Beaten.
One day, while Paige was waiting for Becky to come home from work as it was still a week to Becky's birthday. Paige decided to watch some tv while she waited and she was watching Tom and Jerry when a couple of hours went by, before she heard the low rumble of her girlfriend/wife's bike pulling up into the driveway and Paige opened the door to greet her, but she never expected to see her girlfriend/wife Becky covered in bruises as she gingerly made her off her bike and slowly made her way up to Paige sporting a black eye .
Paige then gave Becky a cuddle and Becky hissed a little in pain before Paige said, "Omg baby, what happened?" Becky had a little frown on her face and replied,
"I'll tell ya when we get inside baby." so Paige helped Becky inside and closed the door behind them before they went to sit on the sofa and Becky hissed a little in pain as she sat down before Paige looked at her with concern on her face and said,
"So you were going to tell me what happened to you baby?" Becky took a deep breath and sighed before she replied,
"Ok here goes..."
flash back...
The manager of the cafe came out of his office and looked at Vanessa and said, "Vanessa, can you come into my office for a minute?" Vanessa groaned as she walked into the manager's office and sat in one of the chairs, as the manager took his seat behind his desk and leaned back in his chair as Vanessa said "why am I in here for? I haven't done anything wrong." The manager had a stern look on his face and replied,
"I called you in here because I have had a complaint from one of the customers about bullying other staff members. Do you know anything about that?"
Then Vanessa groaned as she said, "Look, I don't know anything about this bullying other staff members nonsense, because I just keep myself to myself." The manager leaned forward on his chair and replied,
"Well, if that is true or not Vanessa remains to be seen because I will be asking the other staff members and if your name comes up more than once, I will not be happy because we have a zero tolerance rule on bullying in the workplace. Do I make myself very clear?"
Vanessa then stood up from her chair as she said, "Yes sir." before she walked out of his office to see Becky was busy serving drinks to customers and writing down their orders before she went back behind the counter and wiping down the glasses with a cloth, as Becky went to go for her lunch break before the manager called her into his office and she nervously sat down in one of the chairs and asked,
"I..I haven't done anything wrong have I?" the manager smiled at Becky as he took his seat behind his desk and replied,
"No Becky you're not in trouble, and I won't keep you here long but I just want to ask you some questions if that's ok?" Becky relaxed a little in her chair and replied,
"Yeah, I have no problems answering a few questions sir."
The manager then leaned back in his chair a little as he said, "Good, now it has been brought to my attention by a customer that there has been a member of staff bullying other staff members, do you know anything about that? Take your time and answer honestly." Becky sat in the chair and took a couple of deep breaths before she replied,
"Yeah I do know somethin' about that sir, because I have been the one being bullied." and the manager leaned forward in his chair with a smile on his face and said,
"By who? It's ok Becky, this is a private conversation between us so only I will know." Becky then took another deep breath and replied,
"Vanessa sir, she has been calling me names like High School dropout because me outfit I wear. And last week she tripped me up causing me to cut my eye open, and the week before that she barged into me on purpose nearly causing me to drop some glasses that needed to be washed that day."
And the manager looked at Becky for a minute before he replied, "Ok, thank you for your time Becky. You can go on your lunch break now." Becky smiled a little as she stood up from her chair and said,
"Thank ya sir, glad I could help." before she left his office and went out the back with her friends Katarina and Catherine and they leaned against a wall scrolling through social media on their phones before Catherine said to Becky,
"So what did the manager want with you Becky?" Becky looked at Catherine with a smile on her face and replied,
"He just wanted to ask me some questions about bullying, that's all." Katarina smiled at Becky and said,
"What did you say to him then, Becky?"
Becky then turned to Katarina and smiled as she replied, "I was just honest and told him the truth, y'know." both Catherine and Katarina gave Becky a hug as they said,
"That must have been very brave of you to do Becky" before they all went back inside before the manager then called both Catherine and Katarina into his office. Whilst Becky was busy serving the customers and when they came out again a few minutes later, the manager then looked at Vanessa and said,
"My office, now" Vanessa groaned as she put the glass she was wiping down and walked into his office and sat down in one of the chairs as the manager sat in his desk with a stern look on his face before he said, "Now Vanessa, I told you I wouldn't be very happy if your name came up more than once in this matter, and I have had a number of staff members mention your name."
The manager then leaned forward on his chair as he continued, "I told you we have a zero tolerance rule on bullying in the workplace, so therefore I have no choice but to fire you." he then handed Vanessa a pink slip and Vanessa took the slip and stormed out of his office and grabbed her things from her locker, before storming out of the cafe and Becky smiled and said,
"Guess I won't be seeing her again anytime soon."
