I Love You

Can Things Get Any Worse?

I was lying in my bed all by myself. Alex had left about two hours ago because she has homework and had to have dinner with her family. Her father is so anal about the children and the parents having dinner together every night. I knew that her dinner was just about over, yet was she coming back?

          I sat up and looked out my window and low and behold, Alex was sitting in her window holding up a sign that said I’m so done with this hell hole! Let’s leave!

          I held up a finger meaning to wait a minute and I help up a paper that said how?

          She pointed at me then her and then to my car. I knew her home life was hard but I didn’t quite know how hard. I wanted to just bring her here but I knew my mom would shit bricks and bitch slap the shit outta me. But how much more could she go through before something bad happens?

          When I glanced back up with my response her father was standing over her with a belt clenched in his fists. I was freaking out banging on my window yelling “DON’T YOU LAY A FUCKING HAND ON HER!!!” As the first belt stroke her back. Alex screamed in agony. I was getting more pissed by the second. I turned around to face the door and there stood mom, she knew I was super pissed off. I stormed past her.

          I threw the door open and ran through the pouring down rain to get to Alex’s house. Her dog was lying on the ground with a broken paw and bleeding mouth. I kicked the door in and stormed up the stairs. Alex was lying on the floor of her room her mouth is bleeding. She has horrible slash marks on her arms and her back. Her dad was putting his belt back on and getting a board to beat Alex with.

          “WHAT THE FUCK GAGE!!! DON’T YOU DARE LAY ANOTHER HAND ON HER!!!” I yelled.

          “Isn’t nice to intrude on other people’s property.” He raised a withdrawn knife at me.

          I wasn’t scared by the knife. I glared at him with one eye twitching. “Hit me with your best shot motherfucker.” I challenged

          Gage didn’t take any time to hesitate.  He threw his knife at me. Missed my chest thank god but got stuck in my arm. Well fuck. Gage looked at me and back at Alex. “Your next bitch”

          I took the knife from my arm and threw it at him it penetrated his back just below the ribs and just above the kidneys. I knew that would slow him down but didn’t think it would for long. I jumped across her bed and grabbed her arms. “Come on we don’t have much time before he catches up. You can run away with me.” We dashed across her room.

          I rushed Alex from the room. I turned around and there stood Gage six foot three inches tall. Compared to me he is a giant and I’m just a little midget. Depending on the convenience store I’m leaving I’m around five foot three. He has a major height advantage on me. But I have something he doesn’t, self-defense skills. I can take down anyone who tries to stop me.

          He threw the first punch. I dodged and grabbed his wrist and turned it around against him and I broke some of the bones in his wrist. With each turn I make, more and more bones begin to pop. One thing I forgot was he had two fists. He threw his free hand at me. Landed directly on the hinge of my jaw, I picked myself up off the floor and spit some blood in his face.

          I ran out of the room like I was being chased by the cops. I had no time to loose. Alex as over at my house crying and my mom was calling the cops. I knew Gage couldn’t chase me without breaking his house arrest, but he was stupid enough to actually break it. He ran across his lawn and with two targets on his mind, Alex and me. I slammed the door shut and locked it tightly. I was shaking from the loss of blood and the adrenaline. I leaned against the wall, breathing kind of heavy and Kelsey noticed I was bleeding. “MOM! ANDYS’ ARM!!!”

          Andy looked down and he got light headed and he fell on the ground. I knew I was losing blood but I had one thing on my mind and that is to protect Alex. Gage was banging on the door yelling “LET ME IN!!” I looked at mom and yelled “GET HER OUT OF HERE!!” I turned my attention to Gage. “You have exactly one minute to get the fuck off my lawn before I call the cops for abuse, attempted murder—“As I was finishing up my statement the cops had come because of the ankle bracelet.

          The cops put Gage in handcuffs and an EMT came into our home to check me and Alex. We were fine but they had me lay on a stretcher so they can stitch up my arm. I was lying still for a moment until Kelsey came beside me and kissed my cheek. “Little bro you have a lot of guts and a lot of balls to face a dangerous criminal like him. I’m proud of you.”

          The last four words had me almost in tears. All my life I’ve heard nothing but you’re never going to make it or you’ll never be anything but a drug addict.

          I overcame both of them statements. I looked up at her and mouthed Is Alex alright? Kelsey looked back at me and nodded. The EMT was really surprised that I haven’t fully lost consciousness yet. I’ve lost a lot of blood and I was extremely dizzy. Kelsey had nodded in yes motion that Alex was alright.

          I was lying still for a moment, letting the blood bag drain into my body yet again. I was laying there looking at the sky. It was particularly getting darker as minutes had passed. The EMTs said that I was doing better. But I was concerned about one person. Alex. Is she ok? What is going to happen now? Am I going to loose the love of my life?

          So many questions running through my mind. So many unanswered questions.  If she is taken away, my life is going to be a living hell.

          As I was lying there something hit me: If I did lose her then fucking Cameron would have a big possibility of having her. That is the worst possible thing aside of her father getting out for nothing.