True Companion
Chapter One
As I was driving home from work that day all that was in my mind was the newest guest at the Battered Women's Shelter I was employed at. Everything just seemed so ironic. My name is Bella, her name is Bella. She had a five year old daughter named Cassandra and that was my sister's name as well. She was at the shelter asking for help; any help to get away from her abusive boyfriend and the father of her daughter. When she rang the bell it took all I had to not cry seeing her broken face and bruises and this sweet little girl at her moms' side not knowing why she had to leave her daddy. I suppose that is one more similarity although no one else knows it. I work at the shelter every day trying to gain the strength from the victims who have left their abusive partners, if only I could do that as well.
I pulled into the parking lot and braced myself for what I could possibly be walking into. I just never knew, sometimes I would come home to dinner and other times I would come home to the house being a mess and Kevyn, my boyfriend, ranting and raving over something he heard or found or didn't believe me on. Don't get me wrong, I love Kevyn. Sometimes I don't know why but I do and therefore I feel this sense of companionship and yes even obligation towards him. When he is good he is so good and I don't know if it out weighs the bad or not yet.
I walked into my one bedroom apartment, smiling as my cat leapt from the couch onto my shoulders to welcome me home. Although it was small and could be in a better neighborhood, this was home. Yes sure I had to always lock my doors and windows and often times the water would get cold way before I was done with my bath but I loved being away from everyone and everything I grew up around and maybe just maybe this would help Kevyn and I to focus on making our relationship stronger.
Kevyn looked up at me and smiled, asking if I was ready to head out for the weekend. We were going back home, I almost completely forgot what with the activities at the shelter this morning. I was excited, it was Kevyn's birthday and although I wasn't able to go celebrate out at the bars with him quite yet I was still looking forward to hopefully having a fight free weekend and catching up with my family. As we headed out the door I noticed that he had already been drinking, I smiled and laughed to myself knowing that most days I would be upset but not today, today was his birthday and we were bound to get along. Right?
****Several things: First I promise it gets into ExB and all of the rest of the characters, the first several chapters set the tone as well as give a little drama and a little life story from my past. The chapters get longer and I think better so please keep reading!
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