Hey guys! Sorry for such a long wait. I actually started this chap. almost a month ago but then I lost inspiration so I stopped working on it and then I had to study for finals and I had finals like 2 weeks ago and then I cont. to loss inspiration to write and so yea….. I finished it cause I got bored and I knew I had to finish this eventually so yea. Here is the chap. and people please, please, please review! I need the inspiration to write and you guys that review help with that so seriously please review! Okay now that my long explanation thingy is done enjoy the chap. and review people. Again I need the inspiration so yea….. Enjoy!
Rikki's P.O.V
I feel someone shake my shoulder and say "Rikki, Rikki, Come on Rikki you gotta wake up". I notice it's Zane's voice. I don't wanna wake up.
"No Zane. Let me sleep." I tell him. I'm not gonna bother to wake up cause I'm really tired. I shouldn't be tired cause I fell asleep at like 8pm,woke up at 2am then fell asleep again at like 3am. Why am I so tired? I guess I'm not a morning person. I hear Zane walk out of the room and I just smile in my sleep and try to go back asleep. A couple minutes later Zane must've come back in cause he poured cold water on me. That woke me up. I shot up and yelled at him "Zane! Why did you just pour water on me?". Ten seconds later I transform and I now see my tail. Yes. I'm a mermaid and yea I got powers. I can heat water, create fire and create lighting. And now I know what your thinking and that is why don't I just use my powers against my dad? Well the answer is simple. Well it has two parts to it but they are simple answers. Well the first part is that I forget. You might be thinking how could I forget? Well listen to the other part of the answer. The other answer is that I'm panicking and I don't think about much besides getting away.
"Well morning sleeping beauty." Zane says with a laugh. I think he's laughing cause I'm mad at him for pouring water on me.
"That didn't answer my question." I tell him annoyed. He grabs a towel and starts to dry off my tail.
"Well you wouldn't get up nicely and we have to go to school today. So you gotta get up sleepy head." he tells me with a smile. After about 5 to 10 minutes of letting Zane dry off my tail it finally dries off. "Get dressed and meet me downstairs k?" he says.
"Okay." I tell him. He kisses me softly before he leaves the room. After a couple more minutes and I think a extremely small make out session I see Zane get up and leave the room. Well guess I gotta get dressed. I get up and start to change into the clothes Zane grabbed for me. About halfway through it I feel like some one's watching me. I turn my head and I notice Zane trying to watch me. I'm gonna kill him for watching me change. I walk up to the door and I notice Zane still standing at the door. "Did I say you could watch me change?" I ask him nicely. I see him start to panic.
"Uhh... Umm..." Is all Zane can say. I slap Zane and tell him
"Ever try to watch me change again and I'll make sure you regret that." I tell him extremely annoyed. I probably shouldn't have slapped him since he's trying to help me and all but he was watching me change! I had to do something for that. And the fact that I was completely changing means he could have been watching me when I was naked. I put on my top and bottom. It feels weird being in a short sleeve t-shirt and shorts. I pull the brush out of my backpack and start to brush my hair. Well it turned out harder then expected since my hair is really knotted from the beatings. It takes me about 5 to 10 minutes to brush my hair. Those knots took a long time. I walk downstairs and walk up to Zane. I kiss his cheek.
"Oh so I'm not gonna get slapped now?" he tells me a bit annoyed. I can't blame him for being mad at me but he deserved it.
"Well sorry about that Zane but you were watching me change and you could have watched me while I was naked and changing. So you deserved it." I tell him. I guess he sees now why I slapped him cause he sighs and doesn't respond. I see some person, probably one of Zane dad's workers, place two plates of food on the table then leave the room.
"Hungry?" Zane asks me.
"Yea I am. Ohh and thanks for bringing the food up last night even though I didn't eat it till 2am cause I woke up then." I tell him with a soft smile. I start to eat the food. He smiles at me and kisses my cheek. I smile a closed lip smile cause I'm not sure he wants to see a smile full of food.
"I thought someone came in last night. But you know I love you. I couldn't imagine a better girlfriend." Zane tells me as he starts his food. He's such a sweet boyfriend! I can't believe I got such a sweet boyfriend. He always knows what to say at the right time and he always knows how to make me feel better, make me smile or make me laugh. I love him to death.
"I love you to death Zane. Your the best boyfriend in the whole world. I also can't imagine having a better boyfriend." I tell him and I kiss his cheek. After about another 10 minutes we finish breakfast and Zane smiles at me.
"Ready to go to school Rikki?" he asks me. I really don't wanna go but I know I have to.
"As ready as I'll ever be Zane." I tell him and squeeze his hand. I let him lead me to his car and he open the door for me. He's so cute like that. I kiss his cheek and whisper into his ear "Thank you." and then I got in. He smiles then closes the door and get in on his side.
