Beta

Chapter 2

"I'm sorry Court." I apologized for the tenth time since we arrived home.

"Stop apologizing it's not your fault you had a seizure I understand." he handed me a bowl of fruit and a glass of water for our snack. "Besides now we can have some alone time." he sat next to me on the living room couch. I turned the tv to Supernatural and we began watching Dean and Sam kill monsters. I leaned into Court's muscular body and popped a couple grapes into my mouth.

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"Yo love birds we home!!" Vince yelled making Court and I wake up from our well needed nap.

"Oh you asshole you woke them up!" Trixie shoved Vince up the stairs to his room. "You might wanna head up to the room to nap, the others are on their way here. We got here so early because Vince convinced his football buddy to drive us right before practice he drove like a lunatic.." She rambled before heading to her room.

"Getting a room sounds like a plan." Court grinned then carried me bridal style to my room.

"We only have four hours before we have dinner with the new pack." he informed once we were cuddling in bed together. I wrapped my arm around him and leaned my head into the crock of his neck "I love you." I whispered then slipped into a deep sleep.

** ten years old.

"Who the hell broke the tv?!" Father yelled advancing towards me with his fist balled threatening me.

"I don't know. I was at school it was like that when I came home." I defended myself shrinking more with every word. He un balled his fist "You're too fucking stupid to actually learn anything at school." he punished me with his words one of his many techniques. I learned not to cry long ago. "Go fucking somewhere I'm sick of looking at your face!!" He dismissed me.

I walked to my room and sat in the corner facing the mattress on the floor that father called my bed.

"It's dinner time!" Candice, my step mom and Luna announced throughout the house. I stood up and fixed my hair and straightened out my clothes. Everyone was already seated when I came into the kitchen and sat in my place at the table. We don't share our home with the pack so dinner is usually dull.

"How was work honey?" Candice asked to conjure up any conversation. Father sipped his glass of wine "It was fine but of course I have to come home to something wrong in the house." He let his eyes trail to me. I tried to avoid his glare but to no avail.

"The tv is broken and I want to know who broke it right now!" He demanded scaring me shitless.

"Ameri did it!" Sebastian said breathless as if it was a struggle to blame me.

"I saw her do it." he lied avoiding my questioning gaze.

"I'll deal with you later." Father uttered the words that terrified me.

I couldn't eat anything I just waited for it all to be over.

He waited until Candice ushered Rose and Remy to the living room.

"I'm so sick of you and your lies Ameri." Father stalked up to me.

"I tried to do good by you." he continued this time locking my door.

My heart began to race in my chest as I watched him take his belt off.

"No. I didn't break the tv I swear!" I choked out fearing the long strip of leather he had now ready in his right hand "I don't believe you." he said and struck me with the hard leather.

I screamed and cried out to anyone for help, my only answer was the stinging sensation of the rough leather belt connecting with my skin and the swear words from my father. Every hit felt like a hot whip on my skin and no matter how much I cried and pleaded the hits kept coming. It felt like hours when he finally got off of me.

"I hate you." he left me on the floor bleeding and crying.

I laid on the floor motionless for a few minutes then I army crawled into my small closet and closed the door.

"Ameri?" Sebastian's voice whispered into the darkness of my room. I squeezed my eyes shut hoping he wouldn't see me like this, he let me down.

"I just came to say I'm sorry." he whispered I curled into the fetal position and waited until I heard the soft click of my door closing to dream of a different place a place that had my mom in it. **

I woke up to Court's light snores. I pressed my lips together thinking about my memory I just dreamed about then snuggled back into Court. "I'm taking a shower." I leaned on top of him to kiss his soft lips. He grumbled and let me slip out of bed to my closet to pick out a dinner outfit. I picked out my black skirt and flower crop top. I shut the bathroom door behind myself, undressed, and jumped into the shower. The warm water trailed down my scarred body I tried not to notice each and every flaw about myself instead sang a tune while I washed my body rid of the stink of school.

"Just hold on we're going home!" I sang loudly.

I turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. I dried off and slipped on some undergarments

I quickly put my outfit on and then curled my hair with my wand.

"Too sexy." Court's deep sexy voice whispered in my ear. He ran his hands through my hair shaping it how he wants it.

"It's just going to be dinner right?" I asked turning to face him.

"Yeah then it's just you and me baby." he kissed my temple.

I unplugged my wand and walked back to the closet to retrieve my tan heels and my tan sweater.

"You have thirty minutes to get ready honey." I told him as he searched his half of my closet for an outfit.

"I'm going to make sure Vinnie and Trixie are ready." I let him know.

Trixie was finishing up straightening her hair while Vince was combing his hair in her huge mirror.

"You guys ready?" I asked flipping my hair to one shoulder.

"Almost. Damn gurl you look hawt!" Trixie cat whistled at me.

"Thanks bae I do try." I blushed.

"There are two black cars heading down the street." a pack member told us from the doorway. I thanked him and power walked back to my room where Court was now dressed and looking mighty fine in his dinner suit.

"Do I look that good?" He asked wiping away nonexistent drool off my chin.

"If I see even one girl checking you out I will do damage to her face 'kay?" I warned, he chuckled and pulled me flush to him.

"Like wise." he placed a kiss to my lips that I couldn't help but deepen into a steamy make out session. He pulled back reluctantly "They're here." I laughed at his irritated face.

"Let's get this dinner started!" Vince cheered.