I was awaken by a small sound. For a split second, I thought I was back home in my bed and then everything came back to me. Living with Allan had made me become aware of every small noise. Especially when I was sleeping.I looked at the alarm clock that was by my bed and saw that it was five minutes after twelve. I was about to go back to sleep, when I heard a creaking noise again. Curious as to what made that noise, I got out of bed and tiptoed to the door. I opened the door slowly and stepped out into the hallway.As I stood outside the door of the room, I saw a figure coming up the stairs. "Carson?" I whispered.Carson looked up quickly when he heard my voice. "Kayla, what are you doing up?" He asked in a hush voice."I heard a noise and I know that you weren't home as yet." I explained. Carson was now standing at his room door, which was beside mine. Now that he was closer to me, I could see him clearly and I noticed that cuts and bruises were all over his face. "You're hurt." I
That afternoon after school, I went shopping with Mrs. Knight. It was actually great, but exhilarating at the same time. Every clothes I tried on she wanted to buy it. She kept saying things like:"You look so lovely!""This is cute!" "We definitely have to get this one!"I eventually told her that she couldn't possibly think that I was going to allow her to get all these clothes for me. I mean, she barely knows me and she wanted to spend that much.After persuading her, she gave in and I only bought a few item of clothing. She also bought shoes and any other things that she thought I would need. I didn't want to stop her anymore, because she was really having fun and I didn't want to disappoint her.After we left the mall, we went home. Since she was home early, she told Linda that she didn't have to cook that evening. She decided to cook dinner and asked if I wanted to help. I gladly accepted. For the rest of the evening, Mrs. Knight and I cooked dinner together. It was actually fu
The next day I did not mention the kiss to Carson. I acted normally around him because I didn't want him to think that I was thinking about it. In case it didn't mean anything, which I'm sure it didn't to him.To be honest, that kiss was all I thought about since it happened. I've had kisses before, but none of them affected me the way Carson's did. Carson also was back to his usual self, with his annoying, witty and smart comments.School had just ended for the day and I was waiting in the parking lot for Carson. Carson had told me that I should always wait by his car, so we could go home together. He didn't want me walking in case my stepfather had any bright ideas.Finally, I saw him and his friends walking from the school building. His friends head to their cars and Carson walked over to his car, where I stood."I'm going to drop you off at home and then I have to head to the gym." He said, when he reached me."Can I come with you?" I asked. Carson looked at me hesitantly. "Come o
"How is it living with the bad boy?" Jasmine asked as we walked to our first class, English, on Monday."It's alright, I guess. At least he's tolerable." I said admittedly."Awww," Jasmine said, smiling widely. "You like him. I remember how you used to talk about him before. You used to hate him.""I didn't hate him." I said."Okay, but you were always disgusted by him and his friends' delinquent behaviour, now you're all mushy when you talk about him.""Mushy? I'm not." I said, shaking my head. We reached our English class and sat down in our seat. As I sat down, I turn towards Jasmine. "He kissed me last Monday." I confessed.Jasmine's eyes widen. "He kissed you?!" She exclaimed excitedly."Shhh...keep your voice down." I said, looking around to see if anyone heard her outburst."Sorry, he kissed you?" She asked in a whisper."Yes, but I don't know if it meant anything to him." I said."Of course it meant something to him. He wouldn't have kissed you if it didn't." She emphasized."
"Come on Carson, you better hurry up putting your makeup on or we are going to be late." I said, knocking on Carson's room for the third time.The door opened suddenly, revealing Carson. "Makeup? Seriously Kitten? You're bruising my ego here."I rolled my eyes. "You must be putting on makeup to be taking so long." I turn to head downstairs. "Come on, I don't want to be late for school."Carson shook his head and followed behind me. "Man, my girlfriend is bossy." He whispered under his breath."I heard that." I said, turning around and shoving his shoulders. He raised his hands up in surrender and grinned at me.I turned back around and instantly froze in my tracks. A man was walking towards the stairs, carrying a small duffel bag. I haven't seen him before, but I could tell it was Carson's father. He was an exact replica of Carson. He must have just gotten home from his business trip.He looked up when he saw me and then he turn to Carson, his eyes narrowing. "So you're having girls s
Have you ever had that moment where you wished you had superpowers?Like if you wanted to reach school on time you'd wish you had super speed or if someone was bullying you, you'd wish you have super strength to knock them out with a single punch, or in order to avoid traffic, you'd wish you could fly...Well, I've had those moments thousands of times. Right now for instance, I was wishing that I have an invisible cloak like the one Harry Potter had. I would throw it over me and walk away, escaping the evil look of my stepfather.One minute I'm here and POOF! I will disappear in front of him. He wouldn't know what happened. He'd probably think he was losing it.But those were just wishes that would never come through. So here I was standing in front of my stepfather, who has a pissed off expression on his face.I knew that expression so well that I instantly got scared. I knew he wouldn't hit me in a public place, but what if he would? What if he decided that he didn't care anymore? W
The following Monday, my friends and I were having our lunches when Jordan and Jayden sat down at our table."Well, if it isn't double trouble." I said when they sat down with their lunch.They both grinned at me and talk at the same time. "That's us."I rolled my eyes at them and looked over their shoulder to see Michael and Carson walking towards our seat. Michael was watching a video on his phone and he was chuckling constantly."What's that you are watching?" I asked, as they both sat down."The video of the fight this morning." Michael answered not taking his eyes from the phone."What fight?" Lucas asked, lifting his eyebrows in question."There was a fight this morning." Jasmine supplied. I looked over at her and she continued. "It took place early this morning before you and Carson got here.""You should have seen it!" Jordan piped up. "Jayden and I took the video.""Who was fighting?" I asked."Hilary and Jada." Jayden said. "Best cat fight ever!"Hilary and Jada were both on
On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Knight asked to talk to me. I took my time walking down the long winding stairs. I didn't know what he wanted to talk to me about and I was dreading the conversation. Carson who was with me, sat on the couch beside me. We were facing his father who was sitting on the recliner. Mr. Knight gave me a regretful look and clasped his hands in front of him. "I don't think it's best for you to stay here any longer." I felt my world start to crumble when he said this. I wasn't expecting this at all. Carson spoke up. "Why?" Mr. Knight looked at me as he spoke. "I don't mind you staying here, but I have to be practical. What if your stepfather go to the police and demand you come back home? The authorities will come here, because you are still under eighteen. I can't take that kind of publicity." Mr. Knight did not know what used to happen at my house. He didn't know that my stepfather abuses me. He only knew that I was having some issues with my stepfather and I c