The Way Things Change

Chapter 1

I couldn’t believe what had just happened. I couldn’t believe he just did that. Why would he do that? He had never done anything like that before… Well, kind of. But never to THIS extend.

I couldn’t move. Or I didn’t want to move. With the smallest movement everything was hurting, even breathing was painful. I tried to look down my body and winced in pain when I pulled myself up to a sitting position to get a better look at myself.

My clothes were ripped and I could see cuts and bruises all over my legs, but that was nothing compared to my abdomen. It hurt like hell.

I just sat there for a moment, not aware of the time passing, not giving a damn about how I looked. So many thought running through my head I couldn’t see straight. My head hurt and I was starting to notice the tears streaming down my cheeks.

I shivered when the wind hit my body.

It had been such a good evening before this. We had all agreed to go out and have fun. It had been a while. And because the weather was getting warmer I had decided to wear a sexy dress, which I knew he would like. It was actually quite simple, but it was a tight fit, showing my toned body and my curves. I had always been uncomfortable when wearing tight fitting clothes, because, like almost every girl, I wasn’t satisfied with my body, but for him I liked dressing up.

And like I thought, he liked the dress on me, his eyes turning darker with lust when he looked at me. Keeping everything else simple, letting my hair hang in waves down my back and putting on a little light makeup I was ready to go, expecting it to be one of the best nights of my life. But it didn’t go the way I had hoped. Not at all. Turned out to be one of the worst.

I pulled myself up to get away from the alley he had left me in. I didn’t want to go back to the flat, knowing he would be there with them. He was too drunk to care. I just wanted to get away, away from him, away from everything.

I really didn’t care where I went, but I knew I had to start moving, if I didn’t want to freeze to death.

When the streetlight hit me I shut my eyes. My head was hurting like crazy. I couldn’t remember where I was or where to go to. So I just started walking. I heard a gasp coming from behind me, and soon after I felt a hand on my arm. I froze to the spot, afraid of what was going to happen.

“Are you alright love?” I heard a soft voice say. I looked in the direction where the sound was coming from. A middle-aged woman with a dog was looking at me; I could see the worry in her eyes.

“Come with me dear, we have to get you to the hospital” she said. My eyes grew wide with horror. I couldn’t go there, he would kill me if I said anything to anybody about this. So I did the only thing my body felt natural. I fled.

I didn’t know where I was going, my vision blurred by the tears. I could hear her scream after me, but I was not able to make any sense of what se was saying. My legs kept going, giving me the feeling I was flying. This is what I loved. I could just keep going forever.

Then I saw the light and everything went black.