After school, William and I met up with the others. "I guess I should be heading home since my dad will get suspicious if I don't come home." I say while applying more of my special sunscreen.
"Aww. I was hoping we could hang out a bit more!" Yami says, pouting.
"Come over at around midnight then, my dad is usually drunk and passed out in the living room so I can climb out my bedroom window." I say then add, "But be quiet. Text me when you arrive." I give Yami, William, Karera, and Shizen my phone number. They all give me their phone numbers in return.
I head home shortly after we say our goodbyes, I manage to get home just in time for my father to yell at me. "What took you so long you freak?" Dad shouts, his recently sharpened stake in hand.
I look directly at the stake in his hand and say, "I was busy talking to my teachers making sure they knew what time I had to be home by…" Luckily he doesn't stab me in the heart with his stake but instead slaps me across the face really hard. I don't move an inch as he continues to hit me.
He then stops and shouts, "Go to your room. NOW!" I obey only because he can kill me and because my mother told me just before she died that night, that no matter what, I should always follow dad's orders. I crawl under the covers of my bed and cry.
"I miss you mom… I miss you so much…" I sob quietly, petting Midnight as he had curled up next to my face. I then fall asleep, only to wake up starving at midnight. I received texts from William, Yami, Shizen, and Karera in our group text, announcing that they were outside my house. I climbed out of bed and out my window, wincing as the bruises from earlier began to hurt. "Hey…" I whisper, my stomach then gurgles.
"What happened to you?!" William exclaims quietly as he sees my bruised face.