Dear Diary | Chacha

Could've

~Chapter 109~
COULD'VE

Chases POV:
Oh my god oh my god. It's her parents- it's always been her parents. Her parents are abusive to her. Physically. Oh my lord all those bruises and cuts- every day! Every day she had new ones! It was never the alcohol and it was never Justin, it was them! How could I have not seen this?

She always wanted to get away from her parents, She's always making me stay the night, probably so her parents can't hit her, she likes going to school even though she has enough credits to graduate, she went to summer school for gods sake! How did I not catch this? Am I that blind?! Since the day I met her I knew something was wrong, she's always been off. I've known her for 8 years and my idiot self could never see this.

I should I seen this- I should have known! I could have stopped it. All this time... I'm so stupid... I should have seen the signs...

I quickly ran over to her and put my arms around her, I looked at her heard and it was bleeding

Chase: "are you okay? Do you need to go to a hospital?"
Charli: "im fine."

I put my hand on her head to stop the bleeding

Chase: "no you're not fine. You're head is bleeding"
Charli: "it's fine. This happens a lot. I always end up being fine"

A lot? Her head gets smashed into a wall a lot? She says this like it's a normal thing.

My body started shaking at the thought. She's been through so much that I never knew about, this is huge. This is a big deal.

I- I could have done something to help her? And I didn't. I never did anything.
I knew something was wrong, I always had the feeling. I should have done more.

Charli: "please please don't tell anyone about this. I can't have anyone finding out."

What does she mean I cant tell anyone? I can't tell the police?

Chase: "I'm calling the police"

I grabbed my phone bout she knocked it out of my hands

Charli: "no! I'm fine, okay??"

No she's not fine! This is a serious problem and I understand if she scared to say something so I'm not gonna force her too. What's also scary is not telling anyone and letting this continue to happen.

Chase: "how long has this been happening for?"

I'm gonna guess since before I met her...

she sighed

Charli: "first time I was hit, was on my 7th birthday... I just need you not to tell anyone, I'm almost 18 and that means I can almost leave. I can't go to a foster home now. I can't."

Her whole life she's dealt with this and I never knew....

Charli: "I got used to it after awhile so im okay now. It doesn't hurt as bad. I just need to know you to promise me you won't tell a soul? Okay?

I don't know if I can do that...
She's being hurt every day... her body is probably destroyed from the inside, how much more of this can she take?

I never understand why she drank so much... I knew it was because she was an alcoholic but I never knew why she was an alcoholic. To numb the pain I guess

Chase: "okay..."
Charli: "I want you to promise on our relationship"

Oh.

Charli: "I'm that serious... we're done If you tell anyone. It will ruin my future. Please please just don't tell a soul because I really don't want to break up with you."

I slowly nodded

I- I just don't know- I don't know what to do- this is so serious- this has been going on for so long, they deserve to be in jail.

Chase: "if that's what you really want... I won't tell anyone. But I'm not leaving you alone, ever."
Charli: "I can deal with them. I've been doing it for years. I don't need you to protect me"

Well what else am I supposed to do? Leave her alone to be abused? Forget that I've seen all this? I can't do that.

I don't know if it's my place to do anything but I don't know if it would be wrong not to do anything

My girlfriend has physically abusive parents. What do I do.

Chase: "I need to do something. Just let me do something."

I'm not gonna stand here and do nothing.

Charli: "you can pretend you never saw anything. I'm embarrassed enough."

Embarrassed? Why is she embarrassed that her parents hit her?

Chase: "can I take you to a hospital?"

That could head serious head injury

Charli: "I've had a lot worse then this. I'm good."

How bad does this get...

Chase: "when we turn 18, you're moving out. I don't care where but just out of here. The second you turn 18"
Charli: "that was always my plan."

Good... our birthday isn't too far from now... I guess I don't have to tell anyone. I'm just not leaving her side until I know it's safe. I won't let this happen to her again. Ever.

Charli: "can we both just forget this ever happened?"

I can't do that

Chase: "why did you never tell me..."
Charli: "for this exact reason. I didn't want you to be worried and now you are, and now you'll look at me differently."

Why would I look at her different.

Chase: "I don't see you any different."
Charli: "yes you do. You used to see me as your girlfriend and now you see my as the poor innocent girl who gets hit by her parents."

That isn't true.

Chase: "no. Now I see you as my girlfriend who's been through a whole lot more then I thought."
Charli: "so you don't see me as a victim?"

She's a victim of a lot of domestic abuse. But that's not what I see when I look at her.

Chase: "Like I said before Charli, you aren't a victim, you are a survivor."

She smiled and grabbed my hand, I pulled her up and when she stood up, she fainted-

A/n
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