It's been awhile and I ended it on a bad note. I have finals coming up soon and I do not want to fail Biology (I hate Bio, we dissected a fetal piggy, I was not grossed out but the preservatives were horrible) So anyway, to the story
Disclaimer: I think I can be JK for one day.. No? OK never mind
Because you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
~Bad Day by Daniel Powter
Chapter Seven
Caddie had been enduring Marcus's hurtful ways for nearly a month. Her friends, of course, noticed her cuts, bruises and blood but just passed it off as clumsiness. (Not that they didn't care, Caddie was almost always running or tripping into things and hurting herself so it wasn't obvious what was really going on). But one day, after Caddie had a particularly bad nosebleed, Alli White decided to confront her. "Why are you so pained and bloody all the time, I mean I know you are clumsy as hell, but really this is the fourth nosebleed in like two weeks" Alli said, concern etching her face. "It must be my teen hormones going into clumsiness overdrive" Caddie tried to joke, but winced. Alli raised her eyebrows. "What is really going on?" she asked. Caddie sighed. "I can't tell you, you would not understand" Caddie whispered. Alli sighed too. "OK tell me when you're ready to tell me, meanwhile, let me show you another way to stop a nosebleed". The girl took out her wand, and muttering a spell, she stopped the flow of blood. Caddie looked shocked. "How did you do that, I have been trying to find a good nosebleed spell for ages". Alli gave a small smile. "I am studying to be a Healer so I guess I read books on healing and cures" she said. "Now lets fix that eye". Alli pulled out a jar filled with purple stuff and started to lightly dab it on Caddie's black eye.
"While that dries, lets talk, tell me about your dad" Alli said. Caddie looked taken aback for a moment and began. "He was a muggle doctor and he and my mum were married very young, I suppose" Caddie started. "You suppose?" Alli asked. "Yes, for muggles they married early in life, my mum was 22 and my dad was 24" Caddie said. "Did they elope?" Alli asked. "No I don't think they did" Caddie said. "Sorry for interrupting, go on" Alli replied. "My dad bought me my first guitar when I was six and started to teach me chords. I guess I thought chords were horribly boring because I wanted to learn how to play songs like he did" Caddie smiled at the memory. Alli grinned. "What was the very first song you learned how to play?" Alli asked. "I think it was either Yesterday by The Beatles or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star but I like to believe it was Yesterday" Caddie smiled again. Alli laughed. "So tell me about your family" Caddie said as Alli dabbed some more purple stuff on Caddie's black eye. "Well my mum was born in Scotland and moved here when she was nine then met my dad at Hogwarts" Alli murmured. "Have any brothers or sisters?" Caddie asked. "Yes, one brother, he is eleven and two sisters. They are fifteen and twenty" Alli said. "OK, your eye is looking quite well" Alli said, after five minutes. "Thanks" Caddie said. The two girls smiled at each other.
Caddie had made a great friend. Alli saw when she was hurt, when her other friends didn't. The trouble was, Alli noticed when Caddie was hurt more than usual and got suspicious. After a particular bad time when Marcus cracked a bone in her arm, Alli noticed. "What the bloody hell happened?" Alli shrieked when she saw Caddie holding her arm tenderly. "I ran into a wall after tripping over someone's shoe" Caddie mumbled, not quite meeting Alli's eyes. "Sure, right" Alli said, mending Caddie's arm.
It was a week later. Marcus was taking all of Caddie's time. It had become so that either Marcus was happy or Caddie got hurt. Yet he was hard to please these days. Caddie couldn't take it. This was the last straw. she stood up and ran after Marcus. Spinning nhim around, she yelled, "I'm done! I will tell what has been going on and you will be dead". Marcus's eyes darkened. "I don't think so, how can you tell on me if they never find you?" Marcus slammed her repeatedly into the wall, Caddie felt her shoulder snap. He then hit her so her nose broke and bled and her head felt like it had been split. Caddie crumpled to the ground. "You will never tell what happens here" Marcus said walking away. Caddie lay there, bleeding and crying. Marcus was such an arse, she was in a vunerable postion (in a way) and he took advantage of her. One thought kept running across her mind "Find Alli"
Alli was walking to Astronomy. She turned the corner to find Caddie. Bleeding and sobbing, she lay on the floor. Alli ran to her. "Caddie what?" Alli started. Caddie struggled to sit up but fell. "I have something to tell you Alli".
This one was a little short. This chapter was named for the song Bad Day by Daniel Porter
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