I'm back again with a new fic. Last night I was watching Enough with Jennifer Lopez and I got inspired to write this. So, bear with me. It will become C&M later on.
Monica Guy laid in her bed wide awake.
She heard the ticking of the clock across the room and saw when it stroked 12.
'Well it's now or never.' She told herself. It was dead silent in the room aside from her husband's snoring. Husband, Kevin certainly didn't act, as a husband should. She slowly rose from her bed and walked to the bathroom. She put the faucet on and pulled the shower curtain to the side and revealed a pair of pants, a fleece pullover and a neatly packed bag. She quickly changed and grabbed her bag. She slowly walked out of the bathroom, careful not to make a sound and headed to her son's room.
" Adam, wake up honey." Monica whispered, gently shaking her 7-year-old son.
" Mom?"
" Yes. Sweetie, you have to get up now. Okay? We're going on a little trip away from daddy. I will explain everything later but you have to promise me that you will be as quiet as possible and go down stairs. Okay?" He nodded. " That's my boy. Now go on." As he rolled out of bed, she looked under it and took out a backpack. She handed him his shoes and he put them on. She went into her 1-year-old daughter's room and picked her up into her arms. She kept telling herself, she had to do this not only for her, but her kids too. She regained her strength and went to meet Adam at the bottom of the stairs. He had his coat on but was still rubbing his eyes. Monica looked outside and saw the cab waiting. She was relieved it was there on time and that the driver didn't honk the horn.
" Come on, let's go." Adam followed her out of the house and into the car, still confused about what was going on. Monica watched the house as the car drove away. She had a sleeping baby in her arms and tired child leaning on her. There was no turning back now.
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Rachel woke with a start at the sound of a knock coming from the door. She looked at her boyfriend Ross and saw that he was still sleeping. Nothing could wake him up. They had been living together for a year now and she found that a hurricane could pass by and Ross wouldn't notice. She heard the knock again and decided to see who it was. She rolled out of bed and felt the sting of the cold air. She quickly wrapped a robe around her and walked to the door. She looked through the peephole and was surprised to see Monica standing on the other side of the door. She unlocked the door, and swung it open. Seeing as though Monica and her husband lived in the suburbs, Rachel didn't see her as much. This visit didn't look like one of the happy ones to Rachel by the countenance of her friend's face.
" I did it. I left him."
" About time. Come on in." Monica walked in and Rachel took the baby out of her arms. " Hey Adam, why don't you come and sleep in the guest room. Okay?" He nodded and followed Rachel into the room. She tucked the two of them in and returned to the living to see Monica sitting on the couch looking at her hands.
" Rachel, I'm scared."
" I know you are." Rachel sat next to her and put her arms around her. She noticed the scars on Monica's face and neck. She couldn't believe that Kevin would do this to her.
" I had to get away from him. I had enough. What if he hurts the kids? I can't let that happened. So I planned it out and left him while he's sleeping."
" You guys can stay here-,"
" No I can't stay here because he knows where you live and I can't put you or Ross in danger."
" What are you going to do then?"
" Well, I took all the money out the bank and out of my secret fund, so I should be okay for a while."
" Honey, you should go to the police."
" I can't do that either. You know that he knows people in high places. The whole police force could be working for him for all I know.
" Oh, you can use my father's car. The really old one he never uses. Kevin couldn't track you down with that."
" Thanks a lot."
" No problem but do me a favor and just stay the night? We can figure everything out in the morning."
" Okay."
" Good. I'll get you a blanket and pillow." Monica nodded. " And Mon?"
" Yeah?"
" I'm glad you came to your senses and left the son of a bitch."
" Me too." When Rachel walked out of the room, Monica laid her head back and drifted off to sleep.
* Flashback to one year ago*
Monica stirred the sauce listlessly, when Kevin walks through the door.
" Hey babe." He kissed her on the cheek not even realizing that she didn't responded. He took a drink out the fridge and sat down.
" How was your day?"
" Stressful. How bout you?"
" Well mine was okay. Did you umm, forget to do something today?"
" Umm I don't think so." She slammed the spoon she was stirring with on the counter. " Damn it Monica what's wrong with you? I almost choked on my soda." She turned to him with a hurt expression.
" What's wrong with me? I'll tell you what's wrong with me. Well, my husband didn't show up to an appointment that was very important to me."
" What?"
" The sonogram Kevin! I reminded you all week and you knew how important it was to me. How could you just totally forget?"
" Oh man. I am so sorry babe. I was wrapped up at work and totally lost track of time." He got up and hugged her but she didn't hug back. She sniffed him and stepped back.
" You weren't at the office because I called. Your secretary said you went to lunch and not alone. So I asked her, did this woman have an accent? She said yes, a Russian one. Just like the same bitch that paged you last night while you were in the shower. I'm sure it's her perfume that I smell on you right now."
" I don't know what you're talking about." She slaps him. He hits her back and she falls to the floor. " I did not come home to be hounded by Sherlock Homes. I had an innocent lunch with a client. That's all. Okay we just need to sleep this off and talk in the morning, when we're both level headed."
Monica woke up suddenly. The next morning, He told her the truth and some how she forgave him.
That was the first time he had hit her. And not the last.
Okay it's a start. Please review!