chapter 2 -
Caroline p.o.v ,
It has been 2 weeks since i met bonnie and katherine and havent been able to see them the bruises on my face are nearly gone but its still sore to walk I've had a phone call from bonnie but i had to cut it short because tyler had got home , i still cant go to the meetings i dont even know why i bother, its been a good day today hes not hit me since that night because im still sore from the last time, he's been happy and calm but i'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop it always drops.
ive been sitting on the sofa watching t.v for the last 5 minutes while tylers in the shower when the door bell goes "get the door" tyler shouts from the bathroom. i wince when i sit up but manage to get the door open hiding half of my face from view,
i see bonnie and katherine standing there, panic floods my system if tyler finds out oh god no "what are you doing here, you cant be here leave" i say "whats going on" katherine asks "you havent been to the group we wanted to know if your" "shh please you cant be here if tyler finds, just please go you need to leave" i'm pleading now i know tylers going to come out and see them and i dont know what im going to be able to say to him
"whats going on caroline" bonnie ask katherine pushes the door open knocking my ribs causing me to wince her eyes go wide "what happened to you" "please just go " "not until we have answers" katherine says. the water stops my heart starts to race "i'll tell you anything come back tomorrow in the day time just please go you need to go please" im shaking what am i going to do if he finds them "okay we'll go" bonnies says pulling katherine out of the door "we will be back" is the last thing i hear before i shut the door.
i walk into the kitchen taking a steadying breath as tyler comes over to me wearing nothing but a towel i freeze as i feel him encircle me from behind "who was at the door" "oh no one just some sells people" i lie thankfull that he cant see my face, he knows when im lying "what did they want this time" "something about home insurance, i told them that we have it already, they wouldnt listen i practically shoved them out of the door" i say turning to face him its not a full lie i did have to practically shove them bonnie and katherine out of the door he doesnt seem to notice the smile is real "well you are a push over" he says this is whats worse the words he says to me i nod "whats for dinner" "what would you like" i say as i move to the fridge to look.
Bonnie p.o.v,
"what was that" i voice my thoughts as i sit with katherine at my house "somethings going on and i want to know what" "do you think shes being" "yes" she cuts me off, oh god thats horrible "we need to help her" i say more sure of anything "we can only help if she allows us to" "well i cant just sit back and do nothing its not right" "well what do you want to do go over there and force her to tell us if he beats her infront of him, do you think she say he does, no she wont we'll be forced to leave and if he is beating her she's going to get hurt worse for telling us" katherine says "well what are we gonna do" i ask frustrated "talk to her tomorrow" with that i watch as she gets up and leaves the house.
i meet up with katherine at carolines door and knock straight away more determind for the truth then ive ever been.
she opens up "oh come in i thought you may have changed your mind" she says inviting the us both in, the apartment is a nice size i walk through the little hall way into the open spaced living room and kitchen/ dining room theres a door behind me and two more doors and a patio door that looks like leads onto a small balcony roof.
"do you want to a drink" she asks "yeah something strong if you have it" "tyler has some whiskey or i have some tequila or theres coffee" she says "tequilia" "can i ask why you want to be drinking at 1 in the afternoon" katherine ask "because i need to tell some one why i went to that meeting and i want caroline to be able to trust us to tell us about whats happening to her and to do that im gonna need to drink" i say to katherine quietly as caroline hunts for the alcohol "we hardly know each other" she hisses "here" caroline says brings the tequila over with glasses.
"so how does this work then" katherine ask sitting down on an arm chair while i sit in the middle of the sofa "so ovbiously somethings happening to you and has happened to us and we all scream trust issues katherine more then any one" "hey i resent that" "what ever, and look i , we want to help so im gonna take a geuss here and say your boy friend hits you" i watch as she freezes and then takes a shot "what makes you think that" i hear her ask "lift up your shirt" katherine says "what" we both ask "if he doesnt hit you then you wont mind lifting up your shirt" katherine says.
"katherine" i hiss "what we cant help her if she wont allow us to" "why would you want to help me" she says "because we've all been through something and we all need to trust some one" i say looking at katherine then back to caroline "what you want to go around in a circle and tell each other our dirty little secrets" caroline ask a little bitchy "why not" "why would you want to tell us" katherine asks "because i like you both and i want us to" "be friends" she says "why not its not like we have many options is it" i point out.
she scowls but doesnt say anything "so who wants to bite the bullet" caroline asks i look and see them both looking like they wont i remember my grams words a few weeks ago - 'you need to tell someone bonnie, if you dont want to tell me then tell some one or this will eat you alive, and nothing should have that kind of power over you' "i went to that meeting and moved back to my grams because i had to leave new york i had to run away, because i couldnt stand the idea of being out in public any more i c-cant look in a mirror without seeing the marks" i take a deep breath and then another shot "what happened" i hear one of them ask but im stuck in my head "he-he raped me" they both take in a breath "i dont even know who he was i just remember walking home and going to answer my phone when some one dragged me into an alley and i fought back with everything i had but he was strangling my and i couldnt breath and i remember the pain and i scratched him and then black" i take a shaky breath only now realising i have tears running down my face.
