True Grave
Make The Wrong Things Right
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2010
- Location
- Where The Fight Takes Me
Randy Wolf woke up that morning, sighing as he turned off his alarm clock. He went into the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth before putting on a pair of blue jeans and his favorite shirt, a black T-shirt from the Iron Jaw Boxing Gym, where he liked to train. When he was not studying or in school, Randy trained as an amateur boxer and had dreams of going pro. His passion for the sport began as a desire to protect himself and his mother from his drunken, abusive father, but soon turned into the only thing in his life they made him feel happy and fulfilled. He grabbed his school bag and loaded it with books before heading downstairs. What he saw was a sad scene that he had grown all too accustomed to.
His father was passed out on the floor face-down. He had probably stumbled home from the bar at three A.M. and just collapsed. His mother was sitting upright in the chair, awake but out of it due to her tranquilizer meds, which she had taken to escape the emotional pain of his father's abuse. His mother worked at the local hospital as a nurse some days, which gave her enough to pay the bills on the house, but his father never got another job after being laid off from his factory job. Randy didn't know where he got the money to support his drinking habit, and probably didn't want to know. Randy brought in money from his boxing for groceries and other necessities, and also helped with house work and laundry when not studying or training.
Randy grabbed a quick bowl of cereal from the kitchen for breakfast, washing it down dry with a glass of milk. He then kissed his mother on the cheek before leaving the house. The Wolf residence was only a few blocks from the high school, and Randy always did some "road work", the boxing term for "running", on the way to school. He was greeted by some guys and gals, doing the handshakes and chit-chat on the way inside. When he headed up the stairs to stow his bag, he remembered that he had a math test later that day and was nervous. He was a good student and on track to graduate this May, but he had to get this last math credit to do so, and math was his weakness.
After a few easy morning classes, he went to lunch. This was when Randy ate well with some friends of his, joking about this or that, and talking about this party or that girl. After lunch, Randy had a supervision period, which he decided to put to good use. He got a pass from his supervising teacher and headed down to the tutoring office. Randy was hoping to get some real help on this, so that he could pass this test and be ready for a good weekend. He gently knocked on the door and smiled before heading inside.
The tutoring office was not all that busy, with a few taking make-up tests and a couple kids doing some Geography work.
"Hey, I was hoping that I could get some help on Math."
He sat down in front of the student tutor and opened his math book to the current chapter. He then took out a worksheet of his for example problems.
"I'm having a hard time understanding this and have a test today. I could really use some help."
His father was passed out on the floor face-down. He had probably stumbled home from the bar at three A.M. and just collapsed. His mother was sitting upright in the chair, awake but out of it due to her tranquilizer meds, which she had taken to escape the emotional pain of his father's abuse. His mother worked at the local hospital as a nurse some days, which gave her enough to pay the bills on the house, but his father never got another job after being laid off from his factory job. Randy didn't know where he got the money to support his drinking habit, and probably didn't want to know. Randy brought in money from his boxing for groceries and other necessities, and also helped with house work and laundry when not studying or training.
Randy grabbed a quick bowl of cereal from the kitchen for breakfast, washing it down dry with a glass of milk. He then kissed his mother on the cheek before leaving the house. The Wolf residence was only a few blocks from the high school, and Randy always did some "road work", the boxing term for "running", on the way to school. He was greeted by some guys and gals, doing the handshakes and chit-chat on the way inside. When he headed up the stairs to stow his bag, he remembered that he had a math test later that day and was nervous. He was a good student and on track to graduate this May, but he had to get this last math credit to do so, and math was his weakness.
After a few easy morning classes, he went to lunch. This was when Randy ate well with some friends of his, joking about this or that, and talking about this party or that girl. After lunch, Randy had a supervision period, which he decided to put to good use. He got a pass from his supervising teacher and headed down to the tutoring office. Randy was hoping to get some real help on this, so that he could pass this test and be ready for a good weekend. He gently knocked on the door and smiled before heading inside.
The tutoring office was not all that busy, with a few taking make-up tests and a couple kids doing some Geography work.
"Hey, I was hoping that I could get some help on Math."
He sat down in front of the student tutor and opened his math book to the current chapter. He then took out a worksheet of his for example problems.
"I'm having a hard time understanding this and have a test today. I could really use some help."