I stared at the small puddle of blood ,my leg was laying in. The dark red stood out against my shower floor. My face was streaked with black from my tear's streaking my makeup. My curled hair was now limp. What was supposed to be a perfect day was ruined. I ran my finger along the right side of my jaw. I winced in pain from the large browse that covered a good majority of my jaw line and upper neck. Several other bruises covered my body, along with 2 broken finger's. Today was supposed to be perfect. Brian and I were supposed to go out on our date but I guess thing's don't always go as planned.

* I sighed looking at Brian's text over and over again telling me he had to fill in for someone at the shop. I dropped my phone on the comforter watching the phone bounce slightly. I was looking forward to us going on this date, but I understand the work thing.
"Maybe next time huh"? I ran my finger's through the curl's I had put in my hair before deciding I needed to get up and do something with my self. I wasn't gonna be a bump on a log even though plan's had changed. I grabbed my cigarette's and made my way to the living room.
"Knock knock". I turned to see who was walking through my front door. I saw Ava first.
"Hey". I smiled but that smile quickly faded and was replaced my annoyance. Braydon walked in after Ava smiling at me.
"Miss me"? God he was so fucking cocky.
"What the fuck is this"? I snapped tossing my cigarette's on the coffee table in front of me.
"What the fuck does it look like? Damn"! Ava snapped back sitting down on the arm of the love seat.
You have got to be kidding me!
"Seriously? Your with this piece of shit"? I glared at Braydon earning no expression from him.
"Yea. I am". She seriously couldn't be more stupid. "And watch your mouth".
"I'm speaking from experience with him Ava. I think I would know and your not my mother so don't speak to me like I'm a fucking child". Now I was pissed. This would explain why she has pretty much disapeered.
"I wasn't that bad". Braydon chimed in. I could hear the smirk in his voice.
Why the fuck are they here?
"I'm not about to go into that bull shit right now. Why the fuck are you here. I'm already tired of you 2 dip shit's being here. I have shit to do"! Lie but they don't need to know.
"No please feel free to explain. I'd love to hear the lie's you've created about him. We all know your good at that".
"First of all bitch I don't know what the fuck crawled up your ass, and why the fuck your being such a cunt right now but that shit's gonna stop. Your 2 seconds away from me knocking all the teeth out of your mouth. Second of all, I don't have to explain shit to you". Lilli was not happy about the choice word's I had for her.
"I'd like to see you try". She shot me a death glare. "I'm here to tell you something and I guess Braydon said he had some unfinished business to finish with you".
"Actually you can leave". I didn't want to hear a fucking thing she had to say.
"I just wanted to tell you". She paused, then chuckled. She was fantastic at not listening to me. "I am the girl Braydon cheated on you with. Ive been with him since before you 2 got together". My heart stopped.
I wanted to puke. It's like they were happy to tell me this.
I was at a loss for word's.
"I got tired of hiding it from you so I thought I should just tell you. I'm tired of feeling guilty for something I shouldn't. It's like you wronged me actually".
I looked down at my feet wanting to collapse right were I stood. My own sister. Some one I looked after love(d) with all my heart was nothing better than a back stabbing whore. She was the reason for all our problem's.
"Candi is also his kid...well obviously"I felt sick to my stomach. I looked back up at Braydon. Hurt very evident on my face. He just smiled. I felt like some one had ripped my heart out and stomped on it. Why does it hurt so bad? I'm not even with him. I have no want to be with him. Maybe It's because at one point I did love him.
"You don't have anything to say now huh"? She sneered glaring at me.
"actually I do". My voice was shaky. I was hurt. My own fucking sister wasn't even some one I'm could consider family anymore. I leaned down and gripped the side of the coffee table. I threw the glass top against one of the wall's. The glass shattered on impact sending glass flying every where. I pulled the steel base out of my way. The look on Ava's face was price less. Her eye's were wide with shock.
"You are nothing to me. You stupid fucking whore! your no better than that old hag you call grandma. I hope he ruin's your fucking life like he almost did to me. Go rot in a fucking decrepit building with a fucking needle dangling from your arm. Your nothing but a worthless piece of shit"! I yelled , my face only centimeter's from her's.
"Get the fuck out of my face"! I felt her fist collide with the side of my head knocking me off balance. That was a pain I defiantly didn't miss. I was able to catch my balance. I launched my self at her tackling her even further in to the couch. It stung every time my fist collided with her face.
"Get off me"! she screamed. she kicked helplessly underneath me.
CRACK!
"STOP"! She screamed. I could feel blood on my fingers.
"WHAT? AM I FUCKING UP THAT PRETTY FACE OF YOURS"! I screamed before I was yanked backwards, causing me to fall to the floor. I could feel sting from the tiny pieces of glass cutting in to my skin as I landed on them.
"What the fuck are you doing"! Braydon said loudly.He was pissed.
"Beating the shit out of your whore"! I said breathlessly looking at Ava holding her nose. I couldn't help but smile. I was out for blood. I got what I wanted. Blood poured down her front from her nose.
She looked fucking pathetic.
"Ava go out side now"!
"I don't care if you kill the bitch"! Her eye's never left me as she spoke those word's. Usually hearing those word's from someone would hurt. But I was far beyond hurt.
"This shit isn't over"! She said before running out of my apartment slamming the door behind her.
I pushed my self up off the ground.
"I'm not gonna waste anymore time. I'm here for my money and I'm going to get it one way or another".
"Who the fuck do you think you are? Some big shot mother fucker? Well I don't have your fucking money! I didn't take any pills"!
"Then why am I missing a whole bottle? answer that for me"! He started walking towards me.
"How bout all the druggies who come in and out of your house! use your head"! I snapped back.
"STUPID BITCH"! He yelled before I felt his hand collide with my face.*

