Scarred For Life

Chapter 3

Calum's Point of View

I had just come back from a party. Party of the year for sure! My house wasn't far from the party so I decided to walk instead of taking my car and getting busted for drink driving. Luke, and Ashton took their chances and Michaels banging some chick.

I dumped Katie today also. I just feel the need to be single for a bit.

"See you later, mate" I said to Luke and Ashton as they drove off in their cars.

I walked down my very familiar street, I could walk past here blindfolded, that's how many times I've walked past here. I walked past the familiar alleyway that I was in quite a lot. But as I walked past there was figure sitting there. It was a girl, because she was wearing Ugg boots and there was a duffel bag next to her. She had her knees brought to her chest and her head was buried in them. I decided she could be my next girlfriend so I walked up to her. As I got closer I noticed she was crying.

"Hey don't you know you shouldn't be out here on your own" I say with a slight giggle.

She slowly lifts up her head and I notice who I'm talking too.

"Danielle?" I say with shock.

She gasps and try's to back up.

"Please don't hurt me! Please don't hurt me. Ow!" She says with such fear. I don't understand. She has a bloody nose that' s purple and blue, bruises all over her face. But that wasn't me.

"Jesus, Danielle what happened to you?"

She covers up her face " nothing happened, just hit me and leave"

I feel so bad right now. I feel like my heart has just exploded.

"No, tell me what happened"

She removes her hands away from her face and I look at her. She bites her lip before a tear falls from her eyes and she begins to cry. I can't just leave her here in a state like this.

I go over to hug her but she refuses. "I'm not gonna hurt you"

She looks at me concerned before letting me. I can hear her soft cries as she buries her head into my chest.

"Come on, it's cold" I try and get her up on her feet but she grunts in pain sitting back down. "what is it?"

"My stomach really hurts"

"Wait here" I get up and jog back to where I left my car. Fuck drink driving, I've not even had much, plus I can't just leave Danielle to die in the alley.

I park my car right in front of the alley. I jog back to Danielle and lift her up bridal style into the back seat of my car. I go back taking her bag and drive her back to mine. The car ride was silent, it wasn't exactly going to be all happy so I tried to make conversation.

"So what happened to you?" I ask her looking through the mirror. She stares out the window completely ignoring me. I sigh and just sit in silence.

We get to mine, thankfully in one piece. I go round to take her bag putting it around my body and then picking her up and to the front door. I opened it up, sitting her on the couch. I placed her bag by the door and went to the kitchen to get the first aid kit and a glass of water. I take out two aspirin tablets and handed them to her.

"Take this, it will help with your stomach pain" she looks at the pills then to me then back to the pills "I've not poisoned them ,just take them"

She takes them from my hand and swallows them down with the water.

I open up first aid kid cleaning up her blood, and then handing her an ice-pack. I sit down on the couch opposite her and stay silent.

"Why are you doing this?" She speaks(!)