Dragon

Chapter 5

Scared and alone a little girl cries herself to sleep, no hand to hold no one to tell, so alone at night she'd weep. Tears falling down her nine-year-old face, she felt so unloved, she felt so out of place, she told all her secrets to her pillowcase. See there was a man much older than she, he was supposed to be in love and married to her mommy. But her mom would leave and while she was out of the house, he would sneak around quiet as a mouse. He would find that lonely little girl and ruin her entire world. 

Waking up to a bunch of kisses is always cute especially when you think its the hot new kid, Liam Woods. It's all fine until you remember you sent that hot new kid home. Last night. Quickly opening my eyes, I see that it's my far undressing me, as I feel the tears pouring down the memories I pushed to the back of my head are coming back.  "Dad move, get off of me," I screamed at the top of my lungs as he was pulling down his pants, quickly slapping me I stop crying and just sit there and suffer. Wondering where my mother is. An hour later he finishes with me as he quickly pulls up his pants, fixes his clothes and slaps me in the face one more time before grabbing my jaw in a strong grip and threatening me not to tell my mother. He finally leaves after stealing a quick kiss.

I cry for hours, and hours before finally grabbing the blade and slicing my wrists, thighs, and waist. Quickly getting in the shower to drain the blood I think about why my parents came back from their vacation two weeks earlier than planned or why the man I call my father chooses to touch me and think horrible thoughts of me like that, or why my mother doesn't notice. Stepping out of the shower I look into my mirror and see bruises all over my body, purple and blue bruises forming in every creak and are of my stomach. 

When I hear my 'father' coming up the stairs I hurry and get dressed, before grabbing my phone, keys and a hoodie. Sneaking out the window as fast and quiet as I can I thank the lord, I made it safely to the ground before my father can burst into my room and hurt me, even more, I get my red Audi and drive to my quiet place, skipping one day of school won't hurt. After an hour drive, I finally make it to my quiet place, walking half a smile I sit on the edge of the cliff taking in nature I take out my phone and realize I have a bunch of missed calls and text messages from Liam, and none from Amber... 

Ignoring the messages I sit looking into the ocean quickly looking into the sunset I jump off the cliff into the water at the bottom knowing I can't swim. As I hit the water the last thing I see is darkness before floating to the bottom.

Waking up the first thing I see are trees, and the black sky with stars but not that star that shines the brightest just dull stars. Coughing up some water I sit up only to realize I was sitting on someone's lap covered in clothes that are way too big for my 4'8 height. Standing up I see that the mysterious man is looking at me with a small smile.

"Hello," I said slightly scared about the fact that I'm sitting with a man half-naked, in the dark forest alone. He stands up and wraps his arms around my waist. 

"Are you ok?"  He says, his voice husky and low nodding he picks me up, and on instinct, I wrap my arms around his neck. Thanking him for giving me his shirt. 

He pulls away, smiles and stands to his full height which I think is 6'0? Out of nowhere he scoops me up into his arms and carries me bridal style to what I assume is his car. He straps me in and locks the doors. "Why did you jump off the cliff?" he asks 

"I wanted to go for a swim," I say bluntly looking out the window as I see a little girl playing with her family a tear slips out of my eye before I could react the mysterious guy pulled me into a hug. Oddly enough I feel as if I can easily trust him with my life. "What's your name?" I ask straight forward.

"Xavier Maxwell," He said mumbling in the crook of my neck.

"I'm London Carter" I smile shyly. 

"You never told me why you did what you did, you obviously couldn't swim," He says with a 'duh' tone. Rolling my eyes I quickly make up a lie on how I got the bruises and scars all over my body. He apparently falls for it as he grabs my phone, car keys, and hoodie from the backseat and hit em to me with a smile and one more hug we exchange number and I walk to my car and head to hell, the place I call home. 

When I got home I quickly and smoothly made my way up to the third story of the mansion without being noticed before checking my social media and contacts to see that Xavier texted me, smiling I see a goodnight text message with a heart. I reply with a kissing emoji and head to bed.

Waking up in the morning I notice my bruises are slightly faint, barely noticeable so I decide on going to school today  I quickly get ready then go into the garage and get my red Lamborghini. Driving to school was fast and easy as kids are swarming around my car waiting for me to get out. 

I smile at each and every one of them before hearing some random person  saying there's another new kid today, rolling my eyes I spot Liam and Amber together  standing net to one another awkwardly I smile and start making my way over to them hugging Liam and kissing Amber on the cheek we start heading towards my locker when I notice the new kid is Xavier Maxwell.

Running over to him I jump and wrap my arms around his necks as he spins me around and around. I giggle and we start walking to my class when Xavier and I realize we have the exact same schedule.

Walking into my first period I notice Brooklyn at the door waiting for the 'new kid'. I roll my eyes when she pulls Xavier's arm and starts twirling her gold locks around her nasty long finger. Gross. As she starts flirting with Xavier I notice that he seems annoyed by her, but I don't understand why even when I hate there's no doubt that Brooklyn is smoking hot and so is Xavier with his pitch-black hair and his eyes to match, those pink full, kissable lips and a killer bod. I frown they would defiantly make a cute couple. Thinking this makes me head into my classroom sitting at the back of the class Xaver comes in obviously pissed off about me leaving him with Brooklyn. Signaling that class is starting the bell rings I lay my head on the desk and dose off thinking about 'him'. Just as my teacher calls my name the door opens revealing one person I never thought I would see again.

'Him'