"Dad" I try as Sophie stands and goes bright red.

"Sian get that girl out of my house" my dad shouts at me and I know what's coming, I thought it was over. I turn helplessly to my girlfriend who tries to reach for my hand. I pull away and I can see pain fill Sophie's eyes,

"Sophie go" I whisper just loud enough to hear.

"Sian, don't push me away" Sophie replies and I know she wants to stay so we can face this together but I won't let that happen, I won't let him hurt her too.

"Sophie please, he'll get you too" I tell her as I take her hand and drag her past my fuming father to the door.

"What do you mean he'll get you too? Sian what's he going to do?" Sophie asks desperately and tears fall down both of our faces.

"Run" I say before I shut the door in her face.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? No daughter of mine is gay" dad begins yelling and shoves me up against the door. Shit my back. He holds me by the neck as he continues his rant.

"You are to never see that girl again do you hear me" he asks and increases the pressure against my neck, I try to loosen his hands as breathing becomes an issue. He takes my hair and throws me down onto the floor.

"Do you need straightening out? Am I going to have to beat it out of you. What Sian, what's going to stop you behaving like this. It's disgusting and wrong and it needs to stop" dad states before kicking me hard in the stomach.

"Speak Sian, tell me what it's going to take" dad screams, kicking me again. I clench my stomach and try to string words together but it comes out croaky.

"For fuck sake, I'll just do it my way then"

"No" I croak and floods of tears fall. He just smirks before picking up my head and smashing it back against the floor. Suddenly everything goes black.

I hear voices in the background, full of concern and questions. Everything is calm now, I don't fell him near me but I feel Sophie's soft hand holding mine and her thumb stroking up and down it. I inwardly smile and feel safe, I have Sophie with me, no body can hurt me.

"When's she going to wake up?" I hear Sophie's beautifully soft voice question.

"It'll be anytime between now and fourty eight hours. We need to wait until she's awake though to see if there's any brain damage" an older voice, I'm guessing it's a male.

I move in my bed and try to fight him off me, I see him coming closer, his hands around my neck his breathing down heavily and I can feel it on my skin.

"Get away from me" I yell as my eyes spring open.

"Sian, calm down, your in hospital, we're taking care of you" a male doctor tells me.

"That's what he said that he'll take care of me. Stay the fuck away from me" I shout and Sophie pulls back scared.

"It's men. Get her a female doctor" I look to the direction of the voice and in the doorway is a young redhead police officer who is admittedly very hot.

The doctor rushes out and I calm down a little, enough for Sophie to take my hand again.

"I was so worried, don't you ever make me leave when you know this'll happen. I hate that he hurt you so much" Sophie says, kissing my hand and temple.

"It's better then him hurting you, believe me I know how to deal, it's not the first time and I doubt it's the last" I admit to my girlfriend and shock rushes to her face.

"Why did you never tell me?" she whispers, squeezing my hand tighter.

Shit, now she's gonna wana know everything and so's that stupid bitch police officer.

"It's not something you can just bring up in every day conversations" I reply and close my eyes, quickly opening them again. Every time I close my eyes I see him and he comes a little bit closer. Flashbacks go through my head so clearly it's like I'm watching them on television.

"Sian, is it your dad that's been hurting you?" the policewomen asks, entering the room.

"I'm not talking to the cops so you can just fuck right off" I state harshly and I can tell Sophie isn't liking this new attitude when she releases me hand to stand up and face the window. She can fuck off then.

"I told you if you knew the real me you'd hate me, you wanted to know Sophie so I'm telling you. I'll tell you everything, if that's what you really want to know but I'm telling you that you won't like it"

"Sian, I just, I don't get it. You had the chance to stay with your mum yet you picked to stay with him" Sophie replies, turning to face me again, running her hands through her hair and I can tell she's frustrated.

"You really believe I had a choice. You don't get it Sophie, you can't" I tell her, subconsciously releasing more tears.

"Sian, you need to talk to me, you need to let me get him so he can't hurt you again" the police officer speaks up again, sensing that there wasn't anything left to say between the two of us.

I stare at my girlfriend dragging my eyes up and down her gorgeous figure, everything just perfect, perfect proportions, her top rides up as she runs her hand through her straight brown hair once more. I know a grin appears on my face and I wish it would just ride up a little bit further. God this girl doesn't know how much she kills me.

