~One
~Tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
Every step that I take is another mistake to you~

Dropping his bookbag against the hard floor, Bryant Richardson tossed a white sheet on the dining room table.It was quick to be grabbed off the table and Bryant's name was quick to echo throughout the house.

~I become so numb
I can feel you there
I become so tired
So much more aware
By becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you~

"Bryant, what the hell are these?" Kevin Richardson snapped as his eyes briefly scanned over the grades.His dark hair fell limply in his face.

"Their called grades dad.What the hell did they look like?Numbers?" he said standing there,his face an impassive mask.

"You got an F in science?"

"Yes I got a F in science." he answered and Kevin's eyes flashed with apparent anger as he stood quickly knocking over the chair.

"I'm not gonna be a scientist." Bryant growled.

"Like hell you aren't."

~Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding to tightly
Afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be is falling apart
Right infront of you
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
Every second I waste is more thanI can take~

Too ingrosed in the conversation on the phone, Bryant's ears refused to pick up when his father answered the room.

"Yeah baby I know...I'm trying my best though girl." Bryant answered," Of course you're my girl."

Snatching the phone,Kevin looked at it quickly and then slammed the phone down.

"Who was that?"

"Why would it matter now?!" Bryant screamed. Kevin pressed his full weight against his son as he slammed Bryant up against the wall.

"Who was that?!" Kevin screamed.

"I-it was my girlfriend." Bryant wheezed through the crushing pressure against his thin body.

"Girlfriend?"

~I become so numb
I can feel you there
I become so tired
So much more aware
By becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you~

"I didn't have a girlfriend till I was out of college."

"Well maybe if you wren't such a jerk someone would-"

Punching Bryant in the facem the pain of the past begin to resurface and seemed to fuel his growing anger.

"Shut up!I didn't have a girlfriend till I was working.I know you gonna go around having bastards so get a job so yp can pay for them."

"You really think that little of me?"

"Hell yeah.You try and act like you're on the top of the world.You tryin to flunk science.That's your ony shot at life."

"I'm flunking science because of you." Bryant hissed through blood stained teeth.His breath was ragged as he slowly stood to his feet.

~And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you~

"You're what?!"

"All my life you're blamed me for your stupid father's mistakes on raising you!I know he hit you!I know he touched you!I know he made you go through hell but that's no excuse to make me walk the same path you did.All my life I've been scared of you.Trying to please you but I'm done!I'm through." Bryant screamed dropping to the floor in a exhausted heap.His body continued to shake violently as he breathed hard through his mouth.

~I become so numb
I can feel you there
I become so tired
So much more aware
By becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you~

"Bryant...I'm sorry."

"I don't care." he said standing up.

"Bryant I..."

"I'm leaving." Bryant said as he raced out the door.Slowly Kevin collasped onto the cold floor sobs escaped his lips.Bryant had to leave.It was for the best.He deserved better...

~THE END~

A/N: First oneshot fanfic?Howd I do?