Little Sister

I lied in a bed, in this unfamiliar place, staring at the ceiling for a long time; contemplating whether or not i wanted to get up just yet. I woke up at around 9:00 but I'm pretty sure it's about 10:30 or 11:00 now. I looked over at Jada and she was still asleep. It's Friday morning and it's really nice outside; the sun is shining bright and it's about eighty degrees outside. Its the first day of my summer vacation ... two weeks until my eighteenth birthday. I should be happy right? well not exactly.A month ago my mother moved me and my 14 year old little sister Jade into another mans house with her. She was always doing this to us this had to be the third guy this year and its only June. Ever since my dad died 2 years ago, and my mom lost the house cause she couldn't keep a job, she has been moving us in and out of other men's houses. I can't wait to turn 18 so I can move into my new apartment and try to get custody of my little sister. I cant let my mother continue to put my little sister through all this. she's only 14 and she shouldn't have to go through depending on and living with a different man every couple of months especially when he beats you and threatens your kids. Since my mom cant seem to stand on her own two feet and stop depending on a man and stand up for her kids; I'll just have to try to get my sister out of the situation. I can't let her continue to be in this situation and think that it's okay to depend on a man until he will no longer take care of you and your children. I got up and went into the bathroom and locked both locks and got myself together for probably another day of drama; between my mom Nicole, and her boyfriend James, everyday for the past month has been full of drama and unnecessary arguments or fights. I stood in the shower thinking about how i could get custody of my sister. My aunt on my dads side of the family is a lawyer and i talked to her about it. She says i'd have a pretty good case and she'd represent me so i wouldnt have to pay for a lawyer but what if my mom wins the case and i cant get my little sister; that's not an option. Two maybe three days ago while me and my sister was on our way home from my boyfriends house she was upset because we were late getting home and she knew James was gonna be drunk again and getting on our case.

"Why you take so long Lauren, shit you know James gon be drawlin"

"My bad but he better not say shit cause i don't gotta listen to him he ain't my daddy."

She looked down and I looked at her and said

"Whats up ?" she started walking and said

"Laur whenever no ones around he be tellin me what he wanna do to me and how he'd rather have me than mommy and I'm sick of being afraid of him"

i stopped walkin and said

"When this shit start happenin?"

i was so heated i wanted to hurry up and get home now. i looked at Jada and said

"Never mind it don't even matter." i started walking faster and she grabbed me and said

"Don't say nothin he already said mommy gon take his side if i tell. She ain't gon believe me she never do when it comes to him. What if he do it now cause mommy don't believe me?"

"Jada he ain't gon touch you as long as I'm around. As for mommy if she don't believe me imma smack the shit outta her too"

Jada just looked at me as if she was afraid and that made me even more mad. i couldn't wait to confront that nigga about this. As soon as we walked in the door James came out the kitchen saying

"Where the hell yall been at? Its almost midnight and yall just comin in."

I stared at him and said

"Nigga don't question me you aint my dad."

Then i looked around and didn't see my mom so i yelled

Mom come here!" She came down the steps and looked at us and said

"what? Where yall been at all this time?"

I ignored her question and went straight to my questions

"Mom you know this nigga been threatenin to rape ya daughter?"

she just stared at me for a good 5 minutes so i said

"Hello! what you ain't hear me or somethin?"

she looked up and had tears in her eyes and had the nerve to say

"No he didn't he wouldn't. He's not like that."

I looked at her then i looked at James standing off to the side wit a smirk on his face and my sister was leaning on the front door still looking scared and I'm just like no she didn't just say that.

I looked at James and said

"You better wipe that stupid ass smirk off ya face. And you better not say nothin else to my sister or those will be the last words you speak. I have no problem with going to jail for my sister" just then my sister said to my mom

"How the fuck you gon say he not that type of man. How would you know? you only knew this nigga for like 3 months now!"

"Don't speak to me that way and don't accuse the man who is taking care of us of those things. And I know it's not true cause you would've been said something to me" i reached out and smacked my mom right across her face

"How you sound. Taking his word over ya daughters"

"This has nothing to do wit you Lauren. He didn't so called threaten you"

"It has everything to do with me she's my little sister and i gotta protect her cause you wont, and he know better than to say some shit like that to me." I grabbed my little sister and we left and went to my aunts apartment about a block from where James' house was. We came back to this house last night and now i need to get custody of my sister out this situation and i only have 2 weeks to do it. We only came back yesterday so we could get some of our stuff and take it to my aunts house so we could stay there until all this was over. My mom didnt know we were leaving or that i was planning a case against her but she'd find out soon enough and me and my sister would be okay, hopefully.