I was lying on the floor, my head leaning on the hard, blood covered wall. I was in extreme pain. I was wearing a white halter top, well, a white, blood-covered halter top now. My long, black hair was all tangled. My eyes were closed and I was close to tears.'Of all the things he put me through. I can't believe he's done this. My supposed to be stepfather.' I thought.
I tried not to cry but I couldn't help but scream in terror and pain as he pulled me by my hair and flung me over his shoulders and threw me against that same wall. It felt like all the bones in my body were broken. But I could mostly feel and hear my left calf and right forearm shatter.
"You are the cause of all my damn problems!" He shrieked.
I was in too much pain to speak but I tried so hard with every last bit of strength I had I knew I would regret saying this but I knew I had to.
"The cause of all your problems? I'm the one who got thrown against a wall and thanks to you I don't have a mother, because you murdered her! But you framed my one and only friend and now she is in jail for 35 years! You-you ass hole!" I hissed, glaring at my stepfather. His face turned deathly.
I had so much more to say but I couldn't say anymore without screaming. I looked at his infuriated face as he kicked me in my ribs so hard that they shattered into pieces. I stared at him as he was walking into the bathroom to wash my blood off his hands.
I continued to lie there as I attempted to reach for my cell phone in my pocket. After thirty minutes, I finally got it close enough to my face so I could dial 911. As I waited for someone to answer I heard the muffled sound of my evil step dad, Jonathan's snoring.
"911 emergency" The other voice answered abruptly.
"Hello my name is Alice Brandon", I struggled to tell the officer my address and tell her that I was hurt but as I was saying it, I saw Jonathan standing before me. He wore a big smile across his face and snatched the phone away from my hand.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here, a cell phone perhaps?" his voice was courteous, kind. "I'll take that." He looked at the screen and saw I called the police. He gave me a dirty look and raised the phone up to his ear.
"Hello this is Jonathan Brown, Alice's father. The only reason she is hurt is because she fell down a flight of stairs and out a window."
"She's hurt? A flight of stairs? Out a window?! We will send an ambulance right away!" The officer replied and hung up before Jonathan could say anything.
"You better be glad you're getting treated!" he scolded me as he literally snapped the phone In half, and tossed the pieces to my nose.
I was in too much pain to move. All I could think of was that when my bones healed. I would run away. All I needed was a place to say. Then it suddenly hit me. I would stay with Harry!

Harry is my biological father. He moved to a small town far away after my mothers' passing. My mother died when I was 12, because Jonathan forced her to steal and rob banks but one day she put her foot down and told him no. That night Jonathan drowned her and framed it on my best and only friend. Now I'm 17 and almost an adult.
When the ambulance came they told me I had a broken rib, leg, arm, nose and 3 fingers. They told me I would heal up in about four months. They took me to the hospital where I got all my casts on. The ambulance also drove me home and the moment I got home I immediately went to bed.

**Four Months Later**

After I finally got my casts off and was all healed up I was sitting in my room packing all my clothes for running away. Under my bed I hid a bag full of money from ever since I was 10. I was supposed to be saving up for collage but I needed the money for a subway. I waited until five o' clock am. I got all my bags and snuck out my window. I jolted to the subway and surprisingly it was open! I told them to drop me off in Birch.
"Look Alice you know I'm very fond of you but I am not dropping you off all the way over there!" The driver said.
I didn't want it to come to this but I reached in my bags for my money pouch and got a 100-dollar bill and stuck it into the pocket in his shirt. He got the money and stared at it for a long moment then he finally spoke.

"SOLD!". I smiled with excitement and humor. Excitement because I was finally going to get away from Jonathan and humor was because he always made me smile.
By the time I got to Birch, it was nine o' clock. I grabbed my bags, hopped off the subway, and thanked the driver and scurried away. I called a cab and digged in my bag for a paper I desperately needed. Harry gave it to me before he moved; it was his address. He told me if I ever wanted to visit him, that was the address to go to.
I finally got a cab and gave the driver the paper. The driver was a woman, she looks vaguely familiar. She had long wavy blonde hair, she wore a white, long dress shirt and dark pants under.
"Hey this is Harry's address…" She looked suspiciously at the old, crumpled paper and continued," Alice Brandon? Is that you?"
"Umm…yes?" I answered.
"Oh my gosh…"She gasped.
"What's wrong?" I asked worriedly.
"I'm Caitlin Page…I'm your fathers girlfriend! I have waited and waited for this day to come!"
"Wait, girlfriend?! Harry didn't tell me he had a girlfriend!"
"Well he does and it's me! Okay here you are!"
I thanked Caitlin and almost died of surprise. As I approached the white house I stopped to stare at the conspicuous house next to it. It was old and haunted looking , but I ignored it and moved on. I knocked on the door three times before Harry came and opened the door.
"Alice?" He gasped. He didn't change he looked the same he had short black hair and laugh lines.

"Hi dad" I said trying to hold myself back from hugging him.
"Alice! I missed you so much! Are you just visiting? Or are you coming to live here?"
"The second one." I couldn't help it anymore, I hugged him with all my strength.
I entered the house.
"I had a room made for you, It's the first door on the left, I made it because I knew this day would come."
I wore a big grin across my face as I walked up the stairs. Suddenly, I felt a cold breeze run up my spine. I didn't want to worry Harry so I just ignored it. Once I got to the top of the stairs, I turned to the left and opened the door. I gazed upon the beautiful room. The walls were a light purple and two of the walls were a darker purple. I saw the big queen sized bed with a thick comforter and a big pillow. Across the bed was a dresser and beside that was a desk. I screamed and pounced on the bed it was so comfy like sleeping on a cloud. I was so hungry and sleepy so I went down stairs and made a bowl of cereal. By the time I was finished eating, I was exhausted but I knew I had to take a shower because Jonathan would only let me have a shower once a week. So I ran upstairs and on the right. Across my room there was a bathroom. I took off my dirty clothes and hopped in the shower and turned the heat up. It felt so good knowing that I could finally shower daily from now on. When I finished I wrapped myself in a towel I found in a cabinet, and poked my head out of the door.
"Dad? Do you have an extra toothbrush?" I bellowed.
"Yes Alice honey, Under the sink there's a fresh new pack." He answered.
Harry was right; there was a fresh pack under the sink I opened one and brushed my teeth. Then I realized something I forgot to bring my clothes to the bathroom, but it didn't matter because my room was right across the bathroom. I look both ways to see if anyone was in the narrow halls. No one in sight, so I sprinted to my room and got dressed. I went back to the bathroom to turn off the lights and then went back to my room and laid in my bed. After 2 minutes I gradually fell asleep.

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Lumina: Do you like it? Do you want me to continue? Is it good? Bad? A trainwreck? Heaven on Earth? Do you like cheese?

Serena: 0.o What the hell is with the last question?

Lumina: I'm curious! Duh!

Serena:-_- I'm gonna go take a nap now.

Lumina: Bye!

*Serena leaves*

Lumina: Well, review please! Bye!

xox Lumina and Serena [who is currently asleep]

{P.S. Lumina is the author!!! ;P}