Survivor

Chapter 12 - An Apology

I realized about 3 quarters of the way through I was using Edna's name instead of Linda's. I fixed a few but I apologise for those I missed. Hope you enjoy, sorry if it's boring.

~Lynne

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    I awoke the next morning in my room, still naked, I have absolutely no idea how I got hear considering I blacked out in Artemis' room. My muscles, joints, bones well, my whole body ached to the core. Turning my stiff neck to look at the alarm next to my bed told me it was time to get ready for practice.

    Inching towards the end of my bed made the pain a hundred times worse but if I don't get up who knows what he'll do to me. Even though he's done everything now, I don't want them to happen twice. Pushing myself up into a sitting position seemed to be the hardest challenge of my life. After quite a few minutes I managed to do it and slowly stand up. The movement from my legs brought pain between my legs that was a dull ache before.

    Not looking at my body and walking like an old person to the bathroom I stopped in front of the mirror. I don't want to look at my body, afraid of the damage done, but I need to know how bad it is. Lifting my eyes, I looked in the mirror. The image reflecting back at me made me sick. Almost the whole left side of my face is black, the bruising fading into the right side of my face. My lips were swollen and split. A big bruise taking up over half my stomach starting from the middle was looking back at me. Bruises the shaped of hands were on my arms and legs along with bruising on my inner, upper thighs. All of which reminding me of the horrible outcome of yesterday. The sickening look of my body pushed away any tiny bit of my hunger away.

    Sitting on the edge of the tub, getting a bath ready, I can't help but to think and remember my family. God I miss them so much, why did that monster have to kill them? Why couldn't he have kept them alive and taken me without hurting anyone? It would have been fair and simple. Shutting off the faucet and getting into the tub their faces flashed across my mind, sending tears streaming down my face. I dunked my head, washed everything and then got out.

    I dried myself slowly and carefully while walking like and old person again to the room. My eyes roaming through out my room searching for my clothes when I remembered they are in Artemis' room, I dropped the towel in my hand. But at the end of my bed it was sitting right there. Cautiously, I made my way over to them, as if something was going to pop out at me. I gingerly touched them when I got to them, picked them up and smelled them, they're clean.

    Getting out of my daze I look at the clock, 5 minutes to get read. Damn. I put on my underwear and dance outfit as fast as I could.

    On my way down the stairs, Edna and Rene were just staring at me. there wasn't a whole lot of emotion on there faces. Edna's eyes though held quite a bit though. I don't like the emotions I am reading from them.

    As soon as I stopped by them Artemis came around the corner. I made it just in time. Not even bothering to look at him I followed Rene and Edna out the door, Artemis behind me. Not liking that a whole much I quickened my pace but it didn't do much since Rene and Edna were going quite slow. My hope was crushed when both of them got in the back like always.

    Can't they see I don't want to be near Artemis? I haven't done anything to them.

    Pushing my thoughts aside I hopped in the front. I didn't bother to look at Artemis the whole ride and when we got to Trance High I simply got out and walked to the door.

    "Have a good day in practice girls Don't talk to anyone except Mrs. Whitley and her husband we don't want a repeat of yesterday," Artemis called after us quite cheerfully before I got to the door of the gym. Asshole.