When Rose Petals Fall
Chapter 1
Elena cried in her pillow. She just wanted to forget this awful night. She just hoped she didn't wake her parents she would have no idea to explain her appearance to them. She had no idea what she would look like the next time she looked in the mirror. Would it show the violation that her body had just gone through? She only had one way to find out. She would have to look at herself in the mirror.
She let out a sob as she crawled off her bed careful not to make a huge thud that would alert her parents. The last thing she needed was to explain that she snuck out and that this happened . They would never let her out again, but maybe after what happened to her tonight that wouldn't have been such a bad idea.
Elena clutched onto her sore ribs as she quietly made her way to the jack and jill bathroom that her and her brother shared. She just hoped Jeremy wouldn't wake up. She didn't want to explain this to everyone. All she wanted to do was forget about all this. She needed to forget about all this. She wouldn't let him win. Not if she had anything to say about it.
She turned on the light and gasped at what she saw. Her face and body were covered in bruises and her lip was swelled from where he had punched her and forced himself into there. She wished she would have bit it off. She wished she could have fought back. She hated him for it and she hated herself for it. She slid down to the floor and cried. She didn't know what she was going to do. She didn't know how to go on from here.
She cried on the floor until she had no tears left as she turned on the water in the bathtub. She turned the water on so high that it would be scolding. She didn't care if she burned herself. She had to disinfect herself. But no matter how hard she tried to scrub and scrub her skin raw she couldn't get the image out of her head. She cried as she got out of the bath and changed into her new clothes. She had to go to sleep.
Maybe when she woke up she would realize that this was all one big nightmare and it wasn't real unfortunately she knew this wouldn't be the case and she knew as soon as she woke up she had a long road ahead of her. One that she didn't want to go through but had to try. Because she wouldn't let him win. She couldn't.