Chapter 4 BPOV

by the time we got home it was 4:45. Phil's dinner had to be ready and on the table by 5:00 sharp. Crap, we're screwed! "Bella, relax. Pasta only takes 10 minutes, we'll make that. You do the sauce I'll do the salad and the bread?" I looked at the smaller version of myself in the passenger seat, her light blue eyes sparkling, and nodded. She smiled back at me "Action Stations!" I couldn't help but giggle. She was the only one who could cheer me up and really make me smile. We walked through the door and up to our rooms to get rid of our bags.

I heard somebody sigh. I turned to see my bed sheets pulled up over somebody. "It's probably mom passed out drunk again Bella. God, get a grip!"

"Don't mind If I do!" somebody grabbed me from behind and threw me backwards onto my bed. It wasn't Phil though. I didn't know who it was. Jaymie's panicked voice sounded through my room. "Get off me Phil! Please don't...I still hurt from last time... NO NO No no no not that please! Please don't hit me with that." the loud crack of leather hitting skin echoed through my room followed by a blood curdling scream. He was belting her! She has fucking gym tomorrow, and Ness is in her class so she can't skip, she has to go. This isn't good.

My world spun as a fist connected with the side of my face. "Keep still Isabella and do as you're told." he was leaning right in my face, breathing on me. He must have been one of Phil's baseball friends. I hated them, but at least they were never as rough with us as Phil was. They just had their way and left, if I kept still then it would e over quicker. I tuned out what was happening let my mind go blank and just lay there.

He took 37 minutes! He left but Jaymie was still screaming in pain. "PLEASE STOP! PLEASE I WON'T BE LATE AGAIN! PLEASE...DINNER WON'T TAKE LONG...JUST LET ME GO MAKE IT...PHIL PLEASE IT HURTS" the pain in her voice brought tears to my eyes. I should've had to cope with Phil, not her. She was only 14, it was my fault we were late. But he knew that. That's why he was punishing her. He knew that I would hear it and that I wouldn't be late again because it mean the would hurt her.

I could her her sobbing and a few more slaps before he emerged from her room. He smiled at me as he made his way down the stairs, leaving her door open. I looked in and the sight made me gag. She was a wreck. He had hit her with the buckle end of his belt and it had ripped her skin causing her to bleed, he'd tied her arms and legs to the bed spread eagled so he could rape her, she had red marks on her face and middle where he'd hit her. I could see from here that at least 2 of her ribs had re broken and her left eye was swollen shut. I ran to the bathroom for the first aid kit., when I got back she was barely conscious.

"Jaymie. Don't go to sleep. You need to stay awake until I've cleaned you up OK?" she nodded. I took out the cotton wool and some antiseptic so I could clean the lacerations from the belt. I could tell that some of them should have stitches but I would just have to bandage them instead and hope for the best. She hissed and writhed because of the pain the antiseptic was causing. "I know Jay, but if I don't do this then they'll hurt even more tomorrow. Or they'll get infected. Do you want me to run you a bath or just help you get changed for bed so you can sleep?" she looked at me, tears in her soft blue eyes. I could see that she felt dirty, violated and used. She wanted, no, she needed to get the feel of his hands off her. I knew that feeling well. She wanted a bath. "I'll just be a minute OK?" I ran warm water in the tub then helped her to get in. I washed her hair and her face, being careful around her swollen eye and getting rid of the blood. I let her do the rest. When I pulled the plug the water ran away a dark pinky red colour.

We hadn't had it this bad for a while. School would be hell tomorrow. Poor Jaymie would hardly be able to move, never mind doing gym. SHIT! I had gym tomorrow. Alice was overjoyed because it was the only class we had together tomorrow. This isn't going to work. STUPID CULLENS! they're going to find out and then Alice won't leave me alone, and Jaymie? Ness is young and full of questions. She'll be worse than Alice.

"Bella? I can't do this any more. I have to tell someone. Renesmee already suspects and so does Rosalie. All it takes is for them to tell each other and they'll know. We both have gym tomorrow so pretty soon our secret won't be a secret any more. Please can we just tell someone. Get help." she had tears streaming down her face, which made me cry too. I shook my head. I'd been there and felt like that. Then I realised that people wouldn't help, nobody cared, and they never would.

