Chapter 7

Authoress' notes:

I'm very, very happy with all the positive feedback this story is receiving! Thank you guys!

Also, Mariposa-Pecadora, I'm sorry, but that's not really something I would write.

I'm sorry I took so long to update! I've been really busy lately, but I'll try to post the remaining chapters this week!

The bell rang announcing the end of the last class and Hannah closed her book and shoved it in her messenger bag with all the other things that were scattered on her desk. Her friends were giggling and gossiping around her, telling her Todd had refused a girl who asked him out.

Sighing she stood up, not wanting to hear any of that. She felt so far away from that universe that used to be everything that mattered to her just a few days ago, now it everything seemed so dull and unimportant. Her thoughts betrayed her, bringing up memories of what happened on the weekend and making her blush. Hannah felt completely guilty and immoral, but she longed for more, hating herself for that,

"I have to go, now..." She told her friends as she put the strap of her bag on her shoulder.

The girls tried to convince her to go to the mall with them, but she refused, using too much homework as excuse. She wasn't exactly a nerd, but she was a good student, and it wouldn't be the first time she went home to study instead of hanging out with her friends. The girls would believe her and call her nerd mockingly, telling her next time she would have to go even if an essay was assigned.

When she opened her locker she heard someone call her name and she turned her head to the sides trying to find out who it was.

"Hannah! Here!" She saw Todd walking towards her, making his way through the crowded hallway.

Once he was standing close to her he handed her the notepad she had lent him. "Thanks a lot!" The blond boy smiled.

"Oh, you're welcome!" She smiled back, but the nervousness and the attraction she used to feel for him weren't there anymore. Her smiled faded slowly as she realized that.

"I was wondering... don't you wanna go out...?" He asked hesitantly.

"I... Well, I..." Hannah tried to find the words to decline gently when someone shoved the blond against her locker, making her gasp. Everybody in the hallway stared mutely at the trio.

"Stay away from her!" Sid's voice snarled and the brunette's jaw dropped when she saw it was her brother who had attacked Todd. She stared with wide eyes and covered her mouth, not believing what was happening.

"Who are you?" Todd asked glaring at the boy dressed in black, still leaning against the locker.

"Let's go." Sid ignored the question and turned to his sister, grabbing her arm and dragging her along as he walked away, the other students making way for them. Hannah looked at the blond apologetically and mouthed I'm sorry. Todd slammed the locker door shut, and the hallway was again the noisy mess it should be.

On the outside of the building, Hannah tugged her arm, trying to free it from Sid's grip.

"Let me go!" She said loudly, pushing him with her free hand.

"Who was that, Hannah?" He asked angrily, grabbing her other arm and shaking her.

"He's just a friend!" She argued, still struggling to free herself.

"He was asking you out! I don't want him around you!" He said through his teeth, squeezing her arms.

"You're hurting me!" She cried out, even though she knew that wouldn't make him stop and that there would be dark bruises there on the next day.

Sid released one of her arms and pulled her by the other as he walked to the parking lot, she didn't try to resist. It would be useless, anyways.

"Get in the car." He said bluntly, letting go of her arm and unlocking the door, he took her bag from her shoulder.

She obeyed, opening the door and letting herself fall on the passenger seat she slammed the door shut to show she was displeased with his behavior. She crossed her arms and huffed wishing she could punch his face. He got in beside her and threw both his and her bags on the back seat, putting the keys on the panel and closing the door.

"Here" Hannah heard him say and turned her head to look at Sid, who was holding two small boxes. "I stole this for you." He added, looking at her in the eyes with a very serious tone.

"You stole it?" She asked exasperated and he shrugged in response. Hannah took a deep breath wondering why she was so surprised, her brother was no saint, and shoplifting was probably an habit just as lying was. "What is it?" She asked eyeing the boxes.

"The pink box are contraceptives and the white one are morning-after pills. You can use these up to five days after."

Her emerald eyes widened as he talked, she hadn't thought of any of that. The possibility of getting pregnant hadn't crossed mind at all.

And what startled her the most was the fact that Sid had gotten those, and that meant he had decided they would have sex again.

She stared at him in disbelief, not knowing how to react. He rolled his eyes and dropped the boxes on her lap, then grabbed the keys and turned the engine on.

"It's not like you want to have psycho babies, right?" He chuckled at his own joke.

The brunette hugged herself and rested her forehead against the window. She was afraid of what her life was becoming. This relationship with her psychopath older brother was consuming and draining her and she didn't know how to end it. Maybe it was because she didn't really want to end it.

When they got home she was about to go upstairs when she felt his hand on her shoulder. "Wait."

Hannah stopped and turned around to face him.

"Tell me the truth. Are you going out with that douchebag?" He asked, frowning and crossing his arms as he tipped his head to the side.

"No, I'm not!" She answered bluntly, feeling he was doing that again. He was treating her like if she was his property and that made her blood boil with anger. "Even if I was, it is none of your business and you can't control me! I'm not yours! And what happened the other night is not happening again! It was just a lapse!" She confronted him, driven by her indignation and forgetting completely how dangerous it was to do that. "You can take this back!" She threw the pink box of contraceptives on his face.

The box hit him and fell to the floor. Sid glared at her, his jaw clenched and his hands curled into fists, he took a step towards her but she pushed him backwards and ran the faster she could, because she knew he was coming after her.

Climbing the stairs two steps at a time, hearing his furious steps behind her, Hannah got to the hallway and then to her bedroom, breathing heavily. Yet, she wasn't fast enough to close and lock the door; Sid held it and then forced it open. She stumbled backwards and didn't even see it coming, the boy's move was a blur and she felt a sting on her cheek, then throbbing and pain.

He had hit her. Tears began to form on the corner of her eyes and she drove a hand to her cheek, trying not to cry.

"What are you thinking? Huh?" He asked, grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her as if that would make her answer.

But she couldn't speak; she just closed her eyes and let the tears roll down.

"I still want you, even though you're treating me so badly." He said coldly and let her go, exiting the room and shutting the door.

Hannah fell to the floor trembling and sobbing.