Mars

Her secret

I wake up next to her and look at her asleep her shirt is slightly lifted up and I notice there's a tight metal thing going up her back and to the sides of her hips. She turns my way and opens her eyes and says "good morning" she gets up and makes us coffee then I ask "hey what's that thing on your back" she turns around with a sad look in her eyes "it's nothing" "hmm that didn't look like nothing" she turned around looking sad and then says "you really want to know" "yea I respond".

She walks to her bed and is in tears then turns around and lifts up her shirt and says here this is it I look down at her stomach she has big hips for being skinny and her hip bones pop out and one is way higher than the other and there's a metal brace going around them and her stomach is filled with bruises when she turns around I see her spine is very crooked and there's two vertical cuts one on each side of her spine as if she had wings. She turns back around and is now crying I pull her shirt back down. She lays down on her bed and starts crying I lay next to her and hug hero she turns towards me and says "I know I'm not perfect I'm twisted and deformed" I move closer to her and whisper in her ear " your perfect" she looks up smiling and says "thank you" "may I ask how did that happen to you""sure well when mama was pregnant from me the royals bombed the forest which spread radiation everywhere causing deformities in babies""what about your stomach those bruises what are they from" I ask ,"once the royals caught me and my parents and tortured me and killed my parents but I escaped and built this cottage and lived on my own""oh your pretty brave so those are battle scars""yes" she responds I suddenly feel bad my family "the royals" took away everything from her, her family her ability to stand up straight and play sports and she's in pain now because of us. "I'm going back to sleep if you don't mind" "ok I'll lay down then too" I move the pillows she turns over then gasps as if she's in pain and turns red then closes her eyes "what's wrong" I ask "it's nothing my back always hurts me I'm fine" then she closes her eyes "turn over to your side again" "ok?" She turns to her side and looks over to me "are you comfortable yet" "yes?" She responds, "dose it hurt if I rub your back" "no it actually helps" she responds, I begin gently rubbing her back it feels rough as if she went through a trauma her spine is so crooked it reminds me of a crazy train track I follow her spine with my finger after a while she's asleep then I fall asleep after.