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I sighed as I sat in the corner of my new room, looking at the walls littered with books and movies along with my desk and made bed before I put my head in my knees before tears ran down as my body shook with conclusive sobs while wrapping my arms around my knees. Donald and my mom had been married for weeks, and I recently found out three things. 1: He's a alcoholic. Beer cans have taken place of the Diet Coke and most of the drinks in the fridge. 2: He had taken control of my life. He always wants to know where I am, what I'm doing, and who I'm with. No way was I telling this man about Reese, so I made up I was at the library. 3: He is evil. That may sound like a exaggeration, but I am not lying. I was hanging out with Reese, and lost track of time. When I got back, he was MAD while grandma would've shrugged it off as me being "a teenage boy who needs to learn" and my mom would've grounded me for a day or two. No. Donald hit me. A hard, bruising, bright red, hit on my cheek. Then he claimed it was cause he "loved me." Oh please, drunk or not, we BOTH know that's a lie. I'm so glad Bree has makeup I can cover myself up with. I finally finished when I heard someone knock on the door.
"Chase! Open up, you moron! I have to pee!"
That would be Adam. My step siblings are... interesting. Adam will be caring one minute, and practically on my tail the next, while Bree couldn't care less unless it involved her. Needless to say, both of them had taken more of a shine to Leo.
I finally came out, much to Adam's relief as I grabbed my backpack and got in the car in between Leo and Bree while Adam took the passenger seat, shouting "Shotgun!"
When we got to the school, I went to my locker and practically threw my backpack in before turning to Reese.
"Are you ok?" She asked.
I nodded as I closed my locker before she grinned.
"I have something I wanna show you." We both walked into homeroom.
"What is it?"
"I'll show you at lunch. Also, after school, I want you to meet my family." She smiled as I nodded happily while she grabbed my hand gently.
After me and her both ate, we walked out of the school and we walked four blocks from the school to the train station.
"Look. Abandoned car. We can make this our hideaway!" She laughed before sitting down.
"It's beautiful, Reese." I smiled as I sat beside her in one of the seats while wrapping my arm around her shoulders while she leaned into my arms, whispering.
"I love you."
My heart lit up as I smiled, kissing her hand as I snuggled up to her.
"I love you too."
We took out a few seats and moved them to the other abandoned car before she looked at the time, smiling.
"Let's go meet my family."
She grabbed my hand as she took me a block down to a large white house with blue trim as she opened the door.
"I'm home!"
A younger adult, 19-20 ish came up and hugged her before looking at me.
"Who is this?"
"Chase. Relax, Roman."
He rolled his eyes as we walked into the main living space where Reese introduced me to the rest of her siblings and father. We spent a few hours together before it was dark and I decided to go home after another hug from Reese and a promise to continue working on the hideout tomorrow. I walked into our house only for the light to turn on and Donald walked in.
"Where were you?"
"I-I lost track of time." I insisted as he grabbed my ear tightly.
"You don't sound sure about that. Where. Were. You?"
"Let go!" I yelled as Donald covered my mouth while tightly gripped my cheeks as tears streamed down my face before he let go of my ear and mouth.
"I'm gonna ask you one more time. Where were you?"
"W-with Reese." I admitted as he finally let go of my ear, but gripped my arm hard as I had to stop from crying at the pain it brought.
"Did you skip school?"
"Y-yes." I whimpered as he gripped me tighter as he brought me to the kitchen where he was boiling water, probably for tea as he looked at me.
"I will not allow you to skip school, young man. Understood?"
I nodded as he plunged my wrist into the boiling water, making me scream and tears to flow down my face as I tried to escape what felt like hundreds of bees stinging my arms at the same time, but he only tightened his grip on my arm as he finally let go while I rushed to rinse it under cold water and get some ice on it.
"Don't stay up, brat." Donald told me as he went upstairs and I finished rinsing it before grabbing the ice and going up to my room and crying myself to sleep.