Stranger

Luna

Today is the first day of senior year. I cannot wait to leave this hell hole.

"Luna!" I heard my aunt yell up the stairs for me. I groan and finished curling my hair.

"I'm coming!" I chanted as I made it to the bottom. Seeing my aunt waiting for me by the door I smile sweetly at her.

"I don't have time for your games Luna, i'm going to be late," She sighs. I walk out the door not answering her and wait by her car.

"Well let's go then," I said pulling on the door handle.

She unlocks it and I step in waiting for my aunt to start the car.

"Please be good, I do not need to be leaving in the middle of work to take you home because you can't control your anger." My aunt said pulling into the school.

"Pfft please, i'll be fine," I say sarcastically as I step out of the car. "I mean it Luna," I look at her stern look and smile, blowing her a kiss as I begin to walk away.

You're probably wondering why I don't live my parents. Well they're dead, at least to me they are. They used to abuse the fuck out of me and luckily one day my aunt got there before they practically almost killed me. Ever since then, i've been living with her. We live in California now.

I walk in and immediately spot my group of friends by my locker. I smile wide as I see my boyfriend, Zeke.

"Hi baby," He smiles as he gives me a hug. I hug him back and peck his cheek.

"Hey to you too," He smiles.

"Let me see your schedule!" Sarah exclaims as she rips the paper out of my hand, not giving me a chance to react. I laugh at her as she scans the piece of paper.

"Yay! We have 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th together," I smile at her and look towards Zeke.

"What about you baby? Let me see your schedule," I plead as I give him puppy eyes.

"You're adorable," He says giving me a gentle kiss on the lips. I smile into the kiss in satisfaction and grab the paper.

Scanning it, I notice we have only 2 classes together.

"Awe, we only get 2nd, and 6th together," I frown holding up his paper.

"That's okay, we can walk home together every day," I smile at his comment.

The bell rings after a couple of minutes and we rush to class.

"Fuck! I forgot my english book, i'll catch up with you," Nodding, Sarah heads to class.

Quickly, I open my locker and grab the book I needed. I shut the locker door and run towards class, sadly I end up bumping into someone.

"Sorry but I have to go!" I yell not even acknowledging the person I bumped into and head towards class. Today has been a day and it's barely 8:30

I walk into class and sigh once I see Sarah saved me spot next to hers.

"Hey, where's the teacher?" I ask sitting in the empty chair.

"Late I guess," She shrugs.

"Alright then," I look down at my phone and smile as I see Zekes name pop up.

Is your teacher late too?

It read.

Yup, kinda glad.

He doesn't respond and I shut my phone off. Soon after we all look up to see a sweaty and nerdy man. Mr. Parks.

"So sorry I'm late, please open your books to page 102 through 115." We all groan. "This will be the reading for the week, you'll have to give a report at the end of the month. Read carefully." He continues and sits at his desk, typing away on his computer.

"Can we have partners?" Someone asks. "Yes,but only in pairs of 2," Mr. Parks responds.

"Sarah, wanna team up?" I ask as I open the book. "Sure, should we study at your house?" Sarah asks. "Fine by me," I shrug and we stay silent. The reading couldn't have been any less boring.

The bell rings and Sarah walks with me to my next class. "Alright, here's my History Class," I sigh. "I'll come over later so we can go over the assignment," I nod and head to the back. Zeke walks in scanning the room for me. I smile wide once he spots me.

"Hey there," He smiles. "Hi baby, I missed you," I giggle.

"I missed you too, how was English?" He asks sitting next to me. "Ugh, we already have an assignment," I groan.

We continue talking until the teacher walks in. I really wish I could just stay home and sleep.

The day couldn't have gone any slower. We were finally in 6th period and I was more than exhausted.

"It's almost time babe, you'll survive," Zeke says as he's typing away on his phone. I squint my eyes at him and sigh. "Yeah whatever," I mumble. I can survive another 30 minutes.

I started to drift off to sleep only to be woken up by the bell. Fucking finally.

"Let's go Zeke," I yell from across the room. "Calm down, im coming." He says a little annoyed. Well my bad.

I go to grab his hand and he pulls it away. Sighing I pull out my phone and start typing away.

"Who are you texting?" Zeke asks stopping in front of me. "N-no one," I stutter. "Give me your phone!" He demands. I shake my head 'no' and he smacks me. We were in the middle of no where, literally.

He rips the phone from my hands and starts reading through the messages I had sent my aunt.

"Here," He shoves it to me and starts walking away. I hold onto my cheek a little longer and let a tear escape. Minutes later, we reach my house.

"Bye," He says and forcefully gives me a kiss. I slowly react and return it. He pulls away smirking. "See you tomorrow," He walks away and I walk into the empty house.

"Why am I even with this asshole?" I mumble to myself. I walk upstairs to my room and plop down on the bed.

Zeke and I have been together for about 2 years. He started getting abusive towards our 1 year. He was really sweet and caring and then one day, he snapped, slapping me in the process. He promised to never do it again and I believed him. Now he does whatever he wants. According to him, if I leave him, he'd make my life a living hell. I believe him enough to know it's true. He just might.

I let sleep take over.

"Luna! Luna! Luna!" I hear my name being called several times. "What?" I groan.

"We have to study, remember?" Sarah says barging into my room. I roll my eyes, I completely forgot about that.

"Oh Luna," Sarah frowns at me. "What?" I ask once again. "Your cheek, babe," She says sympathetically. I shrug and grab my book.

"Why do you let him hurt you?" She asks. "I don't, he didn't do this to me, I bumped into someone," I mumble. "Right.." She trails off.

I shrug it off and we get to work. The time read 10:45 PM and Sarah was getting ready to walk out my door. "Love you, please take care," she says referring to my slightly bruised cheek. "You know I try," I give her a cheeky smile. She walks out and I sigh.

"I really need to cover this shit up," I say to myself as I inspect the bruised cheek in the mirror.

I get into bed and just stare up at the ceiling, letting sleep take over.

I wish I could sleep forever and forget everything.