Sam's POV
I walked into my house after Hayley dropped me off at the usual time. I wasn't expecting for Declan to be here, but then again he always liked to surprise me.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" I asked confused
"Nothing, just wanted to make sure you got home alright," Declan explained
"How'd you get in here?" I wondered
"It was easy, the window," Declan said
"Oh right," I said in a sad voice
I met Declan a few months after Jack moved away. He was so sweet and mysterious, and he came up to me, but being the sarcastic person that I am, I thought I ran him off, until the next day. He was so sweet in the beginning, then he turned so controlling and violent. I can't tell Brooke because she'd tell Lucas and Nathan and then they'd try to kill him. I loved him, he was the only person I could talk to.
"So do you want me…" Declan said but was interrupted
Brooke began to open the door but was shocked to see Declan, and had wondered how long he'd been there.
"Sam, I got you this really cool outf…" Brooke stopped when she noticed Declan
"Hi Ms. Davis," Declan always said so "sweetly"
"Hi Declan, may I ask what you're doing here," Brooke said with a look on her face
"Sorry, just came to make sure Sam was alright getting home," Declan explained
"Oh I thought Hayley dropped you off like 10 minutes ago, I don't see a car parked and it takes more than 15 minutes to walk here," Brooke said
"Yeah, I was already here when Sam arrived," Declan said and turned towards Sam. "Look call me as soon as possible, we need to talk."
I had flinched when he began to talked and Brooke caught onto it, but didn't mention it while he was there. Declan closed the door moments later and I released a huge sigh.
"What was that about?" Brooke asked in a concerned voice
"What do you mean?" I said in a confused voice
"Well he's been around the house and calling you like every five minutes, and you flinched when he spoke to you," Brooke explained without pausing
"Oh its nothing, its jjust the way he is," I explained making excuses
Brooke didn't want to press the subject anymore. I went into my room and laid down my bag and jacket. I headed to the bathroom.
"Sam, where are you going?" Brooke asked
"To the bathroom to take a quick shower," I explained
"You've been taking a lot of showers, are you alright?" Brooke asked
"Yeah, you can never be too clean," I reminded her
As I took off my clothes, I turned to the mirror and saw all the bruises Declan had given me. It wasn't as bad in the beginning, but now, my body was covered with bruises and scratches from when I held up a fight. Then I heard Brooke at the door, I quickly grabbed a robe before she entered.
"Sam, what do you want for dinner?" Brooke yelled
"Nothing, not really hungry," I said
I got out of the shower 20 minutes later, it seemed like the longer I took showers, it washed away all my problems, until I did something wrong.
THE NEXT DAY
"Hey wait up," Declan yelled down the hall. "I tried calling you like 10 times last night."
"Yeah I'm sorry, I fell asleep," I explained. Declan had led me into a deserted classroom, and I knew what was coming.
"So you stood me up to sleep!" He yelled
"I'm sorry, please don't," I pleaded
"No, you bought this on yourself," He explained
SMACK. I felt it hard as I crashed to the floor, feeling nothing but pain to the right side of my face. He began to kick me and much me in my stomach. He stopped.
Hayley had heard the screams since her room was next door and had peaked inside to find us fighting.
"Hey what's going on in here?" Hayley demanded
"Nothing we're just practicing for a play," I covered
"Oh, okay, well continue," she said, not noticing my face
When she left, he kneeled down to me.
"I'm so sorry Sam, you just make me so mad," Declan cried
"I'm sorry," I said
10 minutes until first period. I ran into the bathroom and locked it behind me. I noticed my face was worse than I thought. It had been bloody and bruised. The day seemed to go by faster until it was last period. This time I would have to face her with my face in such bad condition. I don't own any "make-up", so I couldn't do much to hide it.
"Hey can you wait after class Samantha," Hayley requested
At the end of class, I walked slowly with my head down and my shades on. The shades couldn't hide the busted lip, but it did hide the newly growing black eye.
"What's wrong with you Sam," Hayley said with a concerned voice
"Nothing," I responded
"Oh is that so, first you're arguing with your boyfriend and now you won't participate in my class," Hayley rambled.
"I told you it was for a play," I lied
"Cut the bull crap Sam, we both know there's no play and you aren't the play type," Hayley said. "Now tell me what's really going on, and take off those ridiculous glasses."
Hayley reached for the glasses as I tried to block her. She managed to pull them off, but stood in shock to what she saw. She drove me home immediately and called Brooke and Peyton to meet her at the house in 10 minutes. We arrived to the house, and Brooke and Peyton arrived as we parked. I tried to run to my room, but Brooke stopped me.
"Hold on missy," Brooke said and I halted my movement. "What is it I hear your face is bruised."
I turned around to see Brooke, Julian, Peyton, Nathan and Lucas standing there with Jamie in tow.
"Take off you glasses," Hayley demanded
I stopped for a few moments until Brooke said
"Do what Hayley said now"
I pulled them off in slow motion, but when they saw my face, it was worse than I expected
"Jamie get out of here," Nathan requested and took Jamie into the next room with Lucas and Julian realizing it was a conversation for girls
"Who did this to you Sam?" Brooke asked
"No one, I ran into a door," I lied with a bad excuse
"Oh save it, I know who did it," Hayley released
"Who?" Brooke demanded
"It was her boyfriend Declan," Hayley said
"No that's not true, he never did this, he would never, you have to believe me Brooke," I said
"Then who?" Peyton asked
"I can't tell you," I replied
"Then we have no choi…" Brooke was interrupted by a door bell
Brooke moved to the door and opened it to an unexpecting person.
