Life as I Knew It
Chapter 2
Damon laid in bed that night doing what he always did. The voices of his parents got louder and louder as crashes echoed throughout the house. Damon wanted more than anything to go check up on her, but he knew he it would also be a brutal beating if he so much as looked in his dad's direction while the abuse was going on, so Damon waited and waited until finally the crashes stopped and all there was in the house was silence.
Damon pulled off his covers and got out of his bed carefully opening the door and walking to the living room. He put his hand over his mouth to try to hold onto his screams. Usually his dad never really beat his mother that bad, but tonight had been another night that he had gone too far.
He rushed to his mothers side as he examined the stab wounds on her body. None of them had hit a major artery or were deep enough to really do much damage, but she was still bleeding she even looked to have a broken arm, leg, and a couple of ribs. Not to mention a ton of bruises. What had he done to her?
"Mom?" he said gently touching her.
She moaned in pain, but did not answer him. He needed to get her to the couch and tend to her wounds. It was the least he could do for letting it get this far. He grunted slightly as he hoisted her on the couch and began treating her wounds it had taken her some time to regain consciousness, but once she did, she was crying out in pain and muttering cuss words under her breath. He was just glad that she didn't wake up Stefan.
Poor innocent Stefan, he shouldn't be apart of this. None of them should.
"Stefan." his mother whispered looking around.
"He's fine mom. We're both fine."
His mother nodded.
"I promise I'll protect him mom. Dad won't lay a hand on him. I just need you to be strong for the rest of us."
His mother blinked slowly nodding off. He just hoped that she would be fine in the morning.
"I love you, my sweet boy." she said as he was about to leave.
"I love you too mother."
He switched off the light and left wondering if life would ever be different for them.