The sound of my alarm woke me up. I quickly got up and sleepily walked into my walk in closet to retrieve my clothes. I grabbed my burgundy biker tights and paired it with a sleeveless burgundy crop top. I put My hair into a sleek ponytail then went into my en-suite bathroom and took a shower and wore my clothes. I put on a white low-cut converse and grabbed a white sweater and my backpack before heading to the kitchen to grab a bag of grapes. I went in my car and drove to school humming to Bilie Eilish song "bad guy" while devouring the grapes. Yes I know....., I'm a fruit lover.
I pulled up in the school's parking lot and realised that part of the bruise on my stomach is showing since the crop top rode up a little. "Shoot", I whispered. I put on the sweater and zipped it up a little pass my navel so the ugly bruise would go unnoticed. I used the mirror in my car and applied light makeup to the fading bruise on my cheek. "Hey bestie poo",Sindy said cheerily as Emeralda and her walked over to my car. "Hey girls, let's go, we don't want you two to be late for class, I have 1st period free so I will be studying in the library", I told them as I exited the car and began walking to the building.
"So what are you doing this weekend", Sindy inquired.
"Nothing", Emeralda and I said at the same time.
"Jinks", we both shouted with huge grins on our faces.
"Double jinks", I shouted before her. "Now you my dear friend owe me a coffee", I said in victory. We both laughed at our antics. "Now you two better stop with your childish banter because people are looking at us like we have two heads", Sindy said. "Don't they always?", Emeralda asked rhetorically. "So do you girls wanna have a sleep over at my house this weekend?", Sindy asked. "Yes, I'm sure my dad will be ok with that", Emeralda said nonchalantly.
"Would be nice to getaway from the demon for 2 days",I thought. Not realising that I said that out loud until I saw the weird faces that my best friends made. "What are you saying Rose", Sindy asked warily. "I said that it would be nice to getaway from mom's and Damon's constant PDA for 2 days",I said quickly. "Awww, your mom and Damon are so cute together, they must love each other alot", Sindy cooed. "yes they are madly in love", I replied making sure that the sarcasm in my voice would go unnoticed by my friends.
"See you at lunch", Sindy said before she and Emeralda made their way to their first class. I opened my locker and took out my physics text book. I was walking to the library when I was stopped in my track by my name being called. "Hey Rose, wait up", Troy, said. I turned around to face him "Don't call me 'Rose' we aren't friends, it's Roselyn to you", I said with dislike lacing my voice. "Go on a date with me on Saturday", he said in an overconfident tone. "No, I will not go on a date with you, not now, not ever, never", I said to him firmly. The confident smirk fell from his face when he realised that I just turned him down.
Troy is the football teams captain, his parents are filthy rich so he act as if he owns the school.
"I bet you will be spending the weekend with those poor, losers , What's your deal with those people anyway, they are not even worthy of being on this earth, they're just some broke ass losers?, they aren't like us, they're not in our league", he said with hatred in his voice.
I fumed at his words. I was beyond angry. I took a step closer to him and looked him straight in the eyes, not being intimidated by his height "For your information, those 'losers' are my friends, and you are right, they are nothing like you, they aren't shallow and disgusting like you. They are kindhearted and would never look down on someone because of their financial status.", I said angrily.
"So.......Trash, umm...oops, I mean Troy, you better stay away from my girls cause if you so as touch a strawn of hair on their heads, you are a dead man", I pointed at him angrily."Just so you know, mess with me, fine, we're kool but trust me Troy, if you mess with my girls you will wish you were never born." I said without even blinking. Troy stared at me speechless before he turned and walked away. "Spoiled brat", I muttered.
I turned around swiftly and came in contact with something, I braced myself for the fall that I knew was coming but it never came. I looked down to see strong arms gripping my waist, preventing me from falling flat on my face. I looked up to see who my savior was and was met with beautiful blue eyes looking back at me. Believe it or not, it was Ashton, the school's bad boy. "Thank you", I said to him as I was released from his arms. He nodded and walked away.
I made my way to the library successfully this time. I took a seat and was studying thermal physics but a certain blue eyed person was lingering in my thoughts, preventing me from concentrating. Ashton, such a mystery, he always wears a hoodie with the hood over his head and his head held low so not many got the chance to see his face. Everything that I knew about him was based on rumours that I've heard.
Rumour has it that Ashton is a Straight A student,yet he hardly attends classes, and he always gets himself into trouble. He isn't rich but he's definitely not poor either. He lives with his mother and younger sister and his father died when he was 14 years old. The one factual thing that I know about Ashton, is that he despises Troy and Troy also hates Ashton but the reasons behind their hatred for each other is beyond my knowledge.
I slowly drifted back to reality and focused on the task at hand. After studying, I went to my other classes and the day went on uneventful. I was now in the parking lot waiting for Sindy and Emeralda. Five minutes later both Emeralda and Sindy came over to my car. "Hi bestie poo, mom is waiting for me over there so see yah", "Bye Sindy, love yah" she blew me a kiss and I pretended to catch it. We laughed and she went over to her mother's car.
"Hey Em, do you want me to drop you home?", I asked Emeralda
"No, dad is already on his way to pick me up, he should be here any minute now", she said. About five minutes later her father pulled up in the school's parking lot. "Bye Rose, love you and thanks for waiting with me", she said before walking to her father's car. "Bye Em, love you too and it was no problem". I said to her retreating figure. I went into my car and drove home.
A few minutes later I was home and exhausted. I parked my car , entered the house and headed straight for the kitchen. "Hey mom", I greeted my mother as I passed her in the living room reading a magazine. "Hey Rose, Damon won't be home for the rest of the week he's on a business trip, he'll be home on Monday", mom shouted from the living room. I did my little happy dance but halted as I realised that when he returns, the beating will only get worst. Normally, when he goes away on business trips, the beatings are worst than they were before he left. I shook those horrifying thoughts from my head and made myself some mac and cheese.
I poured myself a glass of orange juice and devoured the mac and cheese. I then went upstairs, took a shower and went straight to bed.
The rest of the week flew by quickly and now it was Friday evening and I was home packing some clothes for the sleepover at Sindy's. I made sure to pack toiletries, a few clothes, my earpods, phone charger, laptop and laptop charger. I also made sure to put my concealer in my bag just in case. I rushed to my mother's room and knocked on the door before entering.
"Hey mom, I'm staying over at Sindy's, I'll be home Monday after school", I said to my mother hurriedly. "Okay Rose,love you and be safe", she replied. "Love you too mom and anywhere is safer than here", I muttered the last part so she couldn't hear. I excitedly rushed downstairs to the kitchen and grabbed some random snacks and sweets. I then rushed outside, got in my car and drove off relieved that I left that hellhole even if it's just for two days.
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Jugendliteratur** Cover made by @oceancrest- ** A girl born to a mother who is brainwashed to believe that some men show their love by beating their wives and children. A girl who is abused by her stepfather. She's not the epitome of the usual abused girls that...
