I soon pulled into the driveway and noticed that the both cars were there. I wasn't going to have a fun night at all. I took out my bag from the van, and I walked up the front door. I tried to avoid making a lot of noise as I quickly opened the door and shut it, but I didn't have any luck. James was waiting for me as I entered the house. I was met with a punch to the face by him.
"You couldn't listen to the damn teacher," he shouted. I received another punch. "It's not that fuckin' hard to listen to one and do what he says." He kept hitting and kicking me for what felt like forever. "What do you have to say for yourself," he asked when he was done.
"I'm sorry," I whimpered. I tried to keep the tears from falling because I knew that would provoke him. I didn't want any more of a beating then I've already had.
He spit in my face before saying, "You better be." He grabbed Victoria's hand then and dragged her upstairs. I walked upstairs to my bedroom and grabbed my toiletries before entering the bathroom and taking a cold shower. I didn't want James to be even madder at me for taking a hot shower, so I finished within minutes. I headed back down stairs and picked out some leftovers that we needed to eat and heated them all up.
I just set them onto the table when they came down. "Leftovers," James roared. "Is this what you call a dinner?"
"It's better to eat all this up then to not waste it, James," Victoria chimed in. "And besides, some of this looks yummy." She sat down and immediately started eating. James grunted and then followed suit. I sat done as I started eating also. It was soon all done, and I started cleaning the dishes. Victoria and James went upstairs.
The doorbell rang soon. "I'll get it," I called. I ran towards the door and answered it. Angela stood in the doorway. She gasped when she saw my face. I stepped outside and pulled the door behind me.
"What are you doing here, Angela," I hissed, trying to keep my voice down so that James and Victoria wouldn't be able to hear me. There was soon noise from their bedroom, and I knew that they wouldn't listen for a while. "I told you that I don't want you anywhere near here." Angela looked up in disgust as she heard it also, but then started paying attention to me.
"Ben and I were wondering if you could hang out with us," she suggested as she looked back to the car on the curb. I figured that it was Ben's.
"You know that I can't, Angela," I sighed.
"I kind of figured that would be the answer, but Ben insisted," Angela stated. "I'm so sorry that you've had to go through that again."
"I'll be fine, Angela," I replied. "Just be sure to not say anything to Ben about it, please." She nodded and walked away, knowing that a hug would only cause me pain. I smiled sadly as I shut the door. Then I walked into the kitchen again, and I started cleaning the rest of the dishes. Once I was done, and I had put everything away, I went upstairs to my room to start on my homework. It was done within half an hour, and I was soon off to sleep the night away.
When I woke up to the alarm, I immediately shut it off and went to get ready for school and start breakfast like every morning. By the time I had breakfast done, James was coming down the stairs, so I quickly put it onto a plate and put it down on the table. Victoria just went to grab her breakfast, and I just left for school, not wanting to be late.
"I'm going to school now," I said as I entered the kitchen. Victoria tapped her cheek, and I kissed it, knowing that it would please James. I wasn't ready for any kind of beating this early in the morning. I was never ready for them really, but I just wanted one day of a break at the very least, knowing that the day would never come to my rescue. It has never happened since he started really liking to abuse me, and I doubt it will until I move out.
Once I left the house, I hoped into my truck. I started to pull out of the driveway when Victoria came running out of the house. I rolled down my window for her, and she came over to me.
"I thought that you would like a lunch, so I made you one last night," she smiled. I smiled at her as I grabbed it.
"Thanks, Aunt Victoria," I replied as I kissed her cheek once again this morning. She walked back to the house, and I rolled my window up, not knowing if there would be any rain today. Living in Forks never held the possibility of not getting rain during the day, even on the sunniest of days.
After that, I drove to Angela's and she was out waiting for me by the front door. She ran out with her makeup ready, and I cut the engine as she entered the truck. She worked in silence, and we both knew that it was the best for both of us right now. It always was until my face was covered up with some form of makeup on.
"Done," she said as she dropped the last bit of makeup into the bag and pulled on her seat belt. I drove to school, and we didn't say much, knowing that nothing will help the situation that I'm in no matter what we say.
When we pulled into the school, the Cullen's were watching me.