Chapter 6

Bella's POV

I'll go Invisible with You

Two months later

"Bella this has to stop!" Tina yelled at me during lunch. "You barley talk to any of us, you're scared of every guy that comes near you, and that includes the guys you grew up with!"

I sat there, staring at the table, allowing Tina to yell and take her anger out on me. With the beatings from Renee and Phil weighing me down, I've been less and less myself, my grades have been falling quickly and horribly, teachers don't understand it, even Mr. Toulouse gave up on helping me. I've drawn away from my friends and the kids around me, basically my life before the honeymoon is a dream to me.

"Bella are you even listening to me!" Tina shrieked shaking my shoulders. Students walking past paused to see what was going on, but went on ahead when they saw it was just us. "Bella it's like you're not even here!"

I let a small sad smile grace my chapped, splitting lips. "Sorry Tina, I'm just going through a lot of things right now, ok?" I was asking for forgiveness I didn't even deserve, but I've already loosed my mom, my stepdad, and the old Bella. I can't bear to think what it would be like losing my friends.

I felt two arms wrap around my waist, I tensed then relaxed. "See," said a young male voice I knew too well, "you're not scared of me are you, Bell-Bell."

"Alex…" I sighed gently laying back into his embrace. My eyes suddenly popped open, "ALEX!!!" I spun around to see my long-distance-boyfriend-of-six-months. "Holy Hell! What are you doing here?" I asked wrapping my sore arms around his waist.

His chest rumbled with his deep chuckle, wrapping his arms around me, and kissed the top of my head. "I wanted to see you. Plus, my parents are moving back down here," he paused pulling me away from him and looking deeply at me. "Are you ok?"

I smiled sadly and nodded "Yeah…just some s-stuff going on at home is all." He opened his mouth to say something, but I was too quick. "Do you honestly want to talk when we could be doing otherwise? Honestly, you haven't seen me in three-months." I said putting slightly.

He smiled brightly, "You're right, come here." He then pulled me to him and crushed his lips to mine.

I smiled against his warm, soft, inviting, smooth lips. "I missed you," I sighed pulling away before looking behind him; Phil and Renee glaring deadly at me. "Shit…" I muttered too quietly for Alex to hear. "Hey look, Renee and Phil are here, I got to go see what's up." Disappointment flickered through his deep dark brown eyes before her nodded. "Text me tonight, kay?" I smiled a small smile and lightly kissed his cheek.

Phil's jaw was clenched as were his fists; bad horrible mood I calculated. Renee narrowed her eyes at me with an icy glare afterwards; bitchy mood. Great! Just perfect! I thought sarcastically.

"Who the hell is that, you stupid whore?" Phil asked right in front of the entire cafeteria. Everyone went quiet. Everyone stopped eating, talking, walking, and blasting their musical advices; to see what was happening with the chick with the best parties!

"My boyfriend, Alex Mantel," I answered in a small voice looking at my feet instead of their faces.

"So he's ok with you shoving your tongue down his throat in front of everyone!" Renee sneered evilly leering towards me.

I flinched back, still a bit tender hearted that my own mother turned on me. "It was just a simple kiss, Renee. We haven't seen one another in six months." I tried to reason with them stupidly, knowing I was going to pay for it tonight.

I felt a hand sting on my right cheek. Or right here. At school. In front of the entire student body! My inner voice yelled throughout my head. My head snapped to the left due to the blow. I clamped my teeth down in my tongue, swallowing the scream and the coppery blood.

Slowly I turned my head back to them, glaring at Phil and Renee. I'm not just a friggin' ragdoll, Damnit! I thought sadly. "Are you done?" I seethed through clenched teeth.

"For now," Phil replied pulling Renee from the room. "Your mother and I will be gone tonight…game at the Sydney's'."

I continued glaring at their retreating forms. Once out of sight, I swallowed the bile coming up my throat and turned around. I grabbed my un-touched tray and threw it away before stalking off to my physics class.

I sat in-between Amber and Ethan. Amber was being her usual sad, shy, quiet self, while Ethan was gaping at my right cheek.

"S-so it's true…" he whispered as we waited for Mrs. Gilbert to come into the classroom. "Phil really did smack you at lunch?" he choked out lightly out lining the, I'm guessing the red handprint, on my right cheek. I flinched away. "Sorry it's still tender," I nodded answering his question.

Tears flooded his eyes, Ethan and I had a tight relationship. I loved him as if he was my own flesh and blood and now I was scared of him. "Is this what you were talking about?" he asked, I quirked an eyebrow in question. "When you said a lot of shit was going down at home…is this what you meant?" Ethan asked concern and anger flashing through his eyes.