ISABELLA! JAYMIE-LEE! I'M STILL HUNGRY DOWN HERE!" we both sighed. I motioned for Jay to stay in bed, I would deal with dinner. She was in no state to walk properly. I kissed her forehead and slowly walked downstairs. "WHERE'S YOU FUCKING SISTER IZZY?" I hated that name. And he knew it. "She's sleeping sir. I told her I would make your dinner and I would take her beating for it's lateness." I gulped. He stumbled towards me, he had a bottle of whisky in one hand and a glass in the other. He threw the glass on the floor and it smashed then he grabbed my hair and pushed me to the floor. I cut my hands on the pieces, "Clean that up bitch!" I gathered the bits as best I could and stumbled to the trash can to get rid of them. I stole a glance at the clock. 7:10, where the hell was Renee?

"There's no point in cooking any shit now. Get the phone and order me a fucking pizza. But you're paying! Then get your ass over here and apologise for being late you slut." I did as I was told. Part of me was screaming, telling him to go fuck himself but I knew that if I said it out loud then it would only end badly for me. I ordered his pizza then went and stood in front of him, eyes looking at the floor. I didn't see the slap coming but I sure as hell felt it. I fell to the floor with the force of its impact. He pulled me back up by my hair. "What were you doing that made you so fucking late today Isabella? I bet you were with someone, weren't you! Like the slut you are!" his breath was right in my face, it stank of cigarettes and whisky.

"ANSWER ME WHORE!" I cringed. He pulled my hair so tight I could feel some of it ripping out. The pain was burning in my scalp. "n-n-no sir. I had a detention." I was shaking so bad I was almost vibrating. He let go of my hair and I crumpled on the floor. He kicked me in the stomach making it hard for me to breathe. He kicked my arm out then put his boot-clad foot on my wrist. I knew what he was going to do. I look at him wide eyed and scared, shaking my head as my breath came in short gasps. He slowly added pressure until there was a sickening crack and I could no longer hold in my screams. It hurt like hell. "SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF MY SIGHT! BEFORE I'm FORCED TO DO IT AGAIN!" I knew he meant it so I scrambled up the stairs to Jay's room as fast as my trembling legs would carry me. I slammed her door and locked it behind me.

She was laying there staring at me with eyes as big as saucers, practically popping out of her head. "What did he do" she was pale and her breathing was ragged. I could tell something was wrong with her. This wasn't good. "Nothing. I'm fine. He just got a little mad is all. You're breathing funny, are you OK?" she shook her head and started coughing. I walked over quickly and helped her to sit up. I patted her back while she coughed. "Bella?" she croaked. I looked down at her hand to see blood on it. SHIT! Something was really wrong. "Jay? JAY! Look at me. You'll be fine OK? I'm going to have to take you to the hospital. Will you be OK if I go check Phil has passed out yet?" she nodded still coughing. It sounded really painful. I ran downstairs and looked into the den. He was asleep on the sofa so as long as we were quiet then I could get her out. I went back up to her room and helped all the way out to my truck. It was barely 8:00. I drove her to the emergency room and practically ran to the reception desk.

"Hello. I need someone to help. My sister is in the car coughing up blood and I don't know what to do." I was so panicked and I must have looked really scared because the nurse behind the desk stopped a passing doctor and he followed me out. "she's in the back seat. Her ribs got a bit banged up in a fight at school today and when she was watching TV she just started coughing up blood. Please sir, you have to help her!" he looked at me with concern etched on his face. His ice blue eyes were familiar but I couldn't place them. Until he told me his name.

"Take me to your car, and please call me doctor Cullen." then it struck me. Alice. Those were Alice's eyes. This was the Cullen's dad. This couldn't be happening! I ran to my car and showed him Jaymie. "OK I'm GOING TO NEED SOME HELP OVER HERE!" as soon as he shouted, two paramedics and another doctor ran over and helped him to get her out of the car. They pushed her inside on a gurney while I had to stop in the waiting room.

I sat there for what felt like an eternity. My stomach hurt, my face was still stinging and my wrist was fucking killing me, but I would live. I was too scared to worry about myself until I knew how Jaymie was. I saw Dr. Cullen walking towards me holding a thick folder in his hand. He was frowning. "Parents for Miss Swan." I stood up. He looked at me puzzled, obviously expecting someone else too. I walked over to him. "Are your parents not here? Didn't you call them?" I gaped at him. I must have looked so stupid. "They're ummm...out of town right now. I'm looking after us." he didn't look convinced at all but what did I expect. It was the worst lie ever. Then he looked down at the wrist I was clutching. It had swollen up and gotten a little bit purple by now. "What happened to your wrist. That's broken I'll need to take a look at it." his tone was a no nonsense tone. Telling me that he wouldn't take no for an answer.

