Nice to meet you- Amyplier

Abusive ex

Amy's pov

This morning I woke up with stomach cramps and a billion notifications, 2 things I really didn't want right now.

I checked through my notifications whilst I went to the toilet, effectively killing 2 birds with 1 stone.

I only read the most important things like work and info from Mark which was only him talking about his dog who I can see today which made me really excited.

Once I was done on my phone I was brought straight back into reality when I found out my monthly period had started, great, just what I needed.

I delt with that and then left the bathroom to go make myself breakfast to take my mind off of the light stomach cramps which I know will get much worse later in the day.

I made eggs on toast which is literally my favourite thing in the world then I got dressed and put a small amount of make up on.

I wore baggy clothes so I could be as comfortable as possible then left my apartment to get my morning coffee and one for Mark since he was the only one at his apartment right now.

I drove to his place and tried to look as happy and energetic as possible but how can I be when I have a constant pain in my lower stomach. I get the worst period pains ever and I knew this was only the start of a very painful day.

As soon as I arrived at Mark's place I hopped out of the car and he opened the door like he was expecting me to arrive at that very second. I handed him his coffee as he let me in and then joined him on the couch so we could talk about the ADWM plans.

Throughout the whole time we were talking he had a very concerned look on his face which meant I was doing a shit job at hiding my pain, it had gotten worst but it was still bare-able.

It was like he knew what I was going through because as soon as we stopped talking he got aspirin, ibuprofen, paracetamol, a giant fluffy blanket and a few pillows.

"Use whatever you need" he said kindly.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"I used to help my ex but it always backfired" he replied.

"What do you mean, you don't have to say if you don't want to" I said.

"Well she was really abusive, we would always get into arguments and she would end up slapping or punching me but I never retaliated because that's not the type of person I am and whenever I would help her she would have a go at me because she thought I was trying to say she was incapable of looking after herself but I would never think that. Everything I would try to do to be nice and resolve the problems would always backfire and I would get slapped in the face figuratively and literally" he explained.

I just sat there in shock, I didn't know how to react. I could feel tears in my eyes even though it wasn't me who experienced this but how could someone even do that to the sweetest man alive. I had only known him for a day but he is the nicest man I have ever met and definitely doesn't deserve anything like that, no one does.

"I'm really sorry Mark, you should have never had to go through that. No one should, you are literally so sweet so I don't get why anyone would do that to you" I replied still in shock and still tears brimming the lids of my eyes.

His cheeks turned a light crimson colour which caused mine to do so as well.

"You really mean that?" he asked.

He sounded so shocked, like he had never been complimented before.

"Yes of course I do, because it's true" I replied.

He turned his head away and he blushed harder than I had ever seen anyone do so before.

He must really take compliments to heart.

"Sorry, I don't know how to react. No one has ever complimented me before" he said shyly.

"I'm really surprised by that, have you not been in any other relationship?" I asked.

"No, I wasn't really popular or likeable before my ex came about" he replied.

"How though, your so friendly and so down to earth" I said making him blush more.

"You really know how to make me blush don't you" he said avoiding my last comment.

"I've had to learn, it is really useful though" I said.

"Care to explain?" he asked.

"Well like you I've only had 1 relationship, it felt like love but in the end it turned out to be some shit relationship where I was used, abused and left on the side of the street. The relationship started strong and I was really happy, I felt comfortable and I tried my best to make him feel comfortable. I would always compliment him and make him happy but in the long run it didn't work. It's like he had had enough of me so he started to abuse me and made me do things I didn't want to, he would force me into doing things and would beat me till I bled if I didn't do it. I couldn't get out of the relationship until he said otherwise he would kill me. He threatened to kill me on the daily so I did what he said until he finally dumped me after a year and a half of torture" I explained, tears streaming down my face as I recited the memories.

Mark sat there in shock and then pulled me over to him into a hug. I felt safe in his arms, something I hadn't felt in years.

Mark hugged me until I stopped crying and then hugged me more just to be sure.

I didn't realise but Kathryn, Ethan and Tyler had turned up and they brought lunch.

Once I calmed down Mark walked with me over to the kitchen where the food was.

We grabbed our plates of food and sat with everyone else at the island and ate whilst talking about the plans for ADWM.

I wasn't planning on staying for as long today but there was a car crash on the main road that leads to my apartment and the traffic was extremely bad so Mark offered for me to stay over and let me sleep in his bed and he slept on the couch. I told him that I would sleep on the couch but he insisted on doing the gentlemanly thing of giving up his bed so I didn't argue and accepted the offer.

I did feel really bad but Mark didn't allow me to feel bad, I don't get why he was being so nice to me when we had only known each other for 2 days and I don't get why he doesn't have a girlfriend because he is literally any lady's ideal man.