Abekes P.O.V.
The bell rang and i gathered up my stuff. I then walked out to door and down the hallway dodging other people as i walked to my locker. When i reached my locker i was my boyfriend leaning against it. He smiled when he saw me and got off of the locker. He then came up and hugged me.
"What are you doing after school?",he asked as we separated from the hug.
"I have some homework to do, so i can't really do anything, sorry Conor",i said even though that wasn't true. I have to go home as fast as i can to make for sure my dad doesn't hurt Soama. He has been really abusive lately to us but i don't want to tell anyone because then i will just get hurt more.
"It's OK. We have 1 more day till Friday then we have a party to go to and i get to see you all week",he said leaning down and kissing me on the head.
I smiled and opened my locker to put my books in. I then shut my locker and started to walk to the front entrance to the school.
"Hey, Abeke do you want a ride home?",asked Conor as he got his keys out of his pocket.
"No its OK, i prefer to walk home",i said. If my dad ever found out that someone else brought me home, i am not sure what he would do all i know is that he will hurt me badly.
"Are you sure?",he asked putting an arm around my waist and pulling me close to his side.
I nodded wrapping my arms around his middle for a last hug before i started home.
"See you tomorrow Conor, I love you",i said to him.
"See you tomorrow, I love you too",he said as he quickly kissed me on the cheek then ran off to his car.
I started to walk home then. I lived about half a mile away from the school. My dad says that he wants us to walk home and to not be late. But it is always hard not to be late. When i reached my house i saw Soama outside, sitting on the steps before the door. I walk to her and sit next to her.
"Whats wrong?Have you gone inside yet?",i asked Looking at my sister.
"We are late, i don't even want to step foot in that house",said Soama as she put her head in her hands.
"We have to go inside, other wise we will be in bigger trouble",i told her as i got up.
She nodded and stood up with me. When we opened the door we heard loud footsteps coming down the stairs that were on our left. Our dad then walked in front of us.
"Where have you been?",he asked in his low, scary voice. If you don't know what i mean by low and scary think about batman's voice but lower and angrier.
"I had to go to a teachers room, i am failing math",said Soama keeping her head down. My dad looked at her with anger in his eyes. He then put his hand in the air getting ready to his her. Before she could i pushed out of the way and felt a burning spot on my cheek.
"Why would you do that?You do not take her punishment for being late. Soama go to your room now. Abeke get in the living room before i punch you in the face",he screamed at us.
I helped my sister up and she started to walk up the stairs looking back at me before she went around the corner and down the hall to her room. I then walked to the living room and sat on the couch.
My dad then walked in with something in his hand. I then saw what he had, he had a wooden baseball bat.
"Stand up",he screamed at me. I stood up and looked at my shoes.
"Look at me", he said right in my ear. I looked up to see him have the baseball bat in his hand ready to swing it at me.
"What are the three rules of the house?", he asked me as he started to walk back and forth like he was a guard in the military.
"Don't get in your way. Get home on time. Don't talk back", i said to him.
"If you know the rules then follow them", he screamed at me as he swung the bat at my legs. I fell to the ground with a thud. I then felt my lungs start to burn.
"Get up", he yelled at me.
I stood up and looked at my dad. He then walked up to me and said,"If you do that again i will break a metal bat over your head and make for sure you don't see tomorrow",he said in his scary low voice.
He then punched me in the right side of my face and slapped me on my right cheek.
"Now get to your room",he yelled at me.
I walked out of the living room and up the stairs. I then turned right and walked down the hallway looking at pictures on the wall. The only pictures that actually told me that my dad was happy at some point. Those were the days that we will had my mom. But now she is gone and my sister and i are trapped in a world of abuse and hurt. I am lucky i have some people that do care about me. If i didn't have them i would have left this world a long time ago but i also knew that i couldn't do that. If i left my sister with my dad she wouldn't last a day.
I reached the end of the hallway and opened the door to see my sister asleep on her bed. We share a room. I walked over to my bed and closed my eyes. I fell asleep instantly.
The next morning i woke up to my alarm clock on my phone going off. I got out of bed and walked over to Soamas. I then shook her awake.
"Time to get ready for school",i said to her.
Once we were ready our door slammed open and our dad stood in the doorway.
"Get out of this house and go to school",he screamed at us.
Soama left the room but i was stopped by my dashed then slapped me hard.
"Remember what i said",he said looking in my eyes deeply and angrily. I then left the room putting my hand on the right side of my face that he had slapped me on.
I walked down the stairs and outside. I then walked to school with my sister.
"Abeke you should go to the nurse or something, dads hand print is on your face in bright red and we have darker skin than others and i can see it",said Soama.
"I don't want to go to the nurse. Do you have a spare hoodie in your back pack?",i asked her.
She stopped walking and opened her backpack. She then pulled out a black hoodie. I put it on and pulled the hood over my face.
"You know that the teachers are going to ask you to pull the hood off, right?",she said looking at me.
"I will try to hide it the best i can. The worst that can happen is if one of my friends found out so don't tell anyone",i said to her as we walked up to the doors and walked into the school.
Right when i entered the school i walked over to Meilin and Rollan who were talking.
"Hey Abeke",they said as i felt arms go around my middle.
"Hey guys. Hi Conor", i said as i leaned back into his embrace.
"Hey beautiful",he said squeezing me,"Why do you have your hood on?".
"I'm cold", i said.
He then pulled me into a tight hug and didn't let go.
"Abeke, i know your lieing. You are never cold unless it is winter", he separated from the hug and looked me in the eyes.
"Can i not wear a hood?", i asked him.
"You never wear hoods", he said,"Please take off the hood".
"Why do you care if i have a hood on?",i asked him.
"Because i don't get to see your beautiful face",he said starting to take the hood off.
I moved his hands away and sat down on a bench that was behind me. He then knelled down and tried to take off the hood then but i moved his hands again this time not letting go of them. I intertwined my fingers with his. I then heard the bell ring. Time for our first class.
I let go of his hands and started to walk to my locker when all of the sudden my hood was pulled off. I turned around quickly to see who did it. I saw Conor, when he saw my face his expression dropped and he looked at me with shook. I put the hood back on and started to walk to my locker to get my books.
Before i could open my locker Conor moved in front of it pulled my hood of and held my hands to my sides.
"What happened?",he asked in a soft gentle voice.
"Its nothing", i said.
"Abeke this isn't nothing. You have a hand print on your face. Who did this?",he asked.
"My sister was doing something stupid and accidentally hit me, OK. I promise you that is what happened. I would never lie to you",i said to him.
"No, your sister didn't do this. Her hand is smaller than this",he said taking my face in his hands.
I then felt my eyes start to water. He pulled me into a hug.
"Please tell me what happened",he pleaded.
"Why do you even care about what happened?", i asked crying into his chest.
"Because i love you", he said.
I separated from him and whipped the tears from my eyes.
"I have to go to class", i said.
"No, you and i are going somewhere else", he said grabbing my hand and marching us outside of the school. He then took me to his car and told me to get in.
"What are we doing?Where are we going?", i asked him.
"We are ditching school and i can't tell you where we are going but it will help both of us", he said leaning over to kiss me on the lips. He the started the car and we were off.