Hayley's POV

"No!" I screamed right back and I saw his hand come up, with a quick movement, he left a large bruise on my cheek and stomped out the door. Seconds later he was back, I slid of the couch and pulled my legs close to chest, Praying that he wouldn't hit be again.

"Stand up," He said rather calmly. I shook my head no and buried my face in my knees. His strong hands grabbed me and shook me.

"I said stand up" He demanded, somehow I managed to lift myself up but my knees were shaking and I was struggeling to keep my balance.

"Are you going to tell him?" He grabbed me by the shoalders and forced me to look at him. "Are you!"

"No," I mumbled.

"Are you going to tell anyone?" Again, I replied with a quiet no. "Good," He wrapped his arms around me. Embracing me, and gently stroked my head as I cried.

"I'm only trying to protect you, because I love you," The sudden change in attitude took me by suprise, I slowly pushed him away, not wanting to anger Mark.

"Please don't touch me," At first his eyes were filled with sorrow but was quickly replaced with rage.

"I will do what ever I want," He managed to not yell but it was obvious to see he was struggling. "Do you understand?"

"Yes," I once again tried to pull away from him but he grabbed my hair and pulled down. He didn't even care the amount of pain I was it, or that I was screaming for him to stop. My head was turned at an awkward angle, hurting my neck, I grabbed his hand and tried my best to loosen his grip but of course it was no use. He didnt even seem to notice my nails digging into his skin, his grip stayed just as tight.

"I dont think you do understand," He said while pulling a little harder.

"I wont tell anyone! Please just let go! Please, It hurts!" He let go of my hair but held my shoalders.

"If you do tell anyone, I will hurt you. But not just you, Ill also hurt your precious Christofer." I shut my eyes to keep the tears away. He still held my shoulders and pushed me so I would fall on the ground. My head banged on the wooden coffee table and blood began to pour out. I heard a door slam and shortly after, there was the sound of a car pulling away. I stayed on the ground, curled up in a ball, crying. It was the same pain that I had when I was 17 years old and dating Mark, but only this time, I was putting someone else in danger. I could warn him but that's exactly what Mark told me not to do. I hadn't made up my mind on what to do, when my phone began to vibrate. Of all the people it could be, I was Christofer calling.

"Hello," I answered into the phone, trying my best to stop crying so he wouldn't know that something was wrong.

Christofer's POV

"Hey, So I, um really miss you." That was not what I meant to say at all.

"I miss you too," But that's not what I expected. Everyday, I thought about Hayley, there was just something about her that was, Different. It took me days to finally get the courage to call her, I went over every possible conversation in my head. Some of the possible outcomes included us getting back together or her saying she hates me, the weirdest was about riding a unicorn to save a banana but that was because I was high at the time. I started drinking and smoking more, thinking maybe one day Ill permanently forget all my worries but I knew that would never happen. So here I was, on the phone with an amazing girl and I had no idea what to say.

"I know you don't want to get back together but can we still be friends,"

"I would love to..." I could hear her taking short breaths, like she was crying. "But I cant,"

"Why not?" I asked.

" I just cant!" I was sure she was crying.

"Please...Please just can we get some coffee or lunch and forget about everything," I waited but there was no reply, I could lightly hear her cry and then the sound of the phone being put down.

"Hayley? Are you there?"

"Sorry, I just, had to do something,"

"I'm coming over." I plainly said, making up my mind that something was terribly wrong and whether she liked it or not I was going to help her.

"No! Please don't! Just stay as far away from me as possible," She begged.

"Why?"

"Please...I have to go,"

"If you hang up, then Im coming over."

"Your making this so complicated," I heard her sigh and she continued," Fine, meet me at the old park past the BP gas station," Finally, I could see her.

"What time?" I asked eagerly.

"Midnight," It was weird, I knew the park closed at sunset but you could go after dark if your over 18 but midnight was really late.

"Why so late...?" She didn't answer but instead hung up. Pulling my phone down from my ear, I checked the time, 5:04. I knew I would be checking the time every few minutes for the next 7 hours, finally after three weeks, I would see her beautiful face and maybe she would realize she needs me just as much as I need her.

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