- Prologue -

You know, I always thought life would be so perfect and have all the things you wanted.

My first 9 years on earth was great, my parents happily married, I got a little sister when I was 4 and then 2 years after Jessica was born my brother Eric was brought into this world.

Life went great and I was so happy until my dad go killed in a robbery, he was shot straight in the heart and died. My mom fell apart the minute she got the message.

And Hell was about to begin for me.

I wasnt even prepared when Danny Jones walked into my life when my fathers funeral was set.

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- Funeral -

"Mom... Eric is crying again.." I said and walked over to the bench where she sat alone crying.

It was just minutes before the people came to pay their respects. Mom looked like someone had dropped a pile of trash on her and left her to die.

"Can you be a sweetheart and take care of him now and Jessica" She said putting an arm on my shoulder trying to smile.

"Sure mom" I said giving her a hug.

People were walking into church now and I hurried past them to go take care of Jessica and Eric.

"ERIC" I yelled outside and looked around.

"Excuse me?" Asked someone and I looked the way the voice came from. A woman walked up to me with a boy my age and my siblings.

"Oh thank you so much... " I said grabbing Eric and Jessica by their arms.

"Mom is enough broken ... why on earth did you guys run off?" I asked looking at them.

"You wouldnt understand" Said Jessica and walked into the church with Eric.

The boy looked at me and smiled, he had something about him that made me wanna learn more but I didnt dare.

"Im Danny" He said and smiled.

"Im Holly" I said and started walking into church. Well inside I found Jessica and Eric by moms side crying, i guess i had to show some respect as well.

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- Six years later -

"Come on" I said and grabbed a hold of Danny.

"But I dont wanna" He stated and stopped dead in his tracks on the side walk.

"You said you would, its prom and you asked me" I said and glared at him with the worst look I knew he would freak out from. Lets just say he couldnt say no to anything when I put my foot up his pretty looking arse. He threw his hands up in the air and followed me into the store.

Prom was coming up and we were going together, I grabbed a dress and ran into a fitting room to squeeze into it. By now I knew Danny was slumped down in a chair, his arms crossed and this "Are we done yet?" look on his face. And damn I was right when I came out he looked just like that.

"Whats that on your shoulder?" He asked, his eyes fixed on it. I looked down and felt my anger rise.

"I ... I slipped in the shower" I said trying to hide it. Alright so It wasnt right to lie to him but I couldnt really let him into the truth.

"You got the shower door right through your shoulder... if you ask me it looks like someone drove a knife through your shoulder"

"So what do you think?" I asked ignoring him being concerned. He walked over to me and smiled grabbing my hips he kissed my cheek. I just bit my lip as he was touching a sore spot on my left hip.

"Ow... " I cried out as he somehow lost balance and gripped a little harder on my hip. He looked at me and I smiled, heck, he wasnt going to find out that I had bruises all over my body.

When I walked into the fitting room again it was like I could feel his eyes trying to look for more bruises on my body. And I was dead scared he would notice more.

The thing is that I have been beaten up almost everyday after the funeral 6 years ago, she just ... snapped into something else after we had said goodbye to my dad. She changed all of a sudden into this monster who would beat the shit out of me and Jessica everytime she got the chance. If we didnt follow her we could have our heads bitten off before we even knew it.

And when I got to school and Danny saw me he always used to ask why I had a bruise on my lip or the black eyes I had from mom punching me. I couldnt tell him the truth because I knew he would try to save me and my siblings. Its not like I didnt want him to but I couldnt risk having him hurt badly as well.

I mean me, Jessica and Eric know how to handle it, but would Danny?