Trust me~ Elmax

chapter 68: The bruises

Max's pov

After we watched the movie we decided to go to sleep. The boys went to will's room,el and i in her room.

"I'm gonna go change to the bathroom since i going  to brush my teeth as well,you can change here in my room if you want" el told me  when we got into her room smiling as i smiled back. I nodded

I already changed my pants,i took off my shiry and noticed some blood on a small bandage i had on my shoulder. Since it was cold i could hide that cut. A few days ago Neil came home really drunk as always

I don't know if you remember,he once beat me up really bad because he heard rumors  from school that i was a dyke. I guess an adult was talking about it to Neil in the bar he was at. It's a small town so

people at school call me a dyke like i mentioned before. Well,let's just say it happened again,he started yelling at me that if i was a dyke he would kill me,beat me up,same thing he's told me last time

he started yelling that he was ashamed of me because of the rumors and many other things. It wasn't only that reason,he takes his anger out of me whenever he's had bad day

at some point he smashed the whiskey bottle on my shoulder. That's why i had that cut on my shoulder. Before he could do more mom came home and stopped him

fortunately she didn't ask if i was gay because when mom started yelling at him to stop he started yelling about the rumors of me etc

Anyways,i kept stating at the cut for a while,having flashbacks of that day. I was so lost in my thoughts that i didn't hear el knocking on the bedroom door. Seems like she finished chanting and came back

"hey max,i knocked twice but you didn't answer so i got a bit worried-" she said as she walked in slowly

i automatically turned around facing her without thinking forgetting that i was shirtless and was only wearing a bra and my pants

she froze as she stared at me. After a second i realized that she had seen all the bruises because i wasn't wearing a shit and covered myself quickly but i was too late

she stared at me in shock,her expression broke my heart. I gulped and looked down embarrassed. I put my shirt on,avoiding eye contact. I knew the moment my eyes would  meet hers i would start crying because i coulr already sense her emotional without looking at her

she walked towards me after her few seconds of shock. "max-" she started but her voice broke. The way she said my name broke my heart even more. I felt so guilty for making her upset

"What is that?" she asked quietly. She wasn't angry at me but quite concerned. "nothing" i said looking down

she grabbed my hands gently. "what happened max?" she asked sadly. "may I?" she asked motioning about my shirt. I didn't want her to see me like that,ugly body full of bruises and cuts

she would be disgusted by me. I knew this would happen apparently,i promised dustin i would tell el but i wasn't ready yet

my dumbass zoned out and didn't hear her knocking on the door so she caught me shirtless and saw all the bruises

i nodded as she lifted my shirt and took it off. She trailed her hand on the bruises on my stomach but immediately stopped because she must've thought it hurt me

"w-who did this? Please don't say it's nothing/no one" she asked,her voice breaking. That's when i lost it. Seeing my girlfriend so upset hurt me. That's why i didn't want to tell her. I knew it would hurt her

I couldn't help but cry. She didn't hesitate a second before pulling me into a hug. I started crying more as she rubbed my back,she hugged me  tightly