Chapter 4:
Once he let them in, Angelo led Cornelia and Lillian up to his apartment. Once there, the three of them sat in the Living Room where it was quite, except for Lillian petting Napolean being happy to see her cat.
"Okay, Cornelia.", Angelo said getting her attention. "What's going on?"
"Can it wait until morning?", Cornelia asked with a tiring yawn. "I'm really tired. And so is Lillian.", she said as she saw her little sister yawn.
"Okay. Fine. You can sleep in my room while Lillian sleeps in the extra room I have.", Angelo said knowing that he wouldn't get anything out of her right now. "But we will talk in the morning."
"We will.", Cornelia said. "I promise.", she said as she gave Angelo a kiss before taking Lillian into the extra room.
Once in the room, Cornelia helped Lillian changed into her night gown and got her into bed.
"Why didn't you tell Angelo about Billy?", Lillian asked her sister.
"I'll tell him in the morning.", Cornelia said as she tucked her sister in. "But right now, you need to get to sleep. It's late. And you need your rest."
"Okay.", Lillian said with a yawn. "Goodnight, Cornelia."
"Goodnight , Lillian.", Cornelia said before kissing Lillian on the forehead.
Cornelia then left the room and saw that Angelo wasn't in the Living Room. She then looked to see the Bathroom door closed but saw that the lights were on in the Bathroom. Seeing that Angelo was using the Bathroom, Cornelia went into Angelo's bedroom and got changed into one of the night gowns she packed. She was about to go back out into the Living Room when Napolean teleported into the room startling her.
"How's it going, Pinky?", he said loud enough so only Cornelia could hear.
"What are you doing here?", Cornelia questioned. "Lillian is going to get worried if she wakes up and doesn't see you there!"
"Relax.", Napolean said. "She's fast asleep. We need to talk."
"About what?", Cornelia asked.
"About you and Lillian getting beaten.", he replied.
"How did you...?"
"The girls and Matty-Boy had Huggles keep an eye on you and Lillian.", Napolean explained. "The little guy just started tonight. He overheard you and Billy talking about telling the cops about Leon beating on you. Once he heard that, Huggles teleported here and told me telepathiclly. I then told Matty-Boy telepathiclly. Ten to one he has already told the girls about it."
"Okay, first off, it wasn't Leon who was beating on me and Lillian.", Cornelai said. "It was Billy."
"The girlfriend?", Napolean questioned getting a nod from Cornelia. "Wow! Didn't see that coming."
"Well, she is a black belt.", Cornelia said.
"Good point.", Napolean said.
"And second, I just found out that Billy has been beating on Lillian tonight.", Cornelia said. "She started beating on her last week."
"Don't blame yourself, Kiddo.", Napolean said. "You can't change the past. If anything, you made the right move by leaving and coming here. Now I just have to contact Matty-Boy and fill him in what really happened."
"Thanks.", Cornelia said with a small smile. "Oh! Can you also tell him and the girls to give me some space."
"In other words, you don't want them coming over here tomorrow.", Napolean said with a smirk.
"Yeah.", Cornelia said. "I know Angelo will tell his uncle and they'll both call Taranee's mom and Irma's dad for some help. But I don't need the girls here. You know what I mean?"
"Yeah. I get what you're saying.", Napolean said. "But if I were you, I'd go spend some time with that boyfriend of yours. The guys has been worried about you big time. Goodnight, Pinky.", the Regent said before teleporting back to the room Lillian was sleeping in.
Cornelia then went back out into the Living Room to see Angelo sitting on the couch with a blanket and pillow. She then calmly walked over to him and sat next to him on the couch.
"Hey.", Angelo said.
"Hey.", Cornelia said. "Angelo, I..."
Angelo cut her off with a kiss that surprised her at first, but she happily returned the kiss as Angelo wrapped his arms around her waist. She winced a little from ther pain in her side from Billy's beating but ignored it so not to worry Angelo. Once they ended their kiss, they looked into each others' eyes smiling.
"Whatever it is, it can wait until morning.", Angelo said. "Let's just enjoy the moment."
"Okay.", Cornelia said as she warpped her arms around Angelo's neck.
They then shared another kiss only for it to be interupted by the sound of Lillian screaming!"
"Lillian!", Cornelia called out as she and Angelo ran to the room she was in.
Once in the room, they ran up to Lillian who was sitting up in the bed wide awake with a look of fear in her eyes as she was breathing heavily.
"What happened, Lillian?", Cornelia asked her little sister as she placed her hands on her shoulders.
Lillian looked up at Cornelia and then flung her arms around her older sister crying. Seeing this, Angelo knew something was up.
"I... I had a nightmare about Billy!", Lillian cried as she held on to her sister. "She was beating me like she did last night!"
"Oh, Lill.", Cornelia said softly as she stroked her sister's hair. "It's alright. She can't hurt you anymore."
"Wait a second.", Angelo said. "Did she just say Billy beat her?"
"Yeah.", Cornelia said as she looked at Angelo with a sad expression. "Billy has been beating on me two weeks after my folks left."
"And Lillian?", Angelo asked.
"Last week.", Cornelia said as a few tears ran down her face. "I just found out tonight."
"And that's what made you leave and come here with Lillian.", Angelo figured getting a nod from Cornelia.
"I was willing to take the beatings.", Cornelia said. "But I'm not about to let Lillian go through it."
"You're a brave girl, Cornelia Hale.", Angelo said. "But I wish you could of told someone earlier. I mean, there's Irma's dad and Taranee's mom. Either one of them would of been a good choice to talk to about this."
"But what about Leon?", Lillian questioned.
"What do you mean?", Angelo asked.
