"Kins, are you okay?" I hear a voice ask me.
"Y-yeah, what happened?" I answer in a question while rubbing my forehead. I am now laying on my bed with an icepack on my head. I look up and see that it was Cole sitting there next to me.
"I told you something and then you passed out on the floor hitting your head on your desk. Your lucky I am here right now. Who knows what else might've happened." I hear Cole say while taking a relieved breath in and out, slowly.
"Oh. Okay" I say while sitting up slowly and taking the icepack off of my head. I take off the blanket and sit on the edge of my bed. "Is it true, what you told me?"
"Yes, it is Kins. Like I said before, I would never hurt you" he says while getting up and walking over to where I am sitting and sits down next to me.
"How can I trust you, you got on top of me and gave me a hickey. You forced yourself on me and I couldn't move. I was scared. Why did you do that, even though you already told me? But was it the truth?" I ask him while taking both of my hands and interwine them.
"I did it to protect you Kins, I don't want him to hurt you again, and that is the goddamn truth" he says while looking into my eyes. I can see the hurt and scared look in his eyes. He is afraid that he will get hurt, not me. He just wants to protect me from all things bad.
"Why didn't you just get me a promise ring or something? That way it could be something simple"
"I wish I could've done that, but then you would have accused me of being a rapist and just throw it away" he says while tilting his head down and stares at the floor.
"Your right, but what you did wasn't right. Again, I was so scared. I thought I was going to have a repeat of what happened last night, I don't know what to do anymore. I am afraid of going to your house now Cole. I am fricking scared and I can't tell anyone else about it!!" I start to say while hearing my voice get louder. I stand and then wrap my hands around my waist. God, it hurts so much!!
"Trust Me Kins, we are going to do something about this, but we have to keep this to ourselves until my dad leaves for his trip in the morning. Then we will head back to my house and head into his office to see what he was up to. Okay?"
"Okay. But first I am just gonna go to my bathroom and put on some clean clothes. Since this outfit is trashed anyways" I say with a little bit of fake laughter. I head into the bathroom and take off the dress.
I stare at myself with only my lingerie on, revealing the black and blue bruises. They make me so insecure and sick. I get down on my knees and vomit into the toilet. I lean back and wrap my arms around my waist again. Before I knew it, I was crying again, and they won't stop. Then I hear a knock at my door. I stop myself from crying and wipe my tears away. "Yeah, Cole?"
"Are you okay Kins?" he says with a worried sound in his voice.
"Y-yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I spit out, lying to him.
"I know your not okay. Can I come in?" he asks me.
"I-I'm not decent. And I just now realized that I don't have any clothes with me to change into"
"Will you please just open the door?" he asks nicely and worriedly. I stand up, grab a towel nearby and wrap it around me. I open the door slowly until it reveals Cole standing there shirtless and with a shirt in his arms. It was his. Of course.
Screw this, I slowly take off the towel and grab the shirt that he was holding. When the towel fell down to the floor revealing my messed up body, Cole just stares and looks at my bruises. I try to cover them up but it was too late. He has already seen them. He walks closer to me, but still gives me my personal space, gets down on his knees and looks at them closely. He wraps his arms around my waist and then presses his hands onto my stomach. I can feel the tears fall down from his cheeks. I release his grips and get down on my knees next to him. I grab my dress and put it back on quickly.
I press my hands onto his cheeks and wipe away the tears that were falling down on his face. He stares back at me and then gets back up and rubs his hands through his hair. "I can't believe that he did this to you Kins. We have to report this Kins!" he exclaims at me.
"I want to, but he told me not to. I'm just as scared as you, I want to, but we can't" I say, getting back up and walk towards him.
"We are going to have to say something eventually. We can't keep this a secret forever. What he did was illegal."
"I know! Don't you think I know that, I want to report him. But nobody will believe me. I am just a teenage girl, plus your dad is loved by everyone here."
"That's...understandable. But you do have a witness..me! They will believe you Kins"
"How would they believe me, they would think I'm just a girl who cried rape just to get your father's money" I say while waving my hands in a sarcastic way. It is the truth. Nobody would believe me.
"Not if we don't show them your bruises. And the evidence that is on your phone. Why did you take those pictures if your not going to show anyone?"
