Disclaimer: I do not own Big Time Rush or anything to do with it.
Celia screamed as Calvin pushed her down the stairs, she managed to curl herself into a ball to minimize the damage. She landed on the floor with a thud and she try to crawl away but Calvin caught her.
"You little whore you just spread your legs to any boy who gives you a smile" he screamed pulling her up by her hair and he punched her in the face. His fist connected with her nose and she heard a crunch a blood sputtered out of her nose. She scratched his face as hard as she could and he threw her to the floor and she landed on her arm with a crunch.
"I bet you are pregnant with a little bastard child, we'll take care of that" he screamed kicking her in the stomach and ribs repeatedly. She could not catch her breath, she could not do anything, she pretended to pass out and Calvin finally stopped. "Whore" he muttered before walking away.
When she was sure he was really gone she quietly pulled herself up, and collapsed right away from the pain. She waited to make sure that Calvin did not hear she carefully pulled herself up again it took all her strength to keep from screaming in agony.
She grabbed her car keys and as fast and quietly as he could she made her way out of the house. She pulled herself into the car and drove off. She realized the pain was starting to fade and she was becoming numb, she knew that was not good she was going into shock.
Celia went to pull her cell phone out of her pocket and realized it was not there anymore it must have fallen out of her pocket when she was pushed down the stairs. She knew she should go straight to the hospital, or pull over somewhere where with a phone and call 911, but she did not. Somehow she found herself driving to his apartment.
When she arrived she quietly made her way into the lobby, she breathed a sigh of relief when she noticed it was empty and why wouldn't it be it was after midnight. She made her way to the elevator and went to press the button with her left hand and stopped. Her left arm was swollen and already turning black and blue, how had she not noticed that. She pressed the button with her other hand and got into the elevator.
The pain was coming back, she felt like her ribs were on fire. She knew this was stupid, she shouldn't be turning to him, he would definitely tell and the truth would come out. Maybe that she really wanted the truth out no matter what the consequence.
Her vision was becoming hazy and she made her way to his room and banged the door with what little strength she had left.
"Hello" mumbled Mrs. Knight opening the door half asleep but becoming instantly awake as she saw Celia. "God Celia what happened" she screamed helping Celia into the apartment. Celia wasn't surprised she reacted the way she did, her noses was twice it's normal size she had blood caked on her face, and she was nursing her left arm and she could barely stand. "Where you mugged?" asked Mrs. Knight who desperately wanted to know what happened to this poor girl.
Before Celia could answer everyone came rushing in the room. "Celia" he cried rushing forward and pulling her into his arms. She let out a cry of pain as Kendall accidently bumped her ribs. "I think Calvin broke some of my ribs" she muttered through clenched teeth. She realized she had said that out loud and hoped no one else heard her, Kendall's eyes flashed with anger, he wanted to kill Calvin.
"You're stepfather did this?" asked Mrs. Knight horrified and enraged. Celia felt everyone's eyes on her, the truth was finally out. She felt free and at the same time petrified, what would Calvin do now that people knew. She started hyperventilating from the pain and the fear which caused a stab of pain so bad she saw white, she let out a cry of pain as she collapsed, and Kendall caught her.
The whole room became frantic "Katie call 911" cried Mrs. Knight as Katie ran for the phone. The rest of them rushed forward to help. By this time Kendall was on the floor holding her and soothing her "shh your going to be fine, you're safe now" he soothed stroking her hair. With the knowledge she was safe she let herself succumb to the pain and she passed out in his arms.
Pain that was the first thing she felt as she regained consciousness. She tried to sit up but let out a hiss of pain as white hot fire shot through her ribs.
"Whoa not so fast" said a voice from beside her. Celia's head snapped to her right to see who the voice was coming from. It was a middle aged women in scrubs, was she is the hospital?
"That's right you are in the hospital" said the women as if she was reading her mind. "My name's Pam I am victim advocate nurse."
"What happened?" Celia asked pretending she did not hear that last part.
"Well according to your step-father you fell down the stairs, and according to your friend, Kendall, your step-father beat you and he has been for some time now" said the nurse. "Would you like to tell me your side?" she asked warmly.
"How bad am I hurt?" she asked ignoring Pam's last question. Pam gave her a sad smile. "You're nose and left wrist is broken along with two of your ribs. Another three of your ribs are bruised and you have a black eye, not to mention there are various other contusions and abrasions all over your body" she finished.
"I guess the broken wrist explains the cast" said Celia flatly as just noticed it on her wrist.
"Celia I cannot help you or your family unless you talk to me" said Pam taking her good hand.
"I want to see Kendall" she said stubbornly.
"I am sorry it is against regulations, he's not family -" started Pam
"Please" said Celia desperately meeting Pam's eyes tears was now running down Celia's face.
"Alright" said Pam a few moments later "I will be right back" she said leaving the room.
After a few minutes of silence she heard the hospital door creak open "Celia" he said sitting on the side of her bed and gently taking her good hand. She looked him the eyes and she saw that he looked scared, she did not think she had ever seen someone look so scared.
"You told" she said quietly pulling her eyes away from his.
"I had too" he said firmly gently squeezing her hand "he nearly killed you, you cannot hide this anymore."
"Nine more months and I would have been free" she said somewhat mad.
"Alright nine months you're eighteen, you can leave but what about your mother? What about Maddie, what's going to happen to her?" he asked.
Her eyes snapped to his, she knew she had to come clean she never wanted what happened to her to happen to her baby sister. Tears started running down her face again "alright I will tell them, but not for me, for Maddie. I don't want to see her in this hospital bed" she stated firmly.
"You should know something else" he said rubbing her arm soothingly "Calvin is here, right outside in the hall."
"What!" she said shocked her heart began racing.
