Once Upon A Time...

Oooh god, what I would do for life to pan out the way it always seems to in fairytales. Sure, they have their hardships, but guess who lives "happily ever after" in the end? They do. Realistically, thats never the case. Someone always dies, we lose friends, spouses, siblings, until there is a part of us missing. People lose their tempers, usually way too easily. I have a story like this for you.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl, she was lovely and smart, and she listened to her parents and smiled. Everything a parent could want in a genuinely good kid. Her father, however, had a temper. What was good just wasn't good enough. Slowly, he tore apart the little girl with rants about grades to scoldings about anything else under the sun that was particularly 'important' on that day. Her smile started to fade when she was around him, and her mother noticed.

This little girl, well, she's one of my best friends and I love her to peices. Her father doesn't seem to understand how amazing she is, though.

Tonight we came in, before curfew, and sat down to watch a bit of the movie he was in the middle of watching. I got up to get a glass of water, and in the short amount of time it took to move from the living room to the kitchen I could hear the infamous words, "can i talk to you for a minutes?" Of course, one minute meant 10, so I left it alone, and waited until they finished their chat. All I heard was, "Life isn't fair, people don't care if your shorts are rolled or how many texts you send or how much time you spend with your friends."

Once upon a time, there was a lovely little girl, who's father did all he could to shatter her confidence, whether intentional or not. This little girl isn't all that little, and can make decisions for herself. I said leave, go live with your mom, let your father have a taste of his own medicine.

It's all on her though.. Do you think you could leave it all behind, no matter how bad it seems?

- xx, Kelly.

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