adopted by the sturniolos [ON HOLD]

5- day off + first fight.

⚠ TW: VULGAR LANGUAGE, AND ABUSIVE TRAITS ⚠
(DISCLAIMER: Audrey's past was a bit abusive, so that's why she is so scared and will have a hard time trusting nick again)

I've been hanging out in my room all day, I've completely forgotten my 4 days of homework I have to complete. Suddenly, nick comes barging in, you can hear my mom yell "Nick! Leave Her Alone!". Suddenly I hear a loud,
thud/slam kind of sound. I jump and I immediately turn around and I see nick. His face is slightly red of anger, his fists clenched together, his knuckles are white, it almost looks painful. We holds the 20 page stack of my 4 days worth of homework and slams it on my desk, making me jump again. "You little fucker, do you realize how much trouble your getting all of us in?!" Nick yells loudly, making me shiver and flinch. "Uhm.. no..." I say quietly, my voice is all wobbly and you can hear the fear in my voice. "Well, your going to get the whole house AND you in trouble if you don't finish this damn fucking homework!!" Nick yells loudly, slapping my cheek. I whimper in pain, holding my cheek, as I look at nick fearfully, a few tears slipping down my cheeks. "That's what I thought.." he mumbles angrily, walking out of the room and slamming my door. It makes me flinch again as he slams the door. I sit their, holding my cheek that has his handprint on it, probably slightly bruised. I tremble, tears streaming down my cheeks as I start my homework, as I hiccup, cry, tremble, and rock back and forth. "I never knew nick would be as mean as mama and papa, I can't trust him anymore, I just can't.. " I mumble quietly, as I continue my homework.

Skip 2 Hours Later
TIME: 12:48 AM (WAY past Audrey's bedtime, her bedtime is 10:00-10:30)

I finally finish the homework. I'm exhausted from crying and hyperventilating. I sigh, stacking the papers up, before standing up, walking to my door and stumbling out of my room, before walking over to Chris's room, slowly knocking. "C-chris..?" I mumble quietly. Me and Chris have to be the closest out of the 3. Chris opens the door, looking down at me. "Hey sweetheart, are you oka- holy fuck.." Chris says, bending down to reach my level, touching my chin and gently moving my face to the side to examine my red cheek with a handprint on it that is nicks. He frowns as he examines it, touching it slightly making me flinch in pain. "Who... who did this to you, Drey..?" He asks, turning my chin back to looking at me. "Uhm.. nick.. because I didn't finish my homework..." I mumble. He frowns, standing up. "Well, I'll have a word with him later.. come on, come hang out with me, if your okay with it, obviously" Chris says, taking my wrist, leading me inside his room. I follow him, sitting on his bed. He sits down beside me. "Can I just take another small look at your cheek, please?" He asks calmly. I nod, turning my face so he can examine it. He look at it, and caresses it gently, making me flinch. 'I'm sorry, Audrey, I don't know what nick was thinking, this never happens.." he says, hugging me as he sighs. I sigh in response, leaning onto Chris. He pulls me into his lap, as he lays down on his bed. I sigh, laying in-between his legs, snuggling into his stomach. He laughs a bit, stroking my hair. I get sleepy, and I cant help but slowly fall asleep.

Time Skip To The Next Day
TIME: 1:56 PM

I wake up in my room, I guess Chris moved me when I fell asleep. I shrug, getting up and walking down the stairs into the kitchen, to see my mom, my dad, Nick, Matt, and Chris. As Nick looks at me, I shiver and look away, my eyes welling with tears. "What did I do to you, Audrey?" Nick asks curiously, clearly forgetting yesterday. The red handmark on my cheek is still noticeable, and I ignore nick. "Ha, nick, like you don't know what YOU did" Chris says, glaring at nick. "Seriously, you need to fix yourself, do you realize what you did with our sister?" Matt asks, glaring at nick aswell. I find the farthest seat from nick at the table, and I sit there, looking at everyone and shivering when I look at nick. "You know what you did, nick, just say it" my mom and dad say, also glaring at nick. I could tell nick got really uncomfortable, so I guess he finally said it. "Okay, fine, maybe I did slap her, but it was the right thing to do! She didn't finish her homework!" Nick says, pointing at Me. "I did.." i say quietly, saying I finished my homework. "Nicolas, when you didn't do your homework, we took your phone away and grounded you, slapping someone isn't right, I don't understand how your twenty and you still can't keep in check" my mom says, shaking her head. "Whatever mom, I had a reason to do it, and even then, she would always forgive me, right?" Nick says, looking at me. Everyone now looks at me, waiting for a response. It's been about 1 minute, and I haven't said anything. Nick kicks my leg under the table, making me flinch, trembling in fear. "Ha, come on! Don't be a baby!" Nick says. "You don't remember reading her file? You dumb fuck" Matt mutters, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Uhm.. you know what? I'm going to do my homework" I say, slowly standing up, walking up to my room. Everyone watches me leave, and they continue to quietly fight about what nick did to me. I sigh, closing my room door, and starting my homework. About 30 minutes into my homework, I get tired and can't help but close my eyes as my head falls onto the table.

QUICK AUTHORS NOTE!!!:
so, unfortunately my school has started, and thats why it took me so long to upload this, so only one upload a week or every few weeks from now on, I'm sorry. 😔🤘🖤
Sincerely...
-Audrey