Billy is a tough, cold, and overprotective teenager that numbs his pain through cigarretts, sex, and alcohol.
Danielle is a girl lost in the world and trys her best to cope, and put on a brave face for her mom and little sister, max.
Both their liv...
My mom had told me and my little sister, max, last week that we were moving in a couple of days to somewhere called Hawkins. She said that it was gonna be a far move but to make up for it we didnt have to attend school for the rest of the time. I was happy that we didnt have to go to school, but this meant that we had to help packing everything. I was honestly kinda glad that we were moving away from here, although I was going to miss the beaches and pretty scenery that you could only find in California. I never really had any friends and was sort of an outsider, and I wasn't like all the beach blonde girls here. I listen to rock music, dress differently, and often times would end up just skating around with max or listening to records up in my room. Max on the other hand, she had a totally different story. She wasn't the most popular girl at her school, but she still had quiet a few friends that she was really close to. My mom had said that she met a new man and that they both wanted a fresh start. I didnt know much about the situation but she had told me that they were engaged to be married, so it was obviously pretty serious, not to mention she was uprooting her whole life to be with the guy. Max and I had met him once and, he seemed pretty okay, she had also told me that he had a son around my age, but I hadent met him yet. Recently, she has been acting kinda shady, she was going on a lot more dates with this guy than usual and not really telling me about it but after a few they died back down, I dont know, maybe its just in my head. I got dressed today in a white, puffy, shoulder cut cropped shirt dark blue denim jeans that went a little below my belly button and put on a little mascara. After brushing, teasing, and spraying my hair with hair spray, I went down stairs and put some Eggos in the toaster for me and max.
///// Time skip to when they arrive to their new house (sorry I'm lazy lol)/////
I stepped out of the car and admired the place we were going to be living in. It wasn't too big and not too small, it looked a little run down but I'm sure it was nice on the inside.
"Dani can hold this real quick while I get the rest out?" My mom asked
She was lugging bags out of the trunk while max did a few tricks on her skateboard. "Yeah ma, ill get th- " I was suddenly cut off my a voice belonging to my mom's fiancé. "Billy, stop looking at yourself and get out here and help your sisters!" He yelled. I turned around as I heard it and noticed he was on the porch when a blond boy, around my age, exited shortly behind him to come help us out. He was wearing a plain white tank top and light blue jeans that hugged his lower half well.
"Hey mom...why did he call us his sisters?" I whispered toward my mom so the boys approaching us couldn't hear.
"Well sweety, I've been meaning to tell you but, with all the chaos of moving, me and Neil decided it would be a good idea to get married ahead of time. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, its sort of slipped my mind"
"Wait what?! You and home are married?! What the hell ma! How could you not tell me!! I cant believe this!" I dropped the box I was holding, completely and utterly shocked by what my mom said. So my life is gonna be like this permently? I don't even know these people. Why would my mom lie to me? I was having trouble breathing, and I guess my screaming must have frightened max cause I didnt see her riding anymore. Before I could process anything my arm was grabbed and I was all of a sudden turned around with my back now pushed up against the car and Neil 2 inches away from my face.
///// ABUSE WARNING /////
He pulled his hand back and struck me in the face. The sudden impact threw me to the floor and my cheek stung. I could tell my cheek was gonna bruise.
///// OVER /////
I looked up at him with tears in my eyes as I curressed my now reddend cheek, in shock and fear. Tears filled my eyes, threatening to spill.
"Don't you ever talk to your mother like that you little spoiled brat! We're family now and you need to be taught respect!" He screamed while looking down at me in an intimidating way while my mom just stood there.
"Sweetie its alright we can talk about it later, okay?" My mom placed her hand gently on his shoulder and looked at him in a slightly fearful way.
"Are you serious? He just hit me!" I yelled toward my other as the tears finally eacaped my eyes. Before she could answer I took off running. I didn't know where I was going and I didnt care. I wasnted to get away and I knew I wouldn't be able to if I stayed any longer. To think, this is the guy my mom married! This is the man I'm gonna have to live with and he just hit me! I cant believe my mom let hime hit me! The tears kept falling down my cheeks as I kept running.
I ran into someone as I was running do to my blurry vision and knocked them to the ground, resulting in me on top of them. I scooted away, getting off of them, not having the energy to stand up. "I'm s-so sorry, I-I didn't mean t-to do th-at" "Hey its okay, I probably should have looked to see where I was going before turning around haha" he chuckled at the end and sat up a little, resting himself on his elbows and finally looked at me, and by me I mean my face. "Are you okay? Why are you crying?"
His tone turned soft and he slowly scooted towards me and gently grabbed my chin reavealing my face to him, and his to me. My eyes roamed around his whole face and he was beautiful. He had brown hair and brown eyes, he was atrractive, I wasn't gonna lie. He looked at me with a sort of confused and angered look on his face once he saw the red hand print on my cheek and turned my head a little to insect it more.
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"Who did that to you? Are you alright?"
"My new stepdad" I studered out as I began to calm down.
He didn't say anything. He didn't look at me with pity or asking me questions. He just hugged me and pulled me in tightly.
"I'm so sorry" he whispered in my ear as he hugged me.
We pulled away from each other, and I was still sad, but calmed down thanks to this kind stranger. I looked up at him as he wiped the tears from under my eyes and flashed me a kind hearted smile.
"I'm steve, Steve Harrington. What your name, beautiful?"
"I'm Danielle, but you can call me dani" I mustarded as much of a smile as I could back at him.
"Do you wanna talk about it? If not that's cool too. Maybe, we could hang out get your mind off things?"
"Yeah, I'd like that" I smiled more and we both got up and he lead me up to his front door and into his house. I'm so glad I met steve, I know I just did but, he seems really nice and can be a good distraction for me. God, I cant imagine what's waiting for me when I get home.