"What is with all these questions, shouldn't you be at home spending time with your family right now?"
"I am just worried about you Kins, something illegal happened to you and I want to be here with you. Also, I have spent 18 years with my family, I think they can live without me for one night. Ok?"
"Okay, but can we head to bed before waking up everyone else in the house? It is almost 2am" I say while looking at the clock on my wall and then back at Cole who is now sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"Of course, but don't guarantee that I will fall asleep. And you probably should change out of those clothes" he says while pointing to my outfit.
I realized that I am still in my birthday dress. Wow, we talked for so long that I did not realize that I was still wearing the dress. I go to my dresser and pick out some more comfortable to wear. I go to my bathroom, slide the door all the way to cover my bathroom and change into my outfit. I ignore the bruises and pain and head back into my room.
When I get back into my room, I see Cole laying there on my bed, sleeping. Of course he is. I let out a small smile and head towards my bed. I plug in my phone to charge and get under the covers. I lay in my bed for a little while letting my restless eyes close into nothing but blackness. I hope I don't have that nightmare again. I can't have another restless night.
"Don't tell anyone about this, or else."
"...Also, happy birthday Kinsley.""
"N-No. Please...S-Stop!"
"No.."
"Happy birthday my sweet Kinsley..."
" Kinsley, wake up. Your having a nightmare" I hear someone say while jolting me awake from my sleep. I sit up quickly and take a few deep breaths in and out. I put a few strands of my hair behind my ears and rub my eyes, realizing that they are wet from the tears.
"I just want this to stop" I say while letting a few tears run down my face. I feel someone move towards me and pull me in close to their chest. They wrap one of their arms around my shoulder and don't let go. I wrap my arms around him and just keep on crying. They rub my back until I calmed down enough to stop crying. I remove my grip from their waist and they keep their arm wrapped around my shoulder.
"It's going to be okay Kins. It was just a dream" they say while rubbing my shoulder gently.
"It wasn't a dream Cole, it actually happened" I say while feeling a few more tears forming and dripping down my eyes, then to my cheek and disappearing into the blanket. I wipe away the tears and then take a couple of deep breaths again. I calm myself down a little bit more and lay back down with Cole's arm still wrapped around me. I turn towards him and move in a bit closer to him. He wraps his other arm around me and we both stare at each other for awhile.
"Are you sure this is okay?" he says while wondering if he could keep his arms wrapped around me.
"Y-yeah, its okay" I say stuttering a little bit to his answer.
"You sure?" he asks me one more time, calmly.
"Yeah" I whisper a little bit more confidently. I move down a little bit and rest my head into his chest. He gently pulls me in close and keeps his arm wrapped around my waist. I close my eyes again and fall asleep again knowing that I am protected by the one person who knows what is going on right now. We both feel asleep right away and got a somewhat restful night's sleep.
Cole left early in the morning before I woke up. But he did leave me a note on the other pillow next to me.
Kinsley,
I had to leave early this morning to go back to school. Sorry that I didn't wait for you to wake up and give you a proper goodbye. My dad went on his business trip and won't be back for a week, so you will not have to see him for awhile. I am so sorry that I can't be there for you. Once school is over for you in a couple of months, we will take down my dad before he hurts anyone else. I will let you know what goes on in my school to keep our spirits up. Remember that you still have my crazy sister to keep you company. You are strong and will make it through this okay? I miss you and care about you so much. Write back if you want to. It would be cliche, but I'd like to hear what you have to say about your Spring formal. Let me know if you go with anyone. Have fun and I will see you again soon.
I will see you again soon. Miss you,
Cole ;)
I read the note again and laugh a little bit at some parts. I fold up the letter and place it in a drawer for nobody else to read. They don't need to read about my personal. For now, I am just going to live my life normally until he comes home from college and visits for the entire Summer. It is only a few more weeks of freedom for this man and then he will be in jail. He will not hurt another person in his life. And I will finally be able to live my life without him around. Sunday goes by fast and before I know it, it is time to go back to school.
