Mistakes.

"Always One."

{Rih}

The next morning I woke up with a huge headache.

I barely remember anything that happened last night after I was backhanded by that monster.

I got up and looked at myself in the bathroom mirror.

I had a slight bruise on my right cheek and a small to medium sized scratch mark on my left. It hurt to the touch.

I sniffled and went to crawl back into bed. I looked over at Michael who was sleeping peacefully. It was then that I noticed he had this big bruise across his chest. My heart immediately dropped at the sight of his beautiful face that was now freshly ruined. One corner of his upper lip was busted, along with his left eyebrow. His left eye had a big black ring around it and his right cheek was badly bruised.

My poor baby.

I laid against him, slowly caressing his chest as he lied there peacefully sleeping.

I silently wept to myself, careful not to wake him.

Why did this have to happen to us? What did we do to deserve this?

I watched as his eyes fluttered open. He looked over at me and sighed.

"Come here, baby."

I scooted in close to him and he wrapped his arm around me as he pulled me into him.

"I'm sorry those dumbasses ruined your birthday," I said sadly, lowering my head.

He lifted my chin, wiping my tears away with both of his thumbs, "Don't be sorry. They didn't ruin anything. You made my birthday so perfect, the best it ever was," and kissed both of my hands.

"Are you feeling okay?" He asked.

I slightly nodded and lightly shrugged my shoulders. "I'm alright. My face still hurts a little, but I'm okay. How about you?"

I lightly brushed my thumb across his cheek and he winced. I quickly pulled it away.

"It's okay, you didn't hurt me. I'm just so angry. I can't believe I let him hit you like that," he said as he sat up.

I sat up with him. "Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault. You didn't know they were gonna barge up in here and attack us," I rubbed his cheek and he glanced down at his chest.

"Look at what he did to me...and to you," he sniffled. "I'm gonna kill him and that bitch Olivia."

"Not if I kill that bitch first," I said, making him slightly laugh. "I'm glad I could make you smile," I said as I caressed up underneath his chin.

He grabbed my hand and gently kissed it.

"Come on, let's go get cleaned up. We have a lot to do today," he stated.

"Like what?" I asked. "I didn't have anything planned for today."

"I didn't either until just now. I need to run to the bank and then take you shopping."

"Take me shopping? For what?" I snickered.

"Oh! I forgot to tell you.. my brothers and sisters are having this get together with a couple of their friends tomorrow night. They invited me, but I figured that the only way I would go was if you were to go with me."

I giggled, "You better be glad you're cute and that I love your family and that you asked me last minute," and lightly kissed his lips.

He chuckled, "You know they love you. They'll be so happy to see you. Especially since it's been a long time."