My story

Chapter; 3

‘Oh dear Lord! Amber, what happened to you?!’ Asked Miss More coming over and sussing out the newest edition to my bruises. She had such a caring nature about her, most teachers didn't but she seemed to be my only friend, well now I think I might have Reece and I hope I have him for a while. I'm so sick of being friendless. Sitting at the bottom of the class room, feeling worthless and lonely . What’s me excuse? Oh god, Amber don’t stutter it. A bludge formed in my throat  ‘Just a hard day of training.’ I finally without cracking a sweat. I covered my bruises with my hand, very faintly so she wouldn’t realise. I looked down at them to see how bad they were, not as bad as some of the others I've had. Some have been blue, purple, brown, black. These ones are just purple, thank good, not to bad. ‘Oh, I didn’t know that you did any training, for what?’ she said shocked, good thing is, she seemed to believe it. So for now, the lie was good enough to believe for anyone. ‘Ah, karate’ I lied ones again, I felt sick in my tummy, it gripped on to it with my other hand. ‘Oh, okay.’ She said and walked to her desk shaking her head ‘Silly kids’ she muttered. She tends to do that, just walk off in the middle of a convocation.

I looked around trying to not crack a sweat from nearly being busted. So many questions, so little time to think of the answers. What am I going to tell Reece? 'Yeah, you're the reason dad bashed me last night.’? Uh-uh. Not happening like that. I felt my voice start to settle down abit. When I lie my voice shakes from up to down. It's really annoying and a way of people busting me on lying. I have to keep my cool.  I rested my head on the table that I was sitting at. I heard the door open, my heart started to race. Was it Reece? I held my head down more so he wouldn’t see me face. I know I’m not going to hide this from him forever, but I ust can’t handle telling him about it. It just breaks my heart into two.

The smell of Reece drifted passed. Reece came and placed his books next to mine, I tried to hide my face into my arms more. ‘Hey Amber, alright if I sit next to you again?’ he asked trying to see my face. I hid it more in to my body. ‘Mhm’ I mutter back nodding my head that was buried into my arm enough as what it already was . Reece touched my arm were the bruises that dad left. I forgot about the ones that were on my arm. It went silent for a while after him looking at them. ‘Again? Bloody hell Amber’ He said trying to look at my face ones again. He wouldn't give up on trying to get a glimpse at my face, he even tried to move my hand out the way. ‘What for this time?’ he added trying to get an answer from me. I was thinking in my head what I should do, stay looking down, or face him. Show him what dad had done to my face. I looked up at him slowly. My eyes were watering. They couldn't be that bad…Could they? I thought they weren't that bad. 

He gasped when he saw my black eye. ‘He saw us hug’ I said softly. My voice started too break again, but not from lying, but crying.  He just looked at me. His eyes flushed with anger. ‘That’s it?! He saw you hug me? And he bashed you?!’ Reece said, not believing anything I was saying, even though I had the proof ’Your dad is a freaking idiot! An ' he yelled, and most of the class looked over at us. Ms More turned around from writing on the board. She gave me the 'What is happening?' look. I moved my eyes away from hers and on to Reece. He wasn't looking at me. I looked over my shoulder and saw Olivia sitting there chewing her pen looking at Reece and I. She saw my black eye and smiled. Offcourse, my pain is her happiness.

I looked back at Reece then looked in to my palms ‘He grabbed me, told me not to talk or see you ever again’ I said simply. I tried to say it before I got too worked up about it. I was trying not to look him in the eyes because I knew that they would be full of anger, but the colour of that blue was just amazing, it just draws you right in to them.

Reece punched the table and stood up, looking down at me ‘He can’t just do that!’, everyone looked our way ones again. I grabbed his arm and pulled him, I love how he was standing up for me, but he hardly knows who I am. He doesn't even know that I'm used to this now, and I think it's a bit too late to change it. ‘He obviously can Reece’ I said shaking my head and looking back down at my palms, and I did mean he can do this. He has all control over me while I'm at his place .