Beauty And The Bruises

I woke up and stretched the bruises on my shoulder blade hurting

My dad got angry last night and was about to hurt Ethan my little brother so I tried punching him

That never worked but I changed his aggression towards me instead boy did I get a heavy beating

I'm not weak nor strong but he said if I try to fight back he would hit my brother

And I've been trying to protect him since mom died

Being sixteen I can't even run and take my brother move into a house and live like normal kids

So I'm stuck here for two more years till I'm 18 and can move out

"EMMA GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE AND FEED YOUR GODAMN BROTHER"my dad yelled I sighed an quickly got ready

I covered my bruises with lots of concealer

My neck had choke marks all around it,my face had a huge round bruise that was turning purple the rest I could cover with clothes

Changing into skinny jeans and an off the shoulder shirt I realized I had a bruise on my wrist I quickly covered that as well hoping it stayed covered after I finished the cover up

I did my actual makeup

Black eyeliner over my eyelid,lots of mascara and the usually lip gloss

I sighed and grabbed my leather jacket carefully slipping it on wincing as I stretched some bruises

I ran downstairs to my two month old brother Ethan he was talking and could stand now I was basically a mother to him considering mom died when he was a baby and dad never watched him

No one knew about Ethan everyone thought my mom lost the baby and dad kept it that way he even told me to tell whoever asked that it was my son

Even though my dad had raped me numerous times he was extra careful

So that was a lie

A lie

I lie

That's all I ever do was lie

my friends thought I was living in a happy family but what they didn't know is that I went home to either be raped or beaten half to death

I grabbed my bag as well as Ethan's no I do not bring him to school just to his preschool

I just had to walk across the road for Ethan's preschool and then right around the corner where a coffee shop sits,across from that is my school

"Hi Angie" I smiled Angie is Ethan's preschool teacher and as far as she knew I was a teen mom

"Hey Emma"she smiled "and hello there little man"she gushed everyone loves Ethan no matter how annoying and. Fussy he is you just can not get over how cute he was

She smiled and before she could take Ethan from my arms he started to latch on to me tighter and when I un latched him he started to fuss

"Don't worry I'll be back after school I promise"I kissed his forehead and as if he understood what I said he calmed down instantly and started being cute again

"Bye Angie"I laughed and started to walk to school as soon as I made it to the coffee shop

Jenna and Amy came up beside me handing me a tea my usual

"So how was your night girls"I a smirked and they blushed a crimson red

The girls wanted to lose there virginity In the same night since there twins so Jenna went to marks house and mike went to Amy's

"Very we'll actually"marks said as he came up beside Jenna

"Indeed"mike said his arm going around Amy's shoulder I sped up since they were just going to make out right there in the parking lot of the school

I just thought it was gross I on the other hand have never had a boyfriend because apparently from what Jenna says "I have very high standards" wich is true I picture the perfect guy as tall,handsome,has a protective side,but only around me his sweet side shows and he's semi romantic but hey if I'm going to loose my virginity I want the perfect guy to take it

I walked to my locker in the corner of my eyes i saw that guys were drooling I loved having this effect on people I mean if I'm being abused at home why deal with it at school so I became popular actually it was pretty easy since if any body would bother me I would take the anger I had from home and use against the person who bothered me after a while of that I dressed nicer from the money I got from work (waitressing) I also was saving up for when me and Nathan leave which is hopefully soon

I sighed grabbing my binder I hated leaving Nathan but I have no choice if I skip my dad will no causing me another beating out of the usual smacks

Again I sighed and started to walk to class

mr jones was so boring he taught history which sucked because I was really tired from Nathan crying all night and history always put me to sleep

"Mr jones"I greeted and he smiled at me he was honestly the nicest teacher here my dad told him I had Nathan so he always gave me the class notes If I fell asleep

"I'm really tired today so I'm really sorry if I fall asleep" I apologized

"It fine I understand"he waved it off like it was no big deal

"Speaking of the little one how is Nathan"he asked he only knew him because he was also the therapist here and j visited while my dad was at work so I always brang Nathan with me

"Good"I smiled and got out my books just in case I don't sleep

"Oh speaking if witch I won't be coming tonight I have to do chores and groceries"I said honestly and he nodded he was a tall thin man with weird glasses he has some bald spots but he wasn't that old in my opinion