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Tori's POV
Every night. Every single fucking night. He comes in here and causes me so much pain. He doesn't stop. He never stops; even when I'm crying and pleading for him to do so. He just keeps going. The sick part is that my mom and Trina know about it. It's not like they could do anything though. They're scared of him too. He started beating my mom when I was only six. I was too young to do anything about it back then. After that he moved to Trina. And ever since I became what he calls "old enough" I started getting beaten as well. It started out with little shoves here and there then escalated to punches and kicks. My mom would tell me every night after the beatings that one day we would leave but the bruises were getting harder and harder to hide. I prayed every night that we would leave soon. I prayed to every god that I could think of, but my prayers always came back unanswered.
This dark and treacherous cloud did have a silver lining though. Out of all the darkness, I found my two lights. One was Cat and the other was Jade. They were everything that I could ask for. Their polar opposite personalities provide a sense of balance to our relationship. We've been going out for the past seven months and in that long period of time spent together both knew nothing about what went on at my house. They had their suspicions of course. Sometimes I would wear long sleeve shirts on really hot days just to cover up the bruises. Other times I would limp a little but played it off as being a klutz. They got the most suspicious when I would call them at three in the morning and just cry. I just needed to hear their voices and gain comfort from knowing that they loved me. I would tell them the truth eventually, but not anytime soon.
No POV
Tori walked into school that morning feeling like she'd been hit by a truck, trampled by elephants, and then finally thrown off of the Empire State building. Her dad had really done a number on her last night. The beatings had been getting worse for the past two weeks and there wasn't enough make up in the world to cover the bruises and scars. She wore yet another long sleeve shirt to try and hide the big purple bruises on her forearms. She subtly limped to her locker and opened it, taking a deep breath in order to calm her nerves. She was always nervous at school for fear that someone would find out her secret.
"Hey Teddy!" Cat shouted and ran toward her. She couldn't help but smile at the nickname Cat had given her.
"Hey Kitten." Tori replied with a smile.
"Don't forget about me." A voice said from behind her. She knew that voice anywhere.
"Hi, Jadey." Tori turned around to give the pale girl a sweet kiss.
"Why do you look so tired?" Cat asked.
"I was up late last night doing homework." Tori responded a little too quickly.
Jade caught on. "We didn't have that much homework last night." Jade eyed Tori suspiciously.
"Well I didn't understand some things so it took me a little longer than usual." Tori shot back.
"If you needed help then Cat and I were just a phone call away!" Jade was getting too loud for Cat's liking.
"Leave her alone Jade!" Cat said, sticking her tongue out like a five year old. The bell rang and the hallways began to clear out.
"C'mon, it's time for class." Cat spoke cheerily. She reached out and grabbed Tori's arm causing the Vega girl to yelp out in pain.
"What did I do?" Cat panicked.
"Nothing Cat." Tori hissed out as she tried to hold back tears.
Jade looked at Tori with narrowed eyes before grabbing the brunette's arm gently and pulling up the sleeve. Two shocked gasps sounded throughout the empty hallway.
"Who did this to you?" Jade asked through gritted teeth as she inspected the bruise.
"Nobody, let's just go to class." Tori tried to walk away but Jade grabbed her hand and stopped her.
"No, you're coming with me." Jade said as she pulled both Tori and Cat to the front doors of the school.
"Where are you taking us?" Tori asked.
"I'm taking you home."
At those words Tori stopped in her tracks. Her dad was off work all week so her house was the last place that she wanted to be.
"No, no, no, no, no." Tori pleaded as her eyes began to tear up.
Jade put two and two together. "Someone at your house did this to you?"
Tori looked down as some tears broke free from her eyes. Jade knew that the answer to her question was yes. She also knew that someone had to be really strong in order to cause such a deep colored bruise. They continued walking out of the school as Jade came to a final conclusion.
"It was your dad wasn't it." Cat stated before Jade could. They all got into the backseat of Jade's car.
Tori nodded before throwing herself into Jade's arms. "Don't let him hurt me anymore. Please!" Tori begged through her tears.
"We won't baby. Shh, just calm down and we'll handle this." Jade soothed.
"I'm calling the police." Cat said as she took her phone out.
"There's no point. We already tried that." Tori explained.
"We?" Jade questioned.
Tori sighed. "Me, my mom, and Trina."
"He hurts all of you?" Jade asked incredulously. Tori nodded before releasing fresh tears onto Jade's shirt.
