Things Are Rough All Over

Chapter 5: Hung Over

Warning: abuse will be mentioned in this chapter

Elena's POV

I woke up the next morning with horrible headache. I sat up and looked at the bedside table, seeing a note from Steve along with a glass of water and aspirin. I picked the note up and read it. 

Elena,

Soda and I got called into work this morning. I hope you slept well baby girl. We need to talk when I get back. If you're not at my house, then I'm sure I'll find you at the Curtis'. I'll see you soon baby.

~Steve

I smiled, setting the note down and taking some aspiring and drinking some water. I looked at the clock next to the bed and jumped up. "Shit!" I shouted, jumping up and grabbing my dress from the floor. "Elena, what are you doing? It's 9:00 in the morning." Eleanor said, rubbing her head as she walked in. I walked over to her and moved my hair out of the way. "Zip me up, I have to get home." I said, Eleanor zipped my dress and I walked over to the bed, sitting down to put my shoes on. 

"Why are you in such a rush to get home?" she asked, I sighed as I buckled the straps on my shoes. "Because if I'm lucky, I can sneak back into my house while my father is asleep. If I can't, well that doesn't matter. Tell Steve I'll meet him at the Curtis' tonight." I said, getting up and running out of the house.

I ran home as fast as I could, stopping to catch my breath when I got to the end of my driveway. Before I could fully catch my breath, the front door opened and my dad stepped out. "Get in this house girl!" he hollered. I gulped, slowly walking over to him. When I got within reach, he grabbed me by my forearm, yanking me in the house and slamming the door behind him. 

"Where the hell have you been, dressed like that!?" he yelled, I didn't say anything. He grabbed my hair and swung me closer to him I grabbed onto his hand, tears threatening to escape. "Answer me Elena!" he shouted. "Ow! Daddy, you're hurting me! I was with friends, I swear!" I cried out. He threw me to the floor and I hit my head on the coffee table leg. 

"You were out with friends dressed like that? You were probably out sleeping with the whole town!" he yelled, kicking me in the stomach. I cried out in pain, clutching onto my stomach. I heard him walk away, but I couldn't look to see where he went. 

I heard him walking back and went to get up, only to be kicked back down. My dad started hitting me with his belt, screams and cries escaping my mouth in between hits. I tried to crawl away but I couldn't, I could feel myself getting weak. "If you don't tell me where you were, I'm going to kill you." he yelled at me, I saw him grab something from the corner of my eye. I looked at him and he was pointing a gun at me. 

I heard the door open and someone ran between me and my dad, just as he pulled the trigger. Audrey fell to the ground, blood coming from her side. "Audrey! No!" I screamed, using all of my strength to crawl over to her. The last thing I remember was someone yelling to call the cops and someone tackling my dad to the ground, then everything went black.

Two-bit's POV

Audrey, Dallas, Pony and I were walking to Elena's house when we heard yelling. We ran up to her house and walked in, her dad had a gun on her and everything happened fast. Audrey ran and stood between them just as he pulled the trigger, Dallas tackled him and Audrey went down, blood seeping from her side. 

Elena used the last bit of energy she had and crawled to Audrey, I ran over and lifted Audrey's head into my lap. "Call the cops!" I yelled, Ponyboy ran to the phone. I turned back to Audrey and Elena. Elena blacked out and Audrey had silent tears coming from her eyes. 

"Stay with me Audrey. Stay with me." I said, running my fingers through her hair. Ponyboy ran over to me. "They're on their way. I told them Audrey got shot and Elena was beaten." he said, looking over at Elena. Dally was keeping Elena's father down. 

The cops arrived soon after Ponyboy called them. Audrey's mom rushed in first and two other cops grabbed Elena's dad, cuffing him and taking him out of the house. "Two ambulance's are on there way. Audrey, stay with me baby." her mom was holding her hand. Audrey looked up to her mom and smiled. "M-mom.. I love you." she said, tears sliding down her face. 

"Audrey Rose Jacobs, stay with me, don't close your eyes." he mom said, squeezing Audrey's hand and moving hair out of her eyes. Audrey's eyes closed slowly just as the ambulances arrived. They took Elena and Audrey out of the house, all of us close behind. 

"Two-bit, get in the backseat. Ponyboy and Dallas, go get Darry or Beth Anne." Sheriff Jacobs said, opening the back door of her police car. I climbed in and she shut the door. Ponyboy and Dallas took off for the Curtis house. 

Ponyboy's POV

"Ponyboy, you run ahead, you're faster than I am." Dallas said as we ran, I listened and started sprinting to my house. I ran in and hunched over to catch my breath. "Ponyboy, what's wrong?" Darry asked, coming over and helping me stand up. 

"Au-Audrey and... Elena. Hospital. Audrey got sh-shot. Elena's dad beat- beat her." I said in between breaths. Beth Anne handed me a glass of water and I gladly took it, drinking it fast. "Audrey and Elena are in the hospital?" she asked, I nodded, finishing off the water.

"Sheriff Jacobs want you and Darry to go to the hospital." I said, Dally walked in soon after and looked at me. "C'mon, we better go tell Steve." he said, I nodded and Darry grabbed his keys. "Y'all go tell Steve and Soda. We'll meet you at the hospital." he said, Dally and I nodded. 

"C'mon, we'll take my car." Dally said, walking over to his car. We got in and he drove to the DX. When we got there, Steve and Soda were standing outside with Eleanor and their boss. We got out and ran over to them. 

"Woah, what's up with you two?" Soda grinned. "Audrey and Elena are in the hospital. Her dad beat her real bad and Audrey took a bullet." Dally said, Soda's grin instantly fell, Eleanor was the first to the car. "Y'all go, I can close up shop." Mr. Wilkinson said, Soda and Steve ran to the car with us and we got in.

We drove to the hospital and found the Darry, Beth Anne, Two-bit and Sheriff Jacobs in the waiting room. "Are they okay?" Steve asked, looking at Audrey's mom. She stood up, crossing her arms over her chest. "Elena might have a concussion and Audrey is in surgery." Elena is awake if you want to go see her Steve, she only wants to see you and Audrey right now. Listen, before you go in, don't she doesn't remember Audrey getting shot. Don't say anything to her, the doctor said it might cause an anxiety attack and she doesn't need that right now on top of everything else." Sheriff Jackson said, I nodded and walked to Elena's room down the hall.

I walked in and she smiled at me, trying to sit up in bed. I walked over to her and gently pulled her into a hug. "Elena why did you go home? After what you told me last night I-" she cut me off. "What do you mean? What did I tell you last night?" she asked, I sat down next to her on the bed and took her hands in mine. 

"Elena, when Soda and I brought you and Elli back to my house after getting y'all from the party last night.. you told me about what your dad has been doing to you." I said slowly, not wanting to alert her in anyway. "Oh, my god... he's gonna kill me. Steve you can't tell anyone, please." she begged, starting to breathe heavy. I put a hand on each side of her face and made her look at me. 

"Elena, you're dad is in jail baby. He can't hurt you." I said, her breathing slowed and she looked like she was thinking. "What is it baby?" I asked, moving a strand of hair from her face. "Where's Audrey? I need to talk to her." she said, a pleading look on her face. "She'll be here as soon as she can baby. Can I get you anything?" I asked, she thought for a minute and nodded. "Can you contact Cherry and ask her to come up here?" I nodded and stood up from the bed. I leaned down, kissing Elena on the forehead and walked out of the room. 

A/N: Sorry for the long chapter, I was going to continue it until I saw it was already pretty long. Hope you like it.

~Tori