You're Not Alone

Amanda

I look up at the hallway light as an effort to stop my tears from falling. I go through the rest of my day silently and avoiding eye contact with anyone. My day buzzes by. It's last period and I finally get to play basketball. My only escape from the world. When I play I feel like I'm free. No one can touch me or bring me down. It's amazing. I walk into the gym with a heavy feeling in my chest from the day. But as soon as I feel the ridges in the basketball beneath my fingers I forget all my problems. The sound of my shot going straight in plays in my ears. I move across the floor swiftly and I'm no longer in control. My body just does what it does best, play basketball. My final shot of the day before I go home lingers in my head. I take a shower and then I'm on my way home. School let out at 3 but I get home around 3:45 because I walk home. I don't have a car like some of my classmates because my mom can't afford it. I get home and drop all my stuff at the door. I feel like I'm dying from heat exhaustion. No one is home yet so I hop in the shower and blast my music. My mom and stepdad usually get home around seven so the house is all mine until then. After my shower I throw on my favorite shirt I like to wear to bed and some shorts. I haven't eaten all day so I figure I should eat something. So I grab an apple and go back to my room. At around seven o'clock I hear the front door creak open. I hate both my parents but I'm not stable right now so I'm praying it's my mom. I run to my window and all the blood drains from my face. It's my stepdad, Darren. I hear the door slam and soon after my door is opened. He comes in my room and sits on the edge of my bed. "Hey baby, come here." He says to me in a innocent way. But I know he means different. I start to walk to him but when I reach him he jumps up and pushes me down on the bed.
"Leave me alone Darren! Mom will be home soon!" I say pleading.

"No she won't. She's at work late tonight and you know the drill. Someone needs to satisfy my needs and if not her than you."

"Please, I don't want to do this anymore..." I sob.

"Shutup you stupid little whore!" He slaps me, leaving a bright red mark on my face. He then pounces me, his weight suffocating me as he forcefully touches me wherever he pleases. He is too big for me to push off and I'm forced to take it.....

I go to sleep that night trembling from what I had to endure that that evening.