Por Favor - Chapter 6
SKY
After leg day, me and the boys decided to hang out. We crowded over at my place after my mom said it was ok for them to come over. We plugged up the consoles and controllers only to yell that we were cheating.
After 5 hours of mindless gaming, mom told us to come up and eat dinner. We crowded around the table and ate when mom finished distributing the plates. We were finishing up when several screams echoed through the house and probably the neighborhood.
This town is very peaceful and everyone gets along pretty well, so to hear screams of distress is very rare. Me and the boys ran out the door and looked for the source. Another blood curling scream echoed and we followed it to two buildings that were in the process of renovation.
Five guys. Five big guys cornered a curled up being with a bag that was shaking. One of them pulled them up by their hood and bright red locks spilled out. He let her go and started to wind his arm back.
Next thing, me and the boys are pounding their heads into the ground. Me and Riven go at the one who was preparing to punch Bloom. When we get a good look at him, we see it's Jared, her brother!
We both are the only ones still punching him after the rest have chased the other guys away. Nabu and Timmy pull me away while Helia and Brandon pull Riven off him.
All of us are panting, bloody without injuries, and in some sort of shock.
I turn around to look at Bloom and the boys follow. She's fainted with her wrists tied to two separate pieces of heavy wood, one arm tucked under her. "Pick her up, dude" Riven says. I look at him confused.
"Why don't you pick her up?" I retort.
"I ain't touching dead bodies" Nabu and Helia pop his head and I roll my eyes, picking her up. I pick up her bag while I'm at it and sling it over my shoulder.
We head back to the house where my mom is waiting for us. She gasps seeing Bloom in the state she is in in my arms. "What happened?!" She checks for a pulse immediately and us boys exchange looks.
"Family drama" we say in unison. Mom points to the guest room and I lay her on the bed, putting the bag on the bedside table.
She places a hand on her forehead. "She has a fever. We'll give her a couple days" we nod and head back to the game room.
Timmy and Riven get back on the game while the rest of us sit around, thinking about the events we just witnessed and face reality : Bloom's being abused.
It's 2 o'clock in the morning and the boys left around midnight. Mom went to bed and said I could skip school tomorrow after I took a shower and she wrapped up my knuckles along with the others.
I get up and walk to the guest room. I look inside and she looks worse than earlier. I wet a rag with cold water and place it on her forehead to help with the fever. I grab scissors from the drawer in the hallway and cut the ropes from her wrists. They were bloody and bruised so I clean them and wrap them up. Around 4, her eyes open and look around. She freezes seeing me and her breathing picks up.
"Hey, hey. It's ok. No one's gonna hurt you. You're safe" I say to her lowly. She starts to calm down.
"D...donde estoy?"
"Mi casa" I respond to her. She looks at me and starts to sit up, the rag falling off her head. "No. Lay down. You need to rest"
"Ill be fine" she looks over next to me and pulls her bag in her lap, going through it with one hand, pulling out a water bottle and a bottle of pills. She throws some of the pills in her mouth and downs them before looking at me. "You can't tell anybody.." she starts off lowly.
"Why? They're hurting you!" I narrow my eyes at her and her eyes do the same at me.
"If you know what's good for you, you'll be quiet"
"Is that a threat?" She shakes her head.
"Not a threat. A warning" she pulls out bandages. "Got booze?" She side-eyes me.
"Uh...yea. I'll be right back" I leave the room and go down into the kitchen and grab a bottle of liquor. I hear a groan from upstairs and cautiously walk back up, peeking in the room.
She's tightly wrapped up her arm and has it laying in her lap, hissing in pain. I walk over to her and give her the bottle.
She all but snatches it, opening it with her teeth, dropping the cork next to her and downs it by the mouthful. She acknowledges me after half of it's gone and I mentally applaud her. "What?" She snaps at me.
I put my hands up as if surrendering. "Goodnight, Bloom" I chuckle. She gives a sarcastic giggle.
"Remember, you cant tell anybody...and that's goes for your friends too" I nod and leave her be, sighing and heading back to bed.