Breaking The Boundary | A Doah Story

Chapter 8

Dixie's POV:

I had woken up at seven in the morning. Having a hard time sleeping, with all that happened yesterday. Noah was still sound asleep. I got off, trying not to wake him. He moved a little bit but stayed in the same spot. Getting up was hard to do, silently. But I was used to that, with Griffin. I kissed Noah's cheek and went downstairs, passing through the front door. When the door to my house opened, my mom appeared, giving me crossed arms and a stern look on her face. I wasn't in the mood to talk to her or ever for that matter. Every conversation we had was fully just arguments. She changed after my dad. My mother cheated on him, blaming it on my dad. Saying it was his fault and not letting him have any custody. That is what started all of this. Me and Charli have the same father but we have a step dad now. He's not any better. But, he has been in our lives for a while. Charli refers to him as her dad now, but I still say our biological dad is our real one. I haven't seen him in years. Now that I am eighteen, I can see him whenever I want to. That's also why my mother has been up my ass lately. She hates Noah. It's hard to believe because of how nice he is. My father always told me from a young age that Noah would be the love of my life eventually. And that when I did start to catch feelings, to believe in them, despite what my mother thinks. With my dad being the one to love who I loved, my mother hates everything he loves. Noah knows about her hatred, he also knew my dad and how kind he was with us. But back to conversations with mother. "Where were you?" I walked closer to her, closing the door on my way in. "I was just at Noah's." That look never disappeared off her face. "Let my guess you accidently fell asleep." My mom said, emphasizing the last part. "No mom. Now, can you please let me go." She was very bitchy today, especially for so early in the morning. "Whatever. But when you get pregnant, I don't want to hear about it." Damn, she's annoying. She had no idea what I've gone through. And she'd never care to know. I walked past her holding my middle finger up. I heard a gasp from downstairs, but I kept walking. Griffin told me that he would pick me up. I wasn't looking forward to this, at all. He might have loved me in his own sick way and I'd believe it every time. Should I have deserved better? I don't know. Maybe. Charli peaked her head out of her door. "Dixie. I need help." Oh boy. This can't be good. "What?" I came up to her door, that was right next to mine. "Come here." I walked inside her room. She closed the door right away and started whispering, "I'm late." What? If she was late for something why would she be talking to me. "What do you mean you're late." Then it hit me. Oh mom would love this. Literally less than two minutes ago, she told me that I was the one who was going to get knocked up. "Shit." She started crying. "Charli, you just turned seventeen." The tears from her eyes came down harder. "I know. Why do you think I'm crying!" I'm supposed to be the big sister. How was I going to get her out of this? "Okay okay. Quiet down, you don't want mom or dad to hear us." She did. "How late are you talking?" Charli stopped crying and sniffled a little bit. "About a month." A whole month and she's just figuring this out. "Have you told Chase?" She looked down to the floor. "He was here last night but I didn't say anything." I'll finish talking to her about this later. "I'll get you a test from my bathroom after school. As of now, between us. Got it?" She nodded her head and hugged me. "Thank you." This was my job, taking care of her. "I love you." She replied back with the same answer. I left her room and tried to figure out what just happened. But anyways, I got ready for school and Griffin I guess too. I'd have to ignore Noah again. That was going to be difficult. Today was the last day of school at least. (Sorry if I got the dates wrong. I'm writing three stories right now, one being a draft. But for today, its the last day of school. :) I finished with doing my hair. Griffin was waiting for me downstairs. I went by the front door, looking for my mother. Just to make sure I would avoid her. Instead, she came up behind me. "Well, I hope you're going to school." Why did she hate me so much? "I am." Bitch. of course I didn't tell the last part to her face, but I sure wanted to. "When you come back, you're grounded." Really, I'm eighteen now. "Mom, I'm an adult." She blocked the door. Great, Griffin was going to be mad now. "You live under my house. Under my house, my rules." This was so stupid. I won't be living here long, but I'd hate to leave Charli, especially if she's pregnant. "I have work a few hours after school." Today was a half day. Something with a football game, I don't know. "You can go to work, but no where else. I don't want to see you with Noah." He was the best person I had in my life right now. "Whatever, mom." I walked past her. Griffin always parked down the street, so my mom wouldn't see. I opened the door on the passengers side. "It took you long enough." Yep, the day hasn't begun and he's already pissed. "Sorry. I had to deal with some things." He gave me a glare, like my mother did. "I don't want your fucking excuses, lets go." I barely had time to put the seatbelt on before he sped away. We got to the school pretty early. Griffin was on the football team so he had to be at school early anyway. "Wait for me after school." I got out of his car and walked into the building. I had a strong feeling he was going to hit me. Instead he grabbed the back of my pants. "Where do you think you're going?" I'll never finish high school at this point. "Inside." He flipped me around, breaking the space between us by holding