And as Becky was getting ready to leave, she saw Vanessa with a angry look on her face as she said, "You fucking goodie two shoes High School dropout! It's because of you I'm out of a job and now you're gonna pay!" before she slammed her fist into Becky's face causing Becky to hold her cheek, before Vanessa then slammed her fist into Becky's ribs causing her to drop to the floor in agony. Vanessa then started kicking Becky in her ribs hard while she screamed, "You stupid Irish bitch, I'm jobless because of you and your stuck up girlfriend!" then Catherine and Katarina came out after hearing the commotion from inside before they saw Vanessa brutally beating Becky and said,
"Hey, leave her alone Vanessa!" before they ran over and pulled Vanessa off Becky.
Becky laid on the ground coughing up blood and had a black eye from where Vanessa punched her and her cheek was a little swollen and Catherine went to check on Becky and asked, "Are you ok becky? You should get checked out a hospital, I'll call an ambulance." Becky weakly grabbed Catherine's arm and replied,
"No I'm fine lass, I just need to get home on me bike Harley Quinn to me loving and caring girlfriend Paige." before Becky then slowly got back to her feet and started gingerly walking over to her bike while Vanessa shouted,
"Yeah run home to that bitch of a girlfriend of yours that cost me my job!" Becky stopped at her bike and looked at Vanessa with such anger in her eyes it scared Vanessa a little and replied,
"I might not be in the best shape right now after what you did to me, but if you ever and I mean ever bad mouth my girlfriend Paige one more time I will personally break your freaking jaw!"
Then Becky gingerly stepped over her bike and hissed a little in pain as she sat down before she turned the key in the ignition and slowly pulled out of the parking lot and started slowly picking up speed as she drove to her girlfriend/wife Paige's house and she didn't care that she wasn't wearing a helmet because getting home was her top priority at the moment.
End of flashback...
As Becky sat there on the sofa with tears in her eyes and said, "So, that's how we got to the state I'm in now. Baby please don't be mad at me." Paige wanted to give her girlfriend a hug, but she also knew how much pain she was in at the moment so Paige just wiped some tears from Becky's face and replied,
"I'm not angry at you Becks, but next time you should wear your helmet because I want you to be safe babe. But I am pissed off with this Vanessa girl for hurting my sweet Becky but for now I'm going to go upstairs and run a nice bubble bath for you so you can relax ok?" Becky smiled at Paige and said,
"Ok Paigey, I'll wait down here for ya until it's ready." Then Paige gave Becky a kiss on her cheek before she ran upstairs to the bathroom to run Becky a bath.
Becky then sat on the sofa and looked at her phone that was a little more cracked than the last time but she opened her texts on her phone and sent a text to both Catherine and Katarina, " I'm home with me loving and caring girlfriend and I'm sorry if i sounded like I was snapping at both of ya lasses, but I just hate hearing people bad mouth my girlfriend when she is the most kindest and sweetest lass on the planet and she makes me happy. but... my girlfriend is very pissed at Vanessa." She didn't have to wait long before she got a text back from Catherine and Katarina which read,
" Hey it's ok Becky, we understand how you feel about your girlfriend because you love her and care about her just as much as she cares about you, but we still think you should take a visit to the hospital to get checked out."
Then Paige called out from the top of the stairs, "Bath is ready babe" Becky put her phone down on the coffee table and slowly pushed herself off the sofa and hissed a little in pain before she then gingerly made her way to the stairs and looked up at Paige with a smile and replied,
"Coming babe." before she then gingerly walked up the stairs and went into the bathroom with Paige as Paige said to her girlfriend/wife,
"Let me help you out of your clothes, baby." Becky smiled at Paige and replied,
"Ok Paigey, but only because I'm in a lot of pain at the moment." before Paige then gently helped Becky out of her leather jacket and hung it up on one of the hooks before she then helped Becky out of the rest of her clothes and saw the bruises that littered Becky's body before Paige had a hand over her mouth and said,
"Oh my god Becks, your whole body is covered in bruises. I feel like such a terrible girlfriend/wife to let this happen to you."
Becky gave Paige a cuddle as she replied, "Hey listen to me lass, you have made me the happiest lass on the planet and I don't regret asking ya to be me girlfriend all those years ago when we were in school on the School council together and I know I'm in a lot of pain at the moment, but this wasn't ya fault it was that bitch Vanessa that did this to me. I love ya Paige." Paige wiped some tears that were building in her eyes and replied,
"I love you too Becky, and I'm glad you asked me out all those years ago when were in school because I have been so happy with you and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you as my beautiful wife but I'll let you get on with your bath now and I'll be in my bedroom talking to Charlotte. Just call me if you need anything." before she then left Becky to her bath.