"No this is just a onetime thing," I lied writing down the Focus of the black board. "Renee's pregnant, three months actually." I mumbled, his pen tumbled to the white tile floor as he stared at me in shock.

"Pregnant?" he stuttered disbelieving. All I could do was nod, not giving out more information than I could without them getting majorly hurt.

"Parents act like parents while things are good and well, but when things got too bad or something happens in their life…they just snap…" Ambers barely heard shy, quiet voice came from my left. I turned to her, confused, she looked at me, her eyes glistening with tears, confused, fear, and defeat. "And they bring you along for the torture."

I blanched at her words; surprised that anyone could see what I was going through. Then again maybe she does the same. Quickly writing on a spare piece of paper and passing it to her.

U hide it well, Amber.

U hav 3 wen they threaten u w/ ur life and others, Bella.

I kno wat you mean.

Who is it?

*sigh* Renee and Phil. Mom and Stepdad.

Both parents? I just hav my Dad, Stephen…and sometimes his friends. My stepmom, Nancy, doesnt hav a clue…thinks Im clumsy!

Same w/ my friends…clumsy. Renee and Phil got married like 6 ½ mths ago…and then they come back and Renee had bruises on her neck and arms. He and she started ganging up on me a few hours after they got back. It freaked the shit outta me. I mean Renee is my mother…then she goes and hurts me like this. Now she's prego and I'm supposedly the reason. They hav neva done it publicly b4 so gettin it 2night…

Yea…my mom was killed in a 5-car-pile-up on her way to get me from kindie-school. Stephen started drinkin; majorly hard liquor was always strewn across the entire house. That's when it started; smackin, slappin, then escalated to more beatins. Puncin, kickin, turned it2, pickin me up by my hair, thowin me across the room, against the wall and floor. Then his friends saw…they didn't help me…they helped him. Punchin, kickin, slappin, and pullin my hair. Nancy never has a clue. She's either asleep, gone out w/ friends or is wrk. Stephen does a good job keepin me quiet and scared from tellin anyone. He promises tht if I tell anyone, he'd kno and then they'll get killed along w/ me.

I feel u, literately! Hav they eva...u kno?

Wat? Touched me?!

Yea…Phil has made notions 2,but neva follows through…

...yea…him and Eric…they enjoy gettin me 2 squirms in a different way than the others do.

how long did it take for them to…start doin tht?

Um…mayb…6, 7 mths. Can u imagine watchin ur own father, strip dwn to nothin. Hav his way w/ u. then watch his best friend do the same…and enjoy. It!?

No…I cnt… least not yet!

I doubt he will, w/ Renee on his side too.

Yea…he prolly wnt. How do u deal w/ all this shit?

Distance myself. From everythin and every1. Cover everythin thts discolored and broken. Keep quiet and b invisible. Wait for the 1st chance I get 2 get out.

I've been distancin myself lately from everyone…I feel like shit.

Its betta 4 'em if they r far from u. u dnt hav 2 worri bout 'em getting hurt cuz of u.

Yea I kno…i jus wish there wuz an easier way.

They hav 1anothr 2 get thru it…and u and I r no longer alone in our lives…but I kno wat u mean tho…wishin there was easier way.

Ur right…ur completely right. But…how do I do it…Ethan, Robin, Tina, Ray and I have been the Fierce Five since I was little.

I kno…but lik I said b4, itll reassure u tht they're safe. Plus u need 2 cover up more; I can c tht bruise on ur neck…along w/ the othrs…and ur losin tons of weight from the lack of food and the loss of blood. I cn help w/ tht. If u let me?

I pulled my hair forward covering my neck more. I looked up ahead checking for the teacher. She was writing some nonsense on the board, while half the class was sleeping and the other half was texting or passing notes. I turned to Ethan, texting with a sorrowful, painful look on his face. I caused that, I thought turning away and looking at Amber. She was staring at Ethan and I sympathetically. "I'm sorry, but this is the way it has to be…" she whispered trailing off with hurt and anger seeping in with her eyes and words.

I nodded sadly. I smiled at Ethan for a fraction of a minute, before a lone tear made its way down my cheek and onto the note we were passing. I lifted my dark purple pen and wrote with dread and sorrow:

For the sake of my friends lives…I'm distancin myself completely. I'll go invisible w/ u, Amber.

You know what I think this was my longest chapter on Unexpected yet! Sorry I haven't updated in forever. Everyone's Fics are so amazing I just can't put them down. Next chapter will be up in the next few days if not next weekend.