Just another Day in High school

Hero

Shelby

I slowly walked into the house I called home. Tay had invited us to dinner, which I gladly took. River had gone home and I still could feel his lips on mine, soft and gentle, never rough like Ryan's.

"Dad I'm home," I called and was met with silence.

I walked up the stairs and into my room and found a very familiar sight, my dad on my bed. "You're late." I'm screwed.

I looked at the clock, 10:02, late by two minutes. Shit. "I was saying bye to Ethan, daddy I'm sorry." I said hoping that would help.

"So that bastard of a son of mine is at Taylor's?" Okay guess not.

"Yes."

"Good, maybe then he'd hear this and have memories." He stood to his full height and I backed up. "You know running only makes it worse."

He rose his hand and I flinched as his hand landed on my cheek. He gripped my hair and pinned me to the wall. "When will you learn bitch?" He wrapped his hand around my neck and I felt an instant cut of my breath.

"Ca- can- can't breath." I clawed at his hands.

"Good beg," he sneered. My mind became fuzzy as he squeezed tighter. I gripped onto his hand tightly and scrambled to breath. Right when I was about to die and spots danced behind my eyes, air slammed back into my lungs and I crumbled to the ground hardly able to move.

Pain bloomed on my side. I rolled and looked up at him as he smiled down at me. "You know better than to be late. I bet you were out fucking that Ryan boy who did that to you." His voice hit my ears and I looked into his eyes.

He continued my beatings over and over, for however long he seamed fit.

He left and my body ached as I crawled into bed. My voice gone from the screams I had let out and my body weak. I covered my body with the blanket and pressed the buttons on my phone.

Ethan

"Your phones going off, babe," Tay said accompanied by a moan as I kissed her neck.

"Whatever," I said as my hands ran up and down her sides. I heard it go off again and pulled back grabbing it from my pocket and pressed the talk button, "What?" I said rather harshly. Sorry cock block.

"B-bubby," Shelby's voice said quivering threw the line. She sounded on the verge of tears.

"Shell what's wrong?" My tone instantly changing.

"I hurt Ethan. All over I hurt." She let out a whimper.

"I'm on my way Angel, stay with me ok?"I said gathering my things.

"Please."

I kissed Tay on the forehead and ran out the door. I ran down the road and to the house that held my baby sister and the asshole of a father. I talked to her as I ran. She sounded like she was loosing her bearings on the world, with every word.

I ran up the steps and to the door throwing it open and giving a silent thanks to the coach for giving us those 5ks to run. I took the stairs three at a time and to the room that held my sister. I clicked off the phone as I opened the door. "Shell?"

I saw a lump under the covers and moved to the bed. I pulled the blanket off and rolled her body to look at me and heard her cry out as I did. "Bubby?"

"I'm here angel. I'm here," I said looking at her face. Seeing her lip re busted, dry blood at the corners of her mouth, bruises littering her arms and legs.

"Make it stop," she cried. I gathered her in my arms and walked out of the room and out the door. She clung to me for dear life and I had a haunting feeling that I know why she had her beating.