"How long has this been going on?" Cat asked while rubbing Tori's back gently.
"It started with my mom when I was six. After that he started beating Trina. He didn't start beating me until I was thirteen." Tori sniffled and cuddled further into Jade's arms.
"Now I'm definitely calling the cops." Cat said as tears formed in her eyes.
"Like I said before, we tried that. They didn't believe that a decorated police officer could harm his own family. Some of them even thought that my mom was the one hurting us." Tori scoffed.
"They didn't believe you? Not even after they saw the bruises?" Jade asked disbelievingly.
"See, that's the thing about my dad. He's careful. He never leaves a mark that looks like a hand because then they could match it to him." Tori let out a loud sigh and buried her face in the crook of Jade's neck.
"You're staying with me this week. I'm not letting you go back to that hell hole." Jade said sternly.
"I'll have to go back eventually. When my dad can't take his anger out on me he'll hit Trina or my mom. I don't want them in more pain because of me." Tori whimpered.
"Just this week then you let us handle the rest." Jade placed a soft kiss on Tori's lips before climbing into the driver's seat. Tori snuggled into Cat and fell asleep since she hadn't gotten much of it last night. When she awoke she was on Jade's couch and someone was stroking her hair. She looked up and smiled when she saw that it was Cat. She sat up and groaned in pain. Her entire body ached from last night's beating.
"Here." Cat spoke softly before handing Tori pain killers and a glass of water. Tori looked at the objects with relief. After she swallowed the pills she thanked Cat with a kiss.
"Where did Jade go?" Tori asked.
Cat just shrugged. "She wouldn't tell me." Cat looked down at her lap and played with her fingers nervously.
"Umm, Tori can I ask you something?" Cat had wanted to ask this question since they were in the car earlier.
"Sure." Tori responded as she crawled into Cat's lap.
Cat held Tori tightly as she spoke. "Has your dad ever tried to umm… rape you?" The last part was barely a whisper. Tori visibly stiffened.
"I shouldn't have asked you that. I'm sorry!" Cat quickly apologized.
"It's ok." Tori hesitated before she spoke again. "He tried to a few times, but…" She swallowed harshly. "I always got away before he could do anything." Cat rubbed Tori's back soothingly.
"One time, he got really close to doing it." Tori's blank stare let Cat know that Tori was reliving one of her painful memories.
"My shirt and pants were already off and he was just about to tear my bra off when Trina came into the room and stopped him. She pushed him off of me and told me to leave so I did." Tori's eyes began to water at this part of the story. "I didn't get any sleep that night. All I could hear was Trina screaming in the next room and I just felt so bad for being weak and leaving her in there with that monster!" Tori exclaimed in a tearful rage. "Trina couldn't even go to school the next morning."
"Where was your mom when all of this was happening?" Cat asked with tears flowing from her eyes.
"Who knows, probably in some corner somewhere cowering in fear. She's afraid of him the most." Tori explained then sighed. "I don't want to talk about this anymore. I just want to take a nap and let these pain killers kick in."
Cat nodded and laid back on the couch with Tori in her arms. It didn't take long for the brunette to fall asleep and shortly after, Jade came back. She smiled softly at the sight of her two favorite people cuddled up on the couch together.
"Where did you go?" Cat asked quietly, as not to wake the sleeping girl on her chest.
Jade smirked. "Let's just say that I handled everything." And with that Jade walked away.
"Wake me up when there's food." Cat giggled.
"Yes, your majesty." Jade smiled as she ordered some Chinese food for them. It only took about twenty minutes for it to get there. Jade kissed Cat awake then lifted Tori off of her. Tori mumbled a little before snuggling closer to Jade's warmth.
"I think that we should let her sleep a little longer." Cat suggested. Jade nodded and carried Tori upstairs to lay her on the bed. When she came back down, she sat next to Cat on the couch and pulled the petite girl onto her lap.
"Do you still want to know where I went?" Jade asked and Cat nodded.
XOXO
Tori woke up a little more than an hour later and made her way down the steps. The pain killers had done wonders for her body. She found Cat and Jade holding each other on the couch while they watched a movie. It looked like they were watching Toy Story 3, one of her favorites. She made her way over to the couch and her presence became known.
"Hey sleeping beauty." Jade smiled as she and Cat made a space between each other so that Tori could sit.
"How are you feeling?" Cat asked as she tucked some hair behind Tori's ear.
