Chapter3 Beautiful Dreams & Twisted Nightmares Part 2

Readers Advisory This Chapter will deal with abuse of a sexual physical and verbal nature it is only being used for story purposes. This author does not endorse abuse of any kind read with caution.

Clare Edwards seemed like your typical high school girl she had a lot of friends and did well in school, everyone that knew Clare thought she was little Ms perfect with no problems because she was a straight A student that was on her way to college to start on her path to journalism excellence, but what people didn't know was that Clare was really a broken shell of herself and it was all because of the people she lived with.

Clare's mother Helen re-married not long after Clare was skipped a grade and became a senior to man named Glen Martin, Glen also had a son named Jake.

For the first few months of the marriage things were normal for Clare but six months ago all that changed, Glen started becoming more and more controlling towards Clare regulating what she was able to do both at home and at school which turned her into who she is now.

When Clare tried standing up to Glen he would beat her into submission at first it was small things like telling her she would never be good enough to make it to college and she was going to be nothing more then a second rate writer and she would only be good for being a trophy wife.

As the months wore on the mental and verbal abuse turned physical when Helen went to her church fund-raising committee meetings Glen would make Clare walk around naked doing chores beating her with belts and handcuffing her to his bed to be whipped til she was bruised and bloodied.

Sadly that wasn't the worse part of Clare's abuse Glen would also let Jake have his way with her at night allowing him to have sex with her whenever he wanted.

Clare would tell Helen about what Jake and Glen were doing to her when she wasn't around but she always defended Glen and Jake by saying that she was just upset her father wasn't around anymore and was lying.

Clare had been living this hell for close to six months now and to her displeasure Glen and Jake had taken their abuse to a new low, they moved Clare out of her bedroom and into the basement where the windows were boarded up and she was forced to be confined to the basement from the time she got home to the time she was awakened for school.

Clare eventually became withdrawn and started believing what Glen and Jake put her through was what she deserved and to make matters worse Helen was brain washed by Glen to think that Clare was nothing more then a mistake.

Helen went down to the basement to wake Clare up for school just like she had been doing for the past few months, she had to wake Clare up early to make breakfast or else Glen would beat them both and Helen did not want to suffer the same fate as her daughter.

"Clare get the hell up you have to make breakfast for us." Helen yelled.

Clare opened her eyes to see her mother still hung over from yet another night of drinking with Glen.

"Get up now you bitch Glen will be up soon or do I need to burn you again?"

"I'm up mom." Clare yelled.

"Don't take that tone with me young lady." Helen yelled.

"What are you going to do have Glen and Jake rape me again." Clare spat.

"No since you think you can disrespect me I'm going to deal with you myself."

Helen grabbed Clare and tied her to her bed and pulled out a Swiss army knife and made a diagonal gash on Clare's shoulder then pulled out a lighter and burned an x right above the gash as Clare screamed in pain.

"That will teach you to mouth off to me now go shower and make it fast we're all starving."

Helen untied Clare as she grabbed her stuff and headed for the shower.

Fifteen minutes later Clare came into the kitchen wearing a pair of black sweatpants with a matching shirt and black sneakers.

Clare wore nothing but black now because it was the only color that would conceal any signs of physical abuse and keep people from asking questions.

Making breakfast in the morning was one of the few times that Clare's family left her alone aside from Jake groping her under the table from time to time.

"Jake I want you to keep a close eye on this slut at school." Glen remarked as the family was finishing up breakfast.

"Yeah dad no problem as long as I get to touch her."

"Have at it son just don't wear her out we need her to clean the house from top to bottom tonight."

"Got it Dad."

After the family was done eating Glen mad sure to read Clare the riot act about keeping quiet about what was going on threatening to beat her if she said a word.

Clare spent the entire ride just looking out the window trying to escape from her own personal hell.

"You know Clare maybe we wouldn't be so hard on you if you listened better." Jake said with an evil smirk.

"Go to hell Jake."

Jake grew angry at his step sisters comment he pulled the truck into a secluded ally just blocks from Degrassi and pulled Clare out of the truck.

"Now listen here bitch I own you and there's not a damn thing you could do about it now apologize or I swear to god I will break every bone in your disgusting body right now."

"No Jake you wouldn't do that." Clare said finding her bold side a side that she was still able to when she was around Jake or Helen.

