Tess Tyler looked around nervously. She didn't know how her mother was going to react at her almost falling off the stage. Oh no Tess thought She doesn't look very happy. "Tess darling why don't we go for a little walk around the lake?" her mom said with a big smile to the people watching. Of course thought Tess you have to uphold an image when you're a pops tar, right? "Come on honey," her mom was saying. Anyone who was listening would have thought her mom simply wanted to talk, but Tess knew better then to even be hopeful. As Tess reluctantly followed she heard the others sing the finally song. That was supposed to be me up there she thought sadly. As soon as they got out the door he mom exploded at her "You can't even get one thing right, can you? Why did I get stuck with you, I mean you're father's just as responsible for you as I am. But at least he had the common sense to leave before you became like this!" Tess was too used to her mothers rants. Usually she would storm away and call her later, either too drunk to know she was talking to her child (then Tess would have to call a cab for her) or she would say sorry and that it would never happen again. Of course she never kept that promise, but it was nice to hear her mom be civil to he for once. "Are you even listening to me !"shrieked her mom "I canceled some very important appointments to hear you mess up! When you fall you get up and you go again! The audience loves that! It shows character!" Suddenly T.J.'s hand reached out and slapped her daughter on her face. Hard.
Tess staggered back a few paces, her hand on her cheek. That wasn't unusual, but usually that only happened when she was very, very drunk. Her mom walked back up to her and said "I wish I never gave birth to a spoiled little brat like you. When your father left I should have given you straight to an adoption agency, but no! I was stupid enough to think I could raise you a horrible little piece of trash like you!" Tess almost broke down right there a d then, but she held it all back. T.J. slapped her again. This time so hard that Tess' head flew back into a tree that had been right behind her without her noticing. "Goodbye," her mom said stiffly.
Tess sat there for a few seconds before realizing some thing was now sliding down her back. What in the… Tess thought. She put her hand on her neck and, science there was no light, rubbed her fingers together. Oh crap She thought I'm bleeding. Evidently her mother's slap had been so strong her head had gotten beaten up pretty badly. Oh well maybe I'll finally do some thing useful and bleed to death cause I'm 100 sure no one wants me. She sighed and headed to the lake. Or maybe I can drown Tess sighed as she looked at the beautiful lake and the moon danced on the water. She got up and sat in a canoe. Soon she was way out in the water and decided to float for a while. And then suddenly she heard a noise. It was Shane and Mitchie. I so don't need this Tess thought miserably. But there was no way out of it. Suddenly she remember d the probably already formed bruise and the blood flowing freely from the back of her head. Thank God for the darkness she thought. She started to paddle back and once she got to the shore they were just leaving. "What are you doing here" she replied quickly. She was going to break, she knew it and she wasn't going to do it around them. Trying to hide her injuries wasn't helping much. "Look, just go away cause we don't need your spoiled butt here tonight and we don't want you to ruin this evening" Shane was looking at her with pure venom in his eyes. "Shane-" Mitchie started. But Shane didn't let her continue "Look at her, Mitchie!" Shane exclaimed "She isn't exactly harmless! You can't let her get the best of you!"
Tess had heard enough. She pulled the canoe to the shore and ran as fast as she could to the woods. She vaguely heard Shane yell "Good riddance!" after her, but she didn't care. She was now running full speed ahead, tripping and stumbling through the woods over tree stumps. Finally she fell down and she stayed down. She sat there and just sat for a long time. She didn't cry, she just sat. After a while she heard Shane and Mitchie walk back through the woods, laughing at each other. Apparently Mitchie had tipped the boat over when she stood up and they couldn't get back because they kept rowing in circles. Obviously they had forgotten about her. Tess sighed. She hadn't expected them to remember her, but Mitch had kind of defended her. Who cares? she thought With that thought she drifted off to sleep.
Tess woke up, as you can imagine, not feeling so well. The sun, thankfully, had barely risen in the sky. Sighing Tess got up and made her way to her cabin to wash up.
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