My Horrible New Life

Chapter 2: Welcome To My Suckish Life

I woke up to arguing. I hated this. With only a few hours of sleep, I wasn't in the mood. Groaning, my body rolled over to try and go back to sleep. The front door slam. Footsteps were walking down the hallway. My mom opened the door. "Get the fuck up! You have chores to do." She tossed the mop bucket at me. Luckily, it missed my head this time. And there was no dirty water in it.

"Do it yourself." I was tired of being the maid. She took everything out on me. Drug deal gone wrong. Random guy wanted more than half. Or the random guy was still her bed when she woke up. None of it was even my fault. Once she left the room, I closed my eyes and tried to sleep more. It wasn't like I had anything big to do. Ever since I dropped out, I have to do chores to make up for it. According to her. She came back and poured hot water on my face. I screamed and jumped out of bed. I rubbed my eyes. I couldn't see at first. She always did this to wake me up. This is child abuse. If I didn't wake up after that, I'm sure she would boil it. "Chores you ungrateful bitch." She barked and stormed out. I tried to wake myself up more. I blinked a few times. I could see again. I was afraid that one day, my eye sight would be taken from me for good. I dressed in my short shorts and a bikini top. It was cooler for me to walk around and do yard work dressed like this. I knew this was going to be a long day, just like every other day.

    I cleaned the house from top to bottom. She even made me clean the yard up. Cutting the grass. Raking leaves. Weeding out the flowers beds, even though the flowers were dead. She stopped taking care of them after the funeral. I headed back inside. The sweat was dripping off my forehead. I chugged some water and started cleaning the kitchen. My mom was sitting at the table. Reading the paper and smoking. She made sure the kitchen was spotless. Finally after 45 minutes, she left to go take a nap. I was glad she did. This was the time I got peace and quiet. But not for long, my ears picked up the front door closing. My mom's boyfriend Adan came into the kitchen. Adan didnt care if my mom got high with other guys or even slept with them. He had another girlfriend. But she wouldnt let him get high. My mom was the easy laid back and more mature girlfriend.
     Not wanting to bother talking to him, I got under the sink to clean out the garbage disposal. My mind was hoping he would go bug my mom. Hands grabbed my waist and pulled me out from under the sink. He held me in his arms. I quickly shoved him away from me. I stood by the sink. He was 6'1 with black hair and bags under his eyes. Always glassy and blood shot. He was thin but had some muscle to him, just not much. Adan grabbed me and pulled me down the hall. I wanted to scream and tell him to fuck off. But my mom would blame it on me. She told me if I disturb her house, my ass was on the streets. Her bedroom door was shut. Adan pushed me into my room.

He shut my door. He grabbed me and kissed me a few times. I tried pushing him away. He does this to me when my mom wasn't around. He got used to me trying to push him away. He pinned my arms behind me. "I don't like this and you know it. You need to stop and leave me alone." I spoke. Desperate for me to get out of his reach. He smiled at me.

"Play hard to get again? I know you enjoy this little time we get together." He grabbed my ass. I punched him right in the nose. "Just because your my mom's fucked up boyfriend doesn't mean you're my fucked up boyfriend either. LEAVE me ALONE!" I spoke sternly.

He sighed as his fingers touched his bloody nose. Adan smirked. "This is why your last boyfriend cheated on you. You need to loosen up. Have some sex once in awhile. You might as well be called a cock blocker." He slammed the door open and left my room. I sighed. Small tears fell from my cheeks. I brushed them away quickly, trying to get ahold of myself. So many times, I've thought about leaving and never looking back. So many times, I've thought about ending my life and saying to hell with this. But I chose to stay here because I had nowhere else to go. And my situation could always get worse if I did. Wrestling with my thoughts, I went back out to the kitchen. My mom was sitting there smoking. I acted like nothing happened, usually what happens after Adan attacks me. Adan acted like he was in the bathroom taking a shower. Mom blew smoke. "Did you finish your daily chores?" I told her yes.

