The painful gaze

Chapter 2

Althea's POV

Just as we were walking I caught him staring at me but I could tell his thoughts were somewhere else. Elijah was the heroic type which made me rely on him and I could tell that I can trust him. It was something about the way his eyes looked that made me feel that I could be safe with him, but I know for sure that I am deeply in love with him, but there is a secret that he must never know, and that was me physically and mentally being abused at home. My dad found out that my mom cheated on him and left with her lover. I was only 7 years old but I did not despise her because my dad was a alcoholic asshole making him abusive and scary. My mom was always beaten by my dad and sometimes he would take it out on me while my mom would not care and hide herself instead. Sometimes I would get bruises on my body but it fades away in a couple of days, I had some scars but were small and unnoticeable. When I was 10 I learned the world was as harsh as my dad. My classmates would bully me for not having a mom and my dad being a drunkie, so I learned to put on a mask infront of people and looked happy but I was always on my guard, I did not want to be attached to anyone because if I did it would only break me more, however Elijah came crashing into my life and the broke the wall I had been building inside me. He would often follow and annoy me, asking if I wanted to hang out. At first I thought it was a nuisance but overtime I came to love his presence. However one day he suddenly confessed his feelings which made me flustered a bit. For some reason my heart was thumping real fast and loud, I wondered if he could hear it, that would be embarrassing. I declined his offer instead, but he said that he would not give up and would pursue. After his countless pursues I came to realize that, I too, had feeling for him and decided to accept his offer to be his girlfriend. I snapped back to reality and still saw him staring, so I decided to tease him a bit. He was so adorable blushing and all. We arrive at school and he walked me to class.

He suddenly pecked my lips and whispered " Have a good day " in a sexy manner.

I blushed and saw him smirk. It was pay back from earlier.