• Always Too Careful
    Chapter 2: Serena's P.O.V.


    "Have a good day class. I hope to see all of you tomarrow too." My Litracy teacher, Mrs. Hunt, said as my class was getting out of our third period. I'm going to be so late if I don't hurry back to the high school! I thought as I ran to my truck, making sure that Lizzy wouldn't see me. I still felt uncomfortable after our talk this morning.
    I was almost to my car when I bumped into somone and dropped my books. I went to pick them up when I saw that the person I bumped into was none other than the playboy, Jason, himself. He just stood there like he was expecting me to say somthing. I just stood up and walked away. I'm not gonna end up like my father. I thought. No matter what I'll never end up like him.

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    The rest of the day went by smoothly, besides getting death glares and almost being tripped by the collage girls when I was at the collage. What is their problem?! I thought, getting mad. Are they doing this because I didn't stop and gawk and that Jason guy last night? I don't care if that is what it is! This is still way too far to go over some guy!
    I hurried home to find my dad already drunk and cussing out the tv for not making his food. "Daddy, I'm home." I said softly as I went to go to my room. "And just where do you think you're going?" My dad asked me. " Go fix my dinner then you might be able to go to your room, if I don't need you for anything else." He said adding an emphasis on 'else' which made me queazy. I hope he didn't want to make me go into his room tonight. I couldn't stand it, not with everything that's been going on today. "Fine I'll go make your food before I go into my room." I said, trying to sound as calm as I could.
    I had finised making his dinner and went to my room. After about thirty minutes my dad called me back into the living room. He told me to go to his room and wait for him. I did as he said afraid that if I didn't he would hurt me.
    When he came into his room he had nothing on but his underwear. "Get undressed. NOW!" He commanded slapping me in the face. I did as he said but left me bra and my underwear on. He slapped me and told me to take them off too. I refused. He grabbed the string that he kept in his drawer for when he wanted to practice making a bunch of knots at once and tore it into four pieces and tied my hands and feet to the head board and foot board. He unstrapped my bra and pulled down my underwear. I was about to scream when he saw me. He took out the duck tape that he kept by his bed to fix his dresser leg and taped my mouth shut. He got on top of me and told me if i tried to yell that he would beat the sh*t out of me.
    I ended up yelling four or five times, and I got hit twenty or thirty times for it too. When he was done I was crying my eyes out and I was sore all over. "Since you tried to yell so many times, next time it will be longer. As a reminder not to disobey me." He said with a grin on his face. I started to cry even harder, and he hit me across the face for doing so. "You just made the next time even longer by crying" He said with a glint of satisfaction in his eyes. He untied me and un-duck taped my mouth. Before I could get up though he went behind me and grabbed my a*s, and tried to grab my breasts. Then he slapped me again and told me that if I ever told anybody about this that he would kill me. I ran to my room and grabbed a bag to put a few weeks clothing in. I checked the time, it was already 3:00 in the morning, but I didn't care. I was going to Lizzy's mom's house for a while. I waited for my dad to fall asleep and snuk out to my truck and drove off.
    Before I went to Lizzy's mom's house I went to the local diner and went in to go splash some water on my face, and to access the bruises, I would need to cover them up with make-up but no one should notice unless they grab me. The waitress offered me some coffee and told me that it was on the house but I just wanted to get to Mrs. DiAngelo's house.
    I rang the doorbell before I used my key. Lizzy told me that her dad was on a business trip so I knew that Mrs. DiAngelo was alone. She came in her night robe and answered the door. She took one glance at me and her eyes went wide and she gasped. "Oh Serena! What did that man do this time!? You look like He*l!" She asked. "You better come in and rest. How long did you have time to pack for sweetie? If you don't have enough clothes I know Lizzy has some that will fit you that are her." She added. I walked in. " He just beat me again." I said leaving out the other details. I didn't want to be killed. " And I have a few weeks worth of clothes with me." I added answering her second question. "Well why don't we get you situated into one of the rooms upstairs and you can hop into the shower if you want to." She said, taking my bag to my usual room. "Okay. I guess I will go take a shower." I said wanting nothing more than to get the feeling of my dad off of me.
    After the shower I used the blow dryer to dry my hair real quick. I went into the room where Mrs. DiAngelo put my bag and put on a baggy shirt with 'I Love Tigers' all on it with small white tigers on the sleeves, and pajama bottoms with white tigers all over them. I layed in bed, crying, for what felt like hours, but was probably less than thirty minutes. I went to sleep with tears in my eyes, bruises all over my body, and horrible memories replaying in my mind.