Sabrina ; The next generation

Forty-three

Warning: domestic abuse

Adriana

During my free lesson, I sat in my dorm and worked on my homework from this morning in muggle studies. Two hours of it and we already had an essay due for next week.

Muggle Studies was a class I struggled with. Dad never taught me anything about the subject and if I wrote him for his help, he refused.

I used to ask Sabrina but I couldn't do that now.

As I sat on my bed, legs folded, and my eyes focused on every single page open in front of me, I heard fast footsteps and my body jumped when the door barged open, revealing Theo. His eyes immediately landed on me and he stepped inside, closing the door slowly behind him, then he let his bag drop to the floor.

"Theo... you're supposed to be in class, aren't you? I'm pretty sure you have–"

"What did you tell Sabrina?"

I frowned.

"What? I didn't– Theo, I didn't tell her anything. Did she say something?"

"She told me your dad is hitting you. Did you tell her that?"

I didn't know what to say. I didn't know how to calm him down when he got like this.

When I didn't answer, he marched over and threw all of my books off the bed. I looked down at the bed but he grabbed my jaw and forced me to look up at him.

"You look at someone when they're talking to you!" he snapped. "What did you tell Sabrina?!"

I gulped.

"I-I didn't tell her anything, I promise. She just... alright, she saw some of the bruises and she just assumed it was him after he slapped me that one time."<

"Bruises?" he frowned. "I always tell you to get rid of them. What are you trying to do, Adri? You're gonna get me into fucking trouble! Do you think my dads will let me stay in school if they find out?"

When I didn't answer, he let go of my jaw and instead slapped me across the face, causing me to tear up as my skin started stinging and heat up. I placed a hand against my cheek, trying to soothe it.

"Look at me."

I looked at him and he grabbed my hand, removing it from my cheek before he sat down so he could rub his hand against the spot he slapped, soothing the area.

"If they find out, we can't be together anymore." he said. "You don't want that to happen, do you?"

I shook my head.

"No."

He ran his hand to the nape of my neck and pulled me closer, resting his forehead against mine before he kissed me softly.

"I love you." he said softly and kissed me again. Then he looked at my homework on the floor. "What's that? Muggle studies."

"Yeah." I said quietly. "I just... I don't really know what I'm doing."

Theo got up and walked around the bed, crouching down to gather the stuff he had thrown down there. He put them back on the bed and made sure to lay them like they were before, then joined me.

"I can try to help you if you'd like." he offered. "Or you can wait until lunch and ask Breena. I'm sure she'll want to help, even if you aren't exactly on the best terms at the moment."

I looked at his hands as he scrolled through the pages in the book. Thats one of the things I first found very attractive about him. His ring covered hands and the veins that goes up his arms. I like his arms too.