Her.

• EIGHTEEN •

| T O R I |

When I woke up , I seen my mom & dad , Mya , Marquise , Raelyn & Jordan , & Bryce . I sighed heavily knowing Mya called all of them
here . What would I even tell them ? I'm still confused . The nurse came in and gave me breakfast and she told me I'd be able to leave today . Mya brought me a pair of clothes and some more shoes . I had to wait until I was released though . " Tori... I'm glad you're okay." My mom smiled , rubbing my hand . My dad stood in the back and didn't say anything . " So you're not gonna say anything ? " I looked at him and he just stared at me .

Funny . "What else is there to say? This is YOUR decision , right , Tori?" He said walking out . My mom called after him and I just made her stop . It was embarrassing , Honestly. My mom kissed my forehead ," I'll call you soon , sweetie. " And ran after my dad . Marquise came up to me and looked sad ," What's wrong?" I asked . " Josiah is in the same hospital . His face is bruised pretty bad ." Mya said , patting Marquise's back . My lips curled . I didn't even know what to say to that.

Jordan crawled in the bed with me and laid on my chest . " You.... okay?" He said , touching my face . "I'm fine baby , I just missed you sooooooooo much." I smiled , kissing him all over his face . Marquise took Raelyn & Jordan out I guess because I was getting released . I started to put on the clothes Mya brought me but she walked in on me taking off my gown . I knew she would have something to say. " What am I supposed to tell your mom ? And Bryce?" Mya said , eyeing me down . I sighed , " I fell." I told her simply and she laughed .

"You..Fell? Right! And got a concussion , but wait! She only fell . " I laughed at Mya ," Your sarcasm is terrible . " She scoffed ," You're leaving him , right? " I sat there and my mind went into a completely different world . " What would I do ?"I asked myself. Mya walked out and closed the door . I snuck out and went to see Josiah but he was already leaving . I hid behind the wall . I'm not sure why but after he left his phone was still in the hospital room. I went over to the phone and it was buzzing so I answered it , "Hey baby, you comin over tonight?" A feminine voice asked.

"Baby?Who is this?" I asked curiously. The line went dead and before I could get out , I bumped into Josiah. I stared at his face for a minute and it was Blue & Purple all over. "Tori-- Let me just talk to you for a minute-- please..." I walked away from him and went home to get Jordan from Mya's house. Once I got home , I opened up the door and seen Jordan , Raelyn and Mya sitting down playing Monopoly. Jordan ran into my arms once I walked inside the door and hugged me tight.

Later on that night , Mya and Raelyn went home and I put Jordan to bed. I was about to go to sleep myself but there was a knock on my door. I went to open it and Josiah stood there with his brusied face and a bag of roses in his hand. I held on to the door tight ready to close it , "Tori... I'm really sorry. " I laughed and tried to close my door. The scent of alcohol was beginning to come inside my house. " Get out of my doorway. " I told him . He laughed and almost fell walking inside. "Get out , Josiah. I don't want you in here ." I told him . "JORDAN! JORDAN DADDY'S HOME!" Josiah yelled out. I pushed him in his chest , "Shut the fuck up ! You're going to wake him up. " I whispered. Josiah laughed and tried to kiss me , "Get out. Now. I'm done with you. "I said.

He grabbed me and pushed me inside against the wall and I hit my head. My vision got really blurry and I fell. Josiah walked up to me and I pushed him as I stood up . "Get Out! Go with your fucking girlfriend. " I told him . He smiled , "You find things out really fast. " He walked over to me slowly and bent his head as if he was going to kill me. Was he? I was knocked out my thoughts when he started to put his hands on my body and started to kiss on me . "Get out , you suck bastard. . . " I tried to push him off of me but he was way too big. "Come on bae... Let me hit that again. "

I was so disgusted , I ended up kicking him in his balls and running into the hallway. He caught me and pushed me to the floor. He sat on top of me and held me down tight. "You act so damn stupid , T. I swear. Stop fighting it before I have to hurt yo dumb ass. " I laughed , "I wish you would, you're such a pussy-- you don't have the balls to d---"

But before I knew it. . .

I was being punched in the face repeatingly.

I could hardly see anything. . .

He stopped.. Once he stopped I just laid there. It hurt me to my soul because I never thought that Josiah would do anything like this to me. We have history. So much history. Why did he do this?

What was I doing to myself?