"i woke up to find myself in the hospital they called my grams and the police, i left before any one got there, i found out i had a cracked scull and a concussion i went home packed my stuff cried in the shower for i dont know how long, when my grams found me i had all my stuff ready and i came back here moved in with my grams and hardly spoke for two weeks thats when she forced me to go to the meetings, and i met you both" i said before taking another shot "are we the first people you told" i nod before going to another shot "your turn" i say gesturing to either of them.
"here goes nothing" katherine says standing and pulling up her shirt, revealing a scar along her back thats still healing "oh my god,what" caroline begins but stops and turns around to look out the window.
"my parents died when i was 15, leaving me and my sister orphaned, our brother jeremy was in the car, our aunt jenna moved out of her dorm and helped look after us, i went down the route of drink and drugs while elena the goody goody girl she is went the other way , we graduated she came back home with her new boyfriend, i used to flirt with him to get a rise out of her, it was my fault really, any way there was something about him i just couldnt put my foot on what it was, i found out that he was her ex boyfriends brother, one night i flirted elena stormed off they had an arguement that night damon came back and well i got that woke up and my hands were bound i couldnt move the room was pitched black, elena came home and found us he had only just taken the ties of my hands and was dismissing me out of the room like i was some common whore, she went mental slapped the crap out of me didnt believe me when i tried to tell her what happened i left went to a friends house who stitched me up i left jenna occasionally rings me to ask me to come home, its funny i still ask her how elena is even when i know it will cause an argument, my own sister and the aunt who i used to party with took damons word for it, im the slut see so unlike you bonnie who didnt do anything wrong i did i caused this" she says my heart twisting for what she went through suddenly before i can say anything caroline shouts.
"thats bullshit!" causing katherine to turn around and us both to look at her "you flirted, that doesnt mean you willingly dropped your knickers for him, you didnt ask for it neither did you bonnie, you were doing nothing wrong and you" she says pointing at katherine "you were trying to help your sister realise that he was a lowlife, you couldnt of known how much of a lowlife he really was" suddenly she starts crying and pacing her hands clenched into fist.
"caroline, trust us" i say knowing shes on the verge of letting us in "i cant" "of course you can" katherine shouts "i cant if i tell you and he finds out he'll hurt both of you and i can take it he stops with me because he loves me but he wont stop with either of you , he could kill you both, you've already been through so much i cant put more on you" i stand up ready to argue when katherine is already crossed over to her and pulling her shirt open.
she stands there in her jeans and a bra crying. me and katherine both gasp hands covering our mouths , shes covered in big purple bruises all along her stomach and up her ribs "oh caroline" "oh my god" we both say at the same time and pull her into a hug all three of us crying, cut open and hugging on for dear life.
Katherine p.o.v ,
"how long" i ask once she has put her t-shirt back on and we've calmed "i met tyler freshmen year at college, fell in love instantly well for me anyways, he can be so sweet he wanted to move in together at first i didnt want to , but at a party one day some guy was hitting on me and i didnt like it he got into huge fight for me so i agreed then 2 months after that he came home after he was jumped it was the same guy from the party and his friends, he hit that night and i locked myself in our bathroom until he calmed down i was gonna leave him i started to pack but he broke down and i couldnt this was the man i loved with all my heart how could i leave when he was broken and crying infront of me, it was fine for months my mum got sick and he helped me with everything, it wasnt until a month after that when he beat me up , this time it was bad really bad i had no where to go and he made sure i knew that for days i was in bed couldnt move i had to drop out of college because i had missed so many classes, i was meant to go back in the fall to redo the year but he made sure i didnt, he doesnt do it all the time but when hes angry, ive learnt to not feel it any more he tells me when to jump and i do" she says hatred shoots through me "you have to leave him" bonnie says "i cant" "you can" im shaking now the anger making me want to rip him apart "i dont have any where to go, no job, no money , i dont have anyone" "your wrong" i hear myself saying "you have us now and i refuse to allow this to go on any longer" i say more determind then ever.
"i cant leave him" "bullshit,you want to leave him other wise you wouldnt of gone to the meeting" "its not that simple" "of course it is, you leave him, whack him with a restraining order and be done with him" "where do i go" "anywhere with me or bonnie" "do you want to leave him" bonnie ask "yes" "then kat's right pack your stuff i'll go get things set up and you can stay at mine" bonnie says "when is he going to be home" "in half an hour" "then just pack for the night and we'll figure something out for the rest of your stuff" i say walking with her to her room "this is a great apartment how much is the rent" i ask as shes grabbing her stuff.
"i dont pay rent i own it" "you or tyler" "me" she says i look around "im ready" she says as she swings a bag over her shoulder.
we leave and she locks up as were walking to the bus station i realise im going home alone to a dark apartment with nothing but the shadows i must of done something to betray my warriness because next thing i know i have to hands being slipped into mine "your coming tonight right" i look at bonnie confused "no of us should be alone tonight" caroline says i can do nothing but nod, my heart starts beating with hope that these girls may be just what i need.