It's not a Cinderella story

chapter 4

The belt hits my skin on last time before it falls at the ground near my face. Angelo makes her way over to the hidden cabinet near the sink before she unlocks it with her keys she has around her waist and starts grabbing the usual stuff. Painkillers and two pieces of paper towel . She picks the belt of the ground then shoves it in the cabinet before throwing the items she got for me at my head. She locks up her torcher department before walking out of my room, in to probably catch Tyler's performance.

I slowly and shakily get off from the floor and near the sink. I look in the mirror and to be honest I could have seen worse.My eyes are swollen and red, probably from all the crying and my shoulders have slowly raised welts on them. I turn around to see my back and its really not my favourite sight to see. My back is covered with welts, bruises and cause she so kindly decided to use the metal part,blood.

I slowly go threw the process I've gotten used too. I carefully wet one of the paper towels and press it to the top of my back. I repeat the same thing with the other one except on my lower back. I lean over the sink gritting my teeth as the coldness seeps threw my wounds. After about 5 minutes of doing nothing I feel my back start to numb and I slowly peel of the paper towels off and throw them in the trash. I plop a painkiller in my mouth and turn on the faucet so the cold water can come out. I cup my hands underneath it and swallow handfuls of handfuls of water tell the pill is down my throat and the dryness in it is gone.

I check my back to see the welts going down and the bruises turn a different shade of purple. The cuts stopped bleeding so no bandages needed. I pull on a black t-shirt and open my safe list. My safe list is basically when I count down everyday she has hasn't hurt me and funny thing is she hasn't brought the belt on me in two months, maybe that's why I just suddenly span confidence. I do a couple of stretches to see how bad it is and turns out it hurts more then it looks.

I let out a humourless laugh and shake my head. A couple more months then I'm eighteen, I think too myself, I can leave this place and then I'll be free. I pull out my keyboard and set it down on my bed sitting down carefully, I open up its cover and open the sheets to Für Elise but before I can play I hear a knock on my door.

"Coree you in there?" A crap Tyler. I move to fast, causing me to groan in pain.

"Yeah I'm in here what do you want?" Honestly I don't feel like his presence is the best thing I need right now when especially since I feel as cripple as on old man.

"Um I need your number" oh right the deal .

"Tyler, um, what are you doing here?" I hear the hags voice.

"I need her number" Tyler what the hell are you doing.

I hear keys rattling together and I quickly pull on a sweater just in case there's anything on my arms. She opens the door and in comes Godzilla and Tyler.

"Why does he need your number dear?" She asks me.

"Cause we have a da-" I don't dare let him finish that sentence.

"What he means is we have to discuss the date when Tyler will come in and perform with Birtha and Sydnie." I cross my fingers. Please believe me, please, oh, please.

"Is that true Tyler?"  she says turning her full attention on me. I shoot him a pleading stare and he gives me a small nod that could be mistaking as him nodding to her statement.

"Yes we're planning on going Friday, after she's done school, is that okay with you?" He turns his eyes on Angelo.

"Oh, that is perfectly fine dear, she'll just have to work extra hours on Saturday" she grins an extremely fake grin. I can read her expression saying 'it better be just that because if its anything different you'll get another chance under the belt.

"Okay I'll work Saturday." I go to shoo them out but Tyler grabs one of wrist and turns me towards him.

"Your number?" he asks I rip my wrist out of his grasp before very slowly bending down to grab my notebook.

"You play the piano?" I hear him say behind me. I quickly scribble my number down on piece of paper and shove it into his hands.

"Not the piano, the keyboard, now go away"  I successfully get him out of my room but before I leave the hag stays back and says

"don't you think about making any moves on Tyler ,him and Birtha are meant to be, they both have talent and looks. But what do you have?"

I reply what she wants to here "nothing."

"Exactly, I'll be back later." With that, she slams the door and I'm left to sink on my bed.

What did I just get myself into?

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After I hear the final door close, I hear a knock on my door. I quickly check my watch;

11:56 pm , just in time.

But the person who enters is someone I'd never expect to see at this hour.

"Can I talk to you?"

"Sydnie,  shouldn't you be at home? " I look at her with a confused face. She changed out of her costume into a white robe that barely fits around her waist. Her brown hair is pin straight down her shoulders and her make-up is off ,she looks, well,civil.

"I know, I said I wanted too talk to you plus Mom said to give this too you." She hands me a piece of paper with my chores for the night. Great.

"Okay you don't normally talk to me so why is it different?"

"Cause well it's an act, Angelo and Birtha are always mad at you so I kinda played along so she wouldn't end up whipping me like she does with you-."

"How did you know that." I cut her off.

"Because I saw her do it to you once and I bet she still does it."

I'm about to protest but she does have a point. "Okay fine but can we not talk about that, what do you want to talk about?"

Her face lightens up as if the topic of talking about what she wants to talk about is one of her favourites. "Tyler."

"Tyler?"

"Yeah Tyler I-I really like him and well I saw you guys talking during our performance and I just want to know now what you guys were talking about. Like were you talking about me or-or Birtha?" I feel extremely left out from her words. I mentally shake my head. You're a loser ,of course she wouldn't suspect that they were talking about you.

"Um, we were talking about him performing again but with a duet with you two." Well I'll plan on bring these topics up on our date-I mean hang out.

"Oh really well um I overheard you saying you and him are going to meet up and well can-can you please get in words about me" I never knew that she stuttered so much.

I suddenly come up with an idea "Don't worry I'll get him to ask you out."

Her eyes widened about the size of saucers.

" What you-you will?"

" Of course" I say with a smirk. He'll have to change my side of the deal.

"Yeah but well talk about this in the morning" I hold up the paper "I've got chores."

"Wait! before you go do you know what type of girls he like?" she asks.

"I think he likes the girls who don't cling to him" I say.

She takes that in to consideration as she exits my room. When I hear her leave I start to move. My back still hurts and I move slower then usual.

"Bye Coree!" I here her shout at the end of the hall.

Maybe she is civil after all.

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Sorry this chapter isn't very long I have tour tomorrow and I wanted to get some sleep and by tour I mean hand bells

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