Couple weeks later
I lay in my bed , unaware of the time, date . Maybe I'm over exaggerating but it feels like I've been in here forever.
What I need is Dinah.. to tell me everything is okay, that she's gonna protect me...
With no internet access or phone She must be worried sick. I need to get out of here, they can't ground me forever.
I pack my bag with Clothes, shoes and a tooth brush. Walking downstairs, not only did I feel nervous but I also felt in power for a quick second.
"Where is my phone" I ask my mother who was in the kitchen. "The normal spot" She sighs.I quickly grab that and my car keys and walk out.
"Where are you going" My father asks while watering the grass . "Away" I grumble clearly annoyed . "You're on punishment" He put down the hose.. "I'm eighteen" I enter my car and back up out the drive way.
"She can't do anything for you!" My dad yells ,before driving off I stick my middle finger out and drive away directly to Dinah's house.
I call her before I walk up to her door.
"Normani" I hear her breathe out. "Hi baby" I said in a low whisper for no apparent reason. "Where were you ?" Dinah asks . "Punishment, I came to see you" I blush a little.
"Oh...um are you outside?" Dinah asks. i catch on the nervousness in her voice . Yeah..I'm about to come in"
"No. I'm coming" Dinah hangs up.
It takes her at least twenty minutes to come out..but I didn't stress, as long as I got to see my girl .
"Dinah, babe are you okay?" I analyz her face. It wasn't as joyful as usual she was distant. "Yeah, drive some where" She smiles softly at me.
We drove to my favorite spot. Cars normally park here to watch movies but when their is no movie playing it's empty.
I look. over at Dinah, she's twiddling with her fingers something she never does. I hold her hand and look at t her . "Are you sure everything is okay?" I ask again. "I don't know.." Dinah mumbles . "Wait"
I got out the car and opened the back door pushing the seats back, I got my blanket and order Dinah to come here.
After we got in a comfy cuddling position we continued our conversation. "You were saying .." I rub my thumb against her palm.
"Nothing, where were you?" She kisses my hand. "Home..punishment" I sigh , remembering that night. "You're eighteen that's bull" Dinah grumbles.
"Not to them,I'm still a child.."
"So they just put you on punishment, what did your dad do, he must have been furious" Dinah asks . I wasn't sure if I should lie to her and keep it to myself.
"He um, well he told me something about the Lord then got his bible and started beating me with it" I shrug.I felt her get cold and distant again.
"Get up" She mumbles , I stood up looking at her,confused. "Where.." She asks.I point to the places I got hit.
Without any words she striped my shirt off and started kissing the places I got hit. They were warm and tender, then cold again...
"He did this to you..." Her hand glided over my upper shoulder. I picked up my back up mirror and looked at the black and blue bruise. "Fuck" I mumbled.
"Let's go" Dinah got angry, her face was turning a shade of red. "No..D-"
"No , he's not gonna get away with this!" Her voice got louder. "Look at me..calm down" I held her hand.
"I won't let anyone hurt you Normani...I can't let anyone do that to you" She looked at me with tears forming in her eyes. "I know you won't baby" I kissed her repeatedly until her kisses and emotions went back to their normal state.
We laid in silence for a while not looking at each other. As much as I tried to catch Dinah's attention she was somewhere else. Somewhere she clearly didn't want me to be.
"Are you ready to go?" I broke the silence. "Oh yeah.." she mumbled.
"Where are you going to go" Dinah asked while I drove. "Ally's most likely, why you have other arrangements" I smirked . She laughed. "Nope"
"I don't wanna leave you" Dinah pouted. "So why don't you stay with me at Ally's she won't mind, she's probably not even gonna be home tonight" I kissed her lips. "That sounds amaz-"
Both our heads turned after we heard tons of screaming. Before I can ask Dinah what was going on she was at her door step, unlocking the door.
Her little brother and sisters cries were all I heard. I wanted to go in but fear got the best of me. After the cries faint away I hear Dinah screaming at the top of her lungs. Screaming out very rude, unkind words that shock me when I hear them. Her screaming gets louder and closer.
I watch as she pushes a man clearly no where near her size out of the house . They are now arguing , it doesn't take her mother long to come outside , she starts pulling Dinah away but Dinah gets out of her grip every time.
Dinah pushes the man a couple times as if she's waiting for him to throw a punch or something. I guess she got what she wanted because she went flying to the floor. That's when I knew this was the world Dinah didn't want me to see.
I came out of my car and ran to her. "What the hell is wrong with you" I kneeled down to my girlfriend, she had blood flowing out her mouth but still got up. "Dinah stop.." I mumbled.
"No, he's nothing, don't you get it you're worth nothing to US! I hate you" She yelled and pushed him a little bit harder, sending him back. He hesitated to come back at her but instead he went inside his car and drove away.
"Yeah! Drive away , Like you always do!" Dinah ran up to the car before it could get to the curb. Hearing her voice crack was probably one of the most painful things. She let her self fall to the ground and cry for a while.
Me or her mother didn't know what to do. "Do you want me to help you with anything?" I asked . She pointed at Dinah . "It's looks like you'll get a better talk out of her than anyone" she walked inside leaving me and Dinah alone. I walked up to Dinah and sat next to her.
"Let's get you cleaned up" I held her hand and led her inside.
After I found the bathroom and first aid kit. I started cleaning her wound up. "You got a really hard hit" I made her spit out all the blood and her mouth then cleaned out the cut.
I took a very quiet Dinah to her room and allowed her to change..
"So..what was that all about.." I sat next to her on the floor.
"I'm sick of him"
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Do you think Dinah's dad will come back?
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