"There is also a cop out there, and my mom don't worry your safe" he said with a smirk "I actually think my mom likes you more than me" he joked. Celia let out a teary laugh.
"What about everyone else?" she asked thinking of her mom and sister, plus Katie and the guys they had to know everything by now.
"Your mom and sister are on their way, and the guys are at home with Katie, I've been calling them every hour to give them updates. Just on how you are physically, they don't know the whole story, and they won't until you're ready" he finished.
"It's after five in the morning you must be exhausted" she said finally noticing time.
"I'm fine and I am not going anywhere you need me right now" he said gently kissing her forehead.
Celia took a deep breath, or as deep as she could with broken ribs "I'm ready to tell them everything" she said quietly.
"I'll get the nurse and the cop" he said starting to rise.
"No" she grabbed his hand firmly "if I do this I need to confront Calvin. Help me into the hall" she said pulling herself trying to ignore the mind numbing pain.
"Celia I don't think that's a good idea" he said wearily.
"Please Kendall, if I am going to do this I need to do it my way" she said meeting his eyes. He let out a sigh he knew she was right. He gently helped her up; she leaned on him for emotional and physical support as they slowly made their way out into the hall.
All activity stopped when they entered the hall. Calvin looked like he was trying to schmooze the cop, to try to get him on his side. The cop was trying to block him out. Mrs. Knight and Nurse Pam sat on the opposite side of the hall; they were both shooting Calvin death glares. All eyes snapped to Kendall and Celia and the hall became silent.
"Sweetheart why are you out of bed, you should be resting after taking such a nasty spill down the stairs. I was so worried when I went to get help and you ran off. Kids huh?" he said with fake concern to the cop, who was looking at him suspiciously.
Celia gathered up all the courage she had and squeezed Kendall's hand tightly. "I didn't fall and you know it" she said fiercely. "You pushed me down the stairs and then you beat me. You beat me like you have been doing for years" she finished tears leaking out of her eyes.
Calvin's eyes blazed with fury, but he kept his composure "she is right" he said suddenly. If it could have Celia's chin would have hit the floor with shock.
"She has been beaten" said Calvin "but it's not me it's her boyfriend."
"I love her I would never hurt her, ever!" cried Kendall making a move toward Calvin. Celia grabbed his arm to stop him. He knew that Kendall was playing right into Calvin's trap.
"My son would never beat Celia" cried Mrs. Knight jumping between the two men to keep her son from pummeling the man senseless. "On the other hand I might beat you" she added turning to Calvin. "Everyone just calm down" said the cop coming to stand in front of Calvin "we will get the truth but that won't happen if everyone starts beating on one another."
"You know interesting thing about girls when they fight they tend to scratch" said Pam breaking the tension. "Now Mr. Michaels I do not see any scratch marks on this fine young man, on the other hand I do see scratch marks on your face" she said giving him a knowing look.
"That happened last week when I was playing in the yard with my daughter Madison, I fell and scrapped my face on a bush" he answered through clenched teeth sending his step-daughter death glares. "Tell them Cecelia."
"Mr. Michaels I now you are lying because those scrapes are too fresh to have happened a week ago, they had to have happened in the last twenty four hours. There is a very simple way to clear this up" finished Pam.
"How I want this whole damn thing over!" snapped Calvin.
"We collected skin cells from under Celia's nails, and other DNA evidence on her. We could check it against your DNA, plus when you beat Celia I'm sure some of her DNA ended up on you, you know like her blood. So will you consent to a DNA test?" asked Pam.
"NO" cried Calvin "obviously my deranged step-daughter has tricked you into believing her, you'll change the results to make me guilty" he snapped.
"Then will find another nurse with no knowledge of the case" said Pam smugly.
"No this bullshit ends here, I am taking my step-daughter home now!" he said making a move towards Celia. Many things happened at once. The cop grabbed a now beyond furious Calvin to keep him from reaching Celia. Kendall quickly and carefully pulled Celia into his arms protectively. Mrs. Knight and Pam stood in front of Celia; they were like the Great Wall of China nothing was getting past them.
"You just want to take me home to get your anger out, beat me some more, maybe break my jaw so I cannot tell the truth this time. You can't threaten me, put me in an asylum, and make people think I am crazy. You know the truth you an evil abusive man" she said from the safety of Kendall's arms. She prayed he would take the bait.
"You bitch!" screamed Calvin trying to pull out of the cops embrace "I should have kept beating you until your fucking heart stopped" he screamed while struggling against the cop. He suddenly realized what he had said and went limp "no I did not mean it, she tricked me, that whore tricked me" he seethed.
"Calvin Michaels you are under arrest" said the cop cuffing him as he began to read him his rights. Celia did not hear the rest she had started to sob. The truth was out, people had actually believed her and Calvin even admitted it.
"Shh it's all over" said Kendall rubbing her back soothingly trying to get Celia to calm down. Sobbing this hard with broken ribs could not be good for her.
"Kendall why don't you help me get Celia back into bed and will give her something for her pain" said Pam calmly ignoring the scene Calvin was causing like she saw a mad man getting arrested every day. "Then I'll call the hospitals lawyer and get a court order and make that bastard get that DNA test" she added quietly enough so only Celia and Kendall heard the bastard part. Celia started crying harder for the relief; there was no way Calvin could deny it now.
"Please don't leave me Kendall" she said as he and Pam helped her into her bed.
"I am not going anywhere" he said kissing her forehead as Pam quickly and painlessly gave her a shot in her arm. She felt the effects almost instantly, her whole body felt warm and tingly, the pain quickly melted away. "Feel better" she muttered already becoming sleepy.
"That's good just Celia, just sleep I'll be here when you wake up" said Kendall and that was the last thing Celia remembered before for the first time in years she fell into a peaceful and restful sleep.