Fractured Fundamentals

troubled waters

rivers pov *Sunday*

i woke up to barking. snow must be lonely. i went to the closet and opened it to let her out though she's only been in there for an hour. i got up at 7:00 am to see if she would try to use the paper. "come on girl it's okay cutie. lets go get some breakfast." i said calming her down, propping her on my shoulder. when i got downstairs i seen my brother had left me my coffee and muffin from Starbucks on the counter still warm. i love my brother, do i say that enough? looking outside my window i seen my car was in the driveway. Mark must have got his motorcycle fixed. i sat down to consume my beverage and pastry when i heard a knock on the door. "are you the police?" i yelled. "nope" a familiar voice replied. "serial killer?" i asked. "no!" the person said slightly amused. "OK then you may enter." i finally said. "hey Jones what you up to?" the person said. my head was still faced away while i talked to who i thought was Collin. "hey Collin guess--" i stopped mid sentence to see that the person i was talking to wasn't Collin. it was a person i promised myself i wouldn't see or talk to again. my ex boyfriend, Alex. "what the fuck do you want Alex?" i said clearly annoyed by his presence. "you said i could come in. well who ever this Collin fella is for that matter." he said with a stupid yet sexy smirk playing on his lips. god i hate how he made me blush when he did that. "can you just go please i don't want to talk to you, or see you, nor do i want to breathe the same air as you!" i said getting mad. "oh kitten you don't mean that" he said walking towards me pressing up against me, my bare back touching the cold island. i shivered a bit. "don't touch me. you lost that privilege when you took my virginity and led me on like a fool!" i spat at him. his grip on my wrist got tighter. he took a look at my appearance. i was wearing my pink Floyd halter top and some old cheer shorts from 10th grade. how i could still fit them? i don't know. "you must have known i was coming over, otherwise you wouldn't be dressed to most certainly impress." he said sneering at me. with his other hand he stroked his finger down my neck and i felt my nipples harden. not from sexual contact, but from how cold the counter was against my over exposed body. "well if you must know i just woke up. now can you please leave?" i said once more trying to get him to go calmly so he wouldn't have to hurt me. "oh so not only are you surprised to see me but your girls are happy to see me." he said referring to my breast. "why are you here Alex?" i pressed him further. "i'm here to get back what was rightfully mine." "oh yeah? and what would that be?" i asked disgusted by his chill attitude. "you." he then forced a kiss on me that i couldn't get out of unless i wanted a black eye. when he noticed i wasn't kissing him back he slapped me a few times not as hard but hard enough for me to get with the program. i let him slip his tongue in my mouth and i bit it as hard as i could. it wasn't till a second went by i tasted his blood. "what the fuck you bitch." he yelled punching me to the point were i couldn't see anything. then i seen a bright light flash before my eyes and i heard my dad speaking to me. "honey if you ever feel the need to fly. just fly your brother can't chain you down forever." my dad said smiling. "yeah dad i know. i will spread my wings and fly away!!!" my 13 year old self said. "yeah but don't fly too soon because you know what happens to the baby bird?" "what happens daddy?" i asked with a glow in my eyes. "the bird falls. yeah it may put up a hell of a fight to the bottom but it will still fall." after hearing that memory play through my head i blinked my eyes open to see a bunch of doctors and nurses looking down at me, probably wheeling me down a busy hall. i looked around trying to adjust to the light a bit more. when my eyes focused i seen just the person i wanted to see. the person i wanted to hug. the person i wanted to ride off into the sunset with. i know how crazy i sound but i just can't explain these feelings of mine. Collin was there? i hope he didn't see me get slapped around. i wouldn't forgive myself. "oh riv thank god! are you okay? you have to tell me what happend. who did this to you?" he bombarded me with a lot of questions. for some reason it turned me on to see how worried he was about me. why not play around to show him i'm fine. before he was stopped by a doctor i said something i knew would regret saying later. "hey Collin you should be worried more often it makes you even sexier." i hate myself. 

*authors note*

hey you guys sowwy i couldn't write for long but it's hard to study and find inspiration a the same time so forgive me. i hope you enjoyed this chapter. river has an abusive cheating ex??? yep! i thought about it for a while and this is what i came up with. until next time..favorite, add to your reading list and comment how you felt about this chapter. love you aunts and uncles. wafflebabe out!