"Declan what are you doing here?" I asked knowing what they were going to say
"I just came by to take care of those bruises," He said
"Excuse me Declan, but we have this under control," Hayley said
"Oh, Mrs. Scott I didn't realize you were here," Declan responded with urgency in his voice
"No its alright, I need to talk to you alone anyway," I said trying to break the silence
Declan came through the door and opened his kit to start working on Sam's face.
"Looks like you've been doing this a long time," Brooke commented
"Yeah, Sam's really clumsy," Declan laughed
"I was talking about your ability to use the first aid," Brooke added and Declan stood in shock as he knew he has just incriminated himself.
"Well Declan's right I have been clumsy lately, I have bruises up and down from those stairs at school," I said hinting to Brooke of an incident with the stairs
"All done babe," Declan sighed
"Hmmm," Peyton released and everyone turned heads
"So where were we?" Declan asked
"Right I need to talk to you about the play," I said
"What play?" Brooke asked in confusion
"I forgot to tell you, I heard these to arguing this morning and desks falling, and Sammy here on the floor. They said they were acting out a play," Hayley said sarcastically
"So you guys are in a play?" Peyton asked suspiciously
"Yeah for our own amusement," I said
"Since when is domestic violence amusing," Brooke said
"It's not amusing, but it is justified," Declan explain making everyone's head turn and I nudged him on the arm
"How so?" Brooke asked angrily
"Well sometimes a man can't control himself. The woman just gets him so mad that he loses all control. It's not entirely the man's fault especially when the woman is flirting with other guys at lunch," he sounded more angrily and I flinched
"So you think it's right to hit a woman because of something she says or does?" Brooke asked getting more heated
"Well sorry to intrude on this debate, but Declan and I really need to talk," I said and walked him to my room.
THIRD PERSON POV
"Why would you say that it's right to hit a woman in front of all women?" Sam asked
"Well I'm sorry," Declan said in a remorseful voice
"Man you have really messed things up, they already thought you hit me," Sam slipped
"What!" Declan yelled making Brooke, Peyton and Hayley jump
"Keep your voice down, Hayley told them she thought it was you since our fight earlier," I explained
"If you wouldn't have made me so angry, this would have never happened," Declan said before storming out. He opened the door and I followed.
"Wait Declan, I didn't mean for this to happen," Sam yelled and pulled on his shoulder. He pulled away and Brooke, Peyton and Hayley were watching.
"Get the hell off of me!" He said so angrily, pushing me off of him, but Sam latched back on. He doesn't like it when people pull on him because it reminded him of when his dad used to hit him.
"SMACK" is all everyone heard before they jumped up. He hit people as a defense mechanism when they held or touched them. Sam fell to the ground and everyone else jumped up.
"Whoa what the hell," Brooke said as she made her way to Sam
"W-wwwhat was that for," Sam asked Declan
"Oh my god, I-iii'm so sorry Sam, I didn't mean to," Declan cried trying to bend down to Sam
"You stay away from my daughter," Brooke yelled and Lucas and Nathan entered
"No!" Sam yelled. "You can't leave me Declan." Everyone looked in shock as she called out for him, the boy who had just hit her.
"I'm not going anywhere, I'm so sorry. It's just that you made me so mad, why do you make me so mad?" Declan cried in her arms as everyone looked angry and confused.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have grabbed you," Sam explained
They cried in each other's arms until Brooke broke it up and threw Declan out. Sam had run to her room. She had begun to get undressed to take a shower. She often took showers when she felt dirty, which is after a fight with Declan. Brooke barged into her room to see her body covered with bruises and she knew that this hadn't been the first time.
"Wwwhat are you doing in here Brooke," Sam asked
"I was coming to check on you, how'd you get those bruises?" Brooke asked knowingly who did it
"Look I don't want to talk to you anymore, just stay out of my life," Sam said
"No who did this to you?" Brooke asked again this time louder making Hayley and Peyton rush to the room door. They to saw the bruises that covered her body from head to toe.
"Oh my god Sam, what happened to you?" Peyton said in shock
"Why don't you all just leave me alone!" Sam yelled now putting her robe on feeling violated as the night she did with Declan.
They all left Sam's room to regroup while she took a shower.
"Did you see her body," Peyton pointed out
"Yes, it looks like this has been going on for a while," Hayley responded while Brooke sat there in shock on the couch
"So how do we separate them?" Brooke asked
"We don't, they have to separate themselves, sooner or later Sam is going to realize that she deserves better," Hayley said
"Well we can't just do nothing," Brooke said
"Well if we try to break them up, it could push them closer giving him the upper hand from what I see, his attacks are getting more violent," Hayley said
"Did you see him come to the house the other day?"Brooke asked
"No he hasn't come to the house when I drop Sam off," Hayley said
"Well they were both here not too long after you dropped Sam off, how'd he get in," Brooke wondered
"My window," Sam said from a distance
"It was open?" Brooke asked
"Yes, I always have to leave it open," Sam explained
"Why?" Peyton asked
"Because Declan wants it open in case I'm asleep and I can't hear him, he comes in by himself," Sam explained
"Honey why didn't you tell me?" Brooke said apologetically
"I was scared, everytime I said or did something wrong, there he was yelling or hitting me the next day. If I don't answer my phone, its even worse or if I…" Sam paused thinking about what she was going to say
"If you what?" Hayley pressured
"If I didn't have sex with him," Sam mumbled and everyone looked shocked most of all Brooke looked hurt and helpless
"I'm so sorry honey, but we're going to help you now," Peyton said. "But for now, Lucas and I have to get home."
"As do I," Hayley added.
Ten minutes passed and everyone was cleared out the house.
"So do you want to talk now?" Brooke asked
"Yes