So there we were, all cosy on the sofa, watching a chilling horror film. my homework lied upstairs, forgotten and unfinished, unlike the popcorn bowl, which had been eaten in the first 3 minutes. Jon sat in-between me and Jace, acting like a barrier, I knew he was doing it so we couldn`t get any closer during the film. but its not like that would of happened anyway, the last time I got close to one, I was left with constant pain and bruises to mark me as his.

Halfway through the film, I fell asleep. I don`t know whether it was because of how dark the film was or because of the low volume, but too soon I was placed in my own idea of a horror film.

3 months ago-

My numb fingers let the cold keys slip through them as I quickly got them out. I could feel him running after me, He was 20 meters away now, running faster and faster, I picked them up, 15 meters, slid it into the lock, 10 meters, pushing it open,5 meters, I slammed it shut.

The door creaked loudly as Sebastian crashed into it. his every hit towards it sent loud echoing sounds into the otherwise silent hallway, it reminded me of my heart as the thuds started to get faster and louder. The it went silent, the final thump echoing. My breathing was hushed, what was he doing? He never gave up. The windows! most of them were locked except my one, which I used as an escape hatch just in case he chased me and I forgot my keys. I rushed upstairs, running to my room, crashing into it, I slammed into it and quickly locked it. But he wasn`t there. That somehow made me even more frightened, where was he, if he hadn`t entered through my window, what was he planning to do. As my shallow breaths started turning into slight hyperventilation, I heard the lock sliding on the front door.

I rushed to the top of the stairs, Dad was home, I started walking down eagerly before stopping, as the door opened, it revealed Sebastian, with a set of the spare keys in his hands, how did he find them, Valentine had hid them from me ages ago to make sure that I never gave them to him. But there he held them, with a supremely smug expression on his face.

"Now Clarissa, I don`t think it`s very kind of you to run away from me when I call your name in the street." He scolded me, seeing my frightened expression he continued, smiling more widely, showing his white sharp teeth, shark like. "Oh, yes, how did I find these exactly I guess you're wondering, well let`s just say that your daddy is kind of predictable in where he hides things." he barked out a laugh. He started to walk towards me, like a predator approaching its prey, I ran to my room, a sense of Déjà-vu, over these past few months, this was the routine we`d do over and over again, I would mess up somehow, he would get mad, he would chase me, I would run up to my room, and he would somehow either catch me or get inside the room too. then that`s where he would beat me up, my arms and leg were almost all black and purple, from a few days ago. I somehow hid all the bruises in P.E mainly because I wore long sleeves and jogging bottoms.

I only got to the door this time before his body barged into mine, nocking me onto the ground, he hen started shaking me, at some point, I had started screaming at him, he preferred to hear me scream, he stopped hitting me sooner if I screamed in pain. My arms burned where he touched me, my purple arms going a darker shade already. He carried on shaking me shouting my name.

"Clary!" someone else shouted, was that Jace?

Present day-

"Clary wake up!" Jace shouted, it was a dream, just a dream. This was also the second time I did this, only this time, I couldn`t blame it on a bully like Izzy, this was too hard to lie about, but it didn`t stop me trying.

"Oh Jace, it was just a stupid nightmare." My voice was croaky, raw from screaming, how long had I been screaming for?

"Clary, what`s wrong, Jon went out for one second then you start screaming."

"Oh, well it was just a silly nightmare about the film."

"Who`s Sebastian?" I couldn`t help but flinch to his name. He saw as the fear filled up slightly in my eyes.

"I have no-"

"Really, seems like you know him. with you screaming ' no, Sebastian please stop, stop hitting me please, I promise to never run from you, I love you, please, Stop' Now answer me who Sebastian is?" he looked at me, rage filling his body, was it directed at me? I suddenly realised that it was just me and him in the room, Jon was somewhere else, what if he started hitting me to get the truth out for Jon? I started sobbing uncontrollably, the fear unbottled and filling my every sense, his eyes softened, as he started to slowly come towards me. I flinched as his hand came near my face. he looked at me wounded. before sitting opposite me once again. for some reason, I was on the floor. I was too scared to speak, so all I could do was let myself keep crying. There was no point in stopping my crying, it needed to be let out at some point. He sat silently and patiently before I eventually quietened down before he asked.

"Who abused you?"

Déjà vu much? I know it sounds a bit like one of the other chapters but I haven`t really planned any of these chapters, well does it count if I plan it in my head? Any way, so sorry for not updating in ages but, all I got to say is new phone.

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