The Fallen Angel || ChaeLisa

I Am Ruined

I was sitting in my room and was thinking of what Mrs. Howe had said.

"You know that we only hired you, because you were engaged." Mrs. Howe had said.

"This is an all girl school and we don't want any type of personal relationships between a teacher and a student." Mrs. Howe had continued. 

I was in shock. Emmet was engaged? He played with my feelings? 

"Don't worry Mrs. Howe, Rose and I aren't in any type of relationship. I love my fiance and I definitely wouldn't disappoint her or you." That was Emmet's answer. 

When we got out of the office, I'd asked him what was going on and he's told me that everything was fine and that whole 'engaged' thing was a lie for him to get hired. I half believed him. Afterall my dad had helped him get in because he was worried of my future, so I bet he had made a fake engagement. But still, it was weird. 

We were going to Keimigs' this weekend. I was so tired of thinking about today's incident. 

I just went to take a shower since I smelled like garbage of not taking showers for a couple of days because of my arm. I carefully went in and tried to keep my arm dry. It was a success. I think. 

The days passed by quick and it was the weekend. I put on a simple jean and a nice sweater. Mom's gonna pick on me for my clothes, but whatever. Once we got to the Keimigs' house I sat down and took small sips of my tea. A girl was sitting next to me and I started talking to her. When the doorbell rang and some people came in, we all stood up to greet them. A very pretty girl, a little boy and a woman who was probably in her 5os. The girl's eyes were so attractive and she was so beautiful. They all sat down and Emmet's mom introduced them. 

"This is the Compton family." She said and we all smiled at each other.

"This is Mrs. Compton, little Alex, and my beautiful daughter-in-law Serena." My heart skipped a beat at the "daughter-in-law" part. Clark was too young to be getting married, so the only person left would be.... My eyes started getting wet. I was shaking. I stood up and everyone looked at me. 

"Is this a joke?" I asked shakily and Mrs. Keimig got up and came to me. 

"Sweetie, are you okay?" Sh easked and tried to grab my arm, but I pulled my arm away. I was crying by now.

"Emmet... he's getting married?" I asked between my tears.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Keimig asked.

"He promised.... he said that I was the only one that he loved.....he..." I couldn't talk by now and dad stood up.

"Roseanne Park, cut the crap and sit down!" Dad ordered, but I was didn't listen.

"I'm his bride, not her!" I yelled and dad came to me and slapped me hard. 

"Come to yourself Rose!" Dad yelled, but I was deaf.

"He..he.." I couldn't talk.

"I SAID SHUT UP!!!!" Dad was angry. He slapped me even harder this time and I fell on the floor, and he started beating me up. I was just crying. Not because my dad's kicks and slaps hurt me, but because of how my heart had been broken. I could hear mom and Mrs. Keimig yelling at dad, telling him to stop, but he kept hitting me with his belt. My entire body was sore. I looked at Serena, Emmet's fiance. She was looking at me with her mouth covered, but was standing there watching me with a worried expression. I wanted to hate her, but it wasn't her fault. It wasn't.

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I went home with the help of mom that night. My entire body was in pain and I could see scars and bruises on my hands and arms. Who knows how bad the other parts of my body looks. Alice hugged me the entire way and carefully without dad noticing, she covered my ears, so I wouldn't hear his yells and scolds. We got home and dad stormed inside without looking at us. Mom and Alice took me to my room and changed my clothes, I was frozen in time. I couldn't think straight. I was ruined. My first love. He said he liked me. He promised that once I graduate, we would marry. All those sweet words were nothing but lies? I can't believe I fell for him and his lies. Also, why was Clark just standing there staring at me when I got beaten up. He knew. He knew that I liked his brother and that his brother liked me, so why didn't he speak up? We had become so close that I told him that I liked his brother and his brother liked me. Something that I never told Lisa about. I've wronged Lisa. She was the one who was with me the entire time that I had a hard time, and there I was not even telling her that I loved Emmet. I am a horrible person. 

Days passed and I never spoke. Not a single word came out of my mouth no matter what happened. Dad refused to see me, but I wasn't desperate to see him either. I just wanted to lie on my bed like I am right now. I wanted the whole world to leave me alone. Alice told me that Lisa and my other friends have been calling me nonstop, but dad has my phone and non of my friends are allowed to come and see me. I couldn't believe I came down from the beloved daughter of a high profile family to a miserable person who couldn't now even get out of her room and walk around her own house. My meals were served by either mom or Alice and good thing I had my own bathroom. I'd been trapped in my room for almost two weeks now. I was literally depressed. I would barely eat or speak and wouldn't even bother to listen when mom or Alice tried to convince me to go and apologize to dad. I was not alive, I was just breathing. Like a breathing corpse.