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Tears streamed down my face, as I sat, in the corner of my bedroom, hiding from the monster in the hallway. The scariest thing about that monster? He’s my boyfriend.
I lifted my hand, and brushed the place where he’d just hit me on my cheek lightly with my fingertips and it throbbed. He’d been hurting me for at least a month now, and said if I leave him, or tell anyone, he would kill me in the middle of the night, when I’m sleeping. So I didn’t run, I didn’t tell, I just sat quietly, and prayed for it to be over soon.
Maybe one of these days, Mom or Dad would just walk in, and see him hitting me. I didn’t tell, so Blake, my boyfriend, he wouldn’t still kill me…would he?
“Skyler!” He shouted from the upstairs hallway. I stood, brushing a piece of my golden blonde hair out of my eyes. It was worse when I hid anyway.
He stomped over to me, and gripped my wrist, and it took everything I had not to cry out. I looked straight into those evil, horrible, mocking blue eyes of his, and my vision was once again clouded with tears. I’d once loved this boy…god, those days seemed like a lifetime ago.
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Flashback
“Hey babe.” Blake said, coming up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist. I laughed, and turned my body slightly so I could kiss him. The kiss was warm, and it felt nice being so close to Blake.
“Hey, hey. Get a room.” My best friend since kindergarten , Emily said jokingly, taking a big bite of her ham and cheese sandwich.  Blake and I laughed, and so did my other best friend, Ally. She became friends with Emily and I the beginning of this school year, and we’re just sort of starting to trust her with sleepover secrets and everything.
“Babe, are we hitting the ice cream place after school?” Blake asked, running his fingers through my hair. I turned back again, and looked into those big blue eyes, and I knew I was in love, and that Blake Samuels was the boy for me.

Back to present.
A chill ran down my spine as that memory came rushing back. How had I been so stupid, so naive? Hadn’t I noticed the way his ex- girlfriends seem to cower when he’s around, and how tightly he had always gripped my hand, and pulled me around?  How hadn’t I noticed the anger, and violence in his eyes before that I see now? How had I thought I was in love with this monster?
Then, he reached his hand back, and my stomach was tied in knots. The impact of his hand across my face was hard; harder  than I could remember it ever being, and my legs turned into jelly beneath me, and I fell to the floor. I hit my head on the floor tiles, and it hurt so bad, I let the darkness take over me happily.
 

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Chapter 19

Alyssa's POV;
"So when is Anna coming back over?" Matt asked me. I had just woken up and I was eating Cocoa Pebbles for breakfast, even though it was like 12.
"I don't know, why?" I asked after putting a spoonful into my mouth.
"Just wanted to know.. Gonna beat her at marco polo again.." He thought aloud. Someone's got a crush! When he wasn't looking, I texted Anna to come over. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Matt yelled practically diving for the door. I could hear the smile in his voice when he saw it was Anna.
"Oh, hi Anna." He said. She walked through the door in a white tank top and denim shorts, with her purple bikini underneath.
"Ready to be beat by a girl at marco polo.. again?" She asked him, ruffling his hair.
"Yeah, right!" He responded as he ran upstairs to change. I looked over at Anna, motioning for her to come closer so I didn't have to talk so loud.
"I think my brother likes you." I whispered.
"I know this." She replied.
"By the way he acts?" I questioned.
"Yeah." She smiled and.. blushed? Maybe she likes him too! I heard my brother's footsteps on the stairs, and brought my voice back to normal.
". . . yeah I like that movie too." I said. Matt walked in as soon as I said that.
"What movie?" He asked, now curious. Great..
"Harry Potter." Anna saved.
"Oh, cool. Me too." He smiled at Anna.
"You guys can go ahead and get in the pool, I'm gonna clean up and then get changed and I'll be out in a bit." I told them. They both ran out and jumped into the pool like little kids. As I was finishing my bowl of cereal, I heard laughing and splashing coming from outside. I smiled to myself.

Mitchell's POV;
I knocked at Alyssa's door. She opened it to reveal her finishing tying up her bikini top and her hair into a messy bun. I saw her blush when she realized what she was doing and who was at the door. I chuckled to myself.
"You're cute when you do that." I told her as I stepped across the doorway into their living room, which made her blush even harder.
"Uhm.. Well.. I was just getting ready to go play a round of Marco-Polo with Anna and Matt.. Wanna join?" She asked.
"Sure. But I didn't bring my swimmin' trunks." I explained.
"It's okay, you can borrow a pair of Matt's. You know where his room is."  She said winking, as she stepped onto the other side of the sliding screen door.

*Extra long for you! And I will be making a sequel to Hopeless after I finish this story, which I'm hoping is soon! I might put up another chapter tonight, but then I don't know when I'll be able to write again, I'm sorry!