Rachael looked at her father with fear. She slowly backed up near the door. Her father sat there still staring at her waiting for her response.
"Well?", He said angry and annoyed.
"I….I…was at school.", Rachael stuttered fearfully.
Her father looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was 5:03 pm. He looked at her again and gave her an evil smile.
"Last time I checked, school ended at 3:15pm.", He said.
Rachael's heart was beating like crazy. She tried to explain but she kept stuttering in fear.
"Well…I…I hung out wi-….with some of my friends.", Rachael said.
Her father gave a loud and big laughed.
"Oh that's funny." He said as he wiped an imaginary tear from his eye. "Since when did you have friends?"
Rachael didn't say anything but stare at the baseball bat that was in his hands.
"You know Rachael, I've been thinking, and I noticed that you've been very reckless lately." ,He said.
"No I haven't.", Rachael said.
He chuckled. "You're talking back right now." His tight on the bat grew tighter. "You've been eating stuff that hasn't been yours and know clearly are mine ,and you know how I am with my belongings, your starting to act smart to me, and now you're talking back to me.", He said.
He slowly stood up. "Rachael, you're on thin ice right now." He said with anger.
"No, dad, please. I'm not trying to be restless please!", Rachael begged with tears running down her face.
"I don't care." ,He said as he raise his bat over his head.
Rachael saw the bat and quickly got out of the way as her father raised the bat down, hard. She frantically got up and opened the door and ran out the room. She was just about to run down the stairs until she felt a hand push her. She fell down the stairs and landed on the floor. Sharp pain sprang up her back when she tried to get up. She slowly got up and tried to exit the house when the bat connected to her side. Rachael landed on the floor in pain. Her father stood above her and repeatedly hit her with the back. Rachael screamed in pain as the bat connected with her body. She tasted blood in her mouth and cried as her leg gave her a very sharp pain. She tried to stay awake, but the pain was too much. Her father stood above her and kicked her in the back. Rachael screamed in pain as her father laughed evilly at her. Rachael couldn't keep her eyes open. She looked up and saw her father. The last thing she saw before she slipped into unconsciousness was her father's eyes and evil smile. Tears slipped down her face as she blacked out.
Her father looked down at his bloodied daughter. He smirked as he looked at the clock. It read 5:55pm.
"I got to get ready for work.", He said.
He got himself ready for work and just as he was about to leave the house. He looked at the bloodied girl still on the ground. He went to her checked her pulse. He saw that there was a pulse but barely. He smirked and kicked her. He took his car keys and left the house.
(***&***)
Gar sat on his couch playing his video games. He played, but his thoughts were on Rachael. "Maybe I should do my homework like Rachael said." ,He thought. He turned his game council off and went to his desk with his books getting ready to do his homework. His mother came into the room and looked at her son who was at the table.
"You're doing your homework?" ,She asked shocked.
He turned to his mom and gave her a smile. "Yeah, might as well start now."
His mother looked him with wide eyes shocked. "Wow, I wonder who got you doing your homework. I've been trying to get you to do your homework for years." ,She said.
Gar laughed at his mother "Someone special.", He said.
His mother messed with his hair as she left the room so her son could work.
Gar turned back to his book. He started doing his homework and finished three assignments. He turned his attention to the clock and saw that it was 6:30pm. He got ready to do his biology homework when he realized that he didn't have his book. He searched through his book bag once again and found that it wasn't there.
"Oh well, I don't have it. Atleast I did most of my homework from other classes." ,He thought.
He started putting his books back in his book bag so he could go play more video games when he had an idea.
"I bet Rachael has her Biology book. This is an opportunity to see Rachael." ,He smirked and went to his mother.
"Hey mom?" Gar asked innocently.
"Yes?" His mother asked from the kitchen.
"Can I go to my friend's house to borrow their Biology book? I forgot mine." ,Gar asked.
His mother looked at him. "Um, I don't know sweetheart. It's almost time for dinner, and it's getting kind of late." ,His mother said.
