The Beginning of The End

Chapter Six

You jumped up and ran down the stairs tripping a few times and narrowly avoiding death on the way down. You were still in a sleepy haze and your legs were jelly, but you didn't want to make it any worse on yourself by being any later to breakfast. You were praying that Ms. Venable just forgot to wake you; 'I couldn't be that lucky, after all I did land myself in this shitty situation. but it's probably less to do with luck and more to do with my asshole father'. You tried to stop the thoughts about your father as soon as they came knowing you weren't ready to face the feelings of betrayal you felt.

You had to wipe tears from your eyes, walking into the kitchen hoping Ms. Venable didn't notice you'd been crying 'not that she'd care, heartless bitch' you thought. Ms. Venable was standing at the stove flipping pancakes, dressed to perfection as always. 'Normally breakfast would be done by now so maybe she woke up late to? maybe she didn't even try to wake me up yet?' You were torn between immediately apologizing or playing it off as if you'd done nothing wrong. However implausible the idea was, you certainly didn't want to remind her if she'd forgotten you were supposed to be down sooner. But you settled on playing it off; 'after all it is her fault, she didn't make sure I was awake'. However, you didn't have the courage to bring that up to her. After all you knew she was a force to be reconned with and for now you were on good terms, and you wanted it to stay that way; 'especially if it will lead to anything like what happened in my dream. What the fuck no. Shes literally the definition of crazy... sexy... but after all the crazy ones always are'.

"Ms. Venable, um good morning" you greeted.

"Good morning y/n, sleep well?"

'So far so good, stay calm'. "Um a ya I did" you said blushing her voice making you think of your dream.

"I figured; you didn't wake this morning" she said playfully.

'Shit, I am totally screwed' "ya I am so sorry, I didn't even hear you knock and as soon as I realized the time I ran right down here. I know I broke the rules, but I didn't mean it I swear!" you explained.

"Well darling" she turned to you smirking while setting out breakfast; "have a seat".You sat down fighting every instinct you had that told you to run, hide, do anything but sit Infront of the terrifying woman. You fidgeted picking at your hands, a nervous habit you picked up over the years. 'She was so calm, too calm, It's unnerving. Especially since she stressed, I would be severely punished if I broke the rules. She never told me what the punishments would be, but I guess I'll find out soon enough'.

Ms. Venable looked up from her meal realizing you hadn't touched my plate and firmly said "Eat". 'Maybe she isn't going to punish me, after all its the first time I broke the rules and really it's kind of her fault too for not knocking loud enough'.

Every so often Ms. Venable would look up at you, studding you and obviously admiring your assets. A subtle woman she was not. She got what she wanted, always, and right now she wanted nothing more than to hear you scream. You blushed and looked down every time you caught her staring. 'She couldn't know about my dream... right. of course, she doesn't know. But lord I can barely look at the woman. I'm so not going to make it through today.'

After breakfast Ms. Venable left the table and started on the dishes. Just as you thought you may have gotten away with it...

"Now y/n, you know I have to punish you" she said barely hiding her excitement. Your stomach dropped and you felt dizzy, but you managed to stutter out "I know Ms. Venable I'm sorry." You hope that apologizing was the right thing to do but honestly you had no idea what the woman wanted to hear.