i dont have a name for this yet......

okay first, I'm not good at grammar so bear with me, second, this is my first attempt so again, bear with me.....i have more of it written but i don't want to put a bunch of it up at once or i fear you wont read it.

I screamed as Patrick pushed me into a wall. I fell into a heap on the floor. Aaron ran to me.

“You ok?” he asked. I didn’t answer. I couldn’t if I said I was, Patrick would hit me again. If I said no Aaron would get worried and start to attack Patrick. That wouldn’t help at all. Aaron would get himself killed.

“You freakin idiot!” uh-oh Aaron would get himself killed anyway.

“Stop talking Aaron!” I yelled. Aaron just stared at me.

“You should listen to the girl,” Patrick said laughing

“You jerk!” Aaron was being stupid. He knew that Patrick could kill him without even trying.

“Aaron just leave” I said. For I was in no mood to clean him up off the floor.

Cathy had “through the glass” on full blast in our room when I got home.

“God what happened to you?” she asked when I turned down the music. “did you fall over the wall again!?”

“mhm” I said. That’s what I had been using as an excuse. There was a short wall at my school that was put up 5 years ago because of the broken tiles and sharp things that I didn’t care to name. The school still “had not found time” to fix it though the safety inspector kept telling them they’d be shut down if they didn't fix it soon.

“Hey look your boyfriends here” Cathy announced as she saw Patrick headed up the stairs. I groaned. “What’s wrong with you”

“Nothing” I said. “I'm just not in the mood to see him right now” Patrick walked in the room.

“Not in a mood to see who” he asked.

“You” Cathy said. I hate her. Patrick looked at me. Then smacked me forgetting that Cathy was in the room.

I fell to the floor and Cathy screamed in surprise.

“What the heck!” she yelled. “You…you little…” She could not find the words to say what ever it was she was about to. Because Patrick had just pulled his knife out. And was pointing it threateningly at her

“Patrick” I said pleadingly.

“Shut up!” he yelled. He put the knife away and told me to get up. I did. And soon found myself lying on the floor again. With a huge pain in my side.

“I’m outta here,” Patrick said as my parents pulled into the driveway. He snuck out the back door and went home. Cathy just sat there.

“Beth?” she asked when she finally did speak.

“What?” I answered.

“What just happened.” I didn’t answer. She asked again. Nothing. She asked again.

“Now you see why I don’t like to see Patrick.” I finally said. I stood up. And sat back down again my side hurt to bad to stand.

“How often does he hit you”

“A lot”

“How much is a lot?”

“At least twice a day”

“Oh my god Beth”

“He forgot you were in here or he wouldn’t have hit me”

“How could he have forgotten I was in here I was the one talking”

“He’s stupid I wish you hadn’t have seen that”

“Believe me I hadn’t planned too”

“Life not being planned is a lie, god has every thing, from when you’re born, to when you die”

“Stop talking we don’t give a crap about your poetry” aurora said as she walked in. she looked at me

“Pay attention to the freaking wall and stay away from it you imbecile”

“Some one pushed me!” I yelled. Patrick walked in again he always did after being gone for 5 minutes or so.

“What’s going on here?” he asked. Cathy looked at him in fear along with me and aurora looked at us like we were retarded.

“What’s wrong with you people you look like Patrick’s gonna kill you or something” she said. Patrick smirked.

“Patrick I can’t believe you would do such a thing to bethy” Cathy was talking now. I'm not sure if this was good.

“Oh I do more than what you saw a second ago”

A few hours later when Patrick finally left I wasn’t feeling good at all.

“Your going to have to do something about this Beth” said aurora. After she walked in while Patrick was yelling at me.

“I can’t there’s nothing I can do he threatened to kill me again today and I could see he wanted to kill Cathy” I said not seeing why every one that knew always said the same thing.

“What!?” aurora yelled

“I don’t want any more screaming in this house” mom said as she walked in. “I’m trying to figure out why in the world you are always screaming when Patrick’s here you people are strange” Patrick walked in. does he ever stay away for more than an hour?

“Hey Beth come with me” he said.

“Um…no we are busy pat why don’t you come back” aurora finally said the wrong thing.

“No that’s ok we are done talking Beth you can go” now my mother was saying the wrong thing. In fact there is no right thing to say here I wish people just shut up some times.

“We were going to do something when you left” Cathy was gonna get me killed.

“Well can you hold off your plans” Patrick’s turn to talk.

“No we can’t” Cathy said.

“I’ll leave you alone” mom said as she walked out of the room. That now meant that Patrick could do or say anything he wanted. He took a knife out and held it against my neck. Nothing new but it still scared aurora

And Cathy.

“Patrick no!” Cathy yelled.

“Stop yelling!” mom yelled from some were down stairs.

“Calm down Cathy” I said and Patrick jumped back he wasn’t used to me talking when he was trying to scare me. Then Patrick started laughing again. I hate it when he does that. He put his knife down and kept laughing. I just stood there not sure of what to do.

“You are really getting used to me aren’t you” he said.

“No” I responded.

“You know when to talk and when to shut up”

“So” Patrick stopped laughing and then started again.

“I see nothing funny here,” said my mother who had been listening. Uh-oh this wasn’t good it’s one thing that Cathy and aurora know but my mother not good.

“Nothing really is” Patrick said “just rehearsing for a play we want to try and make.” I may hate Patrick but he has a few good ideas, even if they’re not very original.

“Oh ok” and she left the room. Patrick seemed to get a bit mad after this. And slapped Cathy.

“What was that for” I screamed. And we heard my mother yelling at us from some were in another part of the house.

“That was for nothing I was just bored” Patrick answered. And he slapped me. “That was for asking a stupid question.” He stepped up to me and kissed me. Cathy and aurora had not expected this and jumped back. He held me for a few seconds that felt like an hour in that kiss. And when he did finally let go. Left the room to go home for it was already 9:00 p.m.

“Beth?” Cathy said.

“What” I answered.

“I’ll ask you again what just happened.”

“Same thing that happens every day”

“How long has this been going on”

“From the time he forced me to be his girl friend to now”

“Forced you?”

“Yea”

“WHAT!?” yelled aurora. “He…. But…are you saying that you weren’t just faking this to scare me”

“Of course not” I said “I wish though” I said and went to find something to eat. When I got into the kitchen. I found that I was wrong Patrick hadn’t left. But he was planning to.

“You come with me tell your parents your going on a walk and you may be a while” he said

“How long is a while,” I asked

“Well if you are going on a 2 mile walk about an hour”

“An hour! They won’t believe me” Patrick smiled

“If you don’t ask your coming with me anyway so I would think about asking”

“Fine I’ll be right back”