one shots

worth

context:
harper: bisexual, good dad, asshole mom, was raped and sexually assaulted
Alice: lesbian best friend and lover
Mary: mom, alcoholic, abusive.
Carter: ex bf, rapist

harper POV:

I'm done. I don't want to live like this. I don't want to live with a mother who abuses me and has never protected me. I'm going to go live with dad. One of two people in my 18 years of life who actually cares about me and my well-being. I just have to figure out how to tell her. Without getting my ass whooped. Lucky the other person is Alice. And I know I will have her by my side no matter what I decide.

I met Alice at a park about an hour away from my house to talk about my plan.

"I really wanna leave. All of it. The abuse, the deception, the lies, the distrust. Except for you of course." I try to fight the tears threatening to spill by rubbing my eye. 

"I know Harper. I know. Plus you couldn't get rid of me that easily anyway." She swats her hair away with sass trying to lighten the mood.

It only worked because she knows how to make me laugh.

"True." I let out a small laugh. "I don't know what I'm gonna say to her," I cover my face with my hands to hide the tears, "Even after all of the shit she's put me through. She's still my mom."

"Harper. She put you through hell. In the last 10 months you've been here you've gone through so much. And I know it isn't my place to say this and I'm sorry to break it to you, but she won't miss you." She takes a pause to move over from the bench we were both sitting on to the floor kneeling by my feet. "She won't even feel bad."

"I know. That's what makes this so hard."

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An hour goes by of us talking. The sun is gonna set soon so we both decide to go home after a long hug. I think I'm gonna do it tonight. I'll send a text to Alice saying I'm going to do it and leave town right after I tell Mary I'm leaving.

"I'm done." I say as I walk into the open garage door. Mary is fixing her car engine.

"With what exactly?" She sounds drunk and annoyed.

"Your bullshit. You not believing that Carter raped me. Because he did. Just because I was dating him at the time doesn't mean he could fuck me whenever he wanted without consent. He made me give up something I was supposed to give to someone I actually loved." I point at my heart. She couldn't see it, but it was broken.

"So you're still stuck on tha-"

"No. I'm not done talking. I'm tired of you hitting me for the tiniest mistakes. I have a shitton of cigarette burns from when I was younger. I had to sleep outside with the dog, in the yard, with the dog shit, if we had a disagreement. Or when I stood my ground and slowly stopped being scared of you. Because I was. I was scared of you because you never protected me. Never. You didn't protect me like a mother should. I was sexually assaulted at age 9 by your boyfriend. What did you do? You threw me out of the house and called me a slut and a hoe. You protected him." The tears finally fall. "At age 12 I told you I was being bullied and what did you do? You said I deserved it because I was a slut. At age 15 I tried to commit suicide after I was assaulted. Again. By your boyfriend. I was almost raped then too but I was strong enough to remember the safety classes dad put me in after the first assault."

Silence.

"I'm not living with you anymore." I start to walk away, wiping at the running mascara on my cheeks.

"You can't leave." She turns around quickly, "If you go with your dad I'll say he kidnapped you."

"Except, guess what... mom. I'm eighteen. I am a legal adult. I can do, go, say, whatever the fuck I want without permission." I felt confident because i was finally getting past my biggest roadblock in life. Knowing that after 18 years of bullshit i'm finally getting away from her. "Plus, I'm not gonna live with dad. I'm gonna go with Alice for a while. Cuz guess what mom, i'm a pussy-lover" she gasps while i smile in mockery "I'm gonna find my worth. You know, the most valuable thing you took away from me."

Mary made the mistake of trying to hit me, "You little shit! After everything i did for you?"

"Tell me mom, TELL ME WHAT YOU DID FOR ME!" i push her next to the car trying to get to the door to get my pre-packed bags. god, the neighbors are gone think i'm crazy. i get in the car and flip her off as she chases after me going 80 mph.

*time skip brought to you by my dog, niki lol)

After a few hours of contemplating my life choices with a milkshake from some diner in my hand, i go and pick up Alice who already told her (very supportive) parents what was happening. i pull up to the driveway with the palm tree (a/n; my fear of palm trees is quacking rn) and see Alice hugging her parents and waving to me. she hopps in, puts her bags in the back seat and we drive off.

*time skip, but this time from my coffee cup cuz it's 4:30 am rn*

"- yeah this was a really long ramble but what i'm trying to say is i really really like you and i wanna be with you forever and we could get a couple of frogs and a couple snails and a- i love you"

she stares at me for a while, smiling. "Harper, i love you too"

me being the panicking and acting on impulse person i am grabs her shoulders and kiss her. she kisses back. i'm happy i
hope she is too and i hope Mary is in hell.

1016 words without the A/N