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Misunderstandings .Herron

This for Julianna, I hope you like it. @addictedtoherron

Julianna's pov

       I sat on my bed curled up in a ball listening to my parents yelling at each other. My drunken father hitting my mother and her yelling at him threatening to kick him out of our house. She never does though. She never will. It's sad listening to them argue night and day. I get a small amount of sleep and I worry about my mother. They used to be so happy until my dad started drinking and my mom started smoking. I

      We used to have a happy family and we would have fun times, but times changed as I got older. Now I'm just a girl who's struggling to keep my mom safe. I want to stop my dad, but I know he'll over power me. All I can hear though is the screaming. The neighbors can hear it too. They look at me with a sorrowful look, but they don't know their anger is always taken out on me.

      Only my best friend, Zach, knows that I'm abused. His family says I can stay with them whenever I need, but I never take up the offer because I'm scared of leaving my mom alone with my dad. I know one day it'll all get better but I don't know when it'll all get better. I walk into the bathroom quietly and lock the door. I start the shower and strip.

      I look in the mirror and see the bruises and scars from when my dad hit me and left bruises, and from where I cut myself. I got in the shower and just let the water hit me. I didn't realizes I was crying until it was harder for me to breathe. I grabbed my razor and dragged it over my arms.

      I quickly put my razor back and clean the blood up. I bandaged up my arms since I didn't have time to wait for the bleeding to stop and I quickly got dressed. I threw on Zach's hoodie and walked out of the bathroom. Before I could get into my room I was stopped my the sight of my mom being slapped by my dad. My mom saw me and gave me a look to run but I was frozen. I couldn't watch this so I did go into my room, but it wasn't to hide.

      I grabbed my baseball bat and walked out. I was going to help my mom but my dad turned around and his eyes softened. "You're not going to use that on me. Julianna, you wouldn't hit me if your life depended on it," he said as he walked up slowly to me and I was pissed off. I swung the bat and it slammed into his knee.

He fell to the ground and yelled, "YOU BROKE MY KNEE! YOU DUMB BITCH GET BACK HERE!" as I ran to my room. I grabbed my bag and jumped out of my window. My mom ran out the front door and hugged me.

"Go stay with Zach. I'm going to stay with your aunt. I'll be back for you I promise," my mom said and I was in tears. I hugged her and she kissed my forehead. She got in the car and drove off, so I ran to Zach's house in tears.

I knocked on the front door and Zach answered. I hugged him and broke down in tears as he held me. He comforted me as we stood at the front door. "It's okay Julianna. I'm here. Let's go to my room," he said, and led me to his room. I sat on his bed and told him what happened.

"Stay strong Julianna. I'm here for you and I'm never gonna leave your side. I promise," he said and kissed my forehead. I smiled and we stared into each other's eyes. We both leaned in and our lips connected. "I love you," Zach said as we pulled apart.

"I love you too," I said. My whole life changed after that. I was best friends with the love of my life.