Two Boys Lost In The Wind

Elevated

Lucian's P.O.V                                                           

Warning's: Child abuse,Past trauma,Violence 

I needed to get home as fast as I could I was out way past curfew.  I ran down the alleyway I parked my car in. I hurriedly got in my car and was pretty much speeding the entire way home. When I pulled into the driveway the lights were still on. I was fucked. I walked into the house and I was didn't think to ask before going over to this person's house?" He said as he got up to walk towards me.  "I'm sorry sir I forgot I was just trying to focus on school." "You should've asked me you know what happens when you don't follow the house rules!" He yelled he was in my face now. I should've backed up but I didn't. "I know what happens, sir," I said.  I was frozen in place. That's when the first punch hit me. Then there was another I put my hands in front of my face as an attempt to protect myself. He shoved me down and kicked me in the ribs.  After a few more kicks to my ribs, he finally let me up I ran up to my room passing my dad's wife on the way upstairs. I knew tomorrow was going to be hell. I decided to think about it in the morning and just go to bed. I knew I wasn't going to get much sleep tonight.  I woke up in the morning to my alarm blaring in my ears. I got up and pulled on some sweat pants and a black long sleeve shirt. I walked downstairs my ribs were killing me. I walked out of the house and to my car and got in. For the first time in my life, I wasn't in a hurry to get to school hell I didn't even want to go. Even though I wasn't being a speed demon like I normally was I still got to school early. I parked my car and got out and it felt like all eyes were on me. I was hoping Gabriel wasn't here yet. I walked into the school towards my locker. Someone was walking up to me  I turned the face them expecting it to be Gabriel. It wasn't it was a chick. "Hi, I'm Zoe," She said without looking up to face me. "I'm Lucian," I said puzzled as to why this girl was talking to me in the first place.  Zoe looked up to face me. "Holy shit who did you fight?" Zoe said looking worried for me. "I didn't fight anyone," I said with an annoyed tone. " The hell you didn't or did someone just beat the shit out of you?" I froze up and Zoe looked at me. "I guess it was the latter option," Zoe said. "Why are you even talking to me?" I asked getting irritated. "Well my mom's the school nurse and you're uh... obviously hurt," Zoe said lying through her teeth. "You're lying why are you really talking to me?" I asked. "Well Gabe told me about you last night and I-" "What did he tell you?" I asked cutting Zoe off as I started to panic. "Oh nothing bad he was just talking to me about you last night and well he's very easy to read he obviously has a crush on you," Zoe said. I felt my face start to go flush with embarrassment.  What the hell did Gabriel tell her about me? Did he tell her about what happened last night? I could see Gabriel walking down the hall towards us at least my face was hidden behind my locker for now. I decided I might as well just get it over with I closed my locker and walked towards Gabriel. I could see Gabriel's eyes widen as he saw my face. "What the hell happened to you?" Gabriels said with worry in his voice. "Would you believe I fell?" I asked. "You obviously didn't fall, Lucian, did you fight someone?" "No, I didn't fight anyone pretty boy," I said. "So you're black and blue for no reason?" Gabriel asked. "Technically that would be right," I said. "What is that supposed to mean? Who hurt you?" Gabriel asked. "Do you promise not to tell anyone?" Gabriel looked at me concerned "yes I promise not to tell anyone" He said  "Well my uh...dad did this" I whispered. Gabriels face shifted from a look of concern to a look of anger. To be honest Gabriel looked pretty hot angry. "Your dad did this to you?" Gabriel whispered back to me. "Yeah, I was out late...well later than I'm supposed to," I said. I watched as Gabriel's hazel eyes filled with anger.  "You stayed out late and he did this to you he's a piece of shit," Gabriel said anger in his voice. "It's not like this was the first time pretty boy I'm used to it," I said. "No, this shit shouldn't happen let alone enough for you to be used to it," Gabriel said. "Pretty boy it's fine, I'll be fine soon," I said leaning on the locker near us.  " It's not fine Lucian," Gabriel said putting his hand on my side to comfort me. It made me nearly scream in pain Gabriel's hand was resting on my ribs.  My eyes started watering and the pain made feel like I was going to vomit. How bad had my dad fucked up my ribs this time? Gabriel seemed to notice my eyes were watering and pulled his hand away. "Lucian are you okay? I didn't mean to up-" "I'm fine pretty boy it's just my ribs" I said trying to catch my breath. "You should be in a hospital Lucian," Gabriel said. "If I were to go he'd kill me because then the police will question him," I said, "You should stay at my house tonight so you don't have to deal with him." Gabriel said "You don't have to do that pretty boy," I said "It's the least I can do," Gabriel said almost pleading with me. "No, listen-" Gabriel Cut me off "No you listen, come over to my house tonight so you won't have to deal with your dad" "Ok I will pretty boy," I said. Gabriel walked off to whatever class he had after I agreed to come over. I walked into math class and sighed sitting down in the back. I tried to listen to what the math teacher was droning on about. I think he was talking