever. Its Heaven or Hell. Your choice but to find ultimate happiness you need to go through both."