"I know you don't wanna tell them you're being abused but I just wanna say I'm glad you're telling them. I want you to be protected and don't say you don't need a protector because I know deep down inside you want one." he tells me He starts the car and I faintly smile. What he said is true. I tell everybody I don't need anybody to protect me and I can do everything myself but the truth is I do want help from other people and I kinda want a protector. Luckily I got Zane as a protector who loves me to death and my friends who would do anything to help me. About another 10 minutes later we show up at school. "Ready to face them." he tells me. I whisper softly
"No...". He looks at me worried and grabs my hand and squeezes it.
"It'll be okay. Now let's go." he tells me softly. I see him get out of the car and open my door. Why he does that I don't know but I think it's cute. I get out of his car and he grabs my hand and squeezes it.
"I'm not ready to do this Zane..." I tell him. I know I shouldn't care what people think about me but it's really hard telling people your abused and especially hard if you think you can trust them and then they ditch you.
"You can do this love. I know you can. and if you don't want to explain what happens I'll tell them. You just need to say you're being u know what." he tells me softly then kisses my cheek.
"Okay..." I almost whisper as an answer. He grabs my backpack and we start to walk into the school yard. I notice everybody staring at me. Well they used to stare cause I wore long sleeves on really hot days and stuff but now they're staring at my bruises my dad caused. Zane just smiles at me and walks with me. I'm glad he didn't leave when I told him I was abused. Most people would but seriously who would really want an abused person as their girlfriend? I weakly smile at Zane and just pretend to ignore everybody staring at me. We get to where we usually meet the others and of course they're there. I was hoping they wouldn't be but it was a weak hope.
"Hey Rikki, Hi Zane." Emma said. Sometimes my friends try to tell me I should date someone better then Zane but I think Zane is absolutely perfect. I feel him squeeze my hand again as I look up at him. I know I need to tell them I'm abused but I'm actually really scared to tell them.
"Where'd you get those bruises Rikki?" Lewis asks. Of course Lewis would be the one to ask that.
"That's a good question Lewis. Where did you get those bruises Rikki?" Bella asked me. Bella and Will came here a couple months ago and we became great friends. It could also do with the fact the Bella is a mermaid and Will is her boyfriend. Zane looks at me like tell them. I look into Zane's eyes and softly mutter
"I can't Zane". Then I ran off. I feel kinda stupid running away from them and all but I just can't tell them now. I'm not ready... Maybe Zane will tell them instead.
Zane's P.O.V.
I was so hoping Rikki could tell them but I guess she couldn't. I knew she was nervous but I thought she could be brave enough to tell them she's being abused. I guess I'll have to them about Rikki being abused.
"Zane what's wrong with Rikki? Did you hurt her and that's why she has bruises and can't tell us?" Will asks. Of course he would say that. We both hate each other. Don't ask why we hate each other cause we just do. I just sigh and say
"No Will I didn't hurt her. I could never do that cause I love her".
"Then what's wrong with Rikki?" he asks with a smirk. God I hate him but I need to tell them this cause I love Rikki and I want her to be safe and she'll never be safe at her house with her abuse dad. I tell them everything about Rikki being abused. They look at me shocked while I tell them everything Rikki told me about her being abused.
"Are you lying to us Zane? Cause if you are this isn't funny!" Emma asks me. I would never joke about Rikki being hurt by anybody.
"I'm not joking Emma. She told me all that yesterday after she was beaten." I tell them slightly annoyed that they don't trust me. There is probably a lot of reason not to trust me but I would never lie about Rikki being hurt cause I love her so much.
"And Rikki couldn't tell us because...?" Will asks annoyed. I still can't believe that he thinks I would abuse Rikki and that's how she got the bruises. I wouldn't dare to hurt Rikki in any way.
"Maybe she's embarrassed or she's afraid to tell people. If I didn't watch it she wouldn't have told me about it. But think about it doesn't it make sense cause she's almost always over a period later and wears long sleeved clothes on the hottest days." I tell them. Everything made sense to me when she told me about her being abused.
"I guess it does make sense. I feel bad for Rikki now." Cleo says. Maybe I should go find Rikki and talk to her so she can come back. But first I need to see if someone can have Rikki stay with them for awhile cause I'm not letting her go back to her house only to get horribly abused.
"Do you guys know if Rikki can stay with one of you guys for awhile? I don't want her going back home to be horribly abused and I can't let her stay with me for awhile so can one of you guys let her stay with you?" I ask them. I really hope someone can help her.
"We can all ask if she can stay with us but I don't think she'll wanna stay with Sophie..." Bella says. I'm glad she could hopefully have somewhere to stay.
"I'm gonna go find Rikki. So yea. Bye." I tell them and walk off to go find Rikki. I hope she isn't gonna be too hard to find but who knows cause this is Rikki we're talking about.