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Chapter 2: School

Last night was terrible. He had to leave and my mom started to yell at me.
Telling me how stupid and selfish I was because I didn't help him.
I don't get it....
As I walked down the corridor of my high school, I saw Kevin. He was talking to his friends. When he laughed, his Adam's apple bobbed. He turned his head toward me and saw me. He smiled and I smiled back. When I turned
my head I saw Emily and Javiar. Emily has her long dark hair in a braid. She's a loose black shirt and jeans.
Javiar is wearing a red shirt and pale joggers. We were all close friends.
I hugged them both and saw that Kevin was still looking. Of course, at that moment Evelyn has to come and
she starts to kiss him. I felt my heart shatter.
I sighed and turned back around to greet my friends. They responded with a hey.
"You okay?" Emily asked. She saw what I was looking at.
"Yeahof course. Why wouldn't I be?" I put on a fake smile but she could see right through me. She threw me a sympathetic smile and the bell rang.
"Bye"
Instead of going to class, I went to the nurse and told them I wasn't feeling well. They let me go home to rest.
As I opened the front door, I could smell my stepfathers nasty cologne.
"Why you here?" He said with anger in his voice.
"I didn't feel well"
"Yeah well I'm going to give you a reason to not feel well"
Bam* bam* bam*
He hit me.
He slapped me.
And slapped me again.
I fell to the ground. Whimpering I crawled away. I once tried to tell people he hits me, but it doesn't turn out well...
*Flash back*
I walked to the counselor office. My teacher called them, cause he saw the bruises on my upper arm that I tried to hide. I opened the door and sat in a green chair as I waited. Mrs. Miller, my counselor asked me how I got
them.
"I fell playing soccer and people fell on top of me" I lied
"Okay...and uhh do you want to tell me the real reason"
She told me she already called my step father and that he was coming. Well I might as well tell her.
I told her my dad had hit me on accident. He walked in and stared at me with rage flashing through his eyes.
He heard. She asked him if he hit me.
" Okay so this is what happened..." He started. I knew he wasn't going to tell her the truth.
Enrique told her that's he was building a table and lifted up a big piece of wood.
" I didn't know she was behind me and I turned and hit Jenny on the arm by accident" I almost believed him. But what really happened was, I burned the pasta he was going to eat and hit me with a wood cutting board.
We went back home and he threw me against the wall. I blocked my hit with my hands and arms.
" WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU TELL HER!!!" He yelled at me as he grabbed my hair, pulling it. I cried.
My mother stood in the doorway watching and crying, careful not to interfere cause she knows what will happen. She always takes the blows. but not this time...

*End of Flashback*

"That'll teach you a lesson for skipping school" he said sliding his thumb under his lip. I ran up to my room and started to cry.

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I hoped you enjoyed this short chapter.