No Good For You (Matt Espinosa)

______Kale's P.O.V._______

He-my step dad- raises his fist, about to strike, but I swiftly dodge with a slight laugh,

"All you got?" I growl, reaching for the locked bathroom door.

He laughs an awful,drunken laugh and lunges for me. I slide over the sink and out of his way, before he sloppily falls over and into the bathtub. I raise both of my eyebrows and try to unlock the door, but fail as he roughly grabs my arm, making me yelp.

I exhale deeply and squirm as he turns me to face him. I narrow my eyes as he pulls me close to his toad-like face.

"Take. Them. Off." he slurs, tugging roughly on the collar of my shirt, spitting in my face in the process. My upper lip twitches and I frown,

"No"

"DO IT!" he roars. Me, even though I am scared shitless, I am a stubborn brat, and I refuse to budge.

"Hmm... lemme think." I say, making a mock thinking face, and he squeezes my arm agonisingly hard, leaving me to bite my upper lip to keep in another yelp of pain, "How 'bout no?" he shakes me roughly, making my head start to throb from being thrashed around.

"Fine." he snarls, "Have it your way" He brings his free hand up and strikes my jaw, hard. I jump back and hold the side of my face, but he pulls me back and knees me square in the gut. I gasp, the wind knocked out of me.

He lets me go and I fall, but I still refuse to take my clothes off. He kicks me roughly, in the left ribcage, and I scream. Half scream I cough, as he kicks me rougher, harder, and faster.

Blood gurgles in the back of my throat, and tears start to form in my eyes.

"How about now?" he growls, but-me being an idiot- I shake my head and hold my breath as he pulls me back until I am eye level with him.

"Hmm....." he mumbles. I gather all the blood and spit that is in my mouth and I wait until he raises his hand again, ready to strike me. I spit it into his face and he stumbles back.

I make a bee-line for the door but it doesnt budge. He grabs a fistfull of my long blonde hair and yanks me backward. I scream at the top of my lungs and bring my hands up to my hair, trying to free his grubby fingers from my hair.

"Gonna do it yet?" he says, in my ear.

I exhale, but the fight isn't out of me yet. "No."

He throws me to the opposite side of him, sending me on the ground, and I fall on my hands and knees. I think I twisted my wrist, but im not sure.

______Matt's P.O.V.______

I open my eyes to a horrid scream, and I reach to shake Jake awake.

"Yeah?" he mumbles.

"You hear that?" I ask, peering through the darkness at my half-alseep best friend.

"Yeah" he groans, "it's my neighbours. You'll hear 'em scream often. Sex addicts, maybe" I narrow my eyes,

"Its doesnt sound like-" he cuts me off,

"It is" he says, yawning.

"But-" I start.

"Are you scared?" he asks, and a recoil, offended.

"No."

"Then you go knock on their door and see whats goin on. I'm telling you its sex"

"Fine." I mumble, "I actually will"

When I get to the neighbors house, the door is wide open, so I slowly step inside, "Hello?"

______Kale's P.O.V.______

"Hello?" I hear someone call. I am hunched over, on the floor, spitting out blood, as the red liquid also pours from my nose, my legs, my arms, and cuts and scrapes throughout my body.

I take in a deep breath, and use my remaining strength to scream, "HELP!" but then my step dad kicks the side of my face and everything around me swirls into blackness.

______Matt's P.O.V.______

Without thinking, I bolt up the stairs and follow the sound, to a locked bathroom door. I tilt my head, wondering who the hell puts a lock on the outside of a bathroom door. I shake my head and unlock it, swinging it open.

A girl lays on the floor, sprawled out with bruises and blood covering her. I look down at her, and then I make eye contact with the man standing over her practically motionless body.

His lips twitch into an evil smile and I narrow my eyes. He makes a grab for me, and I consider running, but then I remember the girl on the ground, helpless. I swing up my fist and crash it into his jaw, sending him backwards a few steps.

My hand stings a bit, yes, but it feels good, in a weird way. He tries to hit me with his massive hands, but I duck and swiftly upper-cut him, hitting his nose square on and causing him to fall to the ground. As he falls, he hits his head of the sink, knocking him out.

I kneel beside the girl, before flipping her over and scooping her up, carrying her down the stairs, careful not to bump her head.

I rush back over to Jake's house, where I grab the keys to my car and quickly run to my car, setting her in the backseat before practically speeding to my house.

I burst loudly into the house, the girl in my arms,

"MOTHER" I yell at the top of my lungs.

She rushes to me, and her jaw drops to the floor,

"What the sweet mother of fu-"