She Hides Behind a Smile

Think About It

Edward used Natalie for the remainder of the night, leaving her drenched in his smelly semen. Once he finally left her room, she slowly got out the bed and went to the bathroom. Her face was quite bruised up, all from being slapped with his hands and a belt over and over. She looked terrible.

"Get ready and don't be late, you little slut." Her uncle sneered out before heading downstairs.

"..yes sir." Natalie whispered.

Natalie closed and locked the bathroom door, whimpering in pure exhaustion and she held herself tightly. She sobbed softly as she turned on the shower, hissing and wincing through her teeth in pain as the warm water touched her bruised face. She grit her clenched teeth hard, and she felt a tooth chip and break suddenly from the force. She just spit the piece out and balled up her fists, and she fell down to her knees in the shower.

"Worthless... just like your mother." A voice whispered repetitively in her head.

The voice slowly grew louder before it because much too over whelming for her to handle, and she began clawing and scratching herself. Once she finished, she had then added to the collective bruises on her already. She was also bleeding more, and she didn't even care about the pain anymore. Natalie cried softly as she stood up again, and she turned the shower off once the blood was gone from her skin. Once she got out the shower she looked at herself, she stared at her marked body through the mirror, only to punch her fist through it like the mirror in her bedroom.

Natalie sniffled softly as she cleaned her hand of the blood, and she used the tweezers to remove the small shards from her hand and skin. She sighed deeply, then she threw the broken glass away, keeping a rather small piece for herself. Once she tended to her hands, she got dressed and put on her makeup like usual.

She went downstairs, feeling sick at the very scent of the food her uncle made. She teared up and started walking to the kitchen, seeing him smiling at her like a loving person. His deception made her sick.

"Good morning little Nat. I'll be having a nice talk with you once you get home today, so have a great day darling." He said and gripped her chin harshly with a deep chuckle.

"Y-Yes sir," Natalie responded in a quiet voice.

She wanted to provoke him in no way, so she forced herself to down some of the food he cooked. She smiled with tears in her eyes at him, then he slapped her with a smirk before shooing her off to school. Natalie hissed softly with pain, seething through her teeth as she held her bruised and swollen cheek while walking through the front door. She sniffled softly as she looked up, and froze while seeing Wendell walking down the street looking distraught.

She sighed and began walking to school, staying a ways behind him just to avoid speaking. She rubbed her face gently and whined silently in pain, and she nearly tripped over herself due to her lack of balance.

"Oh wow! The new kid looks so pathetic already!" A familiar voice sounded from behind her.

Natalie sighed and put her hands into her pockets, and Carieline walked up behind her with a smirk on her face. Natalie looked down at the ground, her entire body shaking as she felt the tall bully grip her shoulder and shove her against the wall beside the school.

"Let's see what you look like. Hopefully you aren't as ugly as a pig-"

Natalie squirmed and whined loudly, starting to cry as she pushed Carieline away from her. The bully scoffed and pushed Natalie down, and she punched her over and over in the face. Natalie coughed up blood from her bloody nose, and that's when Carieline ripped her hoodie off. She gasped once she saw who it was, and she started laughing.

"Wow! I never though I'd get the chance to fuck you up you little whore bag! Your friends and Wendell aren't around to save you now..." Carieline said while standing up.

She brushed herself off and began walking away, and she smirked widely while wiping the blood and makeup from Natalie's face off her fists. Natalie rolled over on her side, shaking a bit and sobbing softly as it began to rain. Her white shirt became drenched quickly, and she began staggering once she stood up. She spit out blood, and it was washed away by the heavy rain as she slowly walked to the school and people stared at her bruised face and wet body.

Most of the guys wolf whistled her way, smirking and grinning as she tripped over some of their feet. Once she fell, they gripped her arms and held her down to grope at her body before Wendell walked into the crowd. He stormed through the students with pure fury, and he picked Natalie up. Without a word, he took her to the locker room and hugged her against his chest gently. He was fighting back tears of his own.

"Natalie.. I'm so sorry I wasn't there to help you.." He whispered against her ear gently and held her closely.

Natalie wasn't able to speak, she just stood frozen and gripped onto his shirt. Her knees went weak as she hid her bruised face against his chest, then she began to sob and cry as she fell to her knees. She whimpered in pain, breathing heavily as Wendell held her body against him.

"Tell me... tell me what happened please. I want to help you Natalie.." He whispered into her ear and caressed the back of her head.

She shook her head quickly. She knew if she told anyone and her uncle found out, there would be things worse than beating and rapes waiting for her. Especially if he were to be sent to jail again. The people he knew, Natalie wanted nothing to do with it and nothing to go wrong for her. Wendell gripped her left shoulder and then cupped her chin to lift her head and make her look at him.

"Would you at least think about telling me?.. I won't tell... I just want to help..." He said as he held her cheek. He was gentle so he wouldn't hurt her.

Natalie looked down. She sniffled and closed her eyes tightly.

"Would you at least think about telling me?..."

The words played over and over in her head as she looked back up at him. She didn't know whether to nod or shake her head. She was thinking about it, and felt frozen and conflicted with herself and entire life.