"Please I just need to see my sister. Is she OK?" a small smile graced his lips. "she's fine. She's broken two of her ribs but other that that she'll be fine. I wanted to ask you though, about the lacerations. A few of them needed stitches and the bruising on her arms and face were pretty bad." he raised one eyebrow at me. I looked at the floor. "I said before. She got in a fight at school. The other person was twice her size, it wasn't a fair fight." he nodded. I knew he wasn't believing a word I said. "That's another worry of mine. She's grossly underweight which caused her bones to break easier. She's lucky that they didn't puncture her lung." I breathed in and out slowly. We were screwed. "Please can I just see her. She doesn't like hospitals and neither do I. She'll be freaking out if I don't go to her soon."

he nodded and led me towards an empty cubicle. I was very confused at this. Jaymie wasn't in here. He must have seen my doubts because he smiled a little, "I need to sort out your hand before I let you see your sister. If I don't then it will only get worse." I nodded. I climbed up onto the bed and looked around uncomfortably. "I need to ask you to take off your sweatshirt. I can't look properly if your arms are covered." I panicked. There was no way my jumper was coming off. Not a chance. I was only wearing a tank top underneath. He would see all my bruises and how small I was, then he would start asking even more questions. I just sat there stunned. "I'm afraid if you don't do it yourself then I'll be forced to sedate you and cut it off." I pulled my arms out of the sleeves slowly then gently lifted it over my head. No way was he cutting my clothes. I needed that jumper for school!

He turned around to look at me and he gasped a little. He put down the needle he was holding and walked over to me. He gently took hold of my elbow on my good arm and lifted it so he could see the bruises better. He let go and did the same to my other arm then he looked down and I swear I saw rage spark in his eyes but no sooner had I seen it, it was gone. "Isabella who did this to you?" I shook my head. "Nobody. I'm really really clumsy." h looked at the cuts on my hands from Phil's glass earlier and tutted. He carefully pushed me back on the bed. "I'm sorry but this is serious. I'm going to have to do a full check on you like I did for your sister. You're still a minor so you cannot refuse and if you don't co operate then I shall have to sedate you like I did for Jaymie." WHAT? No way in hell is this happening right now.

"I'll step outside if you would please change into this." he handed me a hospital gown. My eyes bugged. Tears in my eyes threatened to spill over and run down my face ruining the carefully applied cover up. The sooner you do this, the sooner they'll take you to Jay. Man up and do it! I grabbed the hem of my top and pulled it off then put on the gown. I unbuttoned my pants with one hand and managed to successfully pull them off with out hurting myself too badly. I put my clothes on the chair next to the bed and lay back again. "OK. Done." Dr. Cullen walked in pulling the curtain closed behind him. "Isabella I'll talk you through whatever I do so don't worry OK. Now first I'm going to ask you to stand up so I can take you r height and weight measurements." my heart dropped as I stood up. I looked hesitantly at the hospital scales in the corner.

"Isabella? I need you to step onto the scales, not stare at them." I plastered a smile on my face and walked over. He tried to stifle a gasp as he read my weight but he failed. I looked down at the numbers. 74lbs, REALLY not good. Phil liked us to weigh under 95lbs so we didn't eat much, only what he allowed. "If you could please go back and lie on your stomach whilst I check your back." CRAP. I can't lie on my stomach. The pain would be horrible. Most of my belt marks are on my front. I sat on the edge of the bed and slowly laid down.

I hissed quietly as my front made contact with the sheets but he still heard it. "Isabella you will tell me if you're in any pain won't you?" I ignored him. It was our strategy, mine and Jaymie's. If you ignored the questions then soon enough they'll go away. I rolled over when he told me and had to bite my lip to stop myself from crying out as he poked and prodded my stomach. He pressed on the spot where my newest bruise was forming and I lost it. "Aahh" he looked into my face. "I'll ask again Isabella, is there anything you wish to tell me? What happened to your stomach." he was giving me a tell the truth look so I stayed quiet and just shook my head. I swear this man could be a human lie detector, but he didn't question me further. He asked how I'd managed to hurt my wrist but I stayed silent. He sighed when he realised he wasn't going to get anything gout of me. I just wanted to get my little sister out of here before she freaked.