"Might as well tell you the whole story.", Cornelia said.
"I'm all ears.", Angelo said.
"Can I have something to drink?", Lillian asked.
"Sure thing, Lill.", Angelo said as he picked up Lillian and carried her out of the room with Cornelia right behind her. "How does some warm milk sound?"
"Sounds great!", Lillian said as they went to the Kitchen.
"Good.", Angelo said as he sat Lillian down on one of the stools at the counter of the Kitchen.
Angelo then reached into his fridge pulled out the milk and poured it into a mug and heated it up in the microwave. Once it was warm enough. Angelo handed the mug to Lillian and she drank it down quickly. A few minutes later, the little Heart of Earth was fast asleep. Angelo then carried her to the spare room and Cornelia tucked her into bed. She then kissed her on the forehead. Then, she along with Angelo left the room and went back to the Kitchen to have some warm milk of their own. As they drank their milk, at the kitchen counter, Cornelia told Angelo everything about Billy that led her and Lillian to where they are now. After hearing it all, Angelo was more than surprised about all of this.
"Cornelia, I am so sorry.", Angelo said as he looked his girlfriend in the eyes. "No one should have to go through what you and Lillian have been through. But you know that we have to go my Uncle John and tell him what's going on. Right?"
"Yeah.", Cornelia said. "Which will lead to him calling Mr. Lair and Mrs. Cook."
"Pretty much.", Angelo said. "But for now, get some sleep. Cause something tells me that you may need some after all that's happened to you."
"You can say that again.", Cornelia said with a small smile that Angelo returned.
But then Angelo's smile turned into a frown. Cornelia saw this and wondered what was wrong."
"What's worng, Angelo?", Cornelia asked.
"I have to come clean about something, Cornelia.", Angelo said as he looked her in the eye. "Until tonight, I thought that it was Leon who was beating on you. I mean I had a feeling that you were being beaten on."
"And you thought that it was Leon who was doing it.", Cornelia said getting a nod from Angelo. "Well, in most cases of abuse, it's the guy that's doing it. So, I can see why you thought it was Leon and not Billy."
"Sorry about that.", Angelo said.
"Don't worry about it.", Cornelia said. "You know the truth now and I'm glad that me and Lillian are somewhere safe."
"Good.", Angelo said as he held Cornelia's hands. "I'm glad you feel safe here."
"I'm glad I feel safe here, too.", Cornelia said as she and Angelo leaned forward and share a loving kiss.
But soon the kiss became more passionate as they began making out. Angelo then stood up and picked Cornelia up by her waist and gently lifted her up and sat her on the kitchen counter as they continued to make out. As they were doing this, Cornelia wrapped her legs around Angelo's back as she brought her hands up to Angelo's shoulders and held on to them as they made out. After a few minutes, they ended their making out with short gentle kisses. When they were done, they looked at each other smiling.
"Um... Wow.", Cornelia said.
"Yeah. Wow.", Angelo said. "We've kissed and made out before. But that was just..."
"Something new.", Cornelia said with a smile.
"Yeah.", Angelo said as they were leaning closer together.
Suddenly, they saw Lillian walking up to them rubbing her eyes.
"What's wrong, Lilian?", Cornelia asked as she got off the kitchen counter. "Why aren't you in bed?"
"I'm scared that Billy is going to come after me.", Lillian said. "Can I sleep with you, Cornelia?"
Seeing the pleading look on her sister's face, Cornelia knew that this was the only way to calm her sister down enough to get her to sleep.
"Sure thing, Lillian.", Cornelia said as she took her sister's hand and walked her to Angelo's bedroom, where she was sleeping.
Once in the room, both sisters got into the bed and got ready to sleep.
"You two going to be okay?", Angelo said before he got ready to leave the room.
"Yeah.", Cornelia said as Napolean came into the bedroom and laid on the foot of the bed. "We'll be okay."
"Good.", Angelo said before giving Cornelia a quick kiss. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight.", Cornelia said as Angelo turned to leave only for Liliian to grab his wrist stopping him.
"Don't go!", Lillian pleaded. "Billy might come!"
"Don't worry, Lillian.", Cornelia said trying to calm her sister down. "Billy doesn't even know that we're here."
"Yeah, Lill.", Angelo said as he sat on the bed so that he was close to eye level with Lillian. "You have nothing to worry...", he began to say until he got a good look at Lillian and saw the fear on her face. "She's really scared, Cornelia."
"Was the dream that bad?", Cornelia asked her little sister who nodded. "I know that it may seem weird, Angelo. But..."
"Say no more.", Angelo said knowing what Cornelia was going to ask. "I'll stay.". he said making Lillian smile as she laid back down.
So, with Cornelia on her left, Angelo on her right, and Napolean at her feet, Lillain slowly but surely fell asleep. Seeing this Cornelia smiled along with Angelo. Before they knew it, they fell asleep as well along with Napolean. Well, all but one was asleep.
Present time...
Cornelia's POV
And that's how me and Lillian ended up here in Angelo's bed. Sound weird, but that's how it happened. It's 1:16 right now. Which means that, in a few hours, it'll soon be time to get up and talk to Angelo's uncle, who's going to want to know why me and Lillian spent the night in Angelo's apartment. That'll be fun. But hopefully he'll be able to help us out.
Hopefully.
Normal POV
Soon, sleep overtook Cornelia as she slowly closed her eyes. For she, like Lillian were able to sleep peacefully. But Cornelia knew that when the truth was told, things would get worse before they got better.
A/N: Well, Angelo now knows the truth about what happened to Cornelia as well as Lillian. Not to mention Napolean and the others. Now comes the hard part of telling certain adults. Thankfully, they're adults that can help big time.
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