My Gladiator Family

Chapter 4

 ~ELLEN'S P.O.V.~

~A FEW YEARS LATER~

 Dad started going out more, coming home less. Some nights he didn't even come home. One morning, we woke up to see a note on the fridge.

 I've run away. Go live with Grian or something.

 -Dad

That's exactly what we did. We moved in with Grian and his mom. Now, he felt like a brother. We somewhat felt better without Dad..

 Now, we're in middle school. Mrs. Okami and Mr. Rowan continued to teach us at the middle school. Now, there's so many other students. Over 40. More and more people have begun to bully me, and luckily, no one knows.

 I was walking back to class, and saw Dom skipping class as usual. He was by his locker. "Ellen." he said. Chills ran up my spine, wondering what he was going to do now. I turned to face him, trying not to show I was scared. He walked up to me, and I backed up slowly. "Yes, Dom?" I said, trying to sound calm. He walked closer, I backed up more, until my back was against the wall. He smirked like he always does. He grabbed my wrist. I started physically shaking. He grabbed both my wrists and pinned me up against the wall. "You know, there's no cameras in the school.." he whispered in my ear. Now, I was terrified. I turned my head, and he grabbed my chin and made me face him. "Look at that pretty face.. It'd be a shame to.."

 He punched me as hard as he could. I yiped in pain. A bruise began to form on my cheek. I started crying. "Oh, don't cry.." he said as he pushed me to the floor. I tried to get up and run away, but he grabbed me and slammed my head against the hard, brick wall. He pinned me against the wall again. "Ya gonna tell anyone?" he said quietly, with that smirk still on his face. I shook my head gently as tears fell down my face. "Ya, that's what I thought." he said laughing. He let go and shoved me. I ran away as fast as I could to the bathroom. I washed my face, and gently touched the small bruise on my cheek. 'Ok, I accidently ran into a wall..' I thought. I finally stopped crying and as I was walking back to class, Taurtis was walking down the hall.

 "Ellen! The teacher thought you were taking your time, so she sent me to find you." he said as he began to quickly walk towards me. I nodded. "Hey, what happened to your cheek?" he asked, staring at the bruise on my cheek. "Oh, I wasn't looking where I was going and I walked right into a wall." I said slightly fake laughing.

 ~TAURTIS'S P.O.V.~

 "Oh, I wasn't looking where I was going and I walked right into a wall." she said slightly laughing.

She totally just lied.

 I raised my eyebrow, wondering what actually happened. "No, that's not what happened." I said seriously. "Ellen, what happened." "I told you, I walked right into a wall! I was day dreaming." she said sounding aggravated. "ELLEN, I know that's not what happened!" I said louder. She lowered her head and stared at the floor. I could tell she didn't want to tell me, but I didn't care. "Look, let's just get back to class, ok?!" she said more upset. Oh, no, that's not happening. I grabbed her wrist tightly, and she tried to shake my grip off. "Let go!" she said sounding upset. "Not until you tell me what really happened!" I said getting upset myself now. "Leave me alone!" she said louder. "NO!" I yelled. She continued to try to loosen my grip, but I'm much stronger than her. I saw her eyes starting to tear up. I grabbed her arms and pulled her closer to me. She tried to get out of my grip, but I held tightly. "LET. ME. GO!!" She yelled. I purposely let her go and she fell on the ground. I helped her up and kept a tight grip on her arms again. I forced her to look at me, and she tried to bite my hand. She's never been so aggressive before! I was surprised, shocked. I forcedly turned her back to me, wrapped my arm around her waist, and covered her mouth with my hand. She tried to scream, and I dragged her to the bathroom.

 I locked the bathroom door. "WHAT HAPPENED?!" I yelled. "NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!" she screamed. She was crying even more now. I blocked the door so she couldn't get to it. She fell to her knees. She screamed, crying. "DOM HIT ME!!" she screamed, her voice breaking.

 My heart CRASHED.

"WHY?!" I screamed angrily. "TELL ME!!!" "Because he knows I don't like him!" she answered quietly. She laid on the floor. I sat down on the floor next to her. I laid her head on my lap as I laid against the wall.

 He's gonna pay.