"N-nothing" I stutter. The man that I call my father walks up to me, obviously intoxicated and slaps me right across the face. I hold my hand up to the red mark that lies across my face and whimper in pain. "Oh suck it up you little whore" he screams in my face. I gulp and take a step back. He walks towards me and pushes me over onto the floor, standing over me he kicks me in the stomach, then the legs, then the arms, and then the face. He stomps on my weak body and he slams me into the coffee table breaking the glass which was now sticking into my body like a pin in a piece of cloth.
I scream in pain as Emily rushes down the stairs and looks at me in horror. She screams and runs over to me. My dad kicks her in the stomach and she falls onto the glass covered floor. Thinking it may have been a good idea she places her hands down to save her landing but it didn't help. She ended up having glass sticking up out of her hands. "You better be ready for your next beating" he spits at us and walks out of the house.
I get up and start to clean the mess but Emily pulls me over the the bathroom. "Emily what?" I ask. I look down to her hands. "Shit I'm so sorry Emily" I try to calm her down before she cries again. I get tweezers and start to pull out all the glass pieces from her hand. Then I hand her the tweezers and she pulls the glass out of my back. It was everywhere and I was so scared this time. But next time I know it will be worse.
After the mess was clean I walk over to my laptop and type up 'Perth Airport' and book a flight to Sydney for Emily and I. Our mother lives there so we can go live with her. I'm so sick and tired of being thrown around like a piece of garbage so it's time to leave. The flight is tomorrow night at 9:00 pm so I better go tell Emily.
"Emily" I say knocking on her door. I walk in and sit on her bed looking her in the eyes. "What's up" she says. "I booked plane tickets for tomorrow so we can leave this shit hole and move to Sydney so I need you to pack all your things ok?" I tell her. She squeals and hugs me tightly. "Thank You" She says still hugging me. "It's ok, so start packing" I say and leave the room.
I go to pack my suitcase and hope that tomorrow goes well. Once I'm done I hide my suitcase and hop into bed falling asleep soon after.
~The Next Day~
I wake up to the sound of my alarm going off. I get up and head to the shower to get ready for the day. Once I'm done I wake up Emily so we can walk to school together. Today I decided to wear a black T-Shirt that was extra big so it fit like a dress and my white shoes. I had my makeup done natural and my hair down. But today I didn't hide my bruises away like every other day. Today I left them untouched so people can see that I'm strong and I can get through anything.
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Once both Emily and I were ready we left for school. We arrived not long after as we only live about 5 minutes away.
"Omg shit what the fuck happened" Jenna said running up to me. "Don't worry, I'm just showing my true colors" I say back. "Did Jackson do this to you?" She questions. "I've covered these bruises, cuts and scars for too long and I decided to show them off, show that I'm not just some toy" I say walking to class. "Plus I'm leaving tonight" barely louder than a whisper I say. "What why" she says stopping.
I sigh. "Because Jackson literally treats me like shit, he makes we wear slutty clothes and he abuses me. My dad comes home late and drunk and physically hurts Emily and I. I'm so done with all this stupid shit so Emily and I are leaving tonight. So don't try to stop me" I say. "I didn't know that Kate.. I'm so sorry" She said hugging me tightly. I hug her back and we walk to class.
~Skip to Lunch~
I walk out of class and over to my group of friends, well they aren't really my friends except Jenna. "Jackson we need to talk" I say nervously. He looks up at me and nods his head. Getting up we walk over to a tall oak tree and stand under it.
"So Jackson I think it's better if we break up" I fumble with my words but manage to get them out. All he does is slap me across the face and push me over the bench that was behind me. He walks away and Jenna runs up to me and helps me to my feet. "What just happened?" She says panic clear on her face. "I broke up with him and that was his reaction I guess" I say dusting off. "You've got another bruise" she says pointing to my face. "I don't care honestly, I mean I am leaving."
~After School~
"Emily are you all packed and ready?" I ask my little sister. "Yeah" she yells from the other room. It's about 5:30 pm and our dad normally comes home at 6:00 for our 'usual' beating. "Hurry up Emily he's coming home soon. With that I hear the sound of his car pulling into the drive way. We stand together looking at the door waiting.
Our drunk father stumbles through the door and drops his bottle of alcohol. "Shit" he says. "Now you two" He walks towards us and I move in front of Emily. He swings and hits me in the stomach. I fall to the floor in pain. I hear the sound of his hand that slapped Emily on the face. I get up and push him away. "Yeah you want to try and fight" he says coming back at me and pulls out a knife. He threatens me with it and I punch him in the gut, which caused him to slash me across the face with his knife. I hold my cheek in pain as I fall once again to the familiar floor. He walks out of the door and Emily runs over to me with a cloth.
I put it on my face and get up. "I'm so glad to be leaving this shit hole" I tell Emily as we grab our stuff.
We got into a taxi and were now on our way to the airport. I call our mum to make sure that we can stay with her. (Phone Call U-Unknown, K-Kate)
K- Hello, Mum?
U-Hello who's this?
K-It's Kate, where is my mum?
U-Oh my, I didn't know Vanessa had children
K-Yeah well she does, now where is she?
U-I'm so sorry but...your mother passed away a couple days ago. I would have called but I didn't know she had children. I'm very sorry
K-What! How? When? Why?
U-I'm so sorry
-End of call-
"What happened?" Emily asks. "M-Mums dead" I say.
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