Need You More Than Ever
Hiya guys once again thanks for the reviews. Sorry again for the long wait, but I tried to make this chapter a little longer than usual, to make up for that. So here's chapter 5 and I should be able to start updating nearly everyday, as my holidays have just started.
Chapter 5
The next morning, Gabriella woke with a start, hearing the screaming that was running through her house. She sighed heavy heartedly and looked at her clock seven am a good two hours extra sleep to what she'd normally have.
Suddenly, the pounding started and Gabriella looked at her door, terrified. The door was shaking as her mother pounded heavily on the other side to get her to wake up.
Gabriella whimpered as she heard her mother yell, "GET YOUR BACKSIDE OUT OF BED AND MAKE ME MY BREAKFAST NOW YOU WORTHLESS LITTLE SLUT!"
Immediately Gabriella flew out of bed and to the door, knowing that the longer she waited, the worse her punishment would be. She flung open the door to stare straight into the face of her mother, who looked very angry.
Gabriella tried to walk around her, knowing that it would be useless to try and talk to her when she was this angry.
Her attempts failed as she felt a searing pain flow through her, starting at her wrist, and gradually moving upwards as her mother through her into the wall and grabbed a hold of her throat.
She struggled as she started to lose oxygen fast, but heard her mother hiss, "next time come the first time I shout for you or I may not be able to control my actions. Don't bother making breakfast for yourself, you're not going to have time to eat it, but I need you to make it for me and one other."
Gabriella could smell the alcohol on her mother's breath and nodded quickly, rushing down the stairs as soon as her mother released her hold on her.
As soon as she was safe in the kitchen, Gabriella closed the door and the tears started to flow freely down her cheeks. She quickly moved over top the fridge and started to pull out all of the things that she would need to make her mother's and her mother's friends breakfast, although Gabriella knew full well that by friend, her mother meant her latest boyfriend, and Gabriella couldn't help but wonder just how long this one would last.
She knew that it was in her best interest to get this finished as quickly as possible, so started to curse in frustration when the stove would not light.
She whipped around and looked at the table, paling when she saw the gas bill sitting in the middle of it.
Gabriella slowly sunk to her knees. She knew that she had forgotten to do something, she just knew it. Of all the things that she could have forgotten to do, how could it have been to pay the gas bill?
Gabriella let out a startled squeak as the door to the kitchen abruptly flew open and her mother walked in with a terrifying looking man. He was all muscle, but not in a good way, he had a baldhead and tattoos covered most of his skin, his beard was unshaven and added to his terror. He also towered over Gabriella, which she knew straight away was not going to work in her favour. As they walked in they both glared at Gabriella, expecting something.
"Well, where is our breakfast," her mother demanded, glaring at Gabriella as she slowly turned in on herself, trying to get away from the anger in her mother's voice.
"Um…well…you see…err," Gabriella stuttered, shrinking with every word.
"What is it girl? Come on spit it out," the man whose name she did not know suddenly roared.
"I forgot to pay the gas bill, and we've been cut of, so I can't cook you breakfast," the words tumbled out of her mouth fast, as she closed her eyes against the blows she was sure would come.
"WHAT?!" her mother screamed as Gabriella looked up slightly, cringing when she saw the anger etched clearly into both adults faces.
"You little bitch," the man said as he advanced towards her and grabbed hold of her hair, pulling her head back hard. "You really think that you can just tell us something like that and get away with it? You disobeyed your mother and for that, you need to be severely punished." He finished with a smirk.
Gabriella looked over at her mother with pleading eyes, but her mother only had an identical smirk on her face as she moved closer to them and struck her daughter across the face, hard.
Gabriella cried out as she tasted the blood in her mouth and tried to move away, but the man still had a tight grip on her hair and she screamed out in pain as her mother and he laughed.
Next, Gabriella felt a solid blow to her stomach and sunk to the ground, holding it tight as she was kicked onto her side by a foot. The foot kept coming, again and again as she shrieked in pain.
The guy laughed as he grabbed Gabriella's arm and yanked her up from the floor, ripping her shoulder out of its socket. Gabriella felt the tears streaming down her face as the hot searing pain from her shoulder filled her whole body.
The guy grinned at her before throwing her back on the floor and stomping on her, as her mother did the same. Then she bent down next to Gabriella and put out her cigarette on Gabriella's leg as she was still wearing her sleeping shorts.
Leaving her daughter lying on the floor, Maria Montez stood back up and wrapped an arm around her latest lovers waist, and both of them grinned down at their latest accomplishment.
Sneering Maria said, "Since you were too lazy to pay the gas bills slut, we're going out for breakfast and when we come back, I don't want you anywhere in my sights for the rest of the day."
Bending down next to her daughter again, Maria grabbed Gabriella's hair forcing Gabriella to look at her, "Are we clear?" she scoffed, as Gabriella nodded wordlessly, the tears still cascading down her face.
"Good," and with that Maria Montez stood up and she and her latest conquest were gone, slamming the door loudly behind them.
As soon as she heard the front door slam, Gabriella broke into heart wrenching sobs, partially from the pain that she was in and partially because she wanted to know how the hell her mother could do something like that to her daughter.
Sitting up slowly, Gabriella sobbed in pain, as her stomach suddenly flared up.
She gently took hold of her limp arm and pushed her shoulder back into the awaiting socket, screaming out in pain as she had done the many times before when something had been dislocated due to her mother or one of her "friends".
Gabriella then tried to stand up, but finding the pain to unbearable, she fell back to the floor, crying in pain and wishing that someone could be there to help her.
About fifteen minutes later, Gabriella had finally managed to crawl to the bottom of the stairs and whimpered as she saw the long haul she was going to have to put her body through, just to get to her room.
She slowly inched her way up the steps, crying out at any little movement that she made.
Eventually Gabriella made it back to her room and managed to lock her door. She pulled herself onto her bed, using her remaining strength. She slowly turned onto her side and picked a framed photo off of her nightstand, her tears refreshing with the memories that it brought.
Things had never been like this when he was alive. When he was alive, her mother loved her. When he was alive, she was his little princess. When he was alive, she was happy. When he was alive, she was just a kid.
"I miss you daddy," Gabriella whispered out, before the pain set in and the darkness consumed her...
Okay so now you've read it please tell me what you think, Gabriella's secret life has finally been revealed, to you lot at least, but will she reveal it to her friends and Troy?