Broken and Bruised (Riley McDonough fanfiction)

My Abusive Dad

Hey you guys, I realized that my last chapter was super duper short, I'm really sorry. I haven't gotten fully into detail with the story yet, so please stick with me. I'm not going to have dates for updating the story, I'll try to do it almost everyday. Well that was enough of me talking, enjoy this chapter.

My alarm clock woke me up. It wouldn't stop beeping. I rolled my eyes and turned to the alarm clock and hit the snooze button. I was really upset and worried of what would happen today. I walked to my bathroom and turned on the light. I brushed my hair and went downstairs to get a water then went back to my room. I picked out my outfit for the day and changed. I picked out some blue and black acid washed skinny jeans and paired it with my Before You Exit shirt and black Vans. I went back to the bathroom and brushed my teeth then got dressed. I put on a little bit of make up- some black eyeliner, mascara, and some chap stick. I straightened my hair.

Before I knew it, it was time to go to my bus stop. I grabbed my backpack and walked out the door and said goodbye to my mom. I was thinking of what people would say to me today. I have no friends, people don't talk to me. They're always so mean, I don't understand it, I'm not a bad person.

I put my headphones in and put on Sanctuary by Paradise Fears, I love them. As soon as I got to the bus stop, a guy said to his friends, "ew, the slutty hoe bag is here." I could hear it over my headphones, it hurt me. I fought back my tears. I didn't want to show that it hurt because they would tease me even more.

The bus finally arrived and I got on it as fast as I could to avoid all the hateful comments. I found a seat that was empty and sat there. On the bus ride to school, all the kids on the bus would mess with me. Threw things at me, said hateful things, and hit me. This happens everyday to me, so I guess I'm prepared for it.

School passed by quickly, but it was a normal day. A lot of rude comments were said, I got picked on a lot, and people pushed me into lockers. Once I got home, my dad was spread out on the couch with about 7 empty beer cans around him. My eyes widened at the sight. I was so frightened. So I tried running up the stairs, but my dad stopped me saying, "now where do you think you're going, skank?" I responded, "I just want to go to my room. Why? Is that a bad thing?" He said, "excuse you, you're going no where with that tone. Come here." I rolled my eyes and walked towards him, if I walked away, I know he would throw beer bottles at me or something. He started yelling at me, saying I'm nothing, I'm a waste of time and air. He was saying that I should kill myself. He said that no one likes me, which is true, except for my mom. Then, he started hitting me. He hit me hard. All that was starting to get to me.

I finally got out of his tight grip and ran to my bathroom crying. I pulled out my razor and I cut deep. I bit my lip just to rid the pain. I guess my mom heard me crying, or something, and ran to my room. She caught me, for the first time. She bursted into tears and ran to me and held me in her arms. She comforted me and said, "why, why did you do it?" I looked at her and said, "Mom, I've kept this from you for a long time now, and I hope you believe me." She looked at me with lust and said, "I will believe you, I promise." I said, "Dad has been abusing me for around 14 years, he abuses me when you aren't around, he abuses me when he's drunk, he abuses me when he's sobe. But it's worse when he's drunk." She looked at me stunned at what I had just said. She wrapped her arms around me and said, "I will get you away from him, I will get him in jail. I'm so so sorry that I never noticed it." She grabbed my bleeding wrists tight and said, "I love you so much, and I hate that you do this to yourself. Please stop, for me?" I hugged her tight and said, "I love you too, but Mom, I can't promise you I won't stop cutting, I get severely bullied at school, it's an everyday thing, I'm sorry." She kissed me on the cheeck and said, "would it make you feel better if I took you out of this school for the rest of the week until we move to Orlando and if I call the cops on your father for this abuse?" I shook my head and hugged and thanked her. And with that, she left the room to do what she promised to do.

Before I knew it, the police were at my house. They came to me and questioned me about everything he did to me and asked me if I had marks from where he hit me and I showed the policeman. He went to question my mom about it and she told them how she didn't know until now. But, they had proof that my dad abused me and they took him away. I got a little upset about it because my dad is gone but then I got happy because I won't get abused anymore. I'm going to be with my mom from now on, and I'm okay with that. I turned to my mom and said, "thank you, for everything. I love you so much. But I have a question, will you please divorce him? I know you can be with I guy better than him." She looked at me and I could tell she was in deep thought. She finally said, "you know what, I think I will. And you're welcome, I love you too, honey. Now what do you say, let's go out to a resturant and celebrate? Just go clean up a bit." I have the best mom ever. And of course I accepted.

The rest of the night flew by. Once my mom and I got home, we decided to watch a bunch of movies and eat a lot of junk food. I got really excited when I got candy. I love candy. I never ate this much in a long time. I actually kept the food down, I decided to not throw it up, it would make my mom upset. I knew that she could easily find out. It actually felt good to eat and keeping it down. I eventually passed out on the couch in the middle of watching the Hunger Games, I've seen that movie a lot. I haven't been this happy since I was little, all of my worries were gone.

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Hiya! I hoped you guys liked the chapter, I made it as long as I could. If you liked it, please vote, it'd mean a lot to me. And feel free to leave a comment :) this chapter took me all day to write, I ran out of ideas but managed to get it done. And I tried really hard to make it long. Thanks for reading. Have a wonderful day/night. Byee!

-Katie <3