Breaking Free

Chapter 10- Damian

"Master Damian, can you come here for a moment. Your father would like to talk to you."
There was a faint, be right there. I put my phone back in my purse and waited. I stood there for a soled three seconds before the door opened.
"Yes father, what is-"
I giggled "Sorry, not your father or Alfred I'm afraid. They don't even know I'm here."
Damian didn't move or talk. He just stood there. froze. I didn't know what to do, then it hit.

Slut

Whore
Attention seeker
Brat
cheater
ugly
untalented
I frowned and backed up. I felt my back hit the wall. I slid down, and covered my ears with my hands. Trying to block out the words, that sounded like Lila and Alya. I didn't know I started shaking. I barely felt Tikki pushing on my leg. I didn't feel anything, but pain and.....terror.
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I opened the door, expecting Alfred to be standing there. I didn't expect to see my girlfriend in the door way, walking. I was too shocked to say or do anything. I didn't notice the smile leave her face, or the way she back up into the wall. I snapped out of my trance when I heard a faint voice repeat the words no, over and over again. I looked down and saw Marinette curled in a ball, hands over her ears. She looked so helpless. I saw Tikki trying to ground her, but she wasn't listening. I rushed over and picked her up. I carried her to my bed and sat her at the edge. I gently took her hands away from her ears and placed the both over my heart.
"Angel, look at me. It ok. Angel, do you remember last week, we went and got ice cream, and I got it all over my nose, and then you smeared the rest on my face." I chuckled at the memory. I saw a faint smile on her face and took a deep breath. Oh I hope this works. I plunged my face into her's. Kissing her softly at first, then more passionately as she slowly came back into herself. I felt her put her arms around my neck, and kiss back. When we broke apart she gave a small smile.
"You really do know how to get me back."
I chuckled. Then frowned when I saw claw marks on her forearm. I gently traced them and she shivered.
The scars had jagged marks coming from the the tips and bottom parts of them. There were three lines. One going across the others in a slash. I looked into her eyes and she had this haunted look in them. I pulled her close and hugged her. Trying to remind her that everything was ok. That I wasn't going to leave her. The. She started talking.
"It was When Chat came to proclaim his love for me. After Ladybug kept rejecting him, he came to me. The night I started staying at Chloe's, he broke into my room. I tried to kick him out, but he just assumed that he owned me. He grabbed my and I fought back. His claws dig into my skin, and when I screamed he just covered my mouth with duck tape. I kept fighting, I kept kicking, then Ryuko and Viperion came and saved me. I had five stitches in each slash."
I froze, my brain unable to comprehend what she just told me. How could anyone do this to her.
"I see your gears turning. Chat Noir was Adrien Agreste. He hated me, since I started calling Lila out on her lies. So he repeatedly beat me, along with my classmates."
I couldn't breath, couldn't move. This ball of sunshine was treated like a dog, and she kept a smile on her face. I forced her chin up and kissed her.
"You are my savior and my best friend, even though we have only known each other for a short amount of time."
"I love you." She whispered. I froze, and watched as she turned bright red.
"Tell me j didn't just say that." She whined and covered her face. I chuckled and kissed her forehead before looking deep into her eyes.
"I love you too."