I am currently sitting in the school canteen. Yup! The canteen with Catherine. Yes! Catherine and I'm smiling Yeah! Smiling for the first time in freaking 6 years. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration, I do smile sometimes but it's rare for me to smile in the same room as Natalie. "Yeah, and then my brother got a green bean stuck up in his nose" Catherine said laughing.She was telling me about the pranks her brother and her play on each other and all I do is smile. As funny as it is, all I did was smile. Catherine's laugh almost filled the canteen that all eyes were on me. Okay on her, no, on us.The laughter on the jocks table cleared as everyone was now looking at Catherine who was eating her food, still talking and laughing not noticing the stares and glares she is receiving. "um... Kate?" I tried to caution her but she isn't listening."fu

I stayed calm at my spot. She came near me annoyed that I didn't respond. She slapped me but I still stayed rooted at my position  Honestly, I've gotten used to her beatings except the slaps though. It was always like she gets good at slapping each day. The scars of the beating only stay on my body, it doesn't hurt. She was furious that it still didn't affect me. She chuckles crazily "I see you're trying to prove stubborn" she says again I looked everywhere but her eyes. "Look at me you whore" she took the bottle of her alcohol and broke it on my shoulder. The skin tore a bit and blood gush out but she wasn't through. She pounced on me, scratch, bite, beat. After she was tired, she slump on the floor and that was when I had the chance to run to my room. I locked the door imm

"Um... Um" I stuttered speechlessly Noticing my inconvenience, she speak up "Anyways that's a talk for another day but first, sorry but I have to do this" she said and before I could say do what, I heard her voice again"Hey, Alex" that's my naughty friend talking to my teacher and she called him Alex, she'll never get away with that without a detention Wait, detention, she's trying to get a detention because I did, As sweet as that sounds, it's equally crazy "I'm sick of writing shitty formulae" My crazy friend blurted out crazily"Yeah, we're done writing stupid formulae now will you get the FUCK out of the class" said a thick voice That definitely wasn't Catherine's voice. I looked up and saw that it was Kendall I gave Josh a questioning look but he gave me an I also don't understand what is going on lookTo cut the

I dragged my weary body to the door stop and I knocked on the door. I knocked again, then I heard my aunt's voice "I'm coming" she said "Natalie is that you?" she said as her footsteps became close and I readied myself for anything. No, I readied myself for everythingShe opened the door and gestured me to come in. I was not shocked cos I know my aunt too well.She didn't want the neighbors to interfere so she didn't attack me at the entrance.I'm dead. I know it."Aunt Natasha, I.."The next thing I received was a slap and everything became blur "You bitch...you're just the same as your mother... You're a bastard" she said throwing anything she sees around her at me.I winced at the pain but she continued not caring. "You ungratedul soul..."That was when the real

I woke up on something like a rock and my head hurts like shit. Has my bed turned into a rock? I wondered I felt the morning sunlight hit my face directly. 'What happened to the roof' I wondered again I opened my eyes to be met with the sky then I screamed. Just then I heard ruffling behind me. "What the hell Mel?" The familiar voice said before the owner of the voice came to my view.I huffed a sigh of relief "What happened yesterday?" I asked. "Well, it doesn't matter, now if u do not want to be late for school nerdy, I advice you stand up right away" He said with no expression. "Right... School... School...Wait a sec, did you just call me nerdy" I asked. "Yes" He said less concerned."That hurts duffer" I said feigning hurt. "Don't care... And by the way, forget wha