Hard Times

Chapter 6

Clarkes POV
Finally, after 10 minutes of laying in bed I got up with the empty beer bottle from the night before cupped in my hand while I walked to the bathroom just in the case my dad was up and I started doing my normal routine. I washed my face, put my clothes on, did my hair and covered all my bruises with makeup.

It was already 8 eight so I put the beer bottle back on my nightstand. I hadn't heard my dad this morning so I figured he was asleep and walked downstairs. I quickly made a bagel while I was waiting for Bellamy.

I turned to grab my phone from the counter where I had set it a moment ago when I saw my dad sitting on the couch staring angrily at me.

"You're going to wear that?" he asked getting up from the couch, I looked down at my outfit. "Yea what's wrong with it?" I asked. He walked up to me, we less than a foot away from each other. Then he slapped me in the face.

"You know what's wrong with it, you look like a slut" I hated him so much. No matter what I wore or how I acted he would always say the same thing. He was about to slap me again when he saw Bellamy's car pull up from the kitchen window and he put his hand down.

"Who is that boy?!" he asked sternly. "None of your business," I told him and slammed the door. I got in Bellamy's car and slouched down in my seat, he didn't move the car. "Is everything ok? And why is your cheek so red?" he asked looking down at me. "I'm fine, can we just go!" I said. He looked at me for a moment and started driving.

After the second day of school Bellamy, Murphy, Raven and I all became best friends. I didn't think it was possible to feel so close to people that I barely knew but I did, we all just clicked. It was like we had all been best friends for years.
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Three weeks went by and my routine usually stayed the same. Bellamy would see my father and me yelling at each other through the kitchen window, we would go to school, after school we would all go to Bellamy's house to play x-box or watch movies. Bellamy would drive me home, my dad would beat me and the cycle continued.

I wanted to tell Bellamy so bad about my dad. Every time I got in his car I would scream in my head. "Save me, please get me out of this hell!" but I never said it out loud. I couldn't risk him getting into this mess too, he didn't deserve that.

After school, we all went over to Bellamy's house to study for our science test tomorrow but that's not what ended up happening.

We all ended up getting bored and decided to go outside to Bellamy's pool. He grabbed some cokes for us and we all sat at a table.

We talking and having a great time when Bellamy stood up. "Guys were at a pool, we might as well swim right?" Raven, Murphy and I looked at each other. "Bellamy are you crazy its 60 degrees outside," I told him.

He took off his shirt and started undoing his belt buckle. "Come on guys this is our last year of freedom before we all split up and go to college. We should make the most of our time together right?!" He took off his jeans leaving himself in only blue boxers. "Fine," we all told him and sighed.

I undressed myself leaving me only in a gray bra and underwear. Then as I rubbed my hands together to warm myself up Bellamy swooped me up bridal style. He started running to the pool holding me, I pounded on his chest and he started tickling me. "Let me go you jerk," I said while laughing. "No can do princess," he said with the biggest smirk on his face.