Focus

Chapter One pt two

March 13, 2012

"Its all your fucking fault!" Ben drunkenly yells as he reaches to the side table beside the bed grabbing the blue vase full of flowers, throwing it at me. He luckily misses the side of my head and I bolt for the door. I maneuver my way past him, my finger tips inches away from the handle. I feel a tight grip on my arm and all of the sudden his fist goes straight into my eye. My body slams to the ground and I lay there for a moment, regrouping my thoughts. I extend out my hand from underneath my body and hold my left eyes as I kick his balls, and run out the door. "GET BACK HERE SLUT!" He calls after me,slurring his words. I close my eyes for a split second as I sprint down the street rounding around the corner. As I open them back up I can see the grocery store in the distance.

My goal.

I kept my steady pace as I went around the last corner.

I feel my chest run into a tall lengthy body, and I hit the pavement, trying to catch myself with my hands. I lay for a moment in pain before I hear commotion coming from where I had just been moments before.

The body I had just ran into extends his arm out, pulling me up to my feet without asking, and drags me back into the small alleyway. The man raises his pointer finger up to his pink lips mouthing the words Shhh, I notice he has black nail polish that was slightly chipped around the edges.

I glance around looking at my surroundings, still holding my wrist forgetting about the black eye Ben had given me. When I look back down I realize the man had gone back down the alleyway to see what the commotion was.

I stay silent, moving my back slowly down the wall until my butt hits the cold dirty concrete. I pull my knees up to my chest and fold my arms around them, setting my head on top. I close my eyes and take deep breaths, trying to steady my breathing rate. I try to quietly cough into my arm, but it doesn't work and of course it comes out in a loud unflattering cough.

I reach into my bag which I had luckily grabbed before running from the house, and grab out my inhaler. I look straight ahead at the wall across from me and inhale.

I shove the inhaler back into my bag and lay my head against the wall, waiting for Ben to leave the area outside the alleyway. I hear the tapping of shoes coming down the alley from the right side of my body. I feel a shiver go down my spine, worried that I would turn and see Bens dark black hair. The footsteps stop, and I feel a hand grasp my shoulder.

I turn slowly to look at the nails, to my surprise I see the same black nail polish I had seen on the man from earlier.

"Are you associated with a man with the name Ben." The man's voice was deeper then I had expected and I wasnt sure what I should reply to him with. I was worried if I should trust this stranger or I should just tell him, since I was in danger. "I.." I begin to speak as I turn around to look at him. The strand of hair falls off of where I had placed it so it covered my black eye and lands back with the rest of my hair. I feel the mans hand come up to my unwelcomed, and he brushes it gently. "Did he do this to you?" He whispers. I hadn't said a single word about being associated with Ben yet this man already knew I was.

"Yes." I let the words slip out of my mouth.

"Oh so you do speak?" The man replies in a snarky tone.

I furrow my brows at him, and go silent again. "Do you have a name?" He asks as he nudges his way to sit parallel to my body. I can feel the heat of his body against mine, mostly because our thighs are practically touching. "Hannah." I respond in a quiet tone. "Beautiful." I feel his hand set down on my thigh right above the knee. I set my palms on the ground, trying to move away.

I yelp grabbing my wrist in pain. He whips his head over to me, looking slightly concerned. Then he rolls his eyes and gets up.

"Your useless princess." He murmurs as he walks off back down the dark alleyway from where he had just come from.

I wasnt sure what he had meant by that statement, but of course my mind went straight to the worst. He obviously was trying to use me for something, but once he noticed I was hurt he gave up and left. Either way i was glad he was gone, and even though I never got his name I knew I would never forget his medium length brown hair, his green eyes, and the slightly chipped black nail polish.  

//i'm going to make the first few chapters shorter than the rest so i can ease you guys into the lengths 

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