Author's Note: Thanks for all of the awesome reviews! I loving that you guys love this story. I never had this many reviews before and I'm almost at 100. It feels great. I know that probably some of you are want Troy to figure out what's wrong with Gabriella or want her to call the police. Plus, I know you guys want to know why Mark does this, well you'll see in this chapter. So here's chapter 7, please review! Enjoy!

A few weeks later the raping and hitting my mom continued. My mom didn't have a clue what he was doing to me but I had a clue as to what he was doing to her. I didn't have much say on what happened because every time he would threaten mine and my mom's lives. I would just let him do whatever he wanted to do and not even attempt to scream for help, afraid of what he might do. My relationship with Troy was slowly deteriorating. I would snap at him every time he tried to talk to me and I did the same with everyone else. I never went anywhere after school, never feeling like talking to anyone. I think it was because I was afraid that when I came home one day that I would find my mom dead because of the abuse.

I was upstairs trying to concentrate on my homework but that was useless since I had a whole bunch of crap on my mind. Frustrated I closed my books and lied down on my bed. I needed some serious sleep. I closed my eyes and was asleep in a matter of minutes. I slept for about an hour when I was woken up by the slamming of a door. I bolted up in my bed and I got scared. I walked slowly downstairs careful to not make any noise. I was close enough to hear and see what was going on.

"Mark, what are you doing here?" My mother asked.

"I came here to take you out to a nice romantic dinner." He said wrapping his arms around her waist and she pulled out from his grip.

"No, Mark. Not tonight." She said.

"Well, why not?" He asked and I my heart started racing. He was going to get mad.

"I just don't feel well. Let's do it Sunday or something." She said caressing his face and he knocked her hand out of the way.

"Sunday or something?" He asked getting angry. "I have to go out of town this weekend and the rest of the week I'm going to need to prepare for it!"

"Mark, please? Let's just do it another time." My mom said backing away from him.

"Go take some medicine! Isabella, you're coming out with me tonight!" He said yelling.

"Mark, I said no!" My mom said putting her foot down but I knew that she was scared to death of him.

"You will do as I say!" He said smacking her and causing her to fall to the ground. My breath got caught in my throat when I saw what had happened. It took me a minute but I manage to scream.

"Mom!" I screamed running down the steps towards her.

"Gabriella, I would go upstairs and be a good little girl if I was you." Mark said stepping towards me.

"I'm not leaving you with my mom!" I yelled trembling.

"I gave you a chance but you missed it." He said punching in the eye me and I screamed as I fell to the floor really hard. I put my hand over my eye crying from the pain and then turned around to see Mark kicking my mom and she was screaming also.

"Leave her alone!" I yelled crawling over to the scene. Mark gave her one last kick before bolting out of the door.

"Mom?" I asked touching her arm and she let out a small yelp and jumped back scared.

"Gabriella, please call the ambulance." She whispered.

"All right, mom. Just don't move." I said getting up and walking to the kitchen since it was the closest. I grabbed it and dialed 911 and in 5 minutes the paramedics were at my house. They put my mom on a gurney and covered her with a sheet to keep her from getting to cold. I rode in the ambulance with her and gave the paramedic the information for her. He told me that the police would need to talk to me and her and I panicked. If he found out that I told the police then he would definitely come back and do worse damage. We finally reached the hospital and they took her to room to examine and her. Then I was led into a room to be examined also. The nurse put a sling on my arm and then gave me an ice pack to ease the swelling of my eye.

"When can I see my mom?" I asked her.

"I don't know, but I assure you that she is going to be fine." She said giving me a sad smile. A few moments later a police officer walked into the room.

"Hello, I'm Officer Bailey. I need to speak with you Miss. Montez." He said.

"I'll leave you two to some privacy." The nurse said walking out of the room. Officer Bailey pulled up a chair and sat across from the bed. I stared at him as he put a clipboard on his lap and took a pen from his shirt pocket.

"So, Miss. Montez…" He started but I stopped him.

"Can you please call me Gabriella?" I asked.

"Sure and don't worry, I you don't have to be scared of me," He said giving me a reassuring smile and I just nodded, "So Gabriella, can you tell me what happened?"

I hung my head not sure if I really should tell him.

"It's ok. Remember, you don't have to be scared."

I sighed and began telling the story. "Well, it began about 2 or three months ago. My mom had just started seeing this guy… Mark."

"Mark?" The officer asked.

