True Colours

Chapter 8

Well; im sure you could guess what happens next. Right on the landing im stripped down to almost nothing. The keys in the keyhole jangle from outside. Could this be the end to it all? Ha, what was i doing? Fucking dreaming? Two panick stricken faces glare at me as they steady themseves, i grin inside and im pushed up the stairs like a rag doll. 'WHY ON EARTH DIDN'T YOU STAY THERE' says Jay in a loud whisper, i lock my bedroom door and tell both of them to hush up. 'You don't understand'. I whisper through warm tears. 'My mother would have turned it all on me, he's got her under some kind of fucking ridiculous spell. Katelyn rushes to my side and holds me tight, and then Jay, who rests his arm around me. The three of us sit there on the floor all huddled up, theres a knock at my door.

'Out the window' I whisper pleading for them to leave. 'Open the FUCKING door gorgeous' bellows my father. This must mean my mothers left already. I hear a chuckle behind the door. I take a deep breath in and open the door just as ay and Katelyn escape.'f you come any where near me... i'll..i'll.. report you!' I scream through tears as im grabbed by my hair and pushe down on my bed. My father holds a camera, and the piercing horror begins. I scream in agony but they sense no pity, no sorrow. A wide grin as 'it' releases me. I feel as if i've been crushed both inside and out. I'm harshly pulled up, 'breathe a word of this to anyone and i'll let EVERYONE no what a slapper you really are'. As they leave my fathers bitter words linger on and on for what seems like forever. I run a warm shower to try and get rid of the horrid encounter I have just faced. Trying to stop the blood that oozes out as i glide the scissors across. The pain makes me want to curl over and die. I vomit and vomit till I feel empty, the scary sight in the mirror, why me?

A while later I pull on my clothes and tip toe down the stairs. 'ROSA' roars out that man that claims to be my father, before he comes into the landing I grab the door handle and run till I feel free. All the way to Katelyn's, who did I mention lives half an hour away from me. I knock n her door panting, her Mother opens the door 'Oh lord, Katelyn it's Rosa get down now, you are ok are you not, my dear you look a state. 'Yes I'm fine Ms Johns, I tremble as I speak. 'Do come in I'll just get you some hot chocolate. As I sit on the warm sofa I wonder to my self what I have done to deserve this. Katelyn comes fleeing down the stairs and we embrace into a hug, 'Im so sorry!' 'Me and Jay, we were waiting... we were waiting for what seems like forever but you just never came down!' I sob and sob and so does she. 'Why, why me Katelyn, all I want is that tiny bit of love, why doesn't any one but you and Jay understand?' 'I'm so sorry but I had to tell my mum, she knew something was wrong as soon as I came home'.

In walked her mother with a big mug of hot chocolate, she stood before me and knelt down as she handed the mug to me. 'You've got to tell someone', she says. I gulp down the hot chocolate and stare ahead like a corpse. My vision blurs and ....