A choice to be made

Weeks went by as my mom would remind me of the money she lost getting removed from karate. My mother was the type of person where she thought it was normal to fight. In fact she looked forward to fighting her own daughters as she thought she was teaching us this grand life lesson.

She always thought she had a reason behind her parenting methods which in truth she was abusing her authority over minor children. Around this time my sister mia had friends coming in and out of the house two times she actually had boys moved in downstairs and sleeping in the same room at times. My mom didn't care who was in and out of the house as she was never home long enough to care.

this was one of the primary examples of us basically running Ferrell. When we had power and water she would leave like we could handle a month alone now she paid for utilities . My sister mia had enemies everywhere and didn't know it and her mistaken popularity was just a boiling pot waiting to happen. One day we had over a few of my sisters friends as they came over like normal wanting to hang out . A brother and sister pair came over like normal.

No one was prepared for the lesson that was to be learned today about not only mia but Paula as well. Melina craved a normal family and she was very protective over her family in a sense she did what needed to be done to keep them safe no matter the cost.Melina never thought she would have to make a choice between either one of her sisters that day.

It was just a weekend we were alone and everything was good until the sister asked mia to help her in the bathroom as I was in my room writing on my book I was doing as I heard the door lock and moments later my sister screaming bloody murder. I went to kicked the bathroom door open to help my sister as the sister who came over was fighting my sister. Paula stayed in the living room with the brother as she batted her eyes and flirted with him not budging to help Mia in any way. To Paula Mia getting her butt kicked was less of a concern to her getting attention from a boy .I managed to get the bathroom door open as the fight proceeded down the hallway and in the living room. I thought Paula would help her own sister out as she did nothing and allowed the two girls to fight. Paula stood there flirting with the boy as Mia was being slammed into objects and she was losing the fight as the girl held her down as she dragged my sister Mia into a bad position hitting her over and over.

That was the moment I knew Paula's alliegence was to Paula . Our sister was being beat down in her own home and she wasn't doing anything but flirting with the girl who was beating mia up stupid brother. I felt this was not right as I knew my mother kept a forty five under her bed and I went to the room to retrieve it .

Melina cocked the gun. As she walked out and placed the gun pointed at the sister as she stopped her assult on mia . As Melina proceed to move the two invades to the front door as she felt she was the only one protecting her sister . When the two left Melina had all intentions of protecting her sister and her family no matter the cost.

Melina knew how to shoot guns as that was another bad decision her parents made. As most parents were teaching their three year olds to ride a bicycle or tie their shoes . My parents were taking me to the valley and putting a gun in her little three year old hands and shooting cans off a wall as family bonding.

When normal kids were taught kindness and friendship. Melina was taught kill or be killed . She was taught it was either you or me concept where her mother and father trained them to shoot cans in an abandoned mountain side and as they had a beer in their hands allowing a three year old handle a fully loaded gun without explaining the reprocusions of the value of life and death .

Melina knew you point the gun at what threatened you and there was no consequences no remorse behind the actions because she wasn't taught to think but shoot. Another wonderful parenting skills that had caused a misunderstanding that had a long lasting effect on her concept to point first and ask questions later approached to her saving her sister mia from a girl who was her friend once.

She realized this girl she saw mia handing out with and calling her a friend was no friend to mia but a dangerous snake who crept into her home and was pretending to be a friend when really she was an enemy. To Melina any enemy of her sister was a enemy of hers as well.

She narrowed her eyes at the brother and sister that came to her home under false pretences they were Mia's friends. Melina spent the majority of her life watching people pretending to be there to protect her but they were the people hurting her. She watched the two in front of her with the same distain she saw the people who hurt her as she saw the vile , disgusting, undeserving little pretenders that they were and they needed to pay for their deception.

Melina back then out of the house as the older brother tried to move forward to catch Melina off guard since she was smaller than her as she held a gun he swore she had no idea how to work. He came towards Melina like he had intentions of removing the gun from her hands like she was a dumb child playing with dangerous toys .

" I will shoot you. If you don't get out of my house I will kill you right here right now and you won't be able to leave ." She said as she pulled back the top of the gun as the barrel chamber clicked as it lined up the bullet in the chamber as the older boy froze with his hands up and she turned the gun on the girl as she smirked with no remorse.

The older brother saw something clicked in Melina's eyes as he knew she wasn't playing and she would shoot him if he tried to remove the gun from her. All he wanted to do was make sure no one touched his sister or interfered when she jumped mia over a misguided misunderstanding about a boy both of them were dating. Because his sister couldn't get over the boy she made great efforts to friend mia and wait for her move and as her brother he got caught in the crossfire of protecting her and helping her with his sisters revenge .

But as the neighborhood all knew you never messed with the McNally sisters at the top of the hill with the dogs and the junk cars and now he stood there with a gun in his face he was witnessing first hand it was the youngest McNally sister that was the most unhinged from them all as he saw she would shoot him as she made a small smile at him provoking him to try something. Like she was baiting him to dare to give her an excuse to pull that trigger.

" And you I should shoot you for hurting my sister. Your no friend of hers." Melina let out a small laugh as she continued." Really your the worst kind of friend ." Said Melina as she placed her fire finger on the trigger ready to pull as the two backed away slowly offering apologies to her for their lives in return." Apologize to my sister because if I see you here again it will be your last time here alive." She said so cold so disconnected it brought a shiver up the twos spine as they turned out of fear and ran down the street out of sight.

Melina came inside as Paula hadn't moved to even help mia and she looked at Paula as Paula looked at her hand with the gun. She shook her head at her Irish twins sister always willing to fight and prove her point but when mia needed her she did nothing to stop it . She actually held back people from helping her own sister. Melina thought she was the most disgusting person she met right now as she let out and angry huff at Paula .

" And you are the worst kind of sister. I should have shot you too for letting them hurt her." Said Melina as she dared them to say anything. The three girls eyes looked between each other in an understanding.