It was a crisp, cold autumn evening, I was standing behind my house hidden by a red bush. The wind was sharp and sent shivers up my spine as I blew out a puff of my cigarette. I flicked it and took another drag before I threw it over the bush. I turned and leaned my back against the side of my house as I let the smoke flow out of my lungs. I starred out over the city, watching the city lights burn into the black velvet sky. I could already see some stars forming in the sky. My dark brunette hair whipping into my face, I slid it back behind my ear.
Walking around the side of my house I saw a car coming up the street. "Shit." I whispered softly. He was home. I ran to the back of the house again and tried to open the back door, locked. I cursed under my breath once more and tried the window, success. I crawled in and closed the window tightly. I could hear him upstairs banging cupboards around looking for something to eat. Then I heard those aweful footsteps heading towards the basement stairs down to where I was trying my best to be invisible.
"Seria!" He screamed at the top of his lungs emphasizing my name.
"Shit, shit, shit!" I whispered again, crotching down and trying to look for an escape route. I felt my body tense up, ready for whatever he was going to dish out for tonight. Yet I was scared shitless of what he might do.
The footsteps got louder as he reached the stairs, "Seria!" again he shouted just before he ran all the way down the stairs and threw open the door to where I was. "What the fuck are you doing?"
"Nothing Brent, I was just sitting-" he cut me off by slapping my face. I held my hand up to my cheek, mouth open and rubbed the spot where he hit me.
"Don't you fucking talk back to me slut! Do you hear me?"
I didn't even dare speak now, I just nodded. My mistake, his fist came into contact with my chin just as I looked up at him.
"Are you cheating on me? Where is he? I know you're down here asshole." He muttered the last sentence and started looking around the room. I backed away from him and leaned against a wall, still holding my cheek. I felt like I was going to pass out at any moment, he had never hit me that hard in the face before.
"Seria?" Brent paused a moment and then started walking towards me. "Seria are you even fucking listening to me? Get the fuck up!"
I tried with everything inside of me but my knees buckled under me and I fell, knocking my head off of the side table by the couch. Then everything just went black.

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