I got an email from some random person about disclaimers and I realised I haven't put them on any of my stories! I'd like to point out that I'm on fanfiction, therefore it should be assumed that I am a fan writing fanfiction. Why would I pretend to be Stephenie Meyer? If I was I'd be writing stuff down to be published, but anyway. Now I've had my rant I will put a disclaimer on here for whoever it was that emailed me (can't remember who it was, sorry!)

Disclaimer: CHARACTERS=NOT MINE.

I hope that everyone is satisfied. I will not be putting any more disclaimers on my uploads for this story. The disclaimer above, applies to every single chapter of this story.

Now that's over with, on with the story!

Once I got home, I ran to the freezer and grabbed a bag of peas. It was the closest thing we had to an ice pack. Harry went to sit at the sofa and didn't say anything. I walked into the room and stood in the hallway.

"Going to bed now, goodnight."

I walked over and kissed his forehead and went to bed. Next thing I knew I was waking up in my bedroom. I felt around the bed but there was nothing. Harry was snoring downstairs.

I tried my best not to step on any of the creaking floorboards as I washed and dressed myself for work. I sat down at the dressing table and saw in the mirror an ugly blue bruise that took up nearly the whole of the left side of my face.

I tried to conceal it as much as I could but it was still showing in some places. I would have to lie, another need for my good acting skills. I left the house but had written a note saying where I had gone, I wasn't supposed to be going to work, but I felt I needed to.

I signed in and went to buy some breakfast from the school canteen. The food was terrible, but I hadn't eaten and I didn't want my stomach rumbling in the middle of teaching. I saw Jasper sitting at one of the canteen tables. He was on duty, I hated that job. You just had to stand there and make sure that all the kids behaved. I sat down next to him and started to eat my cheese toastie.

"That looks painful. What did you do?"

I thought he meant the bruise on my face but when I looked he was staring at the huge bruise on my arm.

"I fell over and landed on my arm, then when I got back, I walked into a wall, fell back and cracked my head open on the coffee table, not a particularly good day."

Jasper laughed and shook his head.

"You were never this clumsy in high school!"

I blushed and put the paper bag that had been holding my toastie in the bin. I said goodbye to Jasper and walked to my classroom.I taught a few classes and luckily, none of the students noticed my bruises on my face, if any of them did, they didn't mention it. Thank God.

At break time I had to go on duty in the east corridor with Mrs King, she constantly reminded me to call her Anna. We got on really well and arranged to meet up outside of work on saturday, three days time. One of the few friends I have made here.

I drove home wondering what kind of mood Harry would be in. I hoped he wasn't moping around like yesterday night. I had forgiven him, how many times did he need to hear it before he could go back to his happy self? I loved him,I had forgiven him, if he hadn't cheered up, he was going to have to have it shouted at him.

I walked in the door and found myself lifted off the ground and spun around.

"Hello honey!"

Harry kissed me and looked into my brown eyes while I looked into his. He smiled and took my hand and nearly dragged me to the sofa.

"How was your day?"

"Ermmm, it was good.I arranged to meet a friend."

Harry's smile dropped and his voice deepened.

"Which one?"

"Relax, Anna King."

"You wouldn't mind if i came with you would you?"

He didn't believe me, I couldn't say no. Maybe he did trust me, he just wanted to meet a friend that I had made. who was I kidding? He thought I was going to meet Jasper and tell him about Harry's attack and then run off into the sunset with him. My normal self was tempted to tell him he couldn't, but another bruise would made me look like I needed lessons on how to walk.

"Of course you can come!"

He smiled widely and his eyes sparkled brightly, he was back to his normal self. My angel. His expression changed but it was still a happy one. I couldn't work out what was different about it until he spoke, it was happiness mixed with worry.

"You shouldn't have gone to work, what if you overdid it?"

"Don't worry, I was fine."

He looked down at the ground and his smile faded once more.

"Did anyone...?"

I knew what he meant. I wondered if the newly found immense happiness I had seen only five seconds ago had just been a huge act. He wasn't worried about me overdoing it, he was worried he'd been found out.

"No, no-one suspected anything."

I got up and went to make dinner but it was already in the oven. Harry had done it himself. He was a wonderful cook when he bothered, but usually he was busy with paperwork so it was me left to do it all. I got the exercise books for 8h out of my bag and laid them out on the coffee table to mark.

Harry kissed my neck and i swatted him away,I knew what he was after, I didn't want to do anything tonight. I was busy and my bruises were still too painful. He was not pleased but I think he understood because he kissed my bruiseless cheek and resumed checking the dinner.

Lunch with Anna and her friends, Saturday

When Harry and I got to the cafe that Anna Kin was waiting inside, I saw that she was waiting with two other friends, as soon as Harry saw them he mumbled something about going to the pub and walked off, now he believed me. He probably realised that we were going to talk about "female stuff", the kind of things that he thought could scar him for life.

I found out that the two women's name were Kim and Claire, they were very excited to hear I was getting married and wanted to go wedding dress shopping with me. I had a great time and Kim was going to come shopping with me one day. Finally, someone who liked fashion and shopping as much as I do!

I went into three pubs before finding Harry. I had to go find him or he would have no way to get home - unless he wanted to walk. Busses didn't stop anywhere near our house, so that option was out. When I found him, he was standing in the middle of a big group of men, who were all singing - badly, at the t.v. Once he saw me, he signalled for everyone to stop singing and gestured towards me.

"This, is the love of my life! The perfecr wife!"

He smelt strongly of alchohol. I had to get him home now, he was in no fit state to walk anywhere on his own and he wasn't going anywhere with these people.

"Come on Harry, I'm taking you home, NOW."

"She doesn't sound like the perfect wife, she sounds like the average wife to me, heck, she sounds like my wife!"

I shot him a look which, if the saying 'if looks could kill were true', it probably would have killed him instantly. Harry tried to pull away from my grasp and shook his head.

"I'm not going anywhere."

"yes you are."

I used my strength to pull him out of the pub and into the car - not that I needed it. Having Emmett for a brother meant that I had built up a lot of strength when I was younger. It was necessary If I wanted to win any of the fights we'd had as children. Harry crossed his arms and glared out of the windshield.I tried to ignore him as best as possible and concentrated on driving. As soon as I parked the car, he got out, slamming the door behind him, and stomped off into the house. I followed behind him, closing the door, which in his drunken temper tantrum, he had left wide open.

As soon as I turned around I saw Harry standing there, looking furious with anger in his eyes. He uncrossed his arms and walked towards me. My instincts told me to run, but I ignored them.

"You are an embarrassment, Mary."

He only called me that when he was angry with me, he shouldn't be. Not just because I made him leave the pub, annoyed maybe, but not as angry as he seemed to be now.

His fist connected with my face with such a force that I nearly fell back on the stairs.I turned to run up them but he grabbed my ankle and I fell to the ground and bashed my head. I could feel it throbbing and I cried out in pain.I didn't open my eyes,I stayed put,laying crookedly on the stairs as I felt everything slipping away.I wasn't even sure what was happening. I wanted to scream for someone to help me, but I couldn' I dying? I carried on feeling these panicky emotions while lifeless on the ground as the darkness took over my mind.

My computer frizzled and I had to start again on my mom's laptop so I didn't update yesterday...I think. I don't really remember lol! I have the memory of a goldfish.

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