Your Love Changed Me

Chapter 4: Getting Hurt

A/N: Hey guys!! So I just want to say that this chapter is a little bit brutal. Just to warn you! 

I hope you still enjoy it though!! 

Also thanks to FictionalMashups and delightfully_dark for helping me with names for the others and just being super awesome friends!!!! :D I love you!!! <3 

Enjoy the chapter!!! 

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Astrid's POV


It had been 7 weeks since I started at the school and met Liam, and Hiccup, and I've met a few others as well from other classes. The girl with the black hair that sits on my left side in History is Heather. She's head cheerleader and a lot of guys are after her. Than comes Ryan (Ruffnut) a girl. Although, Ryan suits her, she's very tomboy and always with and messing around with her twin brother, Tyran (Tuffnut, and yes this is a real name, FictionalMashups and I discovered it! :) lol). Than there's Firmus (Fishlegs). He's a nerd and loves his book and information about anything and everything. I honestly don't even know how I ended up hanging out with them. I think part of it was Hiccup. He hung out with them so I started too as well.

 My mom had gotten a new boyfriend, again. This time his name was Max. He was nice. But all of them were until I got to know them better. She met him at a bar. Of course. That didn't surprise me. I had come home one night to him at my apartment with my mom and questioned who he was. My mom told me and I gave him a smile and went to my room. 'He's just another one.' I thought. 

  Liam and I were still together. To be honest I didn't want to be anymore. But he's threatened me multiple times and I've been to scared to do anything. He started abusing me more. Hitting me mostly, sometimes kicking, and he has full out beat me a couple of times because I still wouldn't sleep with him, and I don't plan too anytime soon. I had so many bruises and I tried covering them as best as I could. The last thing I needed was people asking me about them. 

My mom has lost two of her jobs because she hasn't been showing up, or if she did, she was hungover. This meant we would probably be losing our apartment if I didn't get a job soon. A full time job now even, part-time won't cover the payments we need. I've been cutting back eating. I would eat at school and that was about it. I had to do what I needed to to pay for the apartment. Full time job and full time school. I barely slept. 

I was starting to get weak, and I could feel it. 

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"Astrid....Astrid....Astrid!!!" I heard and shot my head up from my desk. I looked around and everyone was staring at me. "Please don't sleep in class." Mr. Collin said. He was my math teacher. 

Hiccup and I had all the same classes, and sat beside each other in all of them too. I could see him looking at me from the corner of my eye. 

"I'm sorry." I said opening my notebook and started writing what was on the chalkboard. Mr.Collin went back to teaching. I started feeling myself wanting to fall asleep again. I jumped a little when I felt the vibration of my phone. I took it out and looked at it. 

H: Why are you so tired?

A: Didn't sleep. 

H: Again?

A: Just working a lot. 

H: We're talking after school. 

A: Why?

H: Because I'm worried about you. 

A: Don't be. I'm fine.

H: Astrid. We are talking after school. 

A: Okay. 


The bell rang for the end of class and I headed to my locker and put my books away and took out my biology text book for my next class. Liam came up behind me, making me jump. 

"Hey babe." He said. 

"Hi." I said. He kissed the back of my neck. 

"What are you doing?" 

"Getting my books for 4th period." 

"Wanna skip?" 

I looked at him. "and do what?"

"What do you think?" 

I turned around and pushed him off me. "No. How many times do I have to tell you I'm not ready." 

He grabbed my arms tight and pushed me against the lockers. "and how many times do I have to tell you that I'll do it anyway." He said to me. I glared at him. 

"You haven't bothered yet." I told him.

"Just wait. I'm waiting for the perfect time." He said. "and if you try to fight, i'll do worse." He whispered in my ear. He backed away and walked off with some friends. I finished getting my stuff and slammed my locker shut and started walking to class. 

Hiccup caught up to me. 

"Hey." he said. 

"Hi." I said not looking at him.