Almost my entire right side was black and blue. My lip was busted pretty good. The studs in my lips had to be cut out. I probably won't put them back in. I had a pretty good sized purple spot by my left eye causing my eye to look fucking mutant from the broken blood vessels in my eye. I also had several nick's and slices along my body from the broken glass in my living room.
It ws 10:35. Lilli would be home anytime now. She would probably freak out when she walked into the living room. Braydon trashed our living room. our t.v. was broke, DVDs were strewn every where. Our couch was practically taken apart. cushion's cut open. Glass was still shattered on the floor. I would have cleaned it up but I was in to much pain.
I heard the front door open.
"Oh my god"! Lilli's voice filled the apartment. I hear her purse drop to the floor.. "What the fuck"? I could hear her frantically walking around.
"Harlow"! She said running down the hallway. She stopped at my door way. "Holy shit"! My room was just as bad if not worse than how the living room looked.
"Harlow "? She said again walking in.
"Oh my god! Harlow"! She saw me from my bathroom door way. I was probably a sight for sure, with dried blood on my front and the dark bruises that covered a good amount of my body. I looked at her.
"Honey". She rushed over to me and kneeled in front of me. "What happened"? I could tell she was scared.

"I don't know.....she said Braydon and Ava came over. I'm assuming Braydon did this". Lilli looked over at me, tear's running down her face.
"The entire apartment in fucking trashed Zack. Everything. Including my room.....She's hurt pretty bad. She covered in bruises and was covered in dried blood.....She has 2 broken finger's". I looked at my half smoked cigarette and the hospital bracelet with my information on it around my left wrist.
Lilli and I had just gotten back from the hospital. All they did was put a splint on my finger's so I couldn't move them and released me almost immediately after due to the fact I cussed out of of the nurses. I'm not really the best patient.
I tried to focus on anything other than the pain. They had prescribed me pain pills but I had been drinking, so needless to say not a good mix.
I had managed to take a shower to clean my self up a little bit. I was tired of being covered in my own dried blood.
"Alright.....Oh, he is?..... I will. you guy's need to hurry". She hung up.
"Ok. Zack and Brian are on there way. I'm gonna go pack you a bag".
"Why"? I asked confused. My voice was raspy from pain.
"Brian is coming to get you I guess".
I mouthed 'oh' and took the last drag off my cigarette before snuffing it out among the dozen's of other cigarette's in the ashtray.
She walked back to my bed room leaving me alone once more in our kitchen that look a lot better than the rest of our apartment. I glanced over at the stove clock. 3:21 am. Fuck.
It wasn't long before she was walking into the kitchen with a duffel bag full of my thing's.
"Where's your purse"? She asked setting the bag down on the table next to me.
"I have no Idea. Braydon probably took it".
She sighed, sitting down next to me.
"Did he take your money"?
"No". I looked at her. her eye's were puffy and red from crying a good majority of the night. "I've got some stashed away in a shoe box in my closet".
"I'll go grab it for you". She walked away before I could say anything.
I couldn't help but feel guilty for what happened. I don't know what I would have done if she was here instead of me. God, I'm stupid.