This is the story of Melly, a young boy who had went through a very tough childhood, although his may not have been as bad as others, this story is just one of the many. Melly had a troubled childhood, as a young African-American boy he struggled with racism along with poverty and other issues, such as never knowing his Dad. His mom was a kind and gentle soul, but would be fierce when it came to protecting Melly, she loved him and would never let the crime and drug ridden crackheads near him, but it was hard given their situation. You see his mother, Serena, had everything taken by her husband, Dashawn, he grabbed all the money and took the first plane ticket he could get, which led him to who knows where. Melly and his Mom had lived in the slums of California, Compton to be precise. If you know anything whatsoever about hood, you know Compton is not the place for young boys and their Mommy. Melly grew up going from school to school, apartment to apartment with little to no money, sometimes he went a day or two without dinner but Serena just told him that she was toughening him up. She did everything she could for money because as a mother she knew that protecting your boy was first priority and if you had to do unspeakable things to protect him, then you would do it. All she wanted for young Melly was for him to go to a nice college and have him live a life there, a life without as many problems, a life with friends, and most importantly, a life where every day he didn't have to worry, she wanted his safety above all else. During his childhood Melly had to overcome many feats, in his first years of school he had no friends, and he really struggled with anxiety and his sadness. Although there was a constant sadness eating away at his heart, he had been given the pleasure of going home to his mom's loving arms. Every day he suffered and suffered, knowing that he had no chance in this world, this rich white world… As Melly approached middle School, he had grown a little more, he was still a baby in his mother's eyes though. The kids were harsher as they grew older, many of them had dealt with similar problems as Melly, but went about handling it differently. Kids hung out with groups of people that they shouldn't have been, and they got into bad habits early in their life, many walked around the streets of Compton joining big gangs and doing illegal activities, but Melly stayed true to his dignity like Serena had told him to. One day after he had just gotten off the bus, on his way home he became very tired, he could choose to either go the long way which was a little safer, or he could cut through the back-alleys and get home in half the time. Being a young foolish boy he took the shorter route, while walking he passed by a sketchy looking man, who had some sort of rectangular imprint in his pocket, Melly did not known at the time that it was a fully automatic Glock-19, which is extremely illegal. He continued past until he approached home, once inside he questioned his mom about what the imprint could have been. After describing it to her she freaked out and told him to never cut through the alleys again, and for the rest of the year she was going to quit work early just to make sure he got home. Serena was not gonna let her boy’s life be taken by a white trash scumbag of a human, if he died she was going to fight for him. After that incident there was nothing as serious as that, it was just small encounters and scuffles, he managed to make it to high school where it gets ten times harder. He went to a public high school where the education was terrible and the students were worse. These teens were getting into some things they should not be doing, such as drugs and more illegal activities. Peer pressure was a very real issue for Melly along with many of the other kids. It takes a lot of mental strength to resist peer pressure, the want to fit in with your peers is hard to deny, but Melly did just that. There were times when people tried to involve him in doing drugs such as smoking weed and taking acid or Xanax, he knew that if he were to do this than his mom would be extremely disappointed in him. The urge to try these new things was so strong that he had migraines, he could not fathom what was going on in his life. Although he sometimes wanted a way to escape from his horrible life, he knew it would also make his life worse if he partook in doing drugs. One day his friend Ty invited him over to his house where they would ride bikes around his neighborhood, being a foolish child, Melly accepted his invitation. When he arrived at Ty's house they got on their bikes and started cruising around his neighborhood. He was just following Ty to where ever he wanted to go, and little did he know, Ty had a Destination planned the whole time. After around forty minutes of biking they were at a mysterious looking house, it was a Trap house. The two boys went inside and saw three more to their surprise, these boys were all gathered around a table smoking a bong, Melly knew what was going to happen so he made a dash for the door. Before he could get out the house he heard a loud crack and felt a stinging pain in his left thigh, he had been shot by one of the drugged boys. The pain was immense but his adrenaline kicked in and he sprinted as fast as he could all the way to the hospital. He blacked out at the door from blood loss, he thought he was going to die and he had the wildest dreams while he was in his coma, he saw his mom and what he thought to be his dad, it was finally something real. That is until he woke up to Serena's friendly face, she had tears in her eyes and then she picked Melly up and carried him out to the car where he went back to sleep. He woke up and had a long conversation with his mom about how they needed to leave Compton, no matter the cost they had to go somewhere safer. So the first thing they did when Melly healed was they took all their valuables and essentials and drove to the safer regions of California where they chose to live the rest of their lives in poverty. Even though they would struggle with money, they were safe, and that is all that matters.
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