(Queens, New York. September, 2011. Y/N's age: 15)

Y/N's P.O.V

I've just sat up in my bed and realise that I'm not wearing my glasses as my vision is blurry right. I grab my glasses off my bedside table and put them on.

After getting ready for school I grab my camera and my asthma inhaler and put it in my pocket. I walk down into the living room and see my mum is about to leave the house.

Vanessa: Morning baby boy.

She comes over and hugs me.

Y/N: Morning mum.

We then pull away.

Vanessa: Are you sure you don't want me to drive you to school?

Y/N: I'm okay mum. Thanks though.

She then starts walking to the door.

Vanessa: Have you got your inhaler?

Y/N: Yep in my pocket.

Vanessa: Okay, good. Well, I better go before I'm late. See you later Y/N. Love you baby.

Y/N: Bye mum, love you too.

She then walk out the door.

(Fifteen minutes later)

So after eating breakfast and leaving my house I walk down the street towards school when I hear a voice.

???: Hey Y/N, wait up man.

I turn and see my best friend Justin running towards me.

Y/N: Hey Justin.

He stops next to me and we fist bump.

Justin: What's up buddy?

Y/N: Not much man.

After walking for another ten minutes or so we make it to school.

Justin and I then go to my locker so I can put some books away.

As I'm doing this I feel my locker door hit me on the side of my face.

Y/N: Ah!

I turn and then get punched in the chest by my bully Isaac.

Isaac: Sorry L/N, I slipped.

His friends laughed at me.

I see Justin push Isaac away and him and his friends leave.

He then bends down.

Justin: You okay buddy?

I have trouble breathing as he hit me in the chest. I try to grab my inhaler but I accidentally drop it.

I see someone grab it, I look up to see Mia Lance bend down towards me and hands it to me.

I quickly shake it and use the inhaler to breathe again.

Justin then helps me up.

Mia: Hey Y/N, are you okay?

I nod.

Y/N: Yeah, yeah. I'm fine.

She then brings her hand up and touches the side of my head.

Mia: That bruise looks a little bad though.

Y/N: Don't worry, I'll be fine.

Mia: Okay good. I'll see you in Biology.

Y/N: Okay.

She smiles at me then leaves.

I turn back to my locker and then see Justin smiling at me.

Y/N: What?

Justin: Dude, she's so into you. Why don't you ask her out?

Y/N: Bro, she's not into me. She was just helping me out, besides she's a cheerleader she'd never date a nerd like me.

Justin: Well, you won't know unless you try.

I shake my head, then close my locker.

Y/N: Whatever.

(Five hours later)

So school is now over and Justin is coming back to my house with me. I also make Justin promise not to say anything about my bruise.

We walk to the front door and go in.

Y/N: Hey mum, I'm home and Justin's with me.

Vanessa: Okay.

We walk into the kitchen and see mum in there.

Vanessa: Hi Justin.

Justin: Hi Mrs. L/N.

Justin and I have been so close for so long he's practically apart of my family. So he's close with my mum and grandpa.

I jump onto the kitchen side and Justin grabs both of us a drink from the fridge.

Vanessa: So, how was your day boys?

Y/N: Good.

I then see mum's face turned to concerned.

Vanessa: How'd you get that bruise sweetie?

Y/N: Oh, I fell down the stairs and hit my head pretty hard.

Vanessa: Are you okay?

Y/N: Mum, it's fine. It's not that bad, okay?

Vanessa: Okay.

We then see grandpa come in from the basement.

Henry: Hello you two. Hi Justin.

Y/N & Vanessa: Hey.

Justin: Hey Mr. Allen.

He looks at my face.

Henry: What happened to you?

Vanessa: He fell.

Henry: Wow, that's a shiner.

Justin: That's what I said.

I look down and see his feet are wet.

I chuckle.

Y/N: Where's the flood?

He starts to walk back to the basement.

Henry: Come with me and I'll show you.

I shake my head, then Justin and I go down to the basement with grandpa.

So we're now down in a flooded basement.

Henry: I think it might be the condenser tray.

Y/N: Nah, there's too much water for the condenser tray, or the heat exchange tubing. It's gotta be the fill line.

Henry: That's the only thing that makes sense. Can you fix it?

Y/N: I can, but not today. I'll go by the hardware store tomorrow.

Henry: Good deal. Now, put this on your bruise.

He throws me cold meat and I put it on the bruise.

Henry: Justin, can you take that box up for me?

Justin: Yeah, sure.

Justin leaves and grandpa and I sort out some more stuff.

Henry: How's the other guy look?

I tilt my head in confusion.

Henry: Come on kid, I know a bruise from a fight when I see one. Yes or no, do I have to call someone's father?

Y/N: No, it's not a big deal.

Henry: Okay, well I wouldn't tell your mother. I pity the poor boy who'd have to suffer her rath.

Grandpa grabs a box and goes to leave.

Henry: Hey, before you come up see if there's still anything down here worth saving.

Y/N: Okay.

After he leaves I start looking for other stuff.

As I'm doing this I find briefcase, and it looks familiar, I'm not sure why.

I go back up with the briefcase and see mum, grandpa and Justin sitting at the table.

They see me with the briefcase.

Vanessa: I forgot all about that thing. It was your dad's.

My eyes widen as now I know why I recognise it.

Vanessa: He wanted me to keep it safe for him just before he left for...

I nod as I know what she's trying to say.

Vanessa: I sold him the briefcase, that's how we met. I was working in the store at the time.

Grandpa smiles at this.

I look through the briefcase.

Y/N: But mum, there's nothing in here. Why would he ask you to keep it safe if there's nothing here?

Vanessa: Your father was a very secretive man Y/N.

I chuckle.

Y/N: Yeah, I know.

I then pull out a picture of my father with another man.

I show it to mum and grandpa.

Y/N: Who's that?

Grandpa shrugs.

Henry: Some friend of your dad's I think.

Mum then comes over.

Vanessa: Just take this off the table, okay?

I nod and lift it off the table.

I take the case up to my room and I decide that when I'm alone I'm gonna take deeper look into it.

I need to know more about all of this.