Losing Yourself – Beaten

A few weeks passed and Buffy had been saving up her money and not buying food but stealing some from the fridge when her father was sleeping and stashing it in her room. She enjoyed her job at Hot Topic and she was staying away from her father so things looked like they were getting better.

Until Buffy's dad caught her stealing the food and he got furious.

"Lookie Lookie what I found, a fox in my henhouse. Now don't fight your punishment Buffy, you never know where it might land you.

Hank came closer with a grin on his face that Lucifer himself would fear. Buffy back up and hit the wall and she noticed her dad grab a knife from the counter.

"I have dying for you to push me far enough, Buffy."

At this point Hank was no more than a centimeter away from his daughter.

"It has been such a long time since I had someone to beat."

And with that said he stabbed Buffy in the gut. She cried out in pain but she stood her ground and stared him the eyes with a tear trickling down her face.

"Don't look at me you little bitch,"

Hank then grabbed Buffy by her hair and slammed her against the wall face first and then he dragged her back to her room and threw her in it. Then he turned and slammed the door and put the deadbolt on it.

Buffy just lie there on the ground with her blood pouring out of her. Good thing I have a week off of work. God what am I gonna do?

Buffy then pulled a pillow off her bed and fell asleep on her bedroom floor. Halfway through the night Buffy's wound healed and closed up.

Morning

Hank slammed Buffy's door open and stepped inside. He walked over to Buffy and kicked her in the side.

"Come on you little bitch. You start your first day at a new high school today."

"You never told me this last night,"

"Well it is a surprise." Hank smirked "I think you will just love this school,"

In School

Buffy was walking threw the halls of the school in old worn out jeans and an over sized t-shirt, not caring how she looked like. Her stab wound still hurt like hell but she seemed to manage. She was walking past this group of popular kids and they decided to start their day by giving Buffy a hard time.

"Oh my god, look at what the cat dragged in. Can you say loser much." A girl named Tiffany said to her friend.

"I heard that she is like living with her father cause her mom like was crazy and is in an institution."

"Hey, look here she comes"

The girls watched Buffy walk by, and decided to follow her and while they were walking behind her Buffy just ignored them. But she had no choice but to acknowledge them when they stepped in front of her.

"So, look what we have here… the new girl. So are you crazy like your mom? Rumors have it that she was crazy."

The girls laughed and the rest of the school decided to join in. Everyone was saying stuff about Buffy and she felt so uncomfortable. A/N-I know I most definitely would be

Later in the day

People were making fun of Buffy and the football team also gave her a hard time…by shoving her into the lockers. But the rest of the day pretty much played along like that except the teasing got worse and it felt as if the day just dragged on.

But finally the last bell rang meaning school was over. I just want to get out of here. People are just so mean. I feel so alone. I sent all my friends letters but they never sent any back. Did they forget all about me?

Buffy kept walking down the halls to main exit and she hesitated before leaving. She walked down the crowded streets of L.A. and she saw a store that read "Help Wanted- the pay is a lot" The last words caught Buffy's eye. Well it wouldn't hurt to have two jobs. I mean I do need the money.

Buffy pushed open the door and walked into a store called "Young Models". A clerk came up to her.

"How may I help you miss?"

"Well, I was wondering if I could have more information about working here?"

"Oh, that is wonderful! We have needed a new model for our show. Well, the pay is $300.00 per show."

"Holy crap! That is a lot."

"Well, are you interested?"

"Hell yeah!"

"Well follow me, we have a show to put on in 30 minutes. You will be paid right after every show. Now come on lets get you all dressed."

The woman brought Buffy to the back room where she was dressed in a skin tight off the shoulder dress.

"Sweetie, you look wonderful! Now wait here and get ready the show is going to start any second. The woman walked away and Buffy waited in line with a whole bunch a female models. Then she saw the manager walk out threw the curtain and Buffy heard her announce the girls as they walked out one at a time.

Oh my god it's my turn. Here goes nothing. Buffy walked out through the curtain and walked down the catwalk. Ok, so far so good, I mean no one is throwing things at me. That's always a good sign. Buffy got back behind the curtain and the girl that she saw when she got the brought her back to change into something else.

It had been an hour of the clothes show and it was finally over a Buffy was paid $300.00 in cash and told to be there every other Tuesday for another show. At this point Buffy decided it was time to go home, so she made her way back to her father's house.

Luckily when she arrived Hank was asleep so Buffy snuck into her room and stashed her money. After that Buffy's cell phone rang The gang gave it to her as a good bye present. She picked up the phone and couldn't believe who was calling her…