"Good. Go to your room and do something productive. I need time to myself." I rolled my eyes. She just didnt want to see me for the rest of the day. Once I was done cleaning, I was supposed to vanish. Just like a maid. When dad was alive, we used to play games. Mom would join us after cleaning up from dinner. Those were the good days...
I shut the door and triple checked the lock. I turned on music and slept for a bit.

I woke up a few hours later. The music was off. I looked out the window, it was dark out. It must have been at least eight at night. I turned my head the other way. The guy from last night was sitting in the corner of my room. He looked mad, very very mad. I stared at him, nervously shaking. "I leave you alone for one night and you already broke my conditions?" He growled.

Thinking for a moment, he was talking about Adan attacking me! Quickly shaking my head, "No wait...please hear me out."

"Wait what? While you explain yourself?" He turned into a monster. His hideous lizard side. Smoke was coming from his nose. Fear over came me.

I flipped. "NO! Please listen to me!" He came over to my bed before I could react. He got onto top of me. He pinned me down like he did last night. "I guess you're not different. I'll have to eat you." He sounded angry and sad. I wanted him to listen before I died at least.

"Please listen to me. I wouldn't have done that to you in one night. If you understand how my living conditions are, then maybe you could hear me out. You're not giving me a chance to explain." I cried out, trying to stop myself from balling.  He stared at me silently. His eyes not leaving mine. He sighed a little. "Explain yourself then."

"As soon as you unpin me." I said sternly. He quietly released me. Then sat at the edge of the bed. I sighed. I didn't want to tell him. I didn't want to tell anyone. I ignored the friends that still wanted to be my friend. Even though I dropped out and the rumors slowly became true. But I had to tell him before he kills me.

"I have a rough life at home. My mom makes me do everything that's possible in one day. Cleaning the house from top to bottom. She does drugs and smokes all day. Her boyfriend touches me and kisses me. I really want him to leave me alone but he doesn't listen. I wake up to hot water on my face. Her boyfriend is a complete ass to me since I won't let him have sex with me. So I don't have much of a choice. If I disturb her peace, I'm out on the street. I'm sorry you found out this way." Tears fell down my face. He was the first person  - or thing? That I've opened up to in a really long time. I didn't want pity from other people. Or to be judged.

He slowly transformed back to being human. Silently staring at me. I think he felt bad for accusing me. "I'm sorry. I felt betrayed. After you gave me your word, I felt it shattered. I was angry and just wanted to end you. Please forgive me. Tell me your name?" He actually apologized. No one has done that in a long while.

I sniffled, wiping my tears away. "Sammy. And I forgive you." I spoke softly.

He blinked at me a few times then  cleared his throat. "It's a pretty name. I'm Sitheyn." I stared at him. "I don't have a human name." He shrugged.

I thought for a moment. It was weird. What could I call him? I knew I always liked this name for a guy. Wonder if he'll like it? "What about Danny?"

He raised his eyebrow at me. "Danny?" He looked away. "It sounds too soft."

"Lots of guys names are but some aren't really nice. If you don't like it, I'll call you another name." I was going to start thinking again.

"No, Danny is fine." He spoke up. He stared at me for a moment. "What did you want to do?"

We talked until the sunrise. I told him everything about my life. How things were great until my dad died. How things were now. Memories that I could play over and over again in my head. I never could really talk to anyone about what I went through with mom and Adan. He sat there and listened. It helped me get some of my feelings out. I looked out the window, the sun was trying to come through. Danny had to go. He went over to the window. He dragged me with him to close the window behind him. "I'll be back later Sammy." He was about to go but I quickly grabbed his hand. He looked at me. "Um, can I ask you a um favor?" I was very nervous. He stared at me for a moment, then nodded. "If you see him doing that to me again, could you....." I didn't want to be the only one dying to try to keep his hands off me. I thought maybe Danny could come and scare him away.

He sighed a little bit. "I can't. I can only come out at night. But I shall try."

I nodded. "Thank you." I tried. No one was ever around to protect me.

He smiled a little at me. He disappeared before the sun broke into the sky.