about Algebra or was he talking about geometry? I honestly could care less I caught myself almost nodding off a couple of times before the bell finally rang. I could finally go to basketball. I got to the gym a little to quickly had I been running? I hadn't noticed if I'd been running but as I walked into the gym the coach to one good look at me and told me to sit out. I was unhappy with having to sit out. I couldn't even mess with Gabriel this period. I could see Gabriel talking with the coach. After their conversation, Gabriel walked over towards me. "You looked a little lonely over here," Gabriel said. "What did you do pretty boy?" I asked, "Well we have to clean the Locker room." Gabriel said. "You should've led with that" "Come on you ass," Gabriel said leading me to the locker room. "So what do we start with pretty b-" I was cut off by Gabriel pressing his lips to mine. Gabriel had pinned me against the nearest locker It kind of hurt when he did but I wasn't going to let my pain stop this kiss. Gabriel slipped his tongue into my mouth. The kiss was starting to make me feel light-headed. I pulled away for air feeling like I was going to pass out. "W-where'd that come from pretty boy," I said as was trying to catch my breath. "I uh...honestly don't know," Gabriel said sitting down on a nearby bench. I sat down beside him. Gabriel looked at me and sighed. "You ok pretty boy?" I asked. "Yeah I'm fine, It's just I hate seeing you like this" Gabriel said "I'm fine pretty boy My face doesn't even hurt It's just my ribs now," I said, "How can you say that like its normal?" Gabriel asked. "Well I've been dealing with this shit for years," I said  "Years? Like since you were a kid?" Gabriel asked, "Yeah I've been dealing with it since mom left." Gabriel pulled me into a hug it hurt since he was hugging me tightly but I knew he was just trying to comfort me.  I heard Gabriel sniffling he was crying. Was Gabriel crying over me? I decided not to question why he was crying and wrapped my arms around him. "You ok pretty boy?" I asked "I feel like it's my fault he hurt you," Gabriel said through sobs. "No, it's not your fault It would've happened anyway It's his fucking fault he's the one that did this." I said. "He would've done it anyways does he just hit you for no reason?" Gabriel asked looking at me tears in his eyes. " Yeah, he hits me any chance he gets," I said. Gabriel hugged me tighter and I felt like I was going to pass out from the pain. I tried to pull Gabriel off of me but before I could my vision was starting to fade in and out. I could hear Gabriel say" Lucian are you ok?" Then my world went black.  When I came to I was in a hospital bed. I knew I was fucked if my dad was here. I looked around the room and there was no sign of my dad. The first person I laid eyes on was Gabriel. Gabriel looked at me "Shit you're finally awake" Gabriel said. "What do you mean finally awake?" I asked. "You were out cold for almost an hour," Gabriel said. A doctor came and looked surprised to see me awake. "Oh...you're awake? Sorry to interrupt your reunion but I need to take you for x-rays." "Oh...lead the way I guess," I said getting up to follow the doctor. The doctor to me to the x-ray room and had me lay down on the table and took a couple of x-rays. The doctor looked worried as he led me back to the hospital room. I laid back down in the hospital bed. "Ok, kid can you tell me what happened to your ribs?"  The doctor asked. "umm..." I was trying to find a way no to tell him. "Tell him, Lucian," Gabriel said. "My uh...dad did it," I said. "Your dad did this to you?" The doctor said. "Yes," I said. "Listen I'm going to have to call the cops and you'll have to answer a couple of questions." "Will my dad get arrested?" I asked. "He will most likely get arrested." The doctor said. "Ok fine," I said. I didn't want to agree but I knew I had to. If he didn't get arrested I was fucked. I looked over at Gabriel and he looked worried. "When they brought you in they said you were malnourished." Gabriel said "Listen Gabriel-" "Does he let you eat?" Gabriel asked. "Well he lets me eat what I buy," I said, "How long has it been since you've had a proper meal?" Gabriel asked "Uh...a week maybe," I said "What the hell Lucian," Gabriel said. "I haven't had the money to get food pretty boy" There was a knock at the door. A police officer walked in. He looked confused when he saw Gabriel. "Gabriel what are you doing here? You're not the one that fucked up this poor kid are you?" The officer said playfully. "No sir I'm just keeping him company," Gabriel said, "Well that's nice of you Gabriel but could you step out of the room while I talk to him?" The officer asked "Yes sir I can" Gabriel said walking out of the hospital room. "So the doctor told me that your ribs were damaged by your father." "Yes my father did this," I said. "How long has this been going on?" The officer asked. "Since I was nine." I said. "The doctors said that you were malnourished when you came in does your father not feed you?" the officer asked. "Well, I have to buy my own food." I said. "So he doesn't feed you." "No, he doesn't feed me." I said, "well I think we have enough evidence to arrest your father." The officer said. "I don't want to stay with his wife," I said. "Oh trust me you aren't going to I've aranged for you to stay with Gabriel." The officer said. "Oh...ok" I said. " I also will try to get you a couple days out of school." The officer said. "Oh thank you" I said. So I was staying at my crush's house. This was going to be a wild couple of weeks.