Under the bleachers

Where were you all weekend?!

Trixie
Katya gave me a little kiss and I headed into my house

"Hello? I'm home"

My mom came into view from the end of the hall, she had two black eyes and her lip was busted

"Oh my god mom what happened?!"

"Umm Dane happened"

"What the fuck happened though? Why did he do this?!"

"Because he was mad at me for letting you go out. Please be quiet he is sleeping on the couch"

"Fuck I shouldn't have gone out or stayed at Katyas, I'm sorry. Fuck."

"Hey. It's okay. You have been taking it for so long and I just stood in the background and let it happen. I deserve this"

"Mom. No you do not deserve this, no one does. I don't deserve it and you don't either, and that brings me to something I need to talk to you about but we should probably go to your room"

"Okay"

We went up to her room and she closed the door, I sat down on the bed and so did she

"So, I have this new friend her name is Katya and she's the one I was with this weekend. She knows about what Dane does and we were talking, we made a plan on how we can get me and you away from Dane"

"That's impossible"

"It's not though. She lives in an apartment building like a ten minute drive away, I'm going to get a job and start saving money and you are going to as well, once we have enough to live for at least a year Katya will help get us an apartment in the same building as her. And the next time dane does anything we are calling the cops and getting him arrested but we have to wait till it is bad enough that he will be taken for a long time without question"

"That's uh. Yea. That will work but how do I get a job without Dane getting mad? He has enough money to support us without working so me getting a job would be suspicious"

"If you Can't get a job then I will, I already know where I can work and it pays well, I would also be paid by commission so if I sell lots I will be paid more"

"Okay okay. You worry about you and I'll worry about me, let's just both try and get a job and then regroup after that"

"Perfect"

I gave her a hug and went to my room

Trixie💖🎀: Hey I talked to my mom and she is on board with the plan to get an apartment in the same building as you. We are both looking for jobs right now
Katya🖤: okay bbg. I can take you to the lingerie boutique to apply for a job there on Wednesday because we are busy tomorrow😉
Trixie💖🎀: Mmm I love you so much
Katya🖤: i love you too❤️💖❤️💖

Now that I was home it felt so gross, Katyas house was home to me not this house, this is where I am unsafe, at Katyas I am safe and loved and wanted, I just live Katya so unconditionally it is borderline ridiculous I would marry her tomorrow if I could, I could never see us not together in the future.

I could hear Dane rustling around downstairs and tried to ignore it, until I heard him stomping up the stairs and swing open my door

"Where were you all weekend?!"

"I was at my friend Katyas house"

"How the fuck did you get friends? You ugly bitch?"

"I met her at s-school, I was at her house all weekend"

"A fat bitch like you could not make a friend"

I took a deep breath and remembered everything Katya says about me