Phora

Chåptër 4: Liquor

Chapter 4

Ariana POV

I stepped inside the house and the smell of liquor hit me.I walked into the living room and saw the couch cushions on the floor,tall cans everywhere,and a broken Jack Daniel's bottle.He can atleast clean up after himself.I began fixing the couch and throwing the tall cans into the garbage then I started picking up the pieces from the the broken bottle.I was almost done then I heard my dad unlocking the door.I really don't wanna deal with his bullshit.He comes in and he looks pissed ! Steam is ready to come out of his ears any minute now.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing ?" He spat

"Cleaning up after you" I said bluntly while rolling my eyes

I seriously regret rolling my eyes,I already knew what was gonna happen.He grabbed me by my hair,my feet weren't touching the ground and I was able to smell his beer breath.He punched me right on my nose.I started crying and breathing out of my mouth since my nose was bleeding.

"Don't act smart you ungrateful bitch" he said venomously with anger and pure hate in his eyes

He throws me on the couch and started punching me on my stomach and ribcage.After that he picked up a broken piece and sliced me on my shoulder and cheek.He got off of me and went to the kitchen,probaly to get another budweiser.I ran down the hall and locked myself in my room,I don't even wanna look in the mirror.

I finally grew balls to look in the mirror and I don't like what I see.How can Phora say i'm so pretty when i'm crying my eyes out and have ugly cuts and bruises on my face.I just lay down and begin falling asleep just hoping I don't wake up.

The Next Day-

I woke up the next day and I just wanted to kill myself.I rather be dead then go to school I already know Gina and her crew are gonna pick on me and I know Phora isn't gonna want to talk to me.Have you ever woken up from a nightmare and you're just relieved ? Well you see it's sorta like a reverse nightmare to me.I woke up into a nightmare.

I get up and look in the mirror,I have a big bruise under my right eye and my cut on the cheek isn'tthat big but it's still pretty noticable.

I remove my tank top and see acouple bruises,if you look at my smile you'll see notning wrong if you look in my eyes you'll see pain,misery,and sorrow if you pull up my shirt you'll see all the bruises. What did I do to make him so mad ?

I put on a burgandy soft long sleeve shirt.It's a low u-neck so you can see alittle bit of cleavage and you can see some of my stomach,but it's just a little crack like two inches.I put on black leggings from Forever 21 and my white vans

.Leggings are the only bottoms I have to be honest. Yeah I have acouple shorts and skinny jeans,but leggings are pretty cheap and the leggings from Forever 21 have a pretty thick material so they last a while.

Since I still had time I decided to straighten my hair,I never have time to actually get ready in the morning.For some reason I always feel decent looking with my hair straightened.My curly hair ends at my boobs,but my hair straightened ends at my bellybutton.Once I was done I quickly brushed my teeth and put on deodorant.

I got my black mossimo crossbody bagfrom Target and began walking to my bus stop. I got to my bus stop and saw Gina she smirked at me and bumped shoulders with me.I just look at the ground and start playing with my hands. "What's wrong with your face you look uglier than usual" remarked Gina. I didn't say anything I just looked down trying so hard to not cry.When the bus came I sat down in the second row so I can be close to the bus driver incase anything happens.

I just hope Phora doesn't see me like this.I lookout the window and see all the cars passing by and i'm just thinking why me ? Why do I have to suffer ? Haven't I been through enough ? I felt tears coming out of my eyes and I just silently weep.We came to the next bus stop and Phora got on.I tried looking away hoping he won't notice me,but he did. "Hey Arianna" he said with a smile

"Hey" I replied dryly still looking out the window "Are you okay" he asked making me face him by grabbing my chin I was so embarrased I had dry tear stains on my cheeks and I didn't want him to see my cut or bruise.His eyes almost popped out of his skull once he saw me. "Wh-what happened you were fine yesterday ?" He asked sounding so caring "Nothing don't worry about it" I said with my voice cracking "Tell me what happened I wanna help I care about you" he said I didn't know whether or not I should believe him.It's just a lie,i'm so stupid for believing him when he called me beautiful.I know he's just trying to get in my pants or maybe his homies made a bet or some shit.I got defensive and snapped at him. "Nah you don't care about me it's just a front i'm not dumb you don't care about and you never will" I said removing his hand off my shoulder He was lost for words,he wanted to say something but nothing came out. I feel bad for snapping at him,but I just don't wanna get my hopes up and get hurt.If only he knew what happened he would think so differently about me.I'm only protecting myself. Co-written by: _Devious_