"Stop it Sian, I know that face and as I've been saying all day. Not going to happen"

"You'll give in believe me, not many people can resist me" I tease, knowing that it's probably not true, other then Sophie, helmet head was the only person that's ever wanted me. Even my mum says I was a mistake, but that when she held me in her arms for the first time she knew I was the best thing that ever happened to her. I suppose she really does love me then. I just don't get why she gave in so easily when I 'decided' to live with my dad, especially since she knew what he was capable of after being on the receiving end of my dad's anger plenty of times.

"I know baby, believe me, you don't make it easy" Sophie admits, trying to hide the grin that I know was behind her frown. A cough brings me back down from the heaven which was where the world froze around us and it was just me and my girl. I seemed to drift off into that dream whenever Sophie was around. I realise the officer was still with us and probably wants me to reply to her.

"Yes she will be putting him away" Sophie says firmly, not letting me get a say in the decision, I can tell by the look in her eyes that she feels guilty for leaving me alone with my dad but it's rather me get hurt a million times then let him touch a hair on her head. Shit, I really do care about her, I wonder if maybe, just maybe I do love her. Maybe. But I'm not letting Sophie know that.

"Uh, I'd rather shoot myself in the head multiple times" I tell Sophie and the officer and in return receive a frown from both of them.

"What the fuck Sian, that twat put you in hospital"

"Soph, you know I think it's sexy when my Christian girlfriend swears so that is not going to sway my decision" I smirk and the officer tries to suppress a smile.

"Sian, oh god baby, I'm so sorry" my mum comes rushing in and gives me the world's biggest hug, ultimately crushing my ribs and I let out a cry of pain.

"Oh sorry. Sian you promised me he never touched you, you promised me" my mum cries out and I feel horrible for lying to her.

"Mum it's not your fault" I reassure her and accept the hand she holds out, squeezing it gently.

"Hello, you must be Mrs Powers. I'm Doctor Scott, I've been asked to be your daughter's doctor as Sian was not comfortable with the last one" a doctor says as she enters the room. She seems old, well not really old but like fourty or so.

"Okay, well thank you for looking after my daughter and be sure to tell the other doctor thank you as well and I'm sure he did nothing wrong, Sian's just had a lot to deal with and I'm guessing it was because he was male, not because he did anything wrong" my mum replies sweetly to the doctor. My mum knows me so well, sometimes it's scary but she has been in a similar position to me so it might just be guessing from her past experience.

"I'll be sure to pass that message on"

"I'm going to head back to the station. Sian I'm glad to see your well. Mrs Powers when Sian is discharged could the two of you come to the station. Just so we can talk, no pressure or anything" my mum smiles at the policewomen and accepts the card that she gave her.

"Call me if you need anything. That applies to both of you" the officer adds before leaving the room.

"She was nice" mum states, smiling at me. God I've just been assaulted by my dad and all my mum cares about is that we have a nice police officer!

I scoff and hold my ribs when they begin to hurt again.

"Are you okay Sian, what's hurting?" Doctor Scott questions when she sees my pain. I shake my head as I feel a shooting and crushing pain in my ribs.

"Okay Sian, lie back for me, if you hold onto your ribs then they're going to hurt more. You broke four of your ribs so I know your going to be in a lot of pain, I'll try and get you some pain medication to help ease the pain"

I nod and do as she says, lying down on my back. Sophie rushes to the other side and takes my hand, which both me and my mum smile at. Sometimes when my mum is with both me and Sophie she can tell something more is going on. I know my mum and I know she'll be okay with this because she's amazing like that but honestly I don't have a clue what I'd tell her. "Mum I'm dating Sophie but I'm straight. I just love, like, I just like her and want to have sex with her. Don't worry though I don't like any other girl" I doubt that'll go done well. I've decided to wait until I figured all the rest out before I tell her. Of course I haven't explained to Sophie the real reason why I'm not ready to come out. Geez I really am the worst girlfriend in history with all these secrets! Anyway I don't know why she wants to come out so quickly we've been dating all of five days. I suppose it is a lot different for Sophie as she's been keeping this in for a few years or so. Still that doesn't give her the right to make me come out, it's something that should be done when you feel comfortable and ready. Kinda like sex. Oh man now I feel even worse for asking Sophie to have sex with me. Okay shut up thoughts I'm supposed to be feeling sorry for myself right about now, not making myself feel guilty.

