~TW- abuse~
Leah bolted downstairs and ran out of the front door. She ran over to Richie's house and knocked quickly on the door, hoping Richie would be the one to answer. Thankfully, he did.
"Leah, hey." He said casually then he saw that she had tears streaming down her face. "Woah..hey, hey. It's o-" he was cut off by Leah hugging him insanely tight. He wasn't sure what to do so he rubbed her back in attempt to comfort her. She broke down in his arms. He slowly walked backwards his her in his arms so they could actually be in the house with the door closed instead of on his porch so everyone could see. They stood there hugging until Leah finally calmed down. Richie guided her to his room so she could fully calm down and they could talk without his parents interrupting. He stood while Leah sat on his bed, he stared at her in confusion.
"What happened? ...Leah?" Richie asked. He had no idea what happened. Was it her mom? Someone in her house? He had no idea. Leah looked up at him with dry, red eyes and explained everything. By the time she was done, he just stared at her in awe and she was tearing up again. She blinked back the tears though. She was not about to cry again in front of the Richie Tozier.
"I should get home..my mom is probably home." Leah said quietly, with a weak voice. Richie took second to take everything in.
"O-ok, just please call me if you need anything." Richie responded to her. Leah nodded and started to head out of the door, glad to know that he is there for her. Leah sulked back to her house, regretting ever leaving. If her mom was home, she would get yelled at and her mom may even take it further, she doesn't know. Her mom has only hit her once. Across the face in 7th grade. She doesn't think she could ever forget that.
She got home only 10 minutes late, but her mom acted as if it was an hour late. She was out with a "friend" and her name was Taylor. Leah and Taylor biked around town. Taylor knew what Leah's mom did, every part of it. Whenever Leah got in a fight with her mom or her mom yelled at her, Taylor was the first and only person to know. Since Taylor was another fake friend, she kept Leah out on purpose. And since she was late, her mom made sure that would never happen again.
As Leah walked onto her front porch she prayed that her mom wasn't home yet. To her luck, of course she was home. Right as she walked through the door she herd her mother yell her name.
"LEAH MCKENNA BELL WHERE WERE YOU?!?" Her mother voice echoed through the house. Leah scrambled to the kitchen where her mothers voice was coming from.
"I was at a friends, mother." Leah almost whispered out.
"Oh, is it a boy? I bet you're whoring around with him!" Her mother yelled. Leah's eyes widened, her mother has never called her a whore.
"No...I went because I was just upset over something that happened, that's all.." Leah said back to her mother. She was telling the truth, she just didn't say what she was upset about. Of course her mother didn't believe her though. Her mother got right in her face.
"Don't you LIE to me Leah!" Leah could smell the alcohol on her breath. Mother never drinks like this.. Leah thought. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she felt her mothers hand slap her across the face. So hard that Leah knew it would leave a mark.
"Now go to your room, you ungrateful child" Leah nodded quickly and ran to her room, tears were already seeping out of her eyes, but she couldn't let her mother see. Her mother hates it when people cry, especially her daughter.
Once Leah shut her door she pushed her back against it and slid down slowly, crying. She slowly gets back up and sulks over to her bed and lays down, wanting to go to bed to sleep away the pain. Once she calmed down slightly, she changed into pajamas and read a few chapters of a book. After reading, she went straight to bed. She started crying again and started slipping into sleep. This happened often, she would cry herself to sleep usually at least once every week.
A/N - we haven't seen much of Leah's mom so I decided to put her in a little bit. Hope you guys like the story so far!!
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Fanfiction"Does that possibly mean we're friends?" He say and looks at her with a goofy smile. She laughs and smiles back at him. "Possibly" she says. He looks at her and smiles even bigger, which Leah didn't think was possible. (Richie Tozier x fem) started...
