Forever Alone

Chapter 19 Love Hurts

Bella woke up really early which was surprising since she never did. She blinked a million times as her eyes adjusted to the bright light coming from her ceiling.

She grabbed her phone off her dresser and decided to text Calum.

"Hey I'm not going to go to school so you don't have to pick me up." Bella sent the message after briefly reading it over. She struggled to get out of her bed and then wobbled out of her bedroom. She made her way to her moms room to see if she was awake yet.

"Mom I'm not feeling well. Can I stay home?" Bella begged even though she realized her mom was sound asleep.

"I guess. Just go back to bed and leave me alone!" Bella's mom tiredly replied and drifted back into a deep sleep.

Bella flew back to her bedroom and closed her door. She felt fine and she wasn't sick at all, but she didn't want to go to school and have to wear uncomfortable clothing to hide her cuts.

"Okay so I have a few more hours until school ends and Michael comes over. Calum is still enraged with me. My cuts are still fresh and I have to wear a long sweater everyday until they heal. Shit! Michael will realize them. So will Calum. Fuck!" Bella thought to herself.

Bella lay on her restful bed and thought about how screwed she was.

She started thinking about Calum. What would Calum say about her self-harming. Bella was worried about Calum seeing them and she hoped that he would understand.

Bella was grateful that she didn't have to go to school but now she was reconsidering her decision. Maybe she did want to see Calum. He was the only one that would be able to help her out anyway.

Bella wandered around her house for hours doing nothing. She ate junk food and thought about Calum and Michael. She was scared for Michael to come.

She didn't care about being knocked out. Being abused. Or even being raped. She only cared about him seeing her cuts because she already knew that he would use that against her.

Bella's finger pressed down on the power button on her phone and it turned on. She looked at the time and realized that school had already ended just a few minutes ago.

In a little while she would see either Calum or Michael at her door.

Bella panicked and decided to tell Calum to come right away. "Please come over to my place after school. I sorta really need you." Bella texted Calum quickly.

Calum read the message and rolled his eyes. "So I can catch you with Michael again." Calum sent, telling Bella that he wasn't going to come over.

After Calum sent the message he realized that he should probably go make sure that Bella was okay. He didn't send Bella anything but instead he just planned on checking in on her. She wasn't in school so he knew something was wrong.

While Calum was walking he received another text from Bella. "Hey I know you are really disappointed with me but I honestly couldn't do anything about Michael being there yesterday. Michael is probably going to be there again today but I have no control over him. If you care about me you will come over to my house right now. I just can't tell you why." Bella wrote.

Calum raised his eyebrows. What did she mean? Calum had no clue whether she was in trouble or not, but he did care about her so he decided to go investigate.

Bella knew that even if Calum did show up, it would be to late. Michael was probably already on his way over.

Bella pressed her hand against her forehead and tried to think of a way to get out of this.

She was stuck. Michael was stronger than her by a lot. Bella thought that he could protect her when they were together. Now she was filled with fear and didn't feel protected whatsoever.

Suddenly, the door bell rang but the person behind the door didn't wait to be let in. Michael threw the doors open and barged through the doorway. "Hey babe. Ready to have some fun?" Michael smiled. "Wait. You don't have a choice!" Michael laughed and reached for Bella.

He wrapped his hands around her waist and threw her over his back. He made her miserable the walk upstairs and made sure to hold her extra tight. She could barely breath.

Bella felt her eyesight begin to darken until she was awoken by her body being thrown onto her comfortable bed. Her body enjoyed no pain for the one second. Then she was lifted back up and powerfully slapped across the face.

"Why couldn't I have just passed out while he was carrying me? I wouldn't have had to go through all this pain awake." Bella thought to herself.

She felt a fist against her jaw and she reacted by holding it tightly. Within seconds blood started flowing through her mouth.

Michael stood in front of her smirking. He started chuckling once he saw bright red blood escape from Bella's chapped lips. Bella started to feel sick and she hoped that her vision would go out any second but it never did. She waited and waited. Punch after punch. Slap after slap. She never passed out.

Bella await patiently for her body to shut down but it decided to stay wide awake. She rested on the bloody bed while being beaten to death.

Michael mumbled many words but Bella wasn't even able to make out one of them. Michael enjoyed watching her suffer and grinned every time she was affected by a hit.

Bella thought that she was going to be stuck with Michael for a while. She took in a deep breath and got ready for a painful night. She closed her eyes and waited for another punch, but it never came.

Luckily, someone rushed into the room and saved Bella from being abused again.