When I went back to my dad's after two weeks, things weren't any better. When I walked in the doorway I shouted, "Dad, I'm back from grandma's! Where are you?"

Then, I heard a mumbling noise coming from the hallway. I decided to walk towards it and saw my dad sitting on the floor with a bottle of whiskey in his hand.

"Dad! What are you trying to do? Kill yourself? If you are, then it's not worth wasting your life away," is what I could've said but instead, I tried to get him to the couch.

When I picked him up, he woke up and you could instantly tell that he was drunk. He saw me and started to beat me and then he slit my arm open a little. I just couldn't believe that he had done that to me. I dropped him on the floor and rushed to stop the bleeding. Then all of the sudden, the door bell rang. I wrapped a towel around the wound and ran to the door. I opened the door and a guy with a green hoodie, jeans, and black converse on. It was my best friend Hunter Blakesfield. Hunter also had blonde hair and green eyes. Hunter was one of the first few friends I made in first grade when I had moved to this town.

"Hey Jenn," he said with a smile as soon as I opened up the door. He then looks down at the towel around my arm and asked, "Um, why is that towel on your arm like that?" he asked as I let him in the house. Usually with me at fourteen years of age, I'd have my dad's permission to let someone in the house. Today wasn't like that because, well, you already know why. "Well, you promise not to get mad when you see and hear what happened?" and he nodded. So I took off the towel and luckily the bleeding stopped.

I had told Hunter, "My father cut me and just physically abuse me like crazy, and that's the reason why I had so many bruises here and there." His face was turning a bright red and at that point, you could tell he was mad. It was like he had found out that his girlfriend had cheated on him with his enemy. His hands had turned in fists and he was looking for my father.

Hunter had found my father, but I pulled him back before he could do anything. I said to him, "Please calm down! Look, I know that it looks bad but I'll be fine believe me." "Yeah but I care too much about you to let this go- um I mean you are my best friend afterall," he said to me. At that moment, I knew he really liked me a lot! "Well thanks Hunter, that's really sweet of you. I can handle my own dad" is what I had told him.

I then thought that it was okay for me to tell him my secret. I was telling him about how I was able to see spirits and I have helped them in the past. He couldn't help but to look at my arm. "Hey Jenn? Do you have any wrap or peroxide because you need to clean and cover the wound," he said as I shook my head no for both items. He had both of them in his bag. I mean, who carries peroxide with them at all times. Although, he was an athlete so he'd have a few scrapes here and there.

Hunter grabbed my arm gently and gave me a cloth to bite into just incase. I took it and placed it in my as he poured it onto my arm. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it just a little bit, but not hard enough to hurt him. "Wow, you're doing great Jennifer! We're done with the peroxide, so now I'll just wrap your arm up gently so that I don't hurt you," he said with a very soothing voice. After he was done, he put the stuff back inside his bag. "So, do you want to hang out tomorrow afternoon? It's a Saturday and I have nothing better to do," I asked him. He said yes, gave me a hug and left.

That next morning, I got ready to go to wherever Hunter wanted to go that day. Then, I got a text saying, "Knock knock look out your front door." So I did and there was a box there that said, 'Put this on'. I opened the box and it was a strapless dress with a light jacket to cover up the wrap on my arm. I also wore black wedges with it and my hair was down, then I grabbed my purse. I left a note to my dad telling him that I was going out and left it on the coffee table. Hunter was waiting for me outside.

He looked at me and said, "Wow, you look so beautiful Jenn." I blushed at that, because after my mom died, I never was called beautiful, even by my own dad. "Thanks so much Hunter," I said and remember smiling for the first time in a while. We had such a great time at the parkin town. Hunter went to go pick a flower for me and placed it in my hair. It was the sweetest thing a guy has ever done.

"Hunter, this is really amazing, but there's something that I need to tell you, bit I don't know how you will react to it," I said as Hunter had a confused and concerned look on his face. "I've had this gift, it's a curse upon me and I absol-" he cut me off by placing his hand on mine. I took a deep breath and then said, "I can see dead people's spirits," and when I told him, he looked shocked.

"Is that why you tend to stare off in space all the time?" he asked and then I shook my head yes and the next thing that he said completely shocked me. What he said was nothing like anyone has said when they hear about my gift. "I think that's amazing that you can do that Jenn! No one else can do that, how long have you been doing this?" he asked.

When I had told him that I did that since I was seven, he was amazed that I've been doing this stuff for seven years. "Usually when I tell people this, they will walk away, shut me out, or call me crazy. You are the first person to tell me that it's an amazing thing to have.I appreciate that so much. thanks Hunter!" I said then all of a sudden, I had the urge to kiss him.

I ended up kissing him on the cheek and I blushed. Then he had this smile on his face and instantly I knew that I liked him a lot. After that moment, I knew that he and I were were going to get together soon, but not at that moment.

That summer was the weirdest that Hunter has had. Hung out with me most of that time. He's even helped my dad to not abuse me as much. Hunter's the most sweetest who is willing to stand by me no matter what. One day, he came over to my house and saw a shadow of me talking to my father. He got scared and busted down the door when he saw my dad hit me to the ground. Hunter saw me holding my hand over my eye. "Jennifer! Are you okay?" he asked very concerned. I shook my head yes, but he didn't believe me at all.

"Who's this boy? You know you're not allowed to have anyone over without my permission!" my dad yelled to the top of his lungs. I just ignored him and went with Hunter outside. Hunter looked at me and asked with a lot of concern, "Are you sure you're okay Jenn? You seem to be hurting a lot." Then I started to cry and Hunter came over and hugged me.

"I've had him abusing me ever since my mother died. Now he drinks and when he gets drunk, he gets aggravated. Then he takes his anger out on me by punching, cutting, and hitting me," I said through my tears. I lifted my hand off of my eye and asked, "Does it look bad? Be completely honest to me." Hunter looked at my eye and told me, "To be honest, it doesn't look that bad at all," he said as he took my hands into his. I was starting to think that he was saying that with pity. It wasn't till I looked in his eyes and saw that he was telling the truth.

Sorry it took so long for me to update. I just started college and I'm so busy that this and my new story will take a while to update. I hope that you liked this and please review to let me know what you thought of this~TotalDramaGirl01