"Oh I wouldn't watch me."

Jake reached into his pocket and pulled out a pair of brass knuckles and punched Clare square in the face which immediately left a mark that was slowly forming a mouse which was a swelling under her right eye luckily Jake knew how hard to hit Clare so that the mouse wasn't any different from a black eye.

"Hopefully you learned your lesson next time I break a rib and you know Ill do it now get back in the truck and put some cover up on that mouse."

Clare got back into the car and quickly applied coverup to her bruise, when Jake finally pulled up to Degrassi Jake made sure no one saw him kiss Clare.

"That was to remind you I'm watching you now go to class and Ill see you after school."

Clare made the short walk inside the school and headed straight for her first class which was English with Ms Oh.

Clare had manged to keep her abuse hidden through the summer and for the first month of school and was hoping she could keep the ruse up til graduation when she would finally be free lucky for her it was starting to get colder since it was the middle of October and she could hide her marks with long sleeves and sweaters.

Clare sat in the back row away from most people partly because she didn't want to feel the looks people were no doubt giving her when she walked in with her head down.

Once she sat down she noticed Ms Oh was walking in just behind Fiona Imogen and Bianca.

Clare happen to notice that Bianca had taken a seat next to Fiona which Clare found odd because Imogen usually sat next to Fiona since those two were Degrassi's new power couple since Eli broke up with Clare at the end of last year for what he called being too much of a "stuck up prude".

Ms Oh prepared to start his lesson as Clare pulled out her notebook.

"Alright guys settle down today I'm assigning your first project which will make up forty percent of your grade, for this assignment you will work in teams of two your task is to get to know your partner what makes them tick their interest their fears just an all access look at their lives."

Clare was immediately scared stiff at the thought of this project, giving someone an all access look into her life this wouldn't make anyone at home happy she just had to hope the person she was paired with was someone she knew and could sell a good excuse to.

Clare listened intently as Ms Oh read off off the partners.

So far Clare's name had not been called which was a relief but just as the bell was about to ring Ms Oh announced the last two groups.

Imogen Moreno will be working with Fiona Coyne and last but not least Clare Edwards will be working with Bianca Coyne."

Clare was surprised when she heard her partners name at first she thought she was working with a new girl but Bianca turned around and looked back at Clare.

Clare was so wrapped up in her fear that she did give any thought to how she was going to explain to her family that Bianca would becoming over for a couple of weeks.

When the bell rang Clare gathered up her stuff and headed for her next class hoping to avoid Bianca which failed almost instantly as Bianca caught up to her in the hallway.

"Hey Clare I guess we're project partners now so could I come over and spend some time with you?"

"Bianca I wish you could but mom and Glen are having people over tonight it not a good time maybe some other time." Clare said as she sped off to her next class.

Bianca just put Clare's response in the back of her mind for now while she met up with Fiona and Imogen.

Fiona and Imogen caught up with Bianca outside of their art class.

"So B are you going over Clare's tonight Immy and I are going to get started on our project with a brain storming session and we were hoping you'd be out for a bit."

"Nice try sis but unfortunately Clare has something to do so Ill be home after school so you cant have sexy time with your exhibitionist girlfriend."

"Hey its not my fault you walked in the house early as saw Immy and me."

"Well you shouldn't have decided to screw your girlfriend in the living room I have been there two weeks now you should know that I sometimes come home from Owens."

"So you and Owen huh I wonder what you two were doing." Imogen interjects.

"Quiet Moreno there is nothing going on between Owen and me hes taken and hes a good friend."

"Sorry Bianca no need to bite my head off maybe you'd be less defensive if you got laid."

"Shut it Imogen just because you and my sister go at it like rabbits doesn't mean it solves everything besides you know after Drew I swore off relationships for a while."

"Fine Ill stop but after Drew I think maybe you should try dating a non jock for once or you could let me and Fiona set you up with a girl."

"Imogen I told you already that was a one time thing with Katie while I saved her."

"I know B but don't knock it til you give it a real try who knows you may find your Fiona."

"No chance you two were soul-mates besides if I was to date a girl she'd be nothing like Fiona."

"Gee thanks sis but changing subjects now have you guys noticed that Clare wears nothing but black now and sits alone?"

