Someone, Somewhere

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We pulled into the drive, it was the first time we had this week we had with mums car in the driveway. I honestly didn't know what to expect, I knew there would more than likely be an argument of some description, but I didn't know how bad it would be.

"Come on, lets get this done and over with" Ben said helping me out of the car. He was looking forward to this as much as I was, I could tell.

We walked up towards the door, well hobbled in my case, and hesitated before opening the door. We were both greeted by a very angry looking mum and to our surprise, our dad as well. We were so fucked.

"What have you done now Jay-Ann?" Dad asked, he actually didn't sound to surprised or angry. So that was a first.

"Dislocated my knee, it's fine though. I went to the hospital and had it checked out and stuff" I replied shrugging and looking over to them. Dad was smiling and shaking his head and as for mum, she was scowling at Ben and me. There was gonna be a war, I could tell.

"What on earth gives you the right to stay over at someone else's house without letting me know?!" Mum practically yelled at the two of us, but her face didn't twitch.

"In all fairness mum, I did text you and let you know that we were staying at a mates last night. It's your own fault if you decided to ignore it like you usually do" Ben said in reply cooly, he was used to the arguments that we had with our mum. So was I, but him more so than me.

"And you're never at home anyway, so I don't see how you can get pissy at us for going out when your not even here" I added whilst hobbling over to the sofa.

She rose out of her seat pretty quick and walked over to me, literally inches from my face.

"What you gonna do? Hit me? Cause like that'll make an-" before I could finish my sentence her hand collided with my face. I simply looked at her and smiled, I wasn't scared of her and I never have been.

I saw Ben and my dad stand up and walk closer towards us, they knew I'd smack her if she did it again.

"Really, a bitch slap? Mum I thought you were hardcore, obviously not then" I said in my smart arse way and shrugging.

She hit me again, this time in the eye and I could feel my cheek split. I raised my hand to my cheek to check if I was bleeding and of course I was, there was no way I would escape that shot without a mark on me.

I looked at her and laughed, she looked confused. "Really? You're gonna hit me? Me of all people?" I was still smiling and laughing at her. Was she really so pathetic that she'd hit her own child?

"Sorry mum" I said quickly, dropping the smile from my face and hitting her back. She knew it was coming, it was inevitable.

"Louisa Jay-Ann Bruce!" Dad shouted at me, I hated it when he used my full name. "What? She hit me first!" I yelled back at him throwing my arms in the air and practically falling over, I'd forgotten about the crutches.

"Shaun, I deserved that. I had no right to hit her" she used that speech whenever we had a bust up, it wasn't very often, at least once or twice a year so it wasn't exactly major. Half the time they were my fault anyway.

"I'm going to my room and sorting my face out, sorry mum but you hit me first. Nice to see you finally Dad, nice to have you home" I said as I hobbled out of the lounge. I knew I'd have a black eye, I just knew it. I've gotta find some way of hiding it or covering it up before the guys get here.

"Jay, you need me to bring your stuff up and carry you? As you kinda can't climb the stairs?" Ben asked following me out of the lounge. "Yeah, please" I stopped and faced him.

"Can't believe you hit her back" Ben said picking me up and ascending the stairs, "I wasn't gonna let her hit me again and not do something about it" I said back to him. "You've kinda got a black eye, not a good one though, it's pretty shit to be honest".

I laughed as he carried me into my room and placed me on my bed. Ben sat next to me and asked "where are your glasses? You had them on earlier" shit, where were my glasses? "Oh bollocks. They're in Danny's car, I took them off before we got to the hospital" that explained why I couldn't see shit, i rummaged through my bag to find my contact lenses.

"Pass us the mirror and my makeup bag dude" I said to Ben as I found my contacts. He grabbed my mirror and makeup bag and sat down next to me.

I put in my contacts and examined the green ring that was forming around the bottom of my left eye and noticed a small split on my cheek bone, bollocks. I sorted through my makeup bag until I found my concealer and foundation. "Let's cover this bitch, and you're not allowed to leave because you need to tell me if you can still see it after its been covered" I looked at Ben and he just fell back onto my bed, "fine" he said bluntly.

It must've took about 10 minutes to cover up my green bruise until you couldn't see it, the only downfall was that my eye had gone slightly puffy and the slit on my cheek was now surrounded by a mouldy yellow bruise.

"Okay, it's covered and you can hardly tell. Can I leave now?" Ben asked impatiently, "yeah, but can I borrow some joggers because of mine are skinny and I don't think that they'll fit over the strapping" I asked in reply. I wasn't lying, the strapping was pretty extreme.

"Yeah, grey, black, navy or purple?" Ben asked standing up and walking towards my bedroom door, "erm... Purple please" I replied smiling at him, he nodded and walked out to his room, "thank you Benny, love you" I shouted after him.

Ben came back with his joggers and threw them at me before he turned to walk away, he stopped just as he reached my door and said "do you need help or not?". That's true, I never really thought about whether I'd need help or not.

"I don't know... I'll try to and if I need any help I'll shout you" I replied, he nodded and closed my door behind him. I managed to get the joggers on, it took about half an hour but I did it. Now I just had to try and get down the stairs, this would be fun.