A wounded soul (elmax story)

Chapter 2

Maxes POV

I hear a knock at the door and walk halfway down the stairs to see who it is. Nancy opens the door and there stands Ellie. Her left eye is swollen shut and the right side of her face has a gash in her forehead from her hair line down to her cheek. She looks physically exhausted. I run down the stairs and Nancy calls for everyone. I put my hands on her cheeks to make her look at me and she flinched hard. Oh no. Mrs Wheeler comes in and el collapses in my arms.

"TED!" Mrs wheeler yells and here he comes walking at a steady pace. He sees the condition of el and hustles to pick her up and carry her to my bedroom. Mike leaves as and Mrs wheeler takes off Ellie's battered clothes. There are so many faded and fresh bruises. I gasp when she takes off her shorts as I see blood on the lower half of her body. Mrs wheeler turns away and Nancy pulls me into a hug. He's been raping her. Beating her. He's been the reason she's been so off. He's the reason I can't go over to their house.

We clean el up and treat her wounds and leave her to herself in my room.

Els POV

"Get back here you stupid bitch." My dad says lashing me with his belt one more painful time. I cry out in agony and he chuckles. "I like to hear what I'm doing to you." He says grabbing my hair and pulling me up to meet his eyes. "If you ever slam that fucking door again, you'll never see the light of day." I nod and he tsks. "I WANT FUCKING WORDS." He says kicking me once in the face. "Yes sir." I say spitting out some blood onto the floor. He smirks and grabs the back of my neck pushing my face into the blood I just spit out. "I want it fucking clean. Now." He growls out and I nod but quickly recover. "Yes sir." I get up and go grab a towel and come back to see him standing there waiting. I get on my knees and start to wipe up the mess and he grabs my hair and makes me look up to him. I already know what degrading thing I'll have to do next.

"STOP." I wake up screaming, panting, drenched in my own sweat. Where am I?? I look around and take in my surroundings. I'm in Maxes room. I hear rapid footsteps and then in comes max. "What's wrong Ellie??" She asks grabbing my hand. Ellie, God I love that name. "Nothing, nothing. Why am I here?" I ask trying to hide my faint blush. "You don't remember?" She inquiries making my heart race. "N-no I don't, why am I here?" I manage to stutter out, feeling my heartbeat increase with each racing thought I have. They know.

"You showed up at the door bloody and beaten. Did your dad do that?" She explains making my face drop. God I'm such a freak. "No, I just tripped" I say shrugging trying to get out of bed. "No, no. You stay there. We don't need you passing out again." She says grabbing my forearms helping me to lay back. "I know it's your dad el. I told Mrs wheeler, the police are there now." She explains and my eyes widen. "Why the fuck would you do that??" I ask starting to get angry. "Hey, don't get mad at me. I did it to protect you." She snapped back at me making me sit up. "NO. THATS MY FUCKING DAD AND YOU DID IT FOR YOURSELF. HE FUCKING LOVES ME." I yell angrily making max scoff. "Do not speak to me that way. I'm not your fucking slave. I'm your friend. I tried to fucking help. So drop the attitude." She says starting to walk forward making me have a flashback.

"DONT FUCKING SPEAK TO ME THAT WAY." My father throws a beer bottle at my head hitting me causing me to fall and get a concussion. "Please. Please. Don't." I say as he walks towards me.

"El. Ellie. Look at me." I hear max say as she shakes me a little. I snap out of it and look into her beautiful green eyes. I love you. "You'll be okay. You're okay." She says cautiously wiping the tears I didn't know I let fall. I lean into her hand as she wipes them away. Please don't leave. "Do you want to sleep?" She asks me seeming somewhat concerned. I nod and she starts to get up and I grab her sleeve. "Please just lay with me. I-I'm scared." I whimper out and she nods getting up and changing into athletic shorts and her sports bra. "Let's lay down then Ellie." She says getting into bed and letting me lay my head on her chest. "Lights on or off?" She asks me and I shrug. On please. "Okay, I'll just turn them off. I have a nightlight right over there." She says pointing causing me to look at the little skateboard light plugged into the wall. I nod and she plays with my hair. "I'll wait for you to sleep first Ellie" I yawn and can feel my heart skip a beat. I love her.

I wake up in a panic. Pushing myself toward, panting, simply trying to breathe. My chest feels as if it's tightening and the room has a border of complete emptiness that keeps getting full. "hey, hey. Look into my eyes." Max says grabbing my shoulder making me flinch a little and gaze into her eyes. "You. Are. Okay. I promise you, I sleep with a baseball bat next to my bed and a pocket knife in my drawer. Bottom one, under my pair of green socks. I will protect you. No matter what el." I feel my heart rate return to normal.