The New Beginning

Chapter 1

I lay motionless on the floor. Feeling kick after kick directed on my body. Suddenly I felt him gripping my wrist in a tight hold, shooting pain through my body like lightning. He dragged me out of our apartment building and out onto the street, the drops of water from the clouds landing on my body, almost soothingly. It was after midnight and the clouded sky was pitch-black over us. When we got to the sidewalk, I felt my head landing hard against the wet pavement. I heard the sound of his footsteps becoming fainter and fainter, until I couldn't her them at all. Still I lay motionless, paralyzed by the pain. Feeling the darkness creeping up around me and my eyelids slowly closing. As it was getting to hard to fight against, I let the comfort of the darkness take me, and the pain, with it.

As I woke up I felt my head pound as if it was going to explode. Trying to push the pain away, I decided to try to open my eyes. I slowly started to panic when I realized I had no idea where I was. Trying to find the memories of last night, I suddenly recalled my foster father beating me up and dragging me outside, leaving me there. As I pulled my hand up to pull away the comforter I was laying under, I realized I had an IV in my hand. Immediately I ripped it out, not knowing what was in the IV. Could I've been drugged? The thought made me panic even more. I frantically looked around the room. The walls were painted white, and across from the bed I was laying in was the only door. To my left was a window and on the wall to my right was a closet. The room looked sterile, since it wasn't properly decorated. It didn't have a singe painting or photo on the walls. I sat up letting my legs hang on the side of the bed, which made pain travel all throughout my body. Dumb as I was, I decided to stand up. Which lead to me falling to the ground and crying out in pain. I heard footsteps coming up the stairs and I crawled as fast as I could into the corner of the room, my knees against my chest. Slowly the door opened and a man walked in. He was tall. He had dark brown, wavy hair and blue eyes. He couldn't have been more then 23 years old. I have to admit, he was hot! I could se his muscles through his t-shirt that he was wearing, but my thoughts suddenly got replaced by fear when he started walking towards me. I tried to push myself back further into the corner, regretting the decision to trap myself. My vision blurred, and I realized the tears streaming down my face.

"Shhhhh, it's okey. I'm not going to hurt you", he said with a comforting voice. His eyes looked at me wide and he had a frown on his face. As he reached his hand to touch me I screamed, trying desperately to push myself through the wall and disappear.

"No! Please don't touch me, please!", I begged with a shaky voice. He quickly withdrew his hand. My breathing was heavy and my chest was going up and down. He just crouched on the floor infront of me, trying to make our heads leveled. I was till pushing myself against the wall. My body ached and begged me to realax.

"I'm not going to hurt you", he said again, still with the careful and comforting tone. "But I need you to get back in bed. You need to rest", he continued. He talked to me like a I was an animal, that he tried not to scare away. I could feel my body begging me to accept his request and get back inte bed, and I gave in to it. I slowly started to push myself of the ground, my knees slightly folding under me. He stretched his arm towards me, on his way to help me get to the bed, but I quickly raised my voice.

"No! I can do it myself", I said. He frowned, but backed away. I slowly started to take a step forward. As soon as I went to put my weight on my right leg, my knee folded and pain shot through my body, but I didn't fall. He took a step forward, as to catch me, but he backed away when I glared at him. I still didn't want this unknown man to touch me, even if it was to help. I finally got to the bed and laid down, relaxing my body. As I pulled my knees to my chest, he came to sit down on the side of the bed.

"Well, I think it's time I introduce myself", he said and scratched his neck.

"Hi, I'm Noah"