"Please mom. They don't live far from here. Probably 10 minutes top!" He said. He gave her a 'the face'.
His mother looked at him. "Oh alright. Make sure you're here before I serve dinner." She said.
Gar smiled and ran out the door. "I can't wait to see Rachael's face when she sees me." He thought.
After seven minutes of walking, Gar finally reached Rachael's house. He walked up the driveway and knocked on the door. He waited but no one answered. He knocked again but harder, but no one answered. He twisted the door knob and saw that it was unlocked. He slowly opened the door and poked his head inside. He looked around and saw that all the lights were off. He tried to adjust his eyes to the darkness. He stepped inside the dark house when he noticed something. He saw in the corner a body. Fear rose to his chest as he feared that body was his angel.
He ran to the body and gently turned it around. He froze as his nightmare came true. It was Rachael. Her forehead had blood and her lip was swollen and red. He gently cradled her in his lap and saw that her leg was bent in a awkward position and so was her wrist. Gar slowly came to his senses and checked her pulse. He sighed as he felt a heartbeat. He took out his cell phone and called 911.
"911, what's your emergency?" , a dispatcher answered.
"Help! My friend she's beaten and bloodied and I don't know what to do." ,Gar said frantically.
"Alright sir, calm down. An ambulance is on its way, but I want you to stay on the phone with me. Okay?" ,the dispatcher said calmly.
"Okay." ,Gar said as tears streamed down his face."
An ambulance sooned appeared in front of the house. Two men rushed into the house and took the wounded girl from Gar's arms. He followed them, but a cop soon stoped him.
"Let me go! I have to go with her." ,Gar said as he struggled against the cop.
"Calm down, kid. I need you to tell me what happened." ,the cop said.
"I don't know what happened! I walked in, and I saw her on the floor all beaten up." ,Gar said.
"Alright. Do you know her father?", the cop asked.
"Not at all." Gar said.
"Alright. Do you have parents that you can call?" ,the cop asked.
"Yeah." ,Gar said as he pulled out and called his mother. Tears ran down his face as feared rose in his heart fir Rachael.
"Rachael." ,He thought.
(***&***)
Gar sat in the hospital bed next to Rachael. His mother was sitting on the chair next to the window. He looked at Rachael. Her head was wrapped in bandages. Her wrist was in a cast and her leg was in hard cast as well. Her eyes were closed. He took her hand in his and just looked at her. He raised his hand and rubbed her face lovingly with this thumb as tears. Gar's mother looked at her son. She felt tears welling up in her eyes as she looked at her stressed out son. She slowly got up and went to her son and hugged him. Gar wrapped his arms around his mother and hugged her crying. She looked at the wounded girl on the hospital bed.
"Is this the amazing girl that got you to do her homework?", His mother asked trying to cheer her son up.
"Yeah" ,He said quietly.
His mother looked at the girl and smiled. "She's really pretty." ,She smiled.
Gar gave a small smile. "She's beautiful" Gar said looking at Rachael. "She doesn't deserve this. She doesn't deserve it at all." ,Gar said quietly.
"What do you mean sweetheart?" ,Gar's mother said.
Gar sighed and told his mom everything. He told her about her abusive father and how her mother wasn't there.
"I've been trying to get her out of there before something like this could happen, but I guess I'm too late." Gar said sadly with tears.
His mother looked at her son with sadness in her eyes. She never knew that her son went through so much. She draped her arm around her son.
"Sweetheart, I'm sorry. I never knew you were going through so much." She said sadly.
More tears ran down his face.
"Sweetheart, if it makes you happy she can stay with us. Though we might have to talk to your father about it first, I'm sure it'll work." ,She said caringly.
Gar turned to her and for the first time in hours she saw hope in her sons eyes. Gar turned to his mother and hugged his mother. Tears came down his face but this time, it was of happiness.
"Thanks mom." He whispered to his mother.
His mother just smiled and hugged him tight. "No problem sweetheart."
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