They Can't Stop Us From Our Freedom

"Hey Mom! Me and Lindley are back." I yelled walking into the living room.

"Umm where's Sydnee?" Mom asked curiously.

"She uhh.."

"She wanted to go home to get ready...she uhh wanted to grab her purse that matched her dress." Lindley finished for me. She may be shy but she's a GREAT liar when she's comfortable around people.

"Oh okay well I can't wait to see your guys' dresses. Hurry and get ready."

"Well your mom seems like she's in a good mood right now maybe she won't be as bad-"

"WINDY GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE." my mom yelled from downstairs.

"Oh no...COMING MOM! Lord help me I think she found out."

"You'll be fine. What's the worst she can do?" Lindley whispered while we walked down the stairs. My mom was on the phone with someone. It must have been Sydnee's parents.

"Okay will do. I'm so sorry Mrs. Evans, she's never like this." my mom said as she hung up the phone.

"Lindley, why don't you go back upstairs and finish getting ready. Windy will be back soon."

"Okay Mrs. Lewis," Lindley left the room. I was hoping she would stay and defend me but she looked too scared to do anything close to that.

*Lindley's POV*

Oh God what's gonna happen to Windy. She's. Fucked. I should stay down there and explain to her mom what happened and that I was as much a part of it as she was. But her mom is so scary when she's mad. I feel like Windy's always getting blamed for everything. Her brother is just as bad as she is, maybe worse.

"I DO NOT WANT TO LOOK AT A DAUGHTER WHO LISTENS TO THAT MUSIC. YOU'LL RUIN OUR REPUTATION. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CLASSY NOT FUCKING POOR FAGS." I heard her mom scream at her and slap her. "I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO YOUR FATHER AFTER THE LAST TIME YOU SCREWED UP, HE SAID THAT IF YOU WERE GONNA ACT LOW CLASS YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE WITH YOUR BROTHER."

"PLEASE MOM NO."

Oh God. She can't send her over there. He's an alcoholic and drug addict…He could hurt her. Windy came back up. She was crying.

*Windy's POV*

What just happened? Did my mom really do that? Is she serious? I don’t even care that she hit me, she does it all the time. She doesn't care about me or Braydon. I felt the hot tears fall down my face and quickly tried to wipe them away. I was scared, all he does is drink and party. His friends are worse. At least Braydon has a steady job, his friends party 24/7 and are always drunk or high but mostly both.

"Come on Windy, we'll talk about it later...how long do you have before..?" I knew what Lindley was talking about moving even without her saying it.

"Until tomorrow, my mom says I'll still get my weekly allowance but not for chores, it'll be for staying away from them and I’ll still have my trust fund." As I said those words, I started crying. I had a lot of work to do. I got ready in 20 minutes and started packing up. My mom called Braydon and told him I would be moving in with him. He said it was fine but he isn't making any changes for me. Whatever, I would probably be with Lindley most of the time, I just needed a place to keep all my crap and sleep. We had about 2 hours to get everything packed up. We bagged, boxed, and stuffed our cars full. Thank God she was there, we needed her car and her help because I had a closet full of shoes, a closet full of clothes, and a huge dresser full of under garments. We had about an hour left so we drove to Braydon's house and unloaded Lindley's car since she needed it for her drums. As expected he wasn't home. He left a note on the counter for us because we texted him and told him we would be over if we had time, "You're sleeping in the guest room. As for all your shit, fill the closet in the guest room as much as you can. I'm kicking you out in three days so you have three days to find a place or else you're homeless. And if you tell Mom you're DEAD."

"LINDLEY WHERE AM I GOING TO LIVE?!" I screamed across the house.
"I would love to say that you could live at my house but we have family staying for graduation and they've taken all the guest rooms. WAIT YOU'RE EIGHTEEN AND YOU HAVE MONEY SAVED RIGHT?!"

"Umm yeah I guess..."

"HOW MUCH?!"

"I don't know...if you're suggesting I buy my own place, I don't have enough for that."

"FUCK WE HAVE FIFTEEN MINUTES. We'll talk more tomorrow.."

"Okay but I'm not changing my mind." God whatever this crazy bitch had on her mind was not gonna happen.

We got home just in time. The doorbell rang. Our first guest had arrived. I swear there had to be about 1,500 people there. I mean, one huge corporation and two small corporations? That's a lot of people.

"So I heard your mom kicked you out," Sydnee said with a smirk, "looks like someone should have listened to me."

"Shut the fuck up, Sydnee, you didn't have to say anything to them and none of this woulda happened." Lindley said defending me.

"Hah! I'm glad I did, I found out a fuckload about my "friends" that I could definitely use to my advantage."

"Why? What is the actual fucking point of trying to ruin our lives the last week of senior year. There is literally no point." I said hoping to reason with her.

"Well I get the satisfaction of knowing that I'm the most popular person in this entire hell hole we call school AND I get to ruin your lives...Don't you remember how fun that is?"

"Get a life, Sydnee." God I was scared to go back on monday. I know she is gonna do something so that we're miserable from the point when we walk in to the point when we leave.

The rest of the night was hell. I was dreading going to my brothers house and coming home (or whatever i call that place) to him being drunk. My parents wouldn't even look at me and Sydnee just being there disgusted me. I can't believe I did all those things to those kids, after being in their position I see how terrible this is. I regret everything.

After everything that happened, I completely forgot about the boys.

Notes

i'll hopefully have the next few chapters up by tomorrow i kinda owe you guys some since ive been gone

Never Give In, Never Back Down
~Hailie