"Come to think of it I have she doesn't even hang with Adam Alli or Jenna anymore." Bianca replied.

"Now that you guys bring it up I've noticed that for a bit especially the fact that she acts afraid whenever I see her and Jake together." Fiona said.

"You guys don't think something serious is going on at home?" Imogen asked

"I don't know we could try asking around but be quiet about it." Fiona cautioned.

"Alright we will ask around at lunch now lets enjoy the rest of our spare outside." Fiona said as the trio walked out to the zen garden.

"So what gourmet meal did you bring to dine on today?" Bianca asked.

"Oh just Immy's favorite chicken Parmesan."

"You spoil her Fiona its disgustingly cute."

"I do it because I love her B maybe one day you'll understand."

"Yeah I hope so." Bianca replied trying to hide the sadness in her voice.

After eating lunch the trio headed back inside to finish out the rest of the day.

Bianca tried to concentrate on her classes but could not get Clare out of her head she hadn't noticed before but being around Clare for most of the day she couldn't help but pay closer attention to her, she had noticed that even when she would pass people in the hallway she would give off this vibe like she was walking on egg shells.

Once the last bell rang Bianca went out to the parking lot where she noticed that Adam was walking with Alli Jenna and Becky but Clare was nowhere to be found.

Bianca decided to go ask Adam about Clare.

"Adam I noticed Clare's not with you she always walks with you after school whats up?"

"I don't know last time I saw her she was with Jake and had her stuff with her I'm guessing they left early."

"Oh, have you noticed anything off about her?"

"Not really, aside from the few times we run into each other in the halls or right after school we've kind of don't get to see each other much."

"That's odd when was the last time you actually spoke to her.

"Honestly its been a few months since we actually spoke shes been really different for a while now."

"Have you tried finding out why shes been like this?"

"Yeah even Jenna Alli and Becky have tried talking to her but she brushes everyone off."

"Alright thanks Ill see you around."

"Bye B."

Bianca left and went to see if she could catch Fiona and Imogen before they left Bianca was slowly getting used to being Fiona's little sister she had told Drew and Adam about what happened and they immediately accepted it but she still hadn't told Owen because with Owens practices and him dating Anya they barley had time to talk but that would change soon with Owen having some time off before the first big tournament for the ice hounds.

Bianca walked across the street where she found Imogen and Fiona in a heated make-out session by Fiona's silver SUV.

"Can you two keep your hands off each other for five seconds?" Bianca semi yelled as the couple broke apart.

"Sorry B did you find anything out about Clare?" Fiona asked trying to catch her breath..

"Just that she hasn't spoken to anyone in a while and maybe scared of Jake."

"I wonder why Clare would be scared of Jake?" Imogen asked.

"I do to maybe we could swing by Clare's after school sometime and check up on her." Bianca suggested.

"I think that's a good idea but lets get home I want to do this homework so I can have sexy time with my sexy artist."

"Come sis I want to go one night without hearing Moreno's voice in my head at night."

"B Immy's not that loud."

"Bull shit Fiona trust me shes loud I'm surprised mom hasn't caught you two as much as you guys think you're being quiet."

"Oh shut B I cant help it if Imogen and I get loud its just magic when we're together."

"Whatever Ill just go hang at Drew's for a while he should still be in since Katie is at the gym."

"Fiona Imogen and Bianca headed home for the night.

Meanwhile at Clare's Helen and Jake were again making Clare's life hell by making her clean the house naked in perpetration for Glen's return home from work.

"Clare re do these floors again before I teach you the real meaning of pain Helen called as Clare rushed from the kitchen where she was preparing a salad for dinner.

"Ill get on that mom I wouldn't want king Glen unhappy." Clare quipped.

Helen quickly grabbed Clare from the kitchen and whipped her with a studded belt Glen had gotten her to keep Clare in line.

"You will respect me you brat, I brought you into this world I will gladly take you out." Helen said as she hit Clare five times across the back as Jake looked on with a sick grin.

"Helen can I whip her some before dad has his way please?" Jake asked in a voice that sounded like a little boy asking for a cookie.

Sure Jake go ahead."

Jake gladly whipped Clare across the back as she dropped to the floor passing out from the pain Clare wished someone could save her from her own twisted nightmare from hell as she passed out from the pain.

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