For Me

Ms.Brown

The bathroom door bursts open as I wrap myself in a towel. I stare at him praying he doesn't do a repeat of last night. He takes a step towards me and places a hand on my cheek, " You are so beautiful". I look down at the bathroom floor, too afraid to look at him. A few moments of silence pass by and he sighs, " You're going to start school in a few weeks, we need to get you prepared" he starts to play with my hair.

" You've grown so much princess" he places his finger under my chin and lifts my head up to look at him. I look at him and the memories of last night start to come back and I feel my eyes become filled with tears. He looks at me with guilt and regret and kisses my forehead, " I'm so sorry princess, I never meant to hurt you" his words made me feel sick as I know he enjoyed what he did to me.

The air suddenly feels thick and I feel suffocated by his scent. I look back down towards the floor and take a step back. I look up to see him staring at my legs, which made me clutch the towel tightly around me. " Hurry up and get ready, we don't have all day" and with that he left out of the bathroom leaving me there silently sobbing.

I look at myself in the mirror and I smile, reminding myself that I am beautiful and brave. I slowly open the door hoping not to see him there, and to my relief he wasn't. I make my way towards the closet and I pick out a grey jumpsuit. I go through my drawer and find some undergarments. I quickly slip them on and throw on the jumpsuit. I fix my hair up in a quick ponytail and I spray on a little bit of perfume. I lace up my white nikes, apply my chapstick and take my phone off the charger.

I make my way down the stairs and I'm met the sounds of moans from my aunt. Ever since my mother died, my dad has been taking an interest in my aunt whom I've grown to hate. I walk towards the kitchen and I pour myself some cereal. After I finish eating and cleaning up some of the toys scattered around, they make their way towards the living room. After he gives me a once over and approves my outfit, we head out.

The drive to the mall was uncomfortable because of him rubbing my thigh and squeezing my chest. I looked outside of the window the whole time, hoping to make the ride end soon. Once we reach the parking lot, I quickly undid my seatbelt and got out of the car. We made our way towards the entrance and went directly into the clothing stores first. I got 13 t-shirts and few tank tops, 9 pairs of high waisted jeans, 10 pairs of shorts that of course he picked out, a few sweaters and other items.

" Dad I'm hungry" I tell him and look towards the food court, " I could eat". We make our way there and I find a table for us to sit at, " Watchuu want?" He places the bags down next to me " 2 slices of pizza, garlic bread and a fruit punch" he looks at me for a few seconds and nods, " Okay I'll be back" he walks off towards the long line. I picked the longest line available so I could be away from him.

Five minutes had passed and he still had about 8 people left in front of him, this place must be popular. While looking around I see a group of equally handsome guys talking to a group of girls. One in particular guy caught my eye though, he looked like one of the guys from a movie you'd fantasize over. He had chocolate skin, pretty greenish hazel nut colored eyes, big pretty lips and a cute nose. I noticed he had a ear piercing which doubled his sexiness. I could tell he had style too, it looked like he shopped at all the stores where celebrities would have.

What should have been checking him out for a few seconds, turned out to be full blown staring. I rested my head on my hand and continued staring at him until my heart almost caught in my throat, he saw me staring. He turned around and looked me dead in the eye and I wanted to cry. I turned my head quickly hoping I didn't seem so obvious. I turned back around trying to see if he was still there and he was, staring at me. I gulped and nervously pretended to look at the store behind him, but then I saw the whole group turn to look at me, oh no.

I look down at the table and pretend to be interested in drawing circles on the table. I look at the line again only to see that it had gotten longer and there were now 12 people in front of him. I scrunch my face up in confusion but then shrug, as long as he's away from me, I thought to myself. I smell a an expensive smelling cologne that smelled like danger, yes that totally makes sense. I turn to see him sitting next to me and I freeze, I stare back at the table and start playing with my fingers. He chuckles and I swear my whole body melted, " Watchuu actin shy fo' ma?" I could feel him looking at me. I didn't respond so I then feel him touch underneath my chin and turn my face towards him, " You gon look at me when I'm talkin to you" I stared into his eyes and bit my lip, something I do when I'm nervous.

He then looks from my eyes to my lips, " Don't do that ma" he says still looking at my lips, I release my lip from my teeth slowly and he groans. I notice he has his arms full of tattoos, I touch his lion tattoo and slowly trace it without thinking. Once I come to my senses I stop and look up at him, " How old are you ma?" He asks without taking his eyes off of me. "Seventeen" I whisper and look back down, " What?" I look at him again and I whisper it again but this time a little louder. "You gotta be kidding me" and he starts laughing, I feel myself blushing and falling in love with the sound of his laugh. " You are, aren't you?" He pulls my head toward him again and I shake my head.

He then sucks his teeth and runs a hand over his face, " What's yo name?" I bite my lip again and whisper my name. His voice gets husky and deeper " I said don't do that" he runs his thumb across my bottom lip and carefully releases it from my teeth. " Get the hell away from my daughter" he roars and I freeze, I'm gonna be in deep trouble now. The handsome stranger looks up at him and raises a brow, " Watch yo lip" he simply says, pulling me closer to him, right then and there I silently pray he goes easy on me this time. I look up to see him staring at me with so much anger and venom and that's when I start to shake.