Abuse
A Little Shop of Horrors Fan Fic in the voice of Audrey
I'm a fish out of water here in Skid Row. I'm slightly more educated then most people but I have my own set of problems. I come from a family where my mother was verbally and physically abusive. My sisters are too young to understand what is going on so I have to really be strong for them. They definitely can't respect my mom so they look up to me a role model. I am relatively smart and was at the top of my high school class. I decided to drop out and move to Skid Row to try to get away from the abuse.
When I moved here a week ago I met three girls about my age Crystal Ronette and Chiffon. They work in a local ressturant as waitresses and lounge singers. I asked them if they knew of any places in town that were hiring. They told me of two places. The flower shop next to my apartment and a place called The Gutter. Ronette warned me that really sleazy people hang out there but I didn't think much of it. I have been working as a waitress there at nights for the past three weeks. I get paid kind of bad there so it couldn't hurt to apply at the flower shop too.
I met a guy named Orin. He seems to be the rebellious type. Not the type of guy I'm usually in to. The guys back home are sweet, caring and considerate. There aren't very many guys like that here on Skid Row.
Orin and I get along really good. At least we try too. He was nice to me on the first two dates but recently he started abusing me. Kind of similar to the way my mother verbally abused my dad when she was drunk. I know I'm better then all the names he calls me but I feel trapped.
"Dirty slut."
"I'm not a slut."
"Yes you are"
Slap
"Orin, stop."
"I'll stop when I want to."
SLAP SLAP
Orin is the only guy I have ever dated and I want this relationship to last a long time. He likes to see me in pain. I know this can't be too much of a good thing but I am even more scared of what will happen if I try to leave him
"So dump the chump there are better guys out there for you."
"Yeah, like a certain little botanical genius."
"Seymour?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"I could never date Seymour we're just friends."
Crystal Ronette and Chiffon can see right through me. They know I really like Seymour a lot. I am conflicted. As I just said I don't know what would happen if I tried to leave Orin but it's interesting that I have romantic feelings for Seymour. I wonder if he feels the same way about me. I am so afraid to ask him but even more afraid on if he feels the same way about me.
Note: I am using this oneshot as a prologue to this fan fiction. It will basically set up the general idea for the upcoming chapters which will be different points of view about the abuse from the other four characters. I didn't want to include Orin at first but I figured it might be interesting to throw around a few ideas about his point of view. Comments and constructive criticsm are highly reccommened.. especially on the Orin chapters since I am new with writing about character and struggle with him a bit.
Disclaimer: I don't own rights to any characters from Little Shop.