I woke up and Daniel was still beside me. He had his hand around my waist and my bump was pressed against his soft tummy. Where was Ty? I suddenly started panicking. I shook Daniel and he slowly woke up.
‘Where’s Ty?’ I asked.
‘He pinged me last night saying he was staying at his mums’ cause something came up,’ he said still half sleep.
‘Why didn’t you go home?’ I asked.
‘He told me to stay,’
‘Oh, thanks but maybe you should go home now,’
‘Why?’ he asked
‘Umm...have you not got work to go do?’
‘Naa, it’s cool I'll stay with you init, unless you have a problem with it,’ he said raising an eyebrow.
‘I don’t have a problem with it, I just don’t want to cause you any problems,’ I said truthfully.
‘It aint a problem,’ he said drifting back to sleep. I lay there thinking. He was never like this when we went out. He was a jealous piece of shit and now he’s looking after me like he actually gives a shit.
*Flashback*
We walked in hand in hand and he bolted the door after I walked in. His eyes were dark and i wanted to just disappear under the floorboards. What did I do this time? I tried walking into the bathroom to lock myself in there and call Ty but he stopped me.
‘Where you going babe,’ he said evilly.
‘I need to use the toilet,’ I said trembling under his gaze.
‘But you just went before we left the shopping centre,’ he said clearly challenging me.
‘I had a large drink and I need to go toilet,’ I said trying to walk past him. He grabbed my arm and threw me on the sofa.
‘What the fuck,’ I said clutching my side.
‘Do I look like a dick head to you?!’ he screamed in my face.
‘No,’ I whispered.
‘What was that?!’ he shouted again.
‘I said no,’ I said a bit louder.
‘Think I don’t see you watching ever man,’ he said.
‘Daniel, you are fucking pissing me off, WHAT GUY WAS I LOOKING AT?!’ I shouted.
‘Oh, so little girls got a voice, eh,’ he said sarcastically getting in my face.
‘Get out of my face Daniel,’ I said trying to control my shaking hands. He gave me one hot connection to my face and I gasped.
‘Are you fucking crazy?!’ I asked. He slapped me again and dragged me to the floor by my hair. I tried to get up and run but he punched me on my back making me fall to the floor. I screamed which only made him punch me harder. ‘I-I-I’m sorry please, please stop,’ I cried shielding my face. He got off of me and kicked me in my stomach before sitting down to catch him breath. I curled myself into a ball and cried my eyes out. I lay there for what seemed like forever before he came a picked me up. He sat me on his lap and I buried me head in his chest and stained his shirt with my tears. He stroked my throbbing head and whispered soothing words in my ear. I pushed away from him and ran into the toilet. He banged on the toilet door.
‘Oii, open the door,’ he said calmly.
‘Leave me alone Daniel,’ I cried.
‘Open the fucking door,’ he said again.
I opened the door and he tried to hug me but I leaned back.
‘Take me home,’ I said.
‘Stop crying and I will,’ he said.
**
Before I got out the car he grabbed me hand and said ‘If you tell anyone about this I swear I will kill you,’ then he kissed my forehead and I got out.
I ran up the stairs and knocked on the door. Ty opened it and I pushed past him and ran to my bedroom. I collapsed on my bed and cried. Ty knocked on the door but I didn’t answer. I locked myself in my room for three days before I came out. Ty asked me question for months on end but I never told him about what Daniel did, I just learnt to put up with it.
