AN: Rated M for physical and sexual abuse. Maia and Daniel one-shot. As you read this, remember that it is based on a true story. Many people knew of the things taking place in this girl's home, but nobody ever did anything to stop it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot.

Maia peeked over the railing, too nervous to fully show her head. She could see her brother, Daniel, as he glared at their mother, his hands shaking furiously. Maia knew what would happen after this. Daniel knew that he couldn't hurt his own mother, or he'd be taken away. So instead of hitting her, he would come upstairs and torture Maia.

Maia wanted to run, anywhere, somewhere, just to get away from her house. Her mother never believed her when she told her what Daniel had done. Even when Daniel had thrown her down the stairs and watched maliciously as Maia had broken her left arm and her collar bone, their mother had still said that it was only an accident. Their father was different, he treated Maia the same as, if not worse than Daniel treated her.

This time was worse than usual. Much worse. Maia already knew what was going to happen, Daniel had already filled the bathtub with water, as if anticipating this very moment. When he charged up the stairs, she didn't even try to hide. He would find her anyway, and having to find her always made him more angry.

When he viciously grabbed her by the arm and squeezed as hard as he could, pulling her into the bathroom, she didn't try to fight back, and she definitely didn't cry out. She had experienced similar tortures such as this many times, and she knew that would make Daniel hurt her even more.

This time started out no different to all of the others. He made remove her clothes, staring at the marks that he had left on her legs, stomach and back - all hidden in places that were covered up by clothing. He then moved on to telling Maia how hideous her body was - how her boobs were too small, her butt was too flat, her stomach not flat enough, and how ugly and disproportionate her face was. This was easy for Maia to tune out, as she felt that even though she was a self-conscious fourteen-year-old, she really didn't care about Daniel's opinion, as she knew that he was a sick and twisted psychopath.

He raped her. As he always did. But this time, it was in the bathtub. And this time, when she didn't pretend that she loved it, he held her head under the water and kept going, until she started to grab him and pull him close as if she wouldn't rather be anywhere else.

It was horrible.

Terrible.

Awful.

Dreadful.

She could feel the air draining out of her lungs and the water going in her mouth as she tried as hard as she could to pull his hands off of her throat. She could feel herself slipping, unable to breathe without air.

Gritting her teeth, she thrust her hips against his, pushing her body towards him as he thrust even harder. She wanted to stop, wanted to do anything besides pretend that it was pleasant, but she knew that if she didn't make him happy, he wouldn't let her up for air.

You have to make me believe it, Maia. If I don't believe that you want me as badly as I want you, then I'll just have to kill you, he had told her the first time he raped her, when her dread was evident and her hatred was plain on her face.

So now, as her oxygen supply was almost out, she forced herself against him with all of her remaining strength, putting her hands on the back of his neck and raking them through his hair. He must have taken her hatred and anger as passion, as he removed his hands and let her suck in a huge breath, before crashing his lips against hers.

She didn't kiss back, just froze. He had never really kissed her before. And now, he was crushing his lips to hers, as she just lay underneath him, frozen. With a look of disgust, he pushed her head away from his, smacking it against the bottom of the bathtub as he squeezed on her throat.

She was looking up into his big, dark eyes which were blurred by the water. Maia couldn't remember a time when those eyes looked at her with anything but hatred and disgust, as if she were the insane and psychotic - not to mention incest - sibling. She supposed that her brother was good looking, beautiful even. But when he forced her throat closed with all of his strength and hatred, Maia just thought he looked hideous.

So consumed with her brother's eyes, Maia almost didn't realize that she wasn't breathing. Almost. She opened her mouth and tried to suck in a breath, her vision fading slightly as water rushed into her open mouth. Her head was throbbing from where she had hit it against the bathtub, and she noticed that she water had turned a very pale pink colour.

She thrashed with her leg, kicking him in the one spot that she knew would make him cry out and release her. But since her leg was underwater, everything was in slow motion. When her leg met its target, it was going so slowly that all he did was wince and push down with more pressure.

Knowing the only way to stop him from killing her completely, Maia pushed her body up against his, as if to say that she wanted more. When he didn't do anything, she wrapped her legs around his waist and locked her ankles together, hoping that he would get the message, as she felt her eyes starting to droop.

Finally, he let go with one hand as he slid himself in again, but Maia knew that he wouldn't let up completely until she showed some promise.

But she was out of air. She tried her hardest to make him happy, but she didn't have enough strength or oxygen to push through her almost fully-faded vision.

Daniel must have noticed that he was losing her, however, because he yanked her head up by her hair as she coughed up the water in her lungs. He brought his head close to hers, leaning to whisper in her ear.

"If you make me regret letting you come up for air, I won't do it next time," he whispered in a harsh, menacing voice.

Maia could breathe again, and that was all she cared about. If making Daniel happy was all that she had to do, she figured that she could manage. She thrust her hips with more strength than she ever had before, crushing their bodies together as soft moans escaped his lips. Then his lips were on hers again, and she didn't hesitate to open her mouth and let his tongue explore it, as she remembered what happened last time.

As Maia kissed him back with all of the hateful passion she had in her, she could almost feel as if she wasn't pretending anymore, as if she really wanted to be here with Daniel, really wanted to feel the pressure of his slender and lean body against hers.

As her mixed emotions exploded inside of her, she thrust even harder, making him go faster and faster, both of them moaning with delight. And then she snapped back into reality, hatred of this vile boy on top of her making anger bubble inside of her.

She forced him away from her with all of her strength, catching her breath before he inevitably pushed her back under the water. This time she was expecting to die, hoping to even. So before her head went under, she expelled all of the air from her lungs, smiling wickedly as the water enveloped her, inside and out.

I know you may think this is terrible and nobody would do this, but it happens. Remember that this is actually based on a true story, and people suffer like this all of the time :(
The girl that it actually happened to went insane, unable to deal with the things going on at home. Many people knew (teachers, the principal, police), but they never took action against it. This girl is still alive today, but the abuse hasn't stopped.

People are physically and sexually abused every day, but nobody seems to care, if they even notice.

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