Be Mine

S E V E N T E E N

Mason's P.O.V
{ lots of abuse }
I rest my head on the wall next to my bed. I tapped away at my phone trying to drown out the sounds of my father yelling at this girl he brought home. Emma was at Jennifer's house because I found it much safer for her to be at her friends place and not risk getting hurt. It really worries me how bad my dad is getting.
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I stared out of the window looking at the oval. There was a volleyball team practicing. It was much more amusing than learning what 568y + x equals.
" Mr. Clark, would you like to explain the concept?" Mrs Rogers said, snapping me from my thoughts.
" Um, no," I simply answered.
" And why is that?" She said, raising her eyebrow.
" Because, I'm not listening and I think I am never going to use this in my life!"
Mrs Rogers sighs and turns back around to the board. I looked around the class to find 80% looking at me smirking or giggling. I feel accomplished. The bell rang signalling us to leave for lunch. I packed up my things and went for the oak tree where my group sits. Jade was sitting there on her phone talking. I take a seat and pull out my apple. The only thing I have for lunch and the only this I have had for the whole week. My dad got fried and now we are living off bare essentials. O can't even take showers. I last took one two days ago. I use my aftershave but it won't last forever.
Beth came rushing over and plonked her stuff on the ground.
" Hello," I said looking at her smiling.
" Hi," she said and went back to her phone. She looked really upset. She tried calling somebody twice.
" Are you okay?" I ask.
She looks up and nods slightly and goes back to her phone. I raise my eyebrows and glance at Jace. He shrugs and goes back to eating his food. She is tapping rapidly at her phone.
" Beth you look distressed," I say placing an arm on her shoulder.
" JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" She says shrugging my arm off.
Beth gets her book bag and runs off.
Jade follows behind her quickly. What did I do wrong?
Jace is staring in the direction they ran. We both gave each other concerned looks.
" What was that about?" He asks, putting away his half eaten doughnut.
" I don't know actually. She looks so upset and stressed."
" Yeah, I saw something on her phone."
" What?"
" She was texting dad and she said something like ' I don't know if she made it ' or something. Do you know anything about that?"
My eyes widen. Was Beth talking about her mother? Had her mother died at War?
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I unlocked the door to my house. Emma was sitting on the couch looking frightened.
" What's wrong Emmy?" I asked taking a seat next to hear.
" Daddy told me that you are going to get kicked to the ground because you didn't buy him beer yesterday or clean our room. He also said that we barely have any money in our bank. I never seened him so mawd!" She said looking at me with sad eyes.
I gulp down the lump in my throat. He is gonna kick me tonight. How hard? All these questions were swirling in my head until I heard his voice.
" Hello Mason," he slurred, stumbling towards me.
" Good evening Father," I say as sweetly as possible, hoping for him to soften up.
" You may know we don't have much money on our bank."
I nodded. I moved my hands in a motion towards the kitchen. Emma noticed and runs into the kitchen.
" Well, maybe with one less person in the household we might be able to live!"
I could feel hot tears swell up my eyes. He- my dad want me dead? Faster than you could say ' pickle juice ' a strong fist swung at my stomach. It was so powerful. I fell to the ground. He kicked my stomach. I coughed up a small pool of blood. He kicked me three more times. I coughed up a little more.
Then he took my arm and grabbed his cigarette. He pressed it on my arm, giving me a burn. I grit my teeth, trying not to scream in pain.
He unbuckled his belt and started to hit me reportedly in the stomach. I could feel my body getting limp. My eyes keep going in and out of focus. My eyes started to close slowly. Each hit made me weaker and weaker until I was no longer conscious. 
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Ooooo Cliff hanger 😱 what do you think will happen next? Leave a comment and a vote as this took me an hour to write! Hope you enjoyed - Renee ❤️