I rolled over in my bed, I could feel the bruises already formed on my body. I groaned and opened my eyes and sat up. "Where are you going?" Valentine asked sitting straight up, staring intently at me. "I'm gonna go take a fucking shower!" "You don't talk to me like that!" He raised his voice higher than mine. "I will do whatever I want. You don't rule my life anymore, I'm smarter now." I said walking to my bathroom.

I suddenly got pushed into the wall with my arm around my back. "I don't ever, Ever want to hear words like that come out of your mouth again. You understand me?! You do what I say." He pushed me harder into the wall. "Why the fuck did you come back, Valentine? Your little bitch leave you?!" I flipped around and pushed him. "I will not hesitate to kick your ass! I've asked you to leave nicely and not nicely. There was a point in time when I listened to you and obeyed ever command you made, now I'm smarter and strong and I will NOT be abused by you, not now and not ever again!"

I yelled at him. Pure anger boiled inside him. He's a good few inches taller than me, and liked to use that to his advantage. He came at me and I flipped him around and pushed his arm up his back just like he did with me. "Let go of m-" I slammed his head against the wall, just like he did with mine. "I will not! I'm so tired of being afraid of you! I want you to leave, and not ever come back..." I trailed off, I had tears running down my face.

I pushed myself away from him. "You're a little bitch, you know that?! You don't know a good thing when you got it. Also, I've been following you for a month." My eyes went wide. "Yeah, I've seen what you've done with "Alex". I also know you lied to me-" "God! You fucking hypocrite! Get the fuck out!" "Come on Pai-" "Just Leave!" I yelled backing away. "Pai-" "Leave!!! What don't you understand!? Go!" I ran up to him and shoved him to the door of my bedroom. "Leave, leave, leave!" I yelled.

He turned to say something but grabbed my wrist. Wrong move. I whipped my right hand around and smacked his face. "I will no longer be controlled by your bullshit. I don't deserve it. You don't deserve me, I can't even believe we dated." I said following him down the steps. He stumbled to the front door. I threw his clothes at him, that were on the floor in the living room. I threw both shoes at him one at a time.

He opened my front door and I followed him out. He looked truly scared. I felt good, like no one can ever push me down again. I walked up to him when he stopped in the middle of my lawn. I pushed him and he fell to the ground. He stood up really fast and continued to his car. "I will be back Paige, I love you and this isn't over." "Yes it is. You lost and I will not be dragged down again." He got into his car and started it and drove off. I crossed my arms happy with the result of all my anger.

I turned to see two kids across the street staring. I waved with a smile on my face, they couldn't have been over 18. They didn't wave back but just stared. I looked down and noticed I'm wearing my bra and panties outside. I covered my body and ran back into my house. I shut the door behind me and locked it. I walked through my house just smiling. I felt free, like as if all fear has been lifted off my shoulders.

I went to my living room and picked up Valentines mess from yesterday. I started singing and dancing around my living room. I ran up my steps and burst through and into my bedroom. I looked through my dresser for something to wear. I pulled something out and pulled it on. I looked at the bruises left on my body there were a lot. I sighed and went o my bed pulling off my sheets. I threw them on the floor. I walked around my room and went into my bathroom. I stared at my face and the big purple bruise on my cheek stood out the most.

I sighed again and brushed my teeth, trying to get him taste out of my mouth. I finished and took a hand to my face. It hurt when I poked and prodded at it, of course though. I walked out of my bathroom and grabbed a jacket and pulled it over my shoulders. I kept my hair down, in an attempt to cover the purple mark. I also noticed all the hickies on my neck. I picked up my sheets and took them down stairs with me.

I walked through my kitchen and through the door and to my back yard. I took the sheets and threw them on the ground. I walked through my house to my garage and took a lighter and lighter fluid. I walked back out, I poured the lighter fluid on the sheets and took my lighter to it. It burst into flames really fast. I stepped back and watched the sheets burn. When they were done I decided I was gonna go see Alex and tell him I was fine, considering he watched me pretty much get kidnapped yesterday.

I walked back in and locked the door. I went through and picked up my phone off the counter along with my keys. I went to my front door and slipped on my shoes. I went out of my front door and walked up to my car. I opened the door and slid in my seat. I started my car and pulled out of my driveway. I pushed play on my radio and I left my Simple Plan Cd in.