my back. My stomach touched his and our faces were so close. "You know what to do today. Don't make me regret giving you freedom." I felt entirely restricted. "Okay." He kissed me and when I didn't kiss back, he squeezed me harder. I kissed him back. His gross, slimy lips left marks when he moved around my lipstick. I tried pulling away but Griffin wouldn't let me. "How about we finish doing this in the backseat?" No. Luckily, someone was there to stop it. "Dude, quit making out with your girlfriend. Lets go." Griffin laughed. At least he didn't treat them as bad as me. He pushed me off of him and walked away with his friend. I fixed my lipstick with the mirror from Griffins car. Then I walked into the building. I had about twenty minutes before school had started. My locker was around the corner so, I went there first. Noah was there, since our lockers were right next to each other. I did my best to avoid him but I think he saw me. Slowly walking back and creeping on him. "Dix?" Crap. I ran around the hallways, he fallowed. I went through one of the faculty doors so he wouldn't see me. Noah looked past the doors I was in but slowly walked back, seeing me in the dark. I felt awful doing this. He opened the door. I put my wrist behind my back, the one that had the bruises. Dressing in long sleeves and jeans in summer sucked. But, I had to hide myself. "Dixie. What's wrong?" Obviously I couldn't answer. "Noah. There's nothing wrong I just like faculty rooms." He laughed and closed the door, moving closer to me. I was never uncomfortable around him but I did try moving away. The lights came on as Noah flicked the switch. "Dix." He hugged me. This was nice. I hugged back, jumping into his arms. He kissed my cheek and held my head. "I'm sorry." He pulled his head back a little. "You have no reason to be sorry. I love you." I love him too, so much. "I love you too." I don't know if this was the adrenaline from earlier but, I kissed him. He made me feel as if I mattered. That was all I've ever wanted. "Dix, what are you-" I kissed him harder, he kissed back immediately. Then I remembered Griffin, he might be coming back to look for me. He did that sometimes. I pulled away. Noah's face stayed the same, confused. "I'm sorry for kissing you, I'm sorry for running away, and most of all, I'm sorry for leaving you this morning." He had sympathy in his eyes, something Griffin lacked. "Dixie. Don't apologize. You never need to with me. Unless you do something really stupid. Then I would like an apo-" I stopped him with a kiss. "I'm gonna go now. I guess I'll see you sometime later." Our day was filled with weird activities. Something with school spirit for the seniors. I pulled down my sleeve and walked out. I stayed in my advisory class. The teacher was really nice and let me stay there all the time. She didn't know everything about what Griffin did, but she knew he sucked as a boyfriend. I'm not even really dating him. He's just using me for his ego. Class started and soon, school ended. I had to meet up with Griffin. Maybe this time he was just going to "break up with me." The football field for the school was pretty big, and so was the space underneath the bleacher, where he wanted me to be. He walked up to where I was supposed to be. "Look, we're done. I got a scholarship and quite frankly, you aren't worth my time anymore." This would be good right? I mean, I'm finally free. It hurt to know that he felt that way towards me. But, now I can take down his ass. I looked down at my shoes, trying not to smile. "But that doesn't mean we can't have sex right now. I mean, why wouldn't you want to have sex with me." I could think of a lot of reasons. I told him no but he didn't like that answer. Again, I was left, on the floor. Just this time it was in the little room under the bleachers. He took my clothes away. Maybe as his final goodbye. He was sick. My legs were soar. My wrists were bruised and red. My cheek had a slap mark on it from when I asked him to stop. I had to text Noah, to help me get out of this mess. "Noah, can you come to the room under the bleachers please?" He happily came. In a few minutes, he opened the door. "Dix, if this is for sex-" He stopped and saw my naked, fragile body, filled with bruises and my face that was stained from the tears that were coming down. "Dixie, babe." He ran over to me. I told him to lock the door and he did. Noah comforted me but not even he could make me feel better. This wasn't the first time it has happened to me or even the second. Just, this one was way worse. From the humiliation, to the pain, I couldn't do anything. I felt numb and I couldn't move. "Where are your clothes?" I told him where they had gone. "I'm going to kill that son of a bitch." I held his hand. "Can you just get me gym clothes or something?" The way I made it sound, he knew that this wasn't my first. Noah left to get me something to wear. I stayed, staring at whatever supplies that I never knew the names of. He came back, using the knock from the 'frozen' movie, letting me know it was him. He had only shorts in his hand. "I'm sorry, this was all I could get." He took off his shirt, handing it to me. "Thank you." Noah smiled at me. I put what he gave to me on. I still have to help Charli with the test. But, I was far too weak to do anything. I still had work that needed to be done. "I'm going to take you home now." Noah picked me up, on his back. He walked us to the parking lot, putting me in the seat, and buckling me in. Noah opened his door and sat down. "Let me know what you want to do. If you want to press charges or if you want me to beat his ass. Maybe both. I won't leave you so, whatever you need, I'll be there." This is what love feels like. Not what Griffin had showed me for the past two years.