I woke up the next afternoon, and i couldnt move. I was lying on my side, with my face to the wall. I knew i wouldnt be able to go to school today.
I drifted in and out of unconciousness until i woke to a loud snarl.
"What the f-" I forced myself to roll over. "Edward?! How did you get in here?"
"Window. Got worried when you didnt come to school" he replied. "Im going to kill him..." edward growled.
"No." I forced a smile. "Its fine. No worse than before" i lied.
"You sure?" I nodded. "Okay....want to go back to the hospital?" I shook my head. "Ok....want me to stay?" I nodded. "Kay....."
He came and lay down beside me. I stayed under the covers, trying to hide most of the cuts.
I slowly driften off into unconciousness. When i woke, Edward was gone, and Charlie was glaring at me.
I tried to sit up, but ended up falling back down. It was too painful.
"Get up" Charlie commanded. I bit down on my lip and forced myself up. "Go cook dinner." I sighed and went downstairs. I made lasagna. After we finished eating, i went to bed. Charlie didnt come up there for a while...but he eventually did.
I sat down in my seat, and waited for the teacher to come in. Suddenly, Mike came beside me, and smiled. Weird...it wasnt one of those 'i hate you, and you're going to pay' smiles. I looked up at him.
"Hey Bella" he said.
"Ummmm.....hi" i said, still confused. Usually Mike hurts me. Now he's being nice?
"I just wanted to say," he paused and looked at the cuts that hadnt yet faded from where he hit me the other day, and then to my arm. I gently traced the cuts on my left cheek. "Im sorry"
"Wh....Why're you apoligizing now?" I asked him.
"I feel bad about hurting you."
"Oh..." I smiled. "Its okay. Im not mad. Everyone does it. Atleast you said sorry"
"Mind if i sit with you?"
"Go ahead"
That class went by quickly, i was still surprised when i got home. But i knew i couldnt escape the beatings from everyone.
Weeks went by, things with Mike got better, but with my dad got much worse. Mike and Edward were my best friends, but i still tried to hide the abuse from them.
I was lying on my bed, listening to music when Charlie came up. He didnt say anything, just started hitting me -yet again. I cried out in pain as he punched me. He hit me, ripped my hair out, he kicked me. He kicked me in the gut. He punched me again. It felt as if i was dying. Maybe i was.
He kept hitting me, and then after a while he stopped, but only for a minute. He went and got a bat out of his room. Told you things got worse.
He was having way too much fun with this. I screamed this time when he hit harder. The bat come in contact with my rib, and i heard a crack. I was in tears, and i wanted to die.
Please! Please, just PLEASE, God kill me, and end this suffering! i thought. And it was over. Charlie walked out of the room, slamming the door.
It took me forever to fall into unconciousness, but when i did the pain was finally gone. I didnt dream, just blackness.
When i woke up, i wasnt in my room. I looked around at the white room, i had iv's in my arm, and my side was aching.
Then i saw Edward and Mike.
"Where am i?" i asked them.
"Hospital" edward answered. "I came over....charlie wasnt home.....door was unlocked, i was worried about you. And then i saw you..." he growled at the last part. "and brought you here"
"Oh..." i winced as i thought of last night.
"are you okay?!!"
"yeahh......im fine......" i smiled weakly, "so how bad am i?"
"two broken ribs, some internal bleeding, a slight concussion, and ALOT of bruises and cuts..." he seemed angered by this.
"Did you report Ch-" i caught myself before i said his name. "him?"
"Yes"
"good" i whispered before falling asleep again.
(A/N just had to add this, lmao, im babysitting and my cousin is sleeping and he's SOOOOOOOOOO adorable!!! :D Okay, now that i got that off my chest, back to the story!)
When i woke again, i was still in the hospital but only edward was there.
"Where's Mike?" i asked him.
"Home" he smiled. "he has a curfew"
"Oh...." then i thought of something. "Where am i supposed to stay after i can leave? I cant go back to charlie..."
"That is where my family comes in" he smiled again. "you can stay with us."
"Okay,.....i have a few more questions.....Who's getting my things? When can i leave here?"
"You can leave next week, i'll be getting your things." he told me.
"Charlie will kill you!"
"No, he wont. I'll come when he's gone..."
"...okay...." i yawned.
"Go back to sleep, my love" it sounded like he whispered, but im not sure, i was barely concious.
What do you think? Love it? Hate it? Hope you liked it! Review!!
Oh, and does anyone know which hair dye product i can use to get my hair to actually stay brown? I dyed it blonde when i was in third grade, and now (7th grade) i want it back to brown, but every time i get it dyed, it goes back to blonde and it's really pissing me off. Thx.
&Lots of Love
Stacy
