Toby's my baby
01-07-2007, 01:45 PM
I'm going to try make this is short as possible, but it might end up being kind of long....
This last Tuesday night, my boyfriend and a friend of his went to his house. My boyfriend (josh) and his friend had a drink ( :rolleyes: ) and his parents were drinking. His dad beat up his mom, and hit his younger brother who is 14 years old I think. Well Josh and his friend drove into town, to the police station, and told the police. Josh was scared to go home, knowing that his dad might be a little angry with him for telling the cops and possibly hit him, so he went to his friends house. His parents didn't know where he went and I think they called the cops. The next morning Josh wasn't at school, so I started to worry. I eventually found him later in the day, and we didn't get to talk long, because he had to go to class, but he said "I'm not going back home" and I had NO idea what he was talking about because we hadn't talked about it yet so I didn't know what was going on. Later I found out a little bit, and I told him to come to my house that night so we could talk about everything and about him going home. Well after school we were gonna meet, he was gonna go to a friends house while I went to basketball, and then he was gonna come over. He never showed after school, so I gave my aunts phone number to two of his friends.
When I got home, I called his friend and asked him if Josh was there so I could tell him he could come over, he said no, he hadn't seen him and he had no idea where he was, and maybe he was with Joe. So, I called Joe and joe said he thought Josh was with me. I was in a HUGE panic, I had no idea where Josh had went, and he told me he wasn't going home and none of us knew where he was. Eventually, at about 11 PM I found out his mom had come and picked him up at school and brought him home so he wouldn't "run away".
The next day at school, Josh called his mom and asked if it was ok if he stayed at a friend house. I'm not sure what all his mom said, but in the end she said she was going to call the cops and tell them that he was running away, even though she knew exactly where he was going to go. At school, Josh went to the counsiling office and told them what was going on. After school, he went to the police station, and told them the whole story, and that he didn't want to go home if his parents were going to drink and that his dad might be VERY angry with him. So, he's now staying with his Grandparents. He said he never wants to go home again, because it is an "alcoholic and abusive house". Don't get me wrong, Josh's parents are VERY nice people, but they do drink quite a bit. I'm not sure why his dad hit his mom or what went on there. I think his little brothers are still staying at the house, because they aren't at his grandparents house.
I feel so hopeless, is there anything I can do to help him out? I've never had a friend in this situation before and I don't know what to do. I haven't told my parents about it yet, they just got home from a trip, but should I? Or is this too private for me to tell them about? But what if one night he need somewhere to go?? I'm so confused, I don't know what to do. I love him so much, and feel so hopeless... :(
This last Tuesday night, my boyfriend and a friend of his went to his house. My boyfriend (josh) and his friend had a drink ( :rolleyes: ) and his parents were drinking. His dad beat up his mom, and hit his younger brother who is 14 years old I think. Well Josh and his friend drove into town, to the police station, and told the police. Josh was scared to go home, knowing that his dad might be a little angry with him for telling the cops and possibly hit him, so he went to his friends house. His parents didn't know where he went and I think they called the cops. The next morning Josh wasn't at school, so I started to worry. I eventually found him later in the day, and we didn't get to talk long, because he had to go to class, but he said "I'm not going back home" and I had NO idea what he was talking about because we hadn't talked about it yet so I didn't know what was going on. Later I found out a little bit, and I told him to come to my house that night so we could talk about everything and about him going home. Well after school we were gonna meet, he was gonna go to a friends house while I went to basketball, and then he was gonna come over. He never showed after school, so I gave my aunts phone number to two of his friends.
When I got home, I called his friend and asked him if Josh was there so I could tell him he could come over, he said no, he hadn't seen him and he had no idea where he was, and maybe he was with Joe. So, I called Joe and joe said he thought Josh was with me. I was in a HUGE panic, I had no idea where Josh had went, and he told me he wasn't going home and none of us knew where he was. Eventually, at about 11 PM I found out his mom had come and picked him up at school and brought him home so he wouldn't "run away".
The next day at school, Josh called his mom and asked if it was ok if he stayed at a friend house. I'm not sure what all his mom said, but in the end she said she was going to call the cops and tell them that he was running away, even though she knew exactly where he was going to go. At school, Josh went to the counsiling office and told them what was going on. After school, he went to the police station, and told them the whole story, and that he didn't want to go home if his parents were going to drink and that his dad might be VERY angry with him. So, he's now staying with his Grandparents. He said he never wants to go home again, because it is an "alcoholic and abusive house". Don't get me wrong, Josh's parents are VERY nice people, but they do drink quite a bit. I'm not sure why his dad hit his mom or what went on there. I think his little brothers are still staying at the house, because they aren't at his grandparents house.
I feel so hopeless, is there anything I can do to help him out? I've never had a friend in this situation before and I don't know what to do. I haven't told my parents about it yet, they just got home from a trip, but should I? Or is this too private for me to tell them about? But what if one night he need somewhere to go?? I'm so confused, I don't know what to do. I love him so much, and feel so hopeless... :(