Story of my Life

Chapter 2: the next morning

I woke laying in my bed and it was 6:46 in the morning. It was the last day of school for me and I'm graduating. I rolled over and my mom wasn't in my bed any more. I'm guessing she went to go wake up my sister Braylee. This was her favorite time of the year so my mom always woke her up early so she could curl her hair and get ready. She was a 8th grader and she has a really nice boyfriend. One day she came home and she was smiling the whole day. I remembered when I got my first boyfriend, Chase I had that same look on my face. I went up to her and talked to her for a while and she said she has a boyfriend named Brendon and he's really nice. I bet she wants to look nice today since it's her favorite time of the year and to impress Brendon.

I got up and put my hair in a messy ponytail so I didn't look like the grinch. Everything came rushing back to me as I saw a bruise on my upper arm. I was in a tank top so it was very noticeable. I started to tear up. I tried to hold them back but I couldn't. He hurt me. He used me. He hurt me. I let all my tears flow out and didn't even care. I didn't tell my mom because she would call the cops but I had to sometime today. She deserves to know, especially since she helped me all night.

I stopped crying and decided to go eat breakfast. I opened my door and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. I grabbed the first thing I saw, toaster wafflers. I put them in the toaster and waited. My mom came in the kitchen and paused as she saw me.

"Hi sweety. How are feeling?" she asked me. She sat down on a chair and looked at me.

"I'm better. Thank you so much. You know, for helping me last night." I told her. She helped me a lot yesterday.

"Of course sweety. I'm so glad your better though-" I cut her because I had to tell her.

"Mom don't please. I need to tell you something." I told her giving her strong eye contact.

"Oh no. Your pregnant, aren't you?" She asked me. I have no clue why my mom just asked me that.

"No! Ok don't freak out though." I was scarred. I don't know If I wanted to tell her or not

"I won't." she was listening but I didn't know if I want to tell her.

"Well, um. Ok, yesterday when Cameron broke up with me he didn't do it in a nice way. He kind of grabbed me and hit me twice. Chase pushed him off and then carried me to his car and asked me if I was ok. I told him I was fine." I started to get tears in my eyes. My moms mouth was in a o shape and her eyes were huge.

"Ok, I'm calling the police!! I'm sick and tired of him!" she grabbed the phone and I took it from her.

"Mom! Don't! If he does it today again then you can!" I told her. I was just trying to convince her to not call the police.

"Honey, please don't! I don't want him hurting you anymore!" she had a few tears I her eyes. Why does she feel sorry for me? I just got hit a few times. It wasn't her that got hurt so why was she crying?

"I won't let him. I promise." I looked her in the eyes and was giving her the, I promise look.

"Ok, ok. But if he does it again im calling the cops!" Two tears slid down her face.

"Ok." all of a sudden Braylee walked in and I walked out so I didn't have to hear her knew information on her boyfriend. I walked up the stairs and was going to get in the shower. I got to the bathroom, took of my clothes and realized there was 5 bruises. He hit me more that twice, he fit me a lot! I stood there in shock. One even had dry blood on it.

"Kaiden, don't freak out. Your fine." I took deep breathes and got in the shower. It felt good to get clean. I washed my hair and body. I shaved and then got out and dried off.

I looked in the mirror and smiled. I was so stupid. I was just glad I was ok. I looked up and thanked God.

I walked to my room and chose miss me jeans and a lime green shirt that has lace on the back. I slipped on my clothes and a necklace and earrings.

I looked in the mirror and did my hair. I blow dried it and then curled it. This was my usual look. I looked at the clock and it was 7:16. I still had about 45 minutes till class. I was scarred. Me and Cameron had to be together in the first period.

I took a deep breath and then remember that I had toaster waffles in the toaster. I ran downstairs and saw that my mom put then on a plate with butter and syrup. I looked up at my mom who was at the kitchen table. I sat at the opposite end of the table. The whole time it was quiet.

After I wax done with breakfast I brushed my teeth and got my backpack. I said good bye to everyone and got in my car and left. I didn't know what I was going to do for thirty minutes but I wasn't going to stay their. I put my keys in my starting slot and drove away.

I drove around the neighborhood and then when it was close to 8:10 I headed for the high school. I knew today was going to be a long and hard day..