40 minutes later I was back in my own clothes and sitting next to Jaymie. She was a total mess. She was jumpy and panicky and she just wanted to go home. "Bella please take me home. I hate this. I need my own bed, not this uncomfortable plastic mattress. Get the doctor to discharge me. Please Bells, please." she was crying again. It broke my heart to see her so scared and upset. "I'll ring mom. She can get the doctor to discharge you." I did just that. She picked up on the 8th ring and I could barely hear her over the loud music on her end. "Another party mom?" I heard shuffling and a giggle before I carried on. "Hey, mom. I need you to find somewhere quiet. This is really important." I waited for it to go quiet. "Okay bells. What's up? You sound jumpy."

"Mom, I'm gonna pass you over to this doctor and I need you to tell him that you're discharging Jaymie, and that I'll have to sign the release forms because you're out of town with Phil. Can you do that? Please?" she agreed. No, "Oh my god what happened" or "Is she OK?" just a simple yes. I ran to the reception to ask for Dr. Cullen and when he came I gave him the phone. He looked pained as I signed the forms. As if it physically hurt him to let us go. I didn't care. I just had to get us home. We had to be there before Phil woke up or there would be hell to pay.

I looked at the clock in my ancient truck as we pulled into the driveway. 2:15. I groaned. We had to be at school in just under 6 hours. I literally dragged Jay up the stairs to her bed then fell down next to her. I was asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ …...BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ

I reached over and smacked Jaymie's alarm clock trying to find the off button. I failed miserably but the buzzing stopped when the clock "fell" on the floor. Damn thing. "Jay get up! We're running late." she groaned. I could feel her pain. "Help me up Belly." I pulled her arms so she could sit up then went over to her wardrobe to get her some clothes. "grey sweats, white tank, black hoody?" she nodded so I put them on the bed next to her. I knew she needed something loose to wear today in order to minimise the pain. I ran to our bathroom and got out two pain pills for her. By the time we were both dressed and ready it was already 7:30. "shit Jay. We need to leave, like, NOW!"

7:55 I parked in our usual spot and got out, as did Jaymie. "What do you have first Jay?" she nodded towards the science block. I had gym. "I'll meet you after Kay?" she nodded and walked off stiffly, trying to hide the slight limp she had.

"Hey Bella! You coming to gym?" I jumped a mile in the air and turned round to find Alice. She pursed her lips to hide her smile. "Yeah coming now." we walked together, to the worst subject in history. I mean, don't get me wrong I'm good at gym, especially track, but I didn't like changing in the same room as all the other girls, where everyone could see me. It will be better to do it fast and get it over with.

Alice's eyes bugged out of her head when I pulled my hoody off but she didn't say anything until we were running side by side on the track, relatively privately. "Bella how much do you weigh?" I looked at her and shrugged. Her jaw dropped. "How can you even move? I know if I had all those bruises then I would never have been able to get out of bed this morning!" I ignored her. I know It was rude but I was a crap liar, my blush gave me away every time and I couldn't risk her knowing. I started a sprint and left her behind. I knew she probably wouldn't be able to catch up, and even if she did, she'd be too out of breath to talk to me. I was the fastest runner in my class. I looked to my left and saw Edward Cullen, matching my pace. I ignored him too and concentrated on my running. "SWAN! CULLEN! SEE ME AT THE END I WANNA ASK YOU SOMETHING!" "Yes coach" we replied together. He looked down at me whilst I looked at the floor. "Are you OK? Alice is worried. I can tell by the look on her face. Are you ill or something?" I shrugged and crossed the finish line. I kept my pace right up to the gym coach. "Well, well, well. It seems I'm a lucky man. BOTH Swans deciding to turn up for my lesson?" I blushed as Edward came over. "Why aren't you on my track team Bella? We could use your speed in our athletes competitions." I just shrugged. "Don't have the time coach. Sorry." before he could say anything else, I ran to the locker rooms. "Bella? Are you sure you're OK?"

"Alice! I'm fine. Please give over. Leave it alone. I don't like to talk about it. I'm really clumsy and it's embarrassing to have to explain all the time." she stood there stunned. I think it was the first time I had seen Alice quiet since I met her. I knew it was short lived and as soon as lunch came she would be pestering me to buy food and tell her why I don't eat, but NO WAY was that happening.

My thoughts drifted to Jaymie. I hoped she was OK. I really hoped she would make it through the day without too much pain because it was Friday and if she made it through school then she would have the weekend to recover a bit before coming back.

AN: right if possible, I would like people to review and tell me what points of view they want the next chapter in, because i've done Jay and Bella, they're going to be main POVs throughout. I've also done Rosalie, I'm planning on another one from her later on so I wandered whose head you wanted to be inside? Please R&R :)