Part 3
Hands wrapped around my waist and carried me away. I didn't know who these people were. I screamed and screamed and flailed my arms and legs. One of the guys hit me on top of the head. He wasn't strong enough to knock me out. I kept screaming and screaming. They threw me in the van. One guys pinned me to the ground. It was Eric. He went to my school.
"What the FUCK!" I screamed at him. He only smiled.
"Get off me you jackass."I said. He did. I got up and rubbed the back of my head.
"So Neela. Guess what?"Eric asked. I didn't reply. What was he up to? He socked me hard in the face. He cut my lip. I didn't cry. I could handle pain. I took a couple of seconds to put myself together.
"What Eric?"I asked.
"You punched my girlfriend. It's payback."He said with a smile.
"Yeah, how did she repay you? Oh I know. Your slut slept with you right?"I asked laughing. He punched me again.
The car jerked to a stop. I looked outside and saw that we were in an abandoned lot. Great. He grabbed a fistful of hair and dragged me into the dirt. I knew what was coming. I readied myself.
He kicked me in my ribs again and again. I swear I heard a break. For some reason he didn't touch my face again. He kicked me in my ribs till he was tired. My stomach hurt like hell. Blood came out from my mouth. Ugh it tasted like copper.
He bent down and whispered in my ear.
"Watch it bitch."He said. He kicked me in my back a couple of time and left. I could hear the tires squeal as they left. That's when I cried. I hadn't cried the whole time he beat me. I stayed like that for five minutes. I wiped the tears away and got up slowly. Every movement caused me to gasp out in pain. It hurt extremely bad. I pulled my shirt up and saw that my torso was bruised black and blue.
I was able to find my way out of there. I walked own a main street and followed it to a Wal-Greens. I went through the doors and looked for gauze. I went to the cashier. Luckily I still had enough money to pay for it. He looked worried as I limped my way out of the door.
I sat on a bench outside of the door. I thoroughly wrapped it around me making sure there was pressure. A tear escaped when I finished. The wrapping helped a little bit as I got up. I looked in my wallet and found a few quarters. Even though I was mad at him I need him. Three rings later and he answered.
"Hello, Rikki here."He said.
"Rikki."I said. There was a pause on the other line.
"Yeah."He said.
"I need you to come and pick me up at the Wal-greens on Division."I said trying so hard not to cry.
"Yeah, I'll be right there. What's wrong?"He asked. I heard him in his car in the background.
"Nothing. Can you please just hurry."I hung up the phone before he could ask any more questions.
A few minutes later he pulled up to the curve. I tried really hard not to limp or flinch when I moved. I gave him a fake smile and walked slowly to the car. I mentally flinched. It hurt so much. I GOT IN THE FRONT SEAT AND GAVE A DEEP SIGH. He didn't drive.
"I'm not going anywhere till you tell me what's going on."He said. Ugh he was going to find out one day or another.
"Can I stay at your place tonight?"I asked him.
"Yes but will you tell me when we get there?"He asked.
"Yes."I said. Still looking out the window. He hadn't seen my face yet. We arrived at his place a few minutes later.
"We're here."He said taking his keys out of the ignition and getting out of the car. I opened the door. It took all of my energy to get out the car and follow him.
We walked quietly to his room. His parents either aren't here or asleep.
"Can I use one of your shorts?"I asked taking my sweater off.
"Yeah."He went to one of his draws and pulled out black ones. He threw them at me. I wasn't able to catch them and they landed on the floor.
"Can you give me some privacy so I can get changed?"I asked
"Sure no problem."He said leaving me alone. When he left I slowly pulled off my pants. I fell on his bed. I was able to maneuver my way out. After that I pulled off my shirt slowly. I had a muscle shirt under it. I pulled on the shorts.
I got up and turned on his lamp. I pulled the muscle shirt up to my chest and unwrapped the gauze. It looked worse than when I first saw it. The bruise covered everything on my torso. It was ten times darker.
I didn't hear when the door opened. I heard a gasp and looked up. It was Rikki. He looked at the bruises that covered me.
"WHAT THE HELL!?"He yelled running at my side. He didn't know what to do. His hands didn't want to touch it. He looked at me with tears in his eyes. That's when I saw it. That's when I saw that he cared about me. That he would be there for me. I looked at him. He was hot. His blue eyes looked like water in the sun. His lack hair blended with night. His muscles shown through his shirt. When he looked at me I knew he was thinking the same thing. I leaned in towards him and we met in a kiss. It was sweet and nice. I couldn't get enough. He moved towards me more. We were pressed up against each other.
I tried to ignore the pain, but when he was on top of me I couldn't help but gasp.
"Shit, sorry."He said quickly getting off of me and looking worried.
"It's fine."I said as a tear escaped.
"What happened?"He asked. I paused for a few moments.
"When I left you guys at the mall I got lost. It got darker and out of nowhere someone grabbed me and beat me. I couldn't see their face but they kicked me and kicked me. It lasted for a while. I'm just happy nothing else happened."I said not looking at him.
"I can't believe this!"He said.
"I know. It's going to look worse tomorrow. I can't face my aunt. I can't go to school like this."I said.
"Hey, look at me."He said. When I didn't he put his finger under my chin and leaded my face to look at his.
"Everything will be ok. You can stay here till it gets better. I'll have my mom right a letter to the school explaining that you'll be out for a week. As for your Aunt. Well she wouldn't care. I'll just tell her that your spending the night because my girl cousin is here. She actually will be coming here. My mom won't know that you're here. She doesn't care really."He said.
"Thank you Rikki."I slowly moved towards him and gave him a kiss. It lasted a long time. We were able to get to a spot where I was laying on my back. His hands were holding him up so he wouldn't touch my torso. It got hot and steamy. It was wonderful.
"Okay let's stop before I my ribs break further."I said laughing. He hesitated but stopped kissing me. He rolled over so we were side by side. He pulled the blankets over us and slowly put his arm over me. It didn't hurt. I was able to fall asleep like that. I was glad that I didn't dream last night. I still needed to figure out how Sam and I shared a dream.
