Characters in chapter: Dr Carlisle Cullen (Owned by Stephenie Meyer)
Chapter One: Hurt
"What the hell is this crap?"
I groaned as I heard my mother's voice from the kitchen, she was stumbling about and muttering things under her drunken breath.
"Mum's home…" Ruby whispered
I nodded and stroked the top of her head before leaning down by her ear,
"Whatever you hear don't get out of bed, try to get back to sleep it isn't even morning yet, okay?" I whispered.
She nodded and groaned before pulling the covers over her head to block out the sounds of mum's noisy clattering about in the kitchen, her normal drunken routine. I shivered in the cold and grabbed Ruby's dressing gown from the small plastic basket by her bed; I put on my slippers and wrapped my arms around myself before slowly making my way into the hall where I could see her now. Mum was wearing a mini leather skirt and her white low cut t-shirt was covered with little stains of blood, her reputation of being a prostitute got her in fights with the other women down at a filthy bar called Lazy Joe's.
"Mum…" I sighed as I walked towards her
She stumbled a little and looked up at me, black mascara had run down her cheeks, her lip stick was smudged and a black eye was visible over the make-up and dried blood across her cheeks. Her long blonde hair was messy and I could smell the alcohol off of her clothes, she smiled slightly before kicking her heels off.
"My baby…" she smiled, one of her teeth was knocked out
I sighed and felt disgusted as she stumbled towards me; I stepped away from her as she tried to embrace me,
"Sunny…" she giggled, her eyes kept rolling about in their sockets, she was obviously still too drunk to even realise that I wasn't happy with her immature behaviour.
"What the hell are you doing?" I asked, frowning at her
She laughed and stumbled towards one of the cupboards near the sink.
"I need a drink, find me a glass!" she barked like I was a servant or something
I shook my head,
"Why are you doing this, mum, haven't you drunk enough, when are you going to grow up?" I snapped.
She wasn't listening to me; instead she pulled a vodka bottle from the cupboard and removed the lid before taking a swig of the clear liquid,
"You wanna sip?" she asked, offering me the bottle
I bit down on my teeth angrily; I wanted to scream but that method didn't work. I stepped forward and grabbed the bottle, I pushed past her and poured the contents down the sink and threw the bottle in the trash where it belonged.
"Why the fuck did you do that you little bitch!" she shouted angrily "that was my last bottle, god damn it Sunny!"
The anger was now fizzing inside me as I watched the woman who was supposed to be my mother care more for a bottle that her own child, it made me sick to think that she would chose the vodka over Ruby and I.
"You're gonna have to work to get a little money, sweetie…" she smiled
I shook my head,
"I'm not working to pay for your habit, there's no food in the fridge, there's no heating and Ruby has a medical condition. Not that I need to remind you, you're just selfish!" I shouted.
Mum huffed and frowned, she shook her head,
"I'm not selfish!" she argued
I nodded,
"Yes you are and you know it, drinking instead of paying for things that we need? You're pathetic, what kind of mother are you, no, you're not even a mother. You're a fucking drunk!" I shouted.
Before I knew it she had grabbed me by the arms slamming me against the fridge, I hissed with pain as one of the magnets scratched against my back painfully,
"Shut up you little brat, If I want a drink you'll get me a fucking drink!" she shouted into my face
I wanted to vomit, the stench was unbearable. Rotten teeth mixed with alcohol and blood was disgusting.
"Get off me!" I shouted as I struggled against her tight grasp
Her sharp nails were now digging into my flesh, it was painful but I couldn't get away from her. She was a maniac that couldn't and wouldn't change.
"You listen to me you little bitch, if I have to pimp you out to men to get what I need then I will, and it seems like it's gonna have to come down to that level since we're broke and it will happen!" she shouted.
I managed to push her away from me; I kicked her knee making her fall to the floor,
"Leave me the fuck alone, I hate you!" I shouted before making a run for it
But I fell hard, hitting my head off of the sharp corner off one of the small coffee tables. I whimpered and groaned in pain as my head began to spin and throb, she grabbed my hair and slammed my face off of the near by radiator causing me to cry out.
"You shouldn't have been born, I should've gotten an abortion, and you're nothing but a mistake. I've never loved you, you waste of fucking space!" she shouted before kicking into my ribs making me cough and wheeze.
Tears were streaming down my face now,
"Sunny!"
I gasped and turned to see Ruby stumbling toward us, her face had the expression of panic written all over it. I shook my head,
"Ruby, get back in the bedroom now!" I cried in pain
I gulped and looked with horror as mum's eyes turned to look at my sister.
"Ruby, get out, now!" I shouted once again but she was stiff clutching onto the teddy rabbit I had bought for her last Christmas.
Mum growled angrily as she stormed towards little Ruby, I frowned and got to my knees crawling as fast as I could towards them. But it was too late; she had struck Ruby across the face causing her to fall to the floor screaming in desperate fear. I screamed angrily and got to my feet grabbing mum's hair and pulling her to the floor,
"Don't ever fucking touch her again!" I screamed before there was a sudden knock on the front door.
I gasped and grabbed Ruby pulling her with me to the door, mum was already on her feet before I answered the door. I gulped as our doctor stood at the door,
"Dr Cullen…" I broke down into tears and fell into his arms; he caught both me and my sister.
He pulled us outside into the rainy day; I clutched his white coat desperately,
"It's okay, girls, you're going to be just fine…" he reassured my sister and me.
Before I knew it he had Ruby and I in the backseat of his car, I stroked the bloody nail marks on my arms and began to cry again. I let my face fall into my palms before I realised that she had left a handprint on my face that stung real bad,
"Ruby, are you okay?" I asked through my sobs
She was silent. I touched her arm only to get a flinch in response. She was still terrified and I couldn't blame her, that monster had seriously hurt us but now we were safe with Doctor Cullen. He got in the front seat of the car and began to drive away, I gulped and whined trying to control my crying but it was hard.
"If you need to cry, Sunny, cry, there's no shame in it." Doctor Cullen smiled kindly as he looked at me in the mirror with beautiful golden eyes.
As soon as the words escaped his lips the tears overflowed, I was a mess as I let my emotions out, but it felt good to let the pain slip away.
"It's okay, I'm taking toy somewhere safe, no one will hurt you anymore, I promise!" he said.
Somehow I didn't believe him, we had been promised a lot of things but they never seemed to come true, was it another lie? I hoped not.
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