The Damage Was Done

CHAPTER 9

I heard a light knock on the door "Ellie, breakfast is ready" I heard grace say I look out the window to see it was morning great another night with no sleep I got up and walked down the stairs to the kitchen I had to sleep in the clothes I wore last night not comfy "good morning Ellie, you're mum called and you have to go home straight after breakfast, Jakie will take you" grace says when I walk into the kitchen I sigh ofcourse she called grace "ok ms dovern" I replied and sat down not eating because I wasn't really hungry I waited for Jake to finish before getting my phone and walking to the car

me
I'm gonna die

Cleo 🐁🤍
how hungover are you

me
not much, my mum's gonna kill me

Cleo 🐁🤍
oh yeah forgot you snuck out good luck with that bae

me
thanks talk later

I turned my phone off and looked out the window while we drove in silence to my house as we pulled into the driveway I thanked Jake and walked inside my front door "Louise is that you?" Ryder asked "yep where's mum?" I replied ready for whatever lecture she has to give me "she's at work told me to talk to you when you got home" so mum's not giving me a lecture Ryder is great "you need to stop doing this L, the sneaking out the drinking it's too much and needs to stop" he starts "honestly we've had enough it's time to put you're big girl pants on and suck it up and stop the sneaking out, the drinking, skipping class, enough is enough, if you don't then mum will ground you and take your phone and if that doesn't work she says she'll think about sending you away to boarding school" he finishes, of course she's gonna send me away because I'm not good enough for her or for anyone I guess "you don't get it" I reply "but I do L, me and mum both went through it to" "it's not the same" I mumble "but it i-" i cut him off before he can finish "no it's not, don't you dare say it's the same thing, you weren't the one hiding praying that you wouldn't get found, you weren't the one beaten and stabbed by someone you trusted and loved because you weren't good enough for him, you're not the one that was in the hospital for weeks not being able to speak about what happend, you're not the one that can't even close you're eyes without remembering every single detail over and over again and you're not the one who is scared that any minute he could walk back through that door and finish the job, so forgive me for doing something that helps me feel like a normal teenager for 5 minutes" I say and walk up to my room I close the door and lock it I grab some clothes and went into my bathroom.

I was in the shower until my skin was a bright shade of red I was now laying on my bed in some sweats and a tank top I reached over to grab my phone off the table and went to my contacts.

me
hey you busy

Cleo 🐁🤍
yeah sorry I have a minute or 2 if you quickly want to chat.

me
nah it's fine

I got out of hers and went into another one

me
hey Jakie you busy

Jacob 💊🥰
not at the moment, what's going on

me
nothing just wanted to see if you wanted to hang

Jacob 💊🥰
I would love to but I have work in a couple mins sorry

me
it's ok talk later

I continued to scroll through my contacts I don't really talk to a whole lot of other people I came across one name and decided to click it

me
hey jerk you busy

asshat
is Louise Anderson messaging me

me
nevermind forget about it

asshat
hey sorry is everything ok

me
yeah I'm just bored you wanna hang out get a little wasted

asshat
yeah sure come over to mine mum's not here rn

me
ok be there soon

looks like I'm hanging out with Axel, never thought I'd be hanging out with him without being forced by our parents.