"I feel like I got hit by a toy truck instead of a real one. Pain killers are magical." Tori smiled. She turned her attention back to the screen. It was the scene where Lots-O had his flashback about how he was abandoned. Tori couldn't help but feel his pain. She too felt abandoned. Her dad hated her and beat her. Her mom wouldn't or couldn't do anything to stop the regular beatings. Trina was still there for her, but she didn't know how much longer that was going to last. The only two people that always showed their unconditional love for her were sitting beside her.
"A penny for your thoughts?" Jade smiled softly.
"I was just thinking about how Lots-O felt abandoned and how I kind of feel like that." Tori looked down to her hands in her lap.
"Don't feel abandoned baby. I know that your home life hasn't been the best, but please know that Cat and I will never abandon you. We love you too much to just leave you." Jade lifted Tori's head and kissed her softly.
"Are you going to tell her the plan Jadey?" Cat asked.
Jade nodded and began talking.
XOXO
Tori was not ready for this. She wasn't ready at all. What if it didn't work? What if she ended up getting hurt? What if she ended up dead? She shook those thoughts from her head as she, Jade, and Cat drove to her house the next day. She had sat quietly through Jade's plan until she heard the part about going back to her house. She nearly threw a fit, but after Jade explained it all she couldn't help but agree to it. Now she was having second thoughts. Jade and Cat didn't know what her father was capable of. Sure, they'd seen the bruises and bumps, but you don't really know until you experience it first-hand. Tori just hoped that Cat and Jade wouldn't have to feel her pain.
They pulled up to the house but Tori was frozen. She couldn't go in there.
"C'mon baby, you can do this." Jade said comfortingly. She took Tori's hand and Cat took the other one. They walked her up to the door.
Jade made a quick call to make sure that everything was ready and when she got the "okay" she and Cat kissed Tori before sending her inside.
She took a deep breath before she stepped inside. The coffee pot on the kitchen counter was half empty, but it still had steam coming from it so she knew that her dad was home. Her heart rate quickened as she made her way up the steps. He can't hurt me. The police are right outside. Jade promised that I would be okay. She said to herself. It didn't do anything to calm her nerves though. She went into her room and laid down on the bed. She felt sick to her stomach at the memories of things that happened on this bed.
"Hey Tori." A voice spoke, pulling her out of her thoughts. She tensed as she recognized the hateful voice that belonged to her father.
"Where have you been? You didn't come home last night." He stalked closer to her. Tori pushed herself against the headboard.
"I spent the night at a friend's house." She explained. She tried to come across as confident, but her voice was a little shaky.
"Oh." That's all her dad said before he sat down on the bed, eyeing Tori. He stood up again and walked around the side of the bed to get closer to Tori.
"Do you know what happens to daughters who make their fathers worry?" He asked in an eerily sweet tone.
"They get beaten." Tori whispered out. It was more of a statement than a question.
"No they don't Tori. They get a hug." Tori's dad embraced her in a tight hug. Tori stiffened out of confusion. She wasn't used to being hugged by her father. She then felt his hot breath on her ear.
"You can call off this little stakeout because I'm not falling for it." He whispered menacingly in her ear. She shivered in fear. He got up and left the room. A few moments later she heard the front door slam and the screeching of tires as her dad's car pulled off. She didn't know whether she should be relieved or whether she should cry. The decision was made for her when Cat and Jade ran in to hug her tightly. She sobbed in their arms.
"Shh, baby I'm so sorry. I thought my plan would've worked." Jade soothed.
"Can we just go back to your house? I don't want to be here anymore." Tori said through her sobs.
"Of course." Jade picked Tori up. Tori wrapped her arms and legs around Jade as she continued to cry into Jade's shoulder.
Cat got into the passenger's seat and Jade transferred Tori to Cat's lap. Tori held onto Cat as if her life depended on it.
XOXO
Tori woke up the next morning to the sound of her phone vibrating. She reached over Cat to grab her phone from the bedside table. She checked the message and her heart stopped.
He's getting worse. -Trina
She put her phone down and bit her lip hard as she thought about what to do. She had to go back. It was the only way to help Trina. She quietly squeezed from her lovers' arms and got dressed. She slipped out the door and began walking to her own home. Could she even consider it "home" anymore? She opened the front door and silently made her way to Trina's room. There she found Trina crying silently on her bed.
"Trina?" Tori whispered.
