I lay on the floor unmoving, hoping that just maybe he might stop.

I was wrong. I was always wrong.

He kicked me again, this time on my side. I felt, and heard, my rib crack.

That's when everything went black.

"ISABELLA! GET YOUR LAZY UP!"

The first thing I saw was Charlie's face, only inches from mine. I flinched away from him. Bad move. He reached out and pulled my hair. "You don't want to be late for school, do you?"

It was 6:30 a.m. and Charlie was already dressed in his police uniform. He made his way out of my room, down the stairs, and into his car. As soon as I heard his cruiser peel down the street, I got up.

I could hardly move. He really did a number on me this time. I went to the bathroom to take a shower.

I looked at myself to see how bad I looked today. I appear worse than I ever have. Charlie's beatings have gotten so much worse in the past few months. I wonder how much longer I can last.

After I was showered and dressed, I made my way down to the kitchen to get some breakfast. I wasn't that hungry so I just grabbed an apple. I sat down alone in the kitchen eating my apple and remembering back to when it first began.

~Flashback~

I was 9, and Charlie had taken me to the Forks Petting Zoo. They didn't have a lot of animals, mostly just animals you would see on a farm.

It was a fun day.

I got to ride a horse and feed it an apple. Dad got me some cotton candy for the ride home.

It was late when we got home. We had stopped for dinner and Dad drank alot of beer. The drive home was OK. He wasn't all over the road, but he was driving a bit to fast. The house was dark, and my mom wasn't home. She should have been, but she wasn't there. There was a note on the kitchen counter.

She left us. She packed up her bags and left. She said she couldn't hand it any more. She never wanted to be tied down with a kid and a drunk for a husband.

I looked at Dad. His face was so red, and I was scared. Why should I be scared? This is my dad, he would never hurt me.

"Daddy, are you ok? Where's Mommy?"

I didn't even see his hand move, but I felt it. My face burned on contact.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT SHE LEFT!" Slap. "YOU STUPID BITCH! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!" He screamed.

I was crying now. "I'm sorry!" I sobbed "I didn't mean to make her leave. I'm sorry!"

~End of Flashback~

I looked at the clock. Seven forty-five. Time to go to school.

When I pulled into the school parking lot, I got this feeling that today was going to be a bad day.

I made my way to first period English.

I don't even remember the class at all. I must have zoned out. In fact, I just moved through my morning classes in a blur. The teachers never called on me to answer questions, so I never really talked during classes.

The lunch bell rang. While I was rushing through the hall to get to my locker, I ran in to some one and dropped the books I was holding all over the place.

"I'm sorry! I didn't see you there." I said as I bent down to get my books. I looked up as pale fingers handed me my history text book. I was lost in his eyes. Liquid topaz shimmering in front of me like a sea of gold.

"No problem. I'm Edward Cullen, by the way. I'm new."

He was new. I thought so. I would remember seeing this beautiful, bronze-haired boy before.

"Thanks. I'm Bella Swan."

After he helped me with my books, I was at a loss for words. Until 4 other extremely beautiful people came up behind him.

"Hey Edward, make a new friend?" The bigger of the 2 guys asked. He was huge! Not fat huge, but just ripped! He had curly black hair and the exact same eyes as Edward, but less

intense.

Edward was about to say something when a short girl with short spiky black hair piped in

"Hey I'm Alice and this is my boyfriend, Jasper." She pointed at a pale boy that had blonde,

messy hair.

"That's Emmett and his girlfriend, Rosalie." this time she pointed at the black-haired boy and the beautiful blonde girl.

"Would you like to eat lunch with us?"

"Sure." I said, a little wary.

I usually eat lunch by myself. I was the outcast of the school.

But today I had friends, even if it was just for today.

I felt like I belonged.

~Later at home~

It was 9 at night when Charlie stumbled through the door. He was drunk. The first thing he saw was me as I was making my way up the stairs.

"Bella!" he screamed, angry.

I froze. I was scared. I wanted to run to my room, but I knew that would make it worse. I heard him behind me. He pulled me off the stairs by my hair and threw me on the ground. I was still in so much pain from last night, but that didn't matter to him. He kicked me in the ribs again. I pulled my legs to my chest to try and protect myself, but that made him angrier. He grabbed my hair again and pulled me up. He shoved me against the wall. I hit my head really hard and he punched me in my stomach. He slammed me into the wall again, and this time he let me fall to the ground. He kicked me one last time be for going to watch T.V. I felt the blackness coming over me, and I welcomed it.

A/N ok so heres chapter 1 edited. I didn't change anything in it, all thats dif. is the spelling. ch 2 and 3 will be fixed soon. :)

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