The Player and The Freckled Girl

If you say a word to anyone, I'll make sure you can't walk again

After we finish sitting by the cliff edge and I manage to get a few brownie points in my giving Kelley a spare jacket I packed, we make the walk back down to Alex's car and I drive Kelley home before a search party is sent out by the guys in her home.

I pull up to her place and quickly get out of my side so I can run around and open the car door for her.

"Thank you for tonight, I had a really good time" Kelley says playing with the ends of my sweater.

"Well I'd be more than happy to do it again sometime freckles, what do you say?" I ask her

"Yeah, I would love too" Kelley says a small smile on her lips.

"Great, I'll see you on Monday then Kel" I reply and lean in to give her a quick kiss on the cheek.

I walk back round to my side and watch as Kelley goes back to her home, I'm about to drive off when Kelley shouts for me

"Wait, Dan, I've still got your hoodie," She says

"I know, keep it" I reply and wink at her before driving off back to Alex's house.

I know full well that Kelley was blushing back there which just makes me like her even more, god I'm going soft. The drive to Alex's place is pretty peaceful, not many cars on the road and few people out walking, I guess it's just one of those quiet days.

I park the car in her driveway and take the keys out the ignition, swinging them around my index finger out of habit and walking to her front door. I'm about to knock when I hear shouting going on inside.

"I can't believe you've fucking sued me! How dare you do that!" A man I've never heard before shouts out

"What did you expect Micheal! You're leaving us with nothing, how am I supposed to feed your kids, keep them warm, get them to school, pay for their college tuition! You go off and live a happy life with your new family but you can be sure as hell I'm suing your ass for every penny you own" I hear Pam shout to what I think is her soon to be very ex-husband.

"you fucking bitch!" He shouts out, I plan to just post the keys threw the letterbox and walk away from this slightly awkward family moment but when I hear the sound of glass shattering I know it's gone bad.

"Dad! What the fuck are you doing! Stop it!" Alex yells out.

The sound of pure terror in her voice makes my blood boil and my instincts just kick in. I take a few step back from the door and run straight at it, making sure to shoulder barge it by it's hinges.

As I make contact, the door comes flying forward and I stumble into the house, the momentum of my body bringing me down to the floor along with the door

"Get off her!" Alex screams tears rushing down her face as she looks on in horror at her father pinning their mother to the wall, his fingers tightly wrapped around her neck.

Something in me just snaps and my fight or flight kicks in. Fortunately for me, it's the fight part and I sprint head-on at Micheal and lunge at his waist, knocking him straight to the floor where I situate myself on top of him.

I send fist after fist to his face all my anger bubbling to the surface and coming out of my fists. I'm so fixated on just punching this son of a bitch that I don't notice him reaching over next to him and grabbing a vase.

The next thing I know it's throw at my head and I'm knocked off his body. It's his turn to send punches to my face, hitting my in the jaw and eye while I try to bring my arms up in hopes to block some of them.

"Dad stop!" I hear Alex yell out again. I manage to muster up enough energy to bring my feet up and kick his body off my own.

I quickly scramble to my feet ignoring the pounding going on in my head for a second and start sending kicks to his stomach and body.