The Peaches and the Thorns

Chapter 9

Recommend Evil by Melanie Martinez

Jakes Pov:

Drew told me his life story. He was just a kid when his 'father' started hitting him and he was verbally, mentally and physically abused. Turns out he was also bullied for most of elementary until he became friends with Liam and Henry.

I was also eternally grateful about how Sarah had helped him, I was surprised he even remembered all these little details, but then again, trauma doesn't go away...I should know.

Tears formed at the edges of the Magenta haired boys eyes and they slowly made their way down his pretty face.

When I had arrived Zoey was doing horrible things to Drew, it was disgusting. As Drew finished telling me his past I climbed on the bed, careful not to hurt him. I wrap my arms around his body and he buries his face deep in the crook of my neck. Ugly sobs were choked out and he just held me close.

We stayed like that for more than an hour until he finally pulled away, his eyes puffy and red. His hair a mess and his face had dried up tears. Light streamed through the window, me still on the bed. The light bounced off him, his golden brown eyes shined and his hair sparkled. He was so perfect.

I'm glad he's here with me and that his step-mom is going to do better and get Drew away from that horrible man. Maybe him and me could even move after our final years of high school.

I spoke up, "you might want to get a restraining order against Zoey," I chuckled, Drew smiled and looked at me with the most beautiful face I had ever seen.

I climb off Drew and tell him I need to go to the washroom, in reality I was a blushing mess and I was a bit...you know, down there. How could I not be? His smile was perfect, his skin flawless, his eyes full of compassion.

Maybe I was a bit obsessed at this point but I had followed him everywhere I could find him. Ever since he became my best friend or friend in general I had never been able to get him out of my head. 

For the rest of the visit after I had calmed down we had watched his favourite shows and movies until it was time for me to go. "Hey, next time I'll bring Milo, he really misses you!" I smile and wave him goodbye.

"You better bring him, tell him I miss him too. Bye, love you!" he smiled back and waved me off. My face heated up as I shut the door, he loves me? Probably as a friend but I'll take it. I walk back home and flop onto my bed, unaware of everything else around me.

I hear a loud crash from downstairs. The vents sure do make things easy to hear from my room, which isn't fun because I can always hear my mom and her boyfriend. 

Ten years ago is when my Dad passed, he threw himself in front of a bus to push a little kid out of the way, he was always so selfless. Helped everyone he could. Mom took his death harshly and spent most money on alcohol and drugs, but she finally realized that was a horrible thing to put me and Milo through and she stopped. She fixed her mistakes and became a pretty great nurse.

Two years ago however Mom had fully come to terms with Dad's death and she found herself someone new. This guy, Aiden, was pretty nice to her and us, he would bring gifts and cook for us. Take us out for food and would babysit me and Milo occasionally.

However... recently he has seemed off. For the past few months he's been more selfish, started smelling like whiskey, beer and weed. He has also been rude to my Mom more lately and I had been getting nervous about him living with us.

Another crash and a faded cry sounded from the basement. Now I was a bit scared, I trembled a bit before jumping up and checking out the sound. I didn't even get to think about how Drew might feel about me before I had to check out some weird crash sounds.

The basement door felt eery and my hand shook as I opened it slowly and quietly. I felt the floor boards to see where I would make a creak so I could avoid it. I pressed my weight into stair after stair, making close to no nose at all.

Another crash and a shatter followed up by a sob. The loud sound made me jump, the floorboards giving me away and letting out a loud creak. Shit. I peak around the corner, attention is turned to me. Lots of vases and glass is shattered around my bloodied mother. The sight made me want to puke. Books were also scattered, a pile stood next to none other than Aiden.

Was he throwing things at my Mom? Attention turned to me as I shuffled away from the problem. How do I save her? Her as in my mom.

Think, think, think Jake!! I scolded myself, there was a box that was labeled 'pots and pans' Good. I grab a pan off the top as footsteps near my hiding place, now muffled cries came from my Mom, tears streaming down her face and her hair in a tight bun.

Taking a pan from the box made it all shake and multiple clangs could be heard. Now Aiden was just a few steps away. I take my chances and pull a Rapunzel, swinging the pan and hitting my Moms hopefully ex in the head.

He passes out with a thump and I untie my mother from the chair she was tied to, I make sure she's ok before running upstairs, locking the basement door and calling for an ambulance and the cops to take care of Mom and Aiden.

My phone was dead so I had to use the home phone, my mom would be discharged from the hospital and Aiden goes into court in two days. He would be faced with multiple charges including a restraining order.

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authors note: sorry i have like no more motivation in this so im bouta start doing smut at this point... idk what to do anymore, also school is taking up lots of my time, hope u guys had a good leap day!! also TYSMMM FOR THE 7 VOTES AND ALMOST 200 READS!!!! feel free to comment suggestions and should I do other peoples povs? 1000+ words