I go take a quick shower and then I look into my wall mirror when I get out. I realized that my bruises are slowly starting to fade back to normal. I am so glad that I took pictures of them when they formed. I dry myself off and change into my clothes. I plug in my curler and wait for it to heat up. I blow dry my hair and go put on my white ankle socks and white converse while I wait.
When I got back to my bathroom mirror I start curling my hair. After 20 minutes or so I am finally . I put on a little bit of and then go grab my turquoise backpack. I make sure all of my school stuff is in my backpack and grab my phone off of the charger. I see a few messages from Farrah saying that she is waiting downstairs in our kitchen. Man, how does she get ready so quickly?! She always wake up 15 minutes after I do. The world may never know. I put my phone into the back pocket of my jeans and then head downstairs to of course, Farrah sitting in our dinning room, eating a doughnut.
A chocolate doughnut with sprinkles.
Her and her doughnuts. Plus, I love the she is wearing today. It really describes her well.
"Seriously Fay? You and your doughnuts" I say chuckling and walking towards the plate of doughnuts. I go to grab the other chocolate doughnut and I felt Farrah slap my hand away from it.
"My doughnut! No touchie!!" she exclaims while grabbing the other one. Man, she is acting like a five year old right now. I don't know how Cole does it. I feel sorry for him, he has to live with her for life. I rub my hand for a few seconds and then go grab a different doughnut.
"Ouch! And fine, I'll just eat this plain glazed doughnut you weird doughnut freak" I say while grabbing the glazed doughnut and take a bite.
"I may be a weird doughnut freak, but you love me too much" she says with her mouth full and a smile on her face. She isn't wrong. I love her to much. And I am so glad that we are friends. We finish our doughnuts and then head out to the car. My mom finishes buckling up Ashley and goes to the passenger seat. Wait, what?!
"Um, mom. Aren't you suppose to be in the driver seat? Since you are, oh I don't know, taking us to school?" I ask confusingly while pointing to the empty drivers seat.
"Nope. I want to help you learn how to drive to school, since you are going to be getting your driver's license soon" she says while buckling up an closing the passenger side door. I hear Farrah get into the seat behind me and buckle up. I get into the car and give my backpack to Farrah. I set my phone down in the cup holder besides me and buckle up. I put the seat in the most comfortable way that I want it. I take a deep breath and start the car. As for knowing about how to drive the car, I know all the safety rules, starting and fixing the car, oil changes and the rules of the road. The only part that we haven't done yet, is the driving part.
"Just take it nice and slow okay?" I hear my mom say while instructing me in a calm voice. I do as she says and I slowly make my way to the school. I park the car in the parking lot and turn off the ignition. "You did well honey, before you know it, your going to be able to drive wherever you want" my mother says while patting my shoulder gently.
I turn around give her a smile and then unbuckle my seat-belt. I give her a quick hug, grab my stuff and then head out towards the school. I watch her back out of the parking lot and disappear behind the school. I take a deep breath and then head inside for whatever is going to happen today.
"Ugh, Math class was so boring today. And I think I failed the surprised quiz Mrs. Finch gave us. I swear, I think she hates all kids" Farrah says to me. I didn't listen to half of what she said. I was just daydreaming about the note Cole left me this morning. I feel someone touch my shoulder which broke me out of my daydream and turning my head towards them. It was none other than and her posse. Her and her group rule this school somehow. They are just your typical, average mean girls. Just like Regina George and her friends. The only thing their missing is an Aaron Samuels.
"What do you want Evelyn?" I say to her nicely. I regret saying that now. I really don't want to hear what she has to say. I don't think anyone does.
"I want you to leave. These are our seats" she says while pointing to these chairs.
"Um, Evelyn, your name is not on these seats. Plus we have been sitting here in these exact seats since the 8th grade" I hear Farrah say while moving her tray aside and putting her legs on the table and crossing her arms.
"Ugh, whatever. You can keep them anyways. We don't want to catch loseritis" we hear Evelyn say while blowing us a kiss and walking away with her friends.
"Yeah, ew" Evelyn's friend replies.
"Gross" the other friend says, which is none other than .
"About time. I really didn't want to hear it" I mumble in a low voice that only Farrah can hear.
"You got that right. Now, shall we finish our food?" she says while putting her legs down and putting her tray back in front of her.
