Two

 I walked into my room, and grabbed my phone off my bed. As I was heading downstairs, my brother, Lucas, walked out of his room. “Hey, sis, where you rushin’ off to?” I thought for a moment about telling him that I was going to see Daniel, but thought better of it, because Lucas really did not like him. “Oh, you know, just headed to the park.” It wasn’t entirely a lie. Lucas smiled, “Cool.” And then his smile faded. “What?” I asked, tilting my head to the side. His eyes dropped down to my wrist, and then to the bruise on my cheek. I followed his eyes and let my shoulders drop. “Lucas, it isn’t what you think. It was an accident, I swear. Daniel didn’t mean anything by it.” He was the only one who knew what Daniel did to me. That’s how much I trusted him. Lucas sighed and said, “Chels, you have to end this. Like today. And if you’re too scared to do it, I can help you. I hate seeing you in pain.” I nodded. “Okay, well see you later.” I said, ending the conversation.

I turned on my heels and headed down the steps. As I walked into the kitchen, my mum smiled curiously as if to ask ‘where are you going?’ I replied to her face talk, “Going to the park, mum, be back later.” She smiled a reassured smile this time, and then looked back to the newspaper. She didn’t talk much, that’s why I could read her face so well. My mum only spoke a lot when it was about something serious.

I grabbed my car keys off the hook and walked to my car. Once I was seated and my seat belt was clicked (safety first!), I backed out of the garage. It only took me about 5 minutes to get to the park, and by then I was so nervous. Not butterfly in your stomach nervous, but oh my gosh what is going to happen to me nervous.

I got out of the car and locked the door. While I was walking to one of the benches I looked around at all the happy couples and children at the park. I smiled; the park always made me feel all bubbly inside. I felt like a kid again. No care in the world.

I sat down on a bench, and no more than 2 minutes had passed when I saw Daniel walking toward me with a huge grin on his face. That was the smile that I had fallen in love with a year ago. Not ever had it come to thought that he would ever hurt me. But he did. I shook that thought out of my head and tried to think of all the good times Daniel and I had had. There weren’t that many, isn’t that sad?

“Hey beautiful” He said, once he had reached the bench. “Hey.” I replied dully. His smile frowned a bit, but he didn’t let it bother him, “Want to go for a walk?” I sighed, “Sure. Why not?” He looked like a puppy who was about to get a treat he was so excited. I got up from the bench and we began to walk on one of the paths.

“Chels, can I ask you something?” I looked over at him and nodded. “Do you love me?” I stopped walking. He continued, and when he noticed that I wasn’t following, he stopped as well. I was speechless. What was I supposed to say to that? The truth I guess...But what is the truth? Do I love him? SHOULD I love him? Obviously not...But perhaps I do.

My mind was spinning, and it seemed like hours before I got my tongue to work with my brain. “Daniel, I...I’m not sure if I can answer that...” Daniel’s face clouded over, like it does whenever he’s about to get really angry. “Why not?” He asked through clenched teeth. I looked away from his face, not wanting him to see how frightened I was. “Daniel...Do you realize what you do to me?” I could see out of the corner of my eye that he looked very confused. I turned toward him and asked again, “Danny, do you even KNOW what pain you cause me every night? Every DAY? DO YOU?” My voice was started to rise, but I didn’t care. Daniel took one step toward me and said, “Babe...I love you.” I glared at him and said, “Then why do you do the things you do to me?” 

 

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[bluessadmood]

my God i really feel sad for her ,she does exactly as he tells her ,like she is really in his grips,she makes me sad ,she has no will of her own not the fighter type,i know these people ,they are a special brand ,easy to manipulate she goes right to him after all the beating she got from him,he could kill her ,these guys can not take control of themselves once they are in a fit of rage,she is even afraid to tell him whats on her mind ,a savage as he is,that he could hurt if he does not hear the words that he likes to hear ,yes this type of people i know ,i have seen a lot ,nice story really so far ,the flow in so good uninterrupted,just wonderful