Trina looked up and Tori gasped at the black eye and busted lip. The look in Trina's eyes let Tori know that the pain went way beyond physical. Tori ran over to Trina and just held her while she cried.
"I'm so sorry I wasn't here. I should be the one that's hurt, not you." Tori shed some tears of her own.
"No, I'm the oldest. It's my job to protect you and if that means taking a few punches then I'll do it."
Tori felt the love in those words. "You shouldn't have to take punches for me. That isn't how it's supposed to be. We have to find a way to fix this and get out of here."
"How Tori? Every time we try to leave he either stops us or finds us."
Tori thought long and hard for a solution to their problem, but came up blank.
XOXO
Jade awoke to find that her arms were empty. She looked over and saw Cat yawn before opening her eyes. Cat looked around confused.
"Where's Tori?" She asked.
"I don't know." Jade replied.
"She didn't go far. Her phone is still on the table." Cat pointed out. Jade grabbed it and looked through the messages.
He's getting worse. -Trina
Jade went wide eyed. "Tori, got a text from Trina and I think she went home!"
"What! She went back to that place?"
Both girls got dressed quickly and ran outside to Jade's car. They got in and sped to Tori's house. They let themselves in because the door was never locked and went upstairs. They heard crying and talking so they went to find the source. They peeked into Trina's room and saw Tori hugging Trina tightly.
"Tori, what are you doing here?" Jade said a little too loudly.
"Shh." Trina whispered. "Our dad is home and I don't want him to know that all of us are in here."
"Too late." A voice said from the door. They all turned to look at the man with fear in their eyes.
Cat whimpered from her spot beside Jade. Jade moved to stand in front of her in a protective stance. Tori's dad accessed the situation. He wanted to hurt Tori, but too many people were in the way. He just shrugged and figured that they would be easily moved without much effort. He started with Jade. He advanced toward her and she looked like she was ready to fight. When he got close enough, Jade punched him square in the jaw. He paused and checked to see if his lip was bleeding, which it was. He pushed her out of the way with so much force that she slid across the floor and into the wall. She hit her head against it and became a little disoriented.
Next was Cat. She stood there looking like prey to a lion. She was fragile and Tori knew it, but before Tori could help, Trina came to Cat's aid. She pushed her dad hard on his chest, but he barely moved an inch. He picked her up and threw her into the hallway. She tried to get back to her feet, but couldn't. The beaten she'd already received impaired her. Her dad closed and locked the door. Not seeing Cat as much of a threat, He simply shoved her out of the way. Jade, who'd been forgotten by him, took out her phone and started recording. She wanted to help, but this was the only way to make him stop for good. He grabbed Tori's arm tightly and yanked her off the bed.
"No, let go of her!" Cat jumped on his back and started hitting and scratching his face. She was proud of herself for drawing blood. Their dad shook her off and back handed her so hard that she fell to the floor. He then twisted Tori's arm evoking a heartbreaking scream from her. Something snapped inside Jade at the sound. She stopped recording and stood up. She grabbed the lamp from the bedside table and smashed it over Mr. Vega's head, knocking him unconscious. She ran over to Tori and examined her arm. It was probably sprained, but not broken. She then went to check on Cat who had a giant red mark on her cheek. She let Trina back in and they called the police. Trina kept Tori's arm still while Jade held a shaking Cat. The police arrived shortly after and Jade was quick to show them the video.
"Now do you believe that he beats his family!" Jade said angrily. The police were taken back by the video. They'd always respected Mr. Vega as a fellow officer, but now they were happy to arrest him. They woke him up with some water on his face and handcuffed him.
"This isn't fucking over!" Those were his last words before he was shoved into the police car.
The paramedics wrapped Tori's sprained arm and gave her some pain killers. She immediately went into the arms of her two lovers. She loved the warmth radiating off of them.
"Can we go to your house Jadey?" Tori asked.
"Of course." Jade gave Tori to Cat and got into the driver's seat. Cat got into the passenger's seat and pulled Tori onto her lap. They rode back to Jade's house in a comfortable silence. When they get there, they go up to Jade's room and cuddle on the bed.
"It's over." Tori realizes. "No more crying, no more beatings, no more aching pain. It's over."
"It is baby. I'm so glad that you're safe now." Jade gives her a soft kiss on the lips, followed by Cat who does the same.
They lay there together feeling like they could take on anything and win. Little did they know that their next obstacle was just around the corner.
The End
A/N: This is a two-shot by the way :) Do you guys like the POVs?
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