"Do I even need to answer that?" I reply back while grabbing my hamburger and stuffing it into my mouth like a weirdo. Farrah and I laugh for awhile, finish our food and then go throw away our trash.
"I can't wait for our study period, I will be able to catch up on my sleep" Farrah says while grabbing her backpack.
"That is all you ever do, shouldn't you use it to study for our Chem test? It is right after our study period" I reply back while grabbing my stuff as well. We head out of the lunch room and head out to our study period. We are lucky that Chemistry is our last class of the day.
"Nope, I am just going to wing it and hope for the best"
"Can I at least give you a few pointers on how to at least get a passing grade this time? Winging it is probably not the best thing to do."
"Ugh, fine. You are such a nerd"
"I may be a nerd, but you love me too much"
"Of course I do" Farrah says while wrapping an arm around my neck and pulling me close. We reach our study period and go sit down in our seats and hopefully study for our Chemistry test.
After an hour of studying, our study period ends and we head to our last class of the day. Chemistry class. Once we all got there, we go sit down and are now waiting for the chemistry teacher to arrive with our test.
"I hope he shows up, if he doesn't come then we just studied for nothing" Farrah says while crossing her arms and laying her head down on them.
"I hope he does to" I sigh while tapping my pencil quietly on the desk. After a few more minutes, our teacher Mr. Briton shows up with our test in a manila folder. About time, we were just about to ditch and go sit outside while waiting for the bell to ring. You got lucky Mr Briton.
"Is everyone ready for our Chem test?" Mr. Briton says while grabbing the test out of the envelope. We hear the unison sounds of everyone groaning at the same time. Farrah puts her head up quickly and groans with the rest of the class. Mr Briton hands out the test and we pick up our pencil and hope for the best.
The bell rings an hour later, we all put down our pencils and go hand in our tests. We head back to our seats, grab our stuff and head out of the classroom. I am so glad that test is done. I hope Farrah did well with a little bit of studying that we did in our study period. We head outside and wait for my mother to arrive. After 15 minutes of waiting she comes and picks us up. She pulls into Farrah's and Cole's home and drops her off. Farrah waves goodbye and wave goodbye quickly. I close my eyes and take a deep breath when I see her enter into her house.
I just can't go back into that house, just not right now. I keep my eyes close and before I knew it, we finally arrive back at home. I get out of the car and head inside. I go grab a snack and then head back upstairs to my room. Once I get up to my room, I turn on my TV and my Atari. I select the game that I want to play and ended up playing until it was dark. I grabbed myself something small to eat from our kitchen and then sit on our table.
"Did you have a good day at school sweetie?" I hear my mom say while walking into the kitchen and grabbing a drink from the fridge.
"Yeah, we had our Chemistry test today. I helped Farrah study a little bit. Hope that studying paid off"
"That's good. And let's hope so. I don't want you to spend Summer alone without her."
"Yeah, you got that right. Well we should head to bed. It's getting late" I say while getting up and putting my plate into the dishwasher.
"I agree. Goodnight sweetie. Love you" my mother says while planting a kiss on my forehead and then walks away to her room.
"Love you too" I reply back while heading upstairs to my room and get ready for bed.
Once I get back upstairs, I get ready for bed. Have a long week ahead of me, and a week long of freedom until Cole and Farrah's dad comes back home on Saturday. Once I put on my comfortable pajamas I go to my bed, pull the covers over me, put my phone on the charger and head to sleep. After an hour or two I was startled by a knock on my door.
"Who in the world could that be, besides my mother and Ashley. My brother went home this morning. So who could possibly be at my door at this hour?" I think to myself.
I get out of my comfortable bed, slide my slippers on and head towards my door. I rub my eyes and put my hand on the doorknob. I open it slowly and reveal the person who was knocking at my door.
"W-What are you doing here!?!" I exclaim to the person while putting my hands on my mouth. Why is he here?! He shouldn't be here and how did he get in without waking anyone up?
"Did you miss me, my dear?" I hear the person say while moving his mouth slowly, revealing a devilish grin on his face.
The person who is standing in front of me right now was none other than the man who ruined my life for good.
...Cole and Farrah's dad.
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