It's not you it's me

Chapter 10

* Alice's P.O.V *

The drink he gave me wasn't that bad, it tasted familiar but then again many things taste alike and it'll be awhile till I figure it out. My head was beginning to hurt from trying to figure what flavor that drink was since it was oddly familiar. I sat on the table watching him eat creepy I know but the way he ate it was so I don't know graceful but yet so elegant with strength in it too it was so memorizing that I didn't even hear Skylar calling my name but the shaking of the table made me snap out of my really deep thoughts and realize that he wasn't in front of me but beside me now with a worried look on his face. I blinked a couple times and soon everything became clear to me again. I sat there staring into his eyes falling into them but snapped out of it when his hand touched my cheek.

"Did you say something?" I asked with a confused tone

"I asked if you were okay, you sort of dozed off on me once you sat down I got worried" he said with a frown. I wanted to just bite his lips they looked so yummy.

"Yeah I'm okay just hungry"

"Hungry? Sweetheart you just ate break- wait" he said while standing up and touching my forehead "do you feel dizzy confused anything?"

"Kind of...why?"

"Just curious, you might be getting sick, come on I'll take you to bed"

"Skylar I have to get home my mom she'll worry and..."

"And what?"

"It's nothing, I should get going"

"You can't go Alice, you're still hurt you can barely walk or even stand"

"I'm fine plus I have no clothes here my phone is dead I look like shit I have to get home"

"Alright I'll drive you at least"

We walked, well more like he walked because he carried me up the stairs, and gathered anything that belonged to me. When we got in the car I couldn't help but notice that we didn't live that far from each other in fact he was about 20 minutes away from me, at least I knew where I was, I pointed out which house was mines and waited for him to park in front of it. When he did, I unbuckled my seatbelt looked at my home and breathed out a shaky breath I was scared to go in I didn't know what kind of trouble I would be in and the fact that I get abused made me shiver in fear.

"You don't have to go in Alice"

I looked at Skylar with a side smile I could tell he knew that I was afraid I was probably shaking like a chihuahua right now and my skin probably just looked paler than usual, like Casper the ghost, I opened my mouth but no words came out so I put my head down and sighed.

"If anything happens Alice just call me and I promise you I will be here to get you out of there as fast as possible, okay?"

I nodded my head not trusting my words at the moment. I opened the door said goodbye closed the door and walked over to my house. It was quiet which was weird because I can normally here the television from here and that made me more nervous and scared I really didn't know what I just got myself into. I opened the door slowly while listening to Skylar's car drive away I felt a tug in my heart but ignored it quickly and closed the door. Still no sign of anyone in the house so I went towards the stairs that led to my room until I heard a floor board creak, I stopped mid track and turned around but froze when I saw him standing there with a bottle of vodka in his hands and a piece of paper in the other his eyes were red like if he's been crying but I knew that they weren't red from tears because I saw bags under his eyes like if he didn't sleep all night and I smelled another scent from him, it smelled like weed but since when does he smoke? I looked at him wide eyed trying to slow my breathing down.

"Where have you been?"

I was too scared to talk what scared me more was when he stepped forward

"I asked you a fucking question now answer me!"

"I passed out in the park and some guy took me to his house and took care of me"

"Don't lie to me!"

"I...I'm not lying"

He looked at me with a confused look and stood in front of my face, I was scared shitless.

"Don't ever talk back to me!" And with those last words I felt a pain on the side of my head and landed on the floor. I touched my head and felt something on it when I looked I saw the blood which made me freeze in place trying to process what happened when I looked to my right I saw the broken vodka bottle, I felt him grab my hair and suddenly his fist came in contact with my face causing me to scream in pain I already had bruises this was just going to make it worse I began to cry I didn't fight back or scream for help because well even if I did it was pointless because it wouldn't do anything so I let him hit me since I was weak and trying made no sense. When I felt him stop I felt something land on my hand, it was the paper he was holding I tried to sit up and when I managed I read the paper.

Alice,

I left John when you didn't come home I took it as a chance to be free from you and from him dealing with you two was hell and now I will be living my life. Goodbye and have fun in hell with that asshole

-mom-

I stared at the letter in disbelief. She left me here with him even though she knew how he was but still dared to leave me. I cried and cried probably for hours I think I did it was already dark out when I rose my head when I stopped crying, I struggled to get up but when I did I went to my room locked my door took off my clothes and laid in bed hoping for sleep to take over, I couldn't help but cry a bit because of what John did to me and because of my mother leaving me with him I cried until sleep took over finding relief in it since I won't feel the pain I'm in while I'm asleep.

But I couldn't help but wonder about Skylar and why he helped me. No one ever has, so why now and why him? I was too tired to figure it out so I fell asleep hoping that tomorrow morning this was all just a dream .