"Mark Peters. I- I knew that there was something about him the moment I met him." I said.

"So, was doing things to make you feel like there was something more to him?"

"Yeah…he was giving me these weird looks." I stopped to see him taking notes and I just continued, "He would smile at me all of the time. It wasn't like a regular smile it was sort of…creepy."

"Ok. Umm… when did the abuse start?" He asked. I knew that it was going to come up and I knew that I would have to tell him but I wasn't so sure if it would be safe.

"I-I… I can't tell you." I said hanging my head again.

"Why can't you tell me?" Officer Bailey asked.

"I just can't." I said.

"Are you afraid of someone?" He asked me and I nodded my head slowly. "Listen, you can tell me. You're safe ok."

"How do you know? How do you know if he is or isn't going to come back do it again." I said beginning to cry. I was so scared.

"I just know, ok? So, can you please tell me when the abuse started, it's the only way I can help you." He asked.

I looked at him with tears in my eyes and he handed me some tissues. After I dried my eyes I began. "Well, it started one day… when I wanted to spend time with my mom. You see… he had been taking up all of her time and I just wanted to have girls' night with her, you know just watch movies and pig out on junk food." I explained and he nodded understanding. "So she agreed and then Mark came over and ruined that by joining us. Then she decided to make it up to me by taking me out to dinner but then when we were about to leave he came. He told my mom that he wanted to take her out and she explained that she had plans with me. During this, I was sitting on the steps listening to the conversation. He started getting angry and I knew already that she was going to pick him over me so I went up to my room upset. She then came to my room looking scared and told me that she was canceling. I then cried myself to sleep." I stopped taking a breath.

"It's ok. Take your time."

"I then woke up in the middle of the night… went to my bathroom and when I came out h-he was sitting…on my bed. I got scared and he was saying stuff like 'I want to get to know you better and better then your boyfriend.' I knew what he wanted and I was about to call the police and he said that… he would slit… m-my throat if I screamed. He then…raped me." I said starting to cry. I can't believe I just told somebody.

Officer Bailey took more notes and then looked at me with sympathy. "So did you scream for help while he was…raping you?"

"No… because he said that he would kill me and then he told that 'I wouldn't tell anyone about this if I was you.' I was so scared that I listened to him." I said wiping my tears.

"So was this the only time?" He asked.

"No, it continued many times after that and he was beating my mom also."

"Does your mom know what he was doing to you?"

"No, but I knew what he was doing to her." I said.

"And what was that?" Asked Officer Bailey.

"He was hitting her and then tonight it just got worst."

He took down some final notes before looking at me. "Thank you for telling me what happened. Let me go and call up to the station to see if he has a criminal past and I will get back to you ok?"

"Ok." I whispered and he left. A few moments later the nurse came back into the room with a little cup in her hand.

"Gabriella, sweetheart, I need you to urinate in this cup." She said handing it to me.

"Why?" I asked confused.

"It's just procedure for… rape victims." The nurse said.

"You think that I'm pregnant?" I asked.

"Only your urine will tell. Just put it in the slot and someone will take it and test it." She said before leaving the room. I got out of the bed and went into the bathroom. After I was finished I lied back on the bed and closed my eyes and then something came to me. I need to call Troy. I grabbed the phone with my un-harmed arm and dialed his number.

"Hello?" His voice asked.

"Troy, it's me Gabriella." I said quietly.

"Oh my God! Gabriella what are you doing calling from the hospital?" He asked.

"Troy, something happened."

"What? Are you ok?" He asked frantically.

"No, can you just come to the hospital as soon as you can." I said.

"Of course! I'll be there soon." He said before hanging up. I sighed and then hung up the phone. I was about to go to sleep until Troy came but yet again I was interrupted.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you but I think you need to hear this." Said Officer Bailey. I sat up looking at him with fear.

"What?" I asked.

"I had the officers at the police station look up Mark in the system and he does have history with abuse."

"Are you saying that he has done this to other people?" I asked frightened.

"Yes, he has done this to four other women and only three made it out alive." He said.

"I don't get it! If he killed one of them then why isn't he in jail!" I asked angrily.

"That's the thing he ran and the police never found him, but I promise you that we will get him this time." The officer said.

"Ok."

"Gabriella?" The nurse said coming in the room.

"Yes."

"I have your test results and you..."

Author's Note: I'm sorry for the cliffhanger but it just fit. This was a longer chapter but I didn't want to rush it. So just tell me what you think by reviewing. Thanks!