A/N: So here is the nxt chapter for you all, I was really hoping when I got back online after being in a show all week I'd have more than one review for the last chapter, but I didn't.

This chapter deals with a bit of abuse and like rape.

Enjoy

Addison sighed as she sat in a room with her parents and their lawyers once again. And they were arguing once again. This time however, they both wanted Addison to live with them. She turned her music on again and let her head rest on the table. She thought it would have been easier this time, but apparently not. Addison closed her eyes trying to block it all out.

"Addison? Addison? Addison!" Her head snapped up as she heard her mother's voice calling her. "We asked you a question." Joanna looked angry.

"Sorry." She removed her earphones.

"We were asking who you would rather live with, your mother or father?" One of the lawyers looked at her.

"I have the choice?"

"Yes."

"Oh." She looked between her parents. "My dad…" Peter smiled and Joanna looked slightly angry and relieved.

"Okay then, you can start to move in with him then." The lawyer smiled, happy it was all sorted.

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A few days later and Addison was packing the rest of her clothes, then she would be completely moved into her dad's. She was happy and would be moving schools as it was too far to travel everyday. She put the last of her clothes in her suitcase as the doorbell rang. Quickly she made her way down the stairs and came face to face with Steve.

"Hello there," He smiled and walked in. "Where have you been?"

"I spent the weekend at my dads."

"Well then you have a lot to make up for." He took a step closer to her and shut the front door. "Come on now."

"No." She shook her head.

Anger flashed in his eyes and he raised his fist, pushing it into her face, knocking her to the ground. Her hands flew to her face cradling it. "You don't say no to me." He hissed at her and grabbed her wrist tightly, pulling her up from the floor. He pushed her into the lounge and onto the couch. "What I want I get." He pulled her skirt and panties down before pulling his jeans and boxers down, sliding into her.

Addison squeezed her eyes shut and just waited for it to be over. She tried to think of something else instead, something nice, but couldn't.

Steve pulled out of her and pulled up his boxers and jeans again. "Never say no to me again." He left the house and the tears fell. Addison pulled her skirt and panties back on before going upstairs and wiping away the tears, trying to cover the bruise that was forming around her eye.

Half an hour later and Peter arrived, smiling at her as she opened the door. "What happened?" His face dropped as he saw her eye.

"I walked into a door." She shrugged it off. "My clothes are all packed now."

Peter didn't believe her, but decided not to push just yet. He picked up her suitcases and put them in the boot of the car. "Ready then?"

"Yeah." She nodded her head and shut the front door behind her, and got into the passenger's seat. She didn't look back.

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Addison lay in her bed that night and stared up at the ceiling. She knew her dad didn't believe her about her eye, but she didn't care, she still wouldn't tell him, she wouldn't tell anyone. Sighing she turned on her side and closed her eyes, wanting to sleep. It wasn't long until she had drifted off to sleep.

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The next day, Addison awoke to chatter coming from downstairs. She recognised the voice as Kathryn's from before. Addison yawned and stretched, just lying in her bed. After a few minutes she got out of bed and brushed her hair, looking into the mirror. There was a small knock at her door. "Yes?" She called and her door opened, and Derek stepped in.

"Oh." He stopped and looked at her. "I didn't know…" They just stood starting at each other, not saying anything. Suddenly Derek began to feel a bit uncomfortable. "I'll erm go back downstairs and wait." He turned around and shut her door. Addison let out a sigh and walked to her bathroom and took a quick shower.

Fifteen minutes later and Addison walked into the back garden and sat down next to Derek on the garden bench. "Hey." She looked ahead of her.

"Hey. So I hear you've moved in permanently here then."

"Yeah." She nodded. "I have."

"You're moving schools as well aren't you?" She nodded. "You're moving to mine, I've been told to look after you until you settle in."

"Oh, okay then."

"If you need anything, even to talk," He turned to look at her. "I'm here."

"Thanks." She nodded.

Derek just watched her for a while. "What happened to your eye?"

She looked down, it was too hard to cover completely. "He hit me." She whispered.

"You should tell your dad, tell the police."

"No." Addison shook her head. "I can't, I just want him out of my life forever."

"Okay, do you ever want to talk?"

"Not here, not with my dad around."

"Okay." Derek nodded. "We could go for a walk, I could show you about a bit as well." Addison nodded and stood up. Derek followed and they left the house, walking towards the park.

Addison looked around her as they entered the park, it was so calming and beautiful. "Wow, the parks aren't this nice where I lived." She smiled.

"Well we just have something special here." He smiled.

"You do." She smiled as well. "It's nice here."

"It is, do you want to sit down and talk?"

"Okay." They chose a bench and sat down, looking around them before the silence was broken.

"So?" Derek turned to her. "Why did he hit you?"

Addison looked down. "He wanted sex and I said no." Derek just looked at her. "I said no so he hit me. He hit me and got what he wanted anyway."

"He, he?" She just nodded. "You have to tell someone."

"No." She turned to look at him.

"You have to, otherwise it'll get worse."

"No, you don't know what it's like…"

"I do, I do know what it's like." He looked at her. "A few years after my dad died, my mom got a new boyfriend, and it was great at first, until he started to hit her, I was seven at the time, I remember it all. You have to tell someone."

She shook her head sadly. "He said if I told anyone he'd make my life hell."

"He can't reach you now."

"No, I just want to forget it, I never want to see him again, I'm sorry, I just can't." Tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Okay, I know it's hard." He pulled her into a hug, letting her cry. "You didn't deserve it, no one does." He ran a hand over her back.