My Protector

Chapter 1

            "Where have you been?" He screamed.

 

            "I was at a party. Calm down."

 

            "No. You were probably hooking up with some guy there. Weren't you?" He screamed again.

 

            "What? No! Why would I hook up with someone?"

 

            "I don't know. But just know that you're mine. Understood?" He said as his tall figure cascaded over my small one. His hands gripped my wrists tightly as he pushed me against the wall.

 

            I didn't answer him.

 

            "Understood?" He asked again with anger in his tone; his lips centimeters from mine.

 

            "Stop it Brian! You're hurting me!"

 

            "I don't care! Now kiss me!" He said as he slammed his lips against mine.

           

I woke up in fright as I tired to get these nightmares out of my head. The sad thing was that most of the time, these weren't just nightmares, they were a reality. They were a reality that I faced every single day. Dating someone like Brian wasn't easy. He wanted to control my life and for a short time, he succeeded. He was extremely controlling and he needed to know where I was every minute of the day. If he found out that I was lying or that I was doing something he didn't like, I would be punished. Bruises would be inflicted upon my body keeping me from ever showing my skin. I was embarrassed. This was something I didn't want to tell anyone. It was my secret and no one needed to know. And Brian had warned me that if I ever told, things would only get worse. I was scared. I couldn't just leave Brian, because if I did, he would hurt me more. But if I stayed, I would still get hurt. And so I stayed even though I wanted nothing more than to just get out.

It was a new school year and honestly I wasn't looking forward to it. It was my last year of secondary school and I just wanted to get out. I wanted to move away from Mullingar and go to college somewhere very far away.