"I cannot believe I missed that touchdown. I was so close If I had just god I'm so pissed at myself"

"Baby it's okay there's always next time" She replied soothingly. He jumped up and stared at her with that look in his eyes. The one that made her want to run. She knew it was coming and she knew she couldn't get away fast enough. He walked towards her and slammed her into the wall. She felt the wind knocked out of her and winced in pain.

"Why?? Why do you make me do this to you Adrianna why do you constantly piss me off?!" He was grabbing at her shirt and right in her face. He finally let go and she felt herself able to breathe again. He turned around and walked away.

"I love you and everything but jeeze you piss me off sometimes"

She lifted her shirt and looked into the mirror. The bruising was bad this time. He had hit her once again. But he wasn't stupid. He never hit her anywhere that couldn't be clothed. So it usually consisted of her back or her stomach. She even had bruises on her breasts. She didn't know why she couldn't bring herself to ever dump him. He was a constant fear in her life and she never knew just what would set him off next. He was an unpredictable man and he scared the hell out of her. Adrianna was the spitting image of Seth and Summer. There was no doubt it that she was their daughter. She had her mothers dark brown hair, and her fathers curls. She stood about 5 foot 3 and had sparkling green eyes. She was shy yet bubbly and very popular. At school she had plenty of friends and ran student council. She was also on the swim team and a dancer. Adrianna was Seth and Summer's third child. First came Gavin who was 20, followed by Ian who was 17, Adrianna was 15, and the last child was Gabriella who was 12. Adrianna's brothers were very protective of her and her sister and when they had actually been okay with her dating Matt, she was shocked. Things had never been this bad. Matt was 16 and a junior on the football team. He was muscular, with brown spiky hair and blue eyes. He was funny, caring, and gentle with her when the relationship started. She quickly fell for him and adored him. She loved wearing his varsity jacket around school and being known as "Matt's Girl" She didn't know when the relationship had changed. But it did and abruptly. Matt was not the typical abuser. He still let her see her guy friends and let her dress however she pleased. But when she got him angry, he was at her faster than lightning. She didn't care that he never complained about her clothes or other guy friends, he was still hitting her and she couldn't bare the pain anymore. She could have told anybody too, but she never found the courage inside herself to do so. She was so petrified of her brothers finding out she was being hurt she didn't dare tell a soul. She knew Matt would be killed. Ian and Gavin loved her they didn't care if killing him meant going to jail and she knew that. As she stood there looking on the bruises on her back to see how bad they were this time, she heard a gasp and turned around to see her sister standing in the doorway. She threw her shirt down as quick as possible.

"Gabby don't please...please don't say anything" She begged.

"How did that happen??" Adrianna was hesitant to respond to her younger sister.

"Matt and I went mountain biking last weekend I fell off my back and hit the rocks falling down. I was just seeing how bad the bruising was. Its starting to heal though. Everything's okay I promise." She explained praying that her little sister would accept the answer and leave.

"Do you want some ice?" She asked

"No sweetie I'm okay thanks though" She told her. Gabriella smiled at her older sister

"Okay feel better" She said and with that she shut the door. She sighed a breath of relief which only caused more pain in her back. She could feel the tears coming. She lied down on her bed with the heating pack crying. She was not this person. Not the person who allowed her boyfriend to treat her like this. She wanted so badly to let somebody know what was happening to her but she didn't know how to bring it up. Aside from that, she didn't want her brothers finding out. She loved them too much to have them getting into trouble for her problems. She could hear footsteps outside her door and voices so she quickly wiped away her tears and turned the tv on. It wasn't long until Summer walked into the room.

"Hey baby girl just coming in to say goodnight."

"Goodnight mom I love you"

"I love you too sweetheart" Summer turned around as if to walk out of the room and Adrianna thought she had gotten through the conversation scotch free when her mother turned back around.

"Sweetie are you feeling okay? I see you have the heating pack on your back"

"Yeah mom I'm fine my back just hurts I think I hurt it in swimming or something its all in knots"

"Do you want me to rub it for you?"

"No I'm fine thanks though"

"Okay hunny goodnight"

"Hey kid sleep tight tonight no climbing out of windows into the backseats of cars or anything" Seth said as he peaked into Adrianna's room. She laughed at her fathers comment.

"Okay dad I'll stay put" She replied.

"I love you Adrianna" He said in a tone that meant he was serious

"I love you too daddy" And with that he closed the door and she turned her light off. She had gotten through another day without anyone finding out her secret. She supposed that was a good thing, but she knew eventually, someone was going to find out about this and it would tear her family apart.

So...what do you think?