Second Year Teacher

Part 1- Prologue

Alexis POV-

"I told you three years ago Peter. Get out of my life!" I tried my hardest not to scream. "Not until Julia is with me!" He said, taking a few steps closer to me, fire red in his eyes. "As long as I'm alive, your not getting custody of Julia!" I screamed this time, and braced for impact. Peter swung at me, I jumped away, and sprinted up the stairs. He knew where I was going, he had lived here long enough to know. I ran into my bedroom, and slid under the bed like a little kid playing hide and seek. It was the only place I felt safe, I knew Peter wouldn't get me if I was under here. I closed my eyes, and thought of when me and Peter were actually together. All our smiles, happy times, all thrown away in a second. I opened my eyes to see the tips of his shoes on the floor in front of me. "I won't hurt you if you come out" How was I supposed to believe him?

I slid out from underneath the bed, and grabbed a pillow fast, not knowing if he would slap me. "You have four months, Julia will be mine." He said, storming out. "So four months til you kill me?" I asked, following him down the stairs to the door, "Cause you'll take Julia away from me over my dead body" I said shoving him out the door, slamming it in his face, before he could finish what he was about to say. I hated Peter with every bone of my body, and I had the scars to prove it. I felt my back slide down the wall, and my face fell to my hands. I began to cry thinking, "I need to do all of this to protect my daughter?" If I would have said that a few moments earlier, shouting back at me would have been "She's my daughter too" when really, I wasn't letting him. I was keeping Peter as far away from Julia as possible.

I stood up and brushed off my jeans, and looked at the clock, Julia was going to be home any second. I ran up to my bathroom and splashed some makeup on, to hide the fact that I was crying, Julia is too young to know about Peter. She was only 7, second year in school. I let out a loud sigh, then Julia walked in the door. "Mum!" she cried, her little toothless smile, and long golden hair tied back in a braid swaying. "Hi baby!" I said, pulling her up into a tight hug. "How was school today?" I asked, setting her back down, staring into her deep blue eyes, like her father's. "Mum school was awesome" her voice lisped **(like lisp... idt its spelled like that)** because her two front teeth are gone. "My teacher is super cool! His name is Mr. Styles, and he's a great singer!" Julia smiled, she loved music. "Sounds like your perfect teacher" I said, kissing her nose, and patting her head. "Come on, lets get a snack" I said, gently holding her hand and walking into the kitchen.