It Ended With An "Oops" And "Hi"

[ 13 ] Swallowing

Date Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017

Word Count: 2523

Song: If I Got Locked Away by R. City ft. Adam Levine

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Monday, July 18th, 2016

6:23pm

"Are you kidding me? Johannah, you're fucking crazy, I don't know why I married you in the first place."

"Mark, please, you know you don't mean that."

"Oh, yes I do. I wouldn't have to deal with a stupid bitch like you, and your rotten kids."

"They're your kids as much as mine."

"I'm no father of any of these brats, especially the queer."

"Don't you dare talk about Louis like that!"

Louis' stomach twisted into knots as he walked up the steps to his porch. His mom and step-father's screams could be heard from down the driveway, and Louis hated the feeling that he felt. Louis wanted to run away and never look back, he never wanted to see that evil man's face again. But he knew that his family needed him now more than ever.

With a heavy sigh, Louis unlocked the door and stepped inside, being greeted with two figures standing in front of him. All the shouting halted, as Jay's red eyes and Mark's cold eyes lingered on Louis.

"Mom, why don't you go upstairs," Louis mumbled. He didn't really want his mom to leave him alone with this man, yet he didn't want his mom to stay and witness anything bad.

"Louis," Johannah paused, knowing that putting up a fight wouldn't do her any good. "I love you."

"Love you too mum," Louis whispered back, as Jay placed a kiss on Louis' forehead, before swiftly walking up the stairs and into her room.

Louis glared at his step-father, before shaking his head and walking past him, only to feel Mark's hand on his chest, pushing him back.

"Where do you think you're going?" Mark sneered, shoving Louis into the wall.

"To my room," Louis snapped back at the older man. Mark let out a laugh, not a genuine one, more of a taunting chuckle.

"So you can jack off to pictures of other queers?"

"No, so I can get some sleep and get away from you," Louis quickly responded.

Mark swung at Louis, but the latter quickly dodged to the left. Mark's fist hit the wall, and he yelped in pain, cradling his hand, before turning to Louis with anger in his eyes. He grabbed Louis by the shirt, and punched him in the eye, causing a shooting pain to spread through the younger boy's left eye and nose.

Louis was dropped onto the ground, and he curled into a ball. Mark started kicking at his back, and Louis knew that there would be many bruises on his body tomorrow. With one last powerful kick to Louis' head, Mark walked off to the kitchen, not looking back.

Slowly, Louis stood up, finding it hard to keep balance since his whole body was in pain. Mark walked back into the room with a bottle of beer in his hand, and Louis groaned, knowing that his stepfather was going to get drunk.

And when Mark Tomlinson was drunk, he was ten times more violent than usual.

"I'm going to pick up my sisters," Louis mumbled, walking towards the door silently. Mark only grunted in return, as he pointed the remote towards the telly and flipped between channels.