"What other damage is done doc?" mum asks, taking my spare hand but looking at the Doctor. I take a look at myself I can barley move my arm, my ribs hurt like a bitch, my head has got dry blood on it and well I think I have the world's worst headache.

"Well when Sian was brought in, she had a dislocated shoulder, her left one, the one your holding but we have managed to put that back into place. She will have to have a sling for a few weeks but it's fine now. Sian suffered four broke four ribs and a cracked rib so that explains why she's hurting now. She was lucky that they didn't burst a lung or something but I will sort that out for you. As for the head injury well when Sian was brought in she was unconscious with a pretty heavy bleed. We stopped the bleeding and luckily it wasn't internal. We were afraid that she would have had amnesia when she woke up as that is a side effect for a few head injury's but as you can see Sian is fine, she'll probably have a very bad headache now though" the doctor explains, but although my eyes are on the doc my mind is elsewhere as Sophie traces her fingers up and down my arm. My mum and Doctor Scott continue speaking but I have to bite my lip when my girlfriend traces her finger around the top half of my body.

"Tease" I mutter and swat her hand away with my remaining useable hand.

Just then the door opens and in walks Rosie, Sophie's sister with a bag and a laptop.

"Hey, glad to see you awake, Sophie told me to get you some things because she knew you would get bored. I got you a spare set of clothes, a few magazines and of course your laptop" Rosie says and places my house keys down on the bedside table.

"Thank you Rosie" I reply, surprised by her being nice to me. Ever since I hit her, me and Rosie haven't exactly been bff's.

"Yer whatever" Rosie smirks and puts the stuff on the floor as everyone else smiles at her, especially Sophie. Rosie turns to leave but I call after her.

"Rosie"

"Yer" she says, turning in the doorway to face me.

"I'm sorry I punched you" I grin and she gives a small chuckle as Sophie and my mum just laugh.

"Bye Sian" Rosie smirks again before walking out of the room. I smile at my girlfriend who I can tell is really happy that her sister is starting to come around to me because she's obviously figured out that nothing can break me and Sophie apart.

"Hey Soph, how did you find me? I'm not quite sure what happened, I just remember waking up here" I whisper, not quite able to look into her eyes.

"When you made me leave yours I found Rosie and told her everything. About me and you and basically what had happened, she went off at me, shouting and screaming" Sophie pauses and I reach out, entwining our finger, feeling bad that I wasn't there for my girl when she needed it. I promise to never let anything bad every happen to you again. I give her a gentle smile, hoping she'd continue, which she does shortly after.

"I was on my way to yours, hoping things were alright with you and your dad" I tense up at that and Sophie notices when I release her hand and run my unharmed hand through my hair, clenching my other fist.

"Sian"

"He's not my dad, don't ever call him that again" I shout to Sophie who looks horrified and subconsciously I can tell I'm scaring her.

"I hate that you would even consider me his daughter, especially now that you know what's going on. You have no fucking clue." I scream to my girl and fear is evident in the younger girls chocolate brown eyes. Mum quickly rushes to my side, stroking my messy blonde locks and whispering calming words which don't do nothing, my glare is still on her face as I have an internal head to heart battle. My heart telling me to calm down, remember that I'm dating Sophie and have strong feelings for the brown haired beauty. My head saying she know knows some of what you have been through over the years, surly she can understand that he's a monster and I hate him. She must hate him, almost as much as I do, I mean she's my girlfriend and all, why isn't she siding with me.

"Baby, it's alright, I'm never gonna let you go again." Mum soothes, placing multiple kisses on my temple.

"Please, can you just leave me alone for a bit. Come back tomorrow or something, I just need time to get my head straight." I admit quietly, calming down and releasing my emotions through the tears that fell once more down my already wet cheeks.

"Okay Sian, if that's what you want but remember, I'm your best friend and I'm always going to be here for you." Sophie says before picking up her coat and walking through the door without another word.

Ah man, I'm such a jerk. I moan in my head, wanting her back the second she'd left this hellhole.