Protect Me

protect me 9

Jessica's POV

I was beyond confused as to why Ethan was treating me this way. He seemed to be angry at whatever I did. I could not help but wondered whether he would beat me up, just like what aunt mary, after we got married. Even if he does beat me up, I could only accept it as aunt mary had said that I would abide to him or else she would kill me if his family ever regret their decision and wanted a refund from aunt mary. I watched as he drove his car away at an increasing speed. I walked to my maths class, feeling worried about his safety. I met Ryan along the way and he offered to walk me to my next class again. "So why are you in a daze?" he asked with worry laced in his voice. "Oh, it is just Eth-, it is nothing." I stuttered, not wanting to say anything more. "It is Ethan, isn't it?" he questioned with raised eyebrows. "Erm...it is just some personal matters." I replied and luckily he did not question anymore but I could see that he still have some suspicions with him. I entered the classroom in which most of the people were already there, including Rine Bieber and her friends. Rine Bieber saw me and she smirked, "Hey, Freak. How are you and your miserable face?" "Some people in the class laughed but her friends laughed the loudest. I turned red and quickly slipped into my seat with my head down. Throughout the whole lesson, I could feel small little bits of paper being thrown at me and I knew who it was. I could only pray for the class to end fast.

When the class ended, I rushed to my last class which was geography class and made my way home quickly in case Rine Bieber and her friends want to have their way with me.

When I reached home, aunt mary was not home yet and I could not help but breathed a sigh of relief. I made use of the time to complete my homework and make some dinner for aunt mary. Half an hour later, she staggered into the house with a bottle in her hand. I placed her dinner on the dining table once she plopped herself down. After seeing her dinner she glared at me and yelled "What kind of dinner is this?!" The next thing I knew was she punched me in the stomach and I doubled in pain. She kicked me over and over again and taking the plate of dinner, she dumped the mild hot contents onto my bruised face.i shrieked in pain and she laughed, grabbing her bottle and stumbled into her room. I lie on the kitchen floor and cried until I had no more tears. I picked myself up and clean up the mess before washing my face. I realised my face had became red, adding to the colour of purple. I slipped into my bed and cried myself to sleep.

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Ethan's POV

I drove back home and the mad speed driving had failed to calm me down. I blasted music in my room till dinner time came. Mum and Dad were already at the dining table and I could see that they were not happy to know that I skipped my remaining classes. "You do remember that other than marrying Jessica Tanner, you must also keep up your grades, right?" my father said in a stern manner. "Yes, Father." I drawled out my words. "No more skipping of classes then or else you know the consequences!" my father warned. I quickly ate my dinner and went back to my room, not wanting to face their wrath anymore. I texted Jayden to send me the notes for the classes that I had skipped and began to do my homework.

The next morning, while I was parking my car in the school lot, I saw Jessica Tanner, with her head down and hands in her pockets, walking into the school. She seemed to be in a lot of pain. I could not help but wondered why was she always in pain whenever I see her. Worrying, I rushed to her and she bumped into me, not knowing that I was in front of her. She let out a shriek and I realised that she was falling. I grabbed her waist with both hands and managed to stop her fall. She gasped and looked up at me. Our faces were so close to each other and I noticed that her face had became worse than yesterday. Her face had became red and more swollen. Straightening ourselves and holding her waist with one arm, I used my other hand to brush across her cheek. She cringed in pain and I stopped my movement. "What happened to your face?" I asked gently. "Erm..i fall.." she stammered with her words and looked away. "You are-" I wanted to reply but just then, Rine Bieber shouted "Ethan!" and I released my hold on her. She slipped herself away from me, walking to the school building. My hands strangely felt empty without her but I scolded myself for thinking too much and walked to the school building, ignoring Rine's callings.