"Guess what, another game over, I got burned, but you're the real loser, I don't know why I've wasted my time with you, You're bad news, a history repeater, You can't trust a serial cheater, You're good at hooking up but you suck at love" I sang along with my Cd. I pulled through Alex's neighbor hood and parked out front of his house. I ran up to the front door and knocked on the door.

I waited and then heard someone walk up to the door. I stood there and waited for him to open the door. He did and I walked past him into the house. "God Alex! You should have seen it! I was all like "Get the Fuck out" and he was like "But I love you" and then I was like "No you don't, if you loved me you wouldn't have done all that stuff to me"-" "What happened to you yesterday?!" He stepped closer and I turned around.

"Well-" "Holy shit, Paige. Your face!" Alex said pulling my face into his hands. "Yeah, that happened yesterday, but I handled it." "This doesn't look like it's handled." "But it is. Were you listening? I threw him out and smacked him and pushed him against the wall like he did to me-" "Wait, he did what?!" "Pushed me against the wall but I handled it." "I'm not so sure-" I rolled my eyes. "Alex, I handled it he said something but I'm sure it was an empty threat."

"What did he say?" He asked still holding my cheek with one hand but my hand with the other. "That he loved me and that this isn't over but it is." "You don't know that! And who was this guy?!" He asked. He pulled me through to the living room, where the guys were. "Oh hey!" I said and waved. Jack jumped up. "Thank goodness, you're ok. They said you got carried off by some guy." "I did, but I took care of his this morning."

"Is that how you got the bruise?" Rian asked pointing to my cheek. "No...that was last night." I said rubbing my arm. "Well, who was this guy?" Alex asked again. "He and I dated for a long time and he was really abusive and wouldn't let me do anything, well I called the cops on him once and they took him away which was fine, sure it broke my heart, but it had to be done. Then I found out he got out and went to his other woman's house and I got over him."

"I finished building the house and moved all my stuff in, and my sister came to stay." I finished talking and looked at them still playing with my jacket. "Dude, it's like hot as balls outside take off your jacket." Jack said. "I mean I will but you have to promise not to say anything about it." "About what?" Zack asked. I unzipped the hoodie and set it on the arm rest of the chair. "The bruises and hickies. I couldn't stop him, and well this is what happens when he's around me."

They just stared at the finger print shaped bruises I had and all the hickies surrounding my neck. "I know they're bad but-" "You think! He did that to you and you just let him leave?!" Zack yelled. I was startled by his out burst. "Yeah... I know from experience that if you just let it happen it's easier later.-" "Let it happen?! What did he do to you?!" Zack was still angry. "Like you know..." I rubbed the back of my neck.

"He did not?" Rian said. I looked up at them. "Yeah." I spoke in a small voice. I wasn't gonna cry cause this hasn't been the first time. "I didn't stop him cause I didn't want to get hurt worse than this, and he told Alex what was gonna happen on the phone yesterday." I said. "I know but he said to leave and I didn't know what was going on so I let you go, I didn't want you to get hurt." Alex said standing up. "It's fine, I did the same thing. I just let it happen." I said as Alex pulled my body into his.

"I'll be fine, once the bruises heal. I'm really glad Sky and Lasagna left yesterday. Alex let go and everyone was standing to give me a hug. I accepted. "But this morning, you should have seen me. I pinned him against the wall, I slapped the shit out of him and pushed him to the ground outside. And then gave some kids across the street a show. I was standing in my bra and panties and they were like 17-18, but then I ran back inside." I laughed.

"It was pretty awesome." I said giving a smile. Alex pulled me into another hug. "Well, I'm glad your ok." "Me, too. I glad he's out of my life though, but I really don't wanna live in my house anymore or at least not by myself. There's just a lot of memories that I just don't want to be facilitated with. Like a certain marriage proposal and other things like that." I said as Alex let go of me. "Wait, you've been engaged?" Zack asked. "Yeah, we found out some information and he proposed and I said yes-" "Wait you were gonna marry that jerk?!" Alex asked.

"I was carrying his baby I didn't know what else to do, but he fucked that up when he stabbed me. I lost the baby." I looked down at my stomach. "Wow, that was a lot of information to take in." Rian said as everyone except Zack and I sat down. "I'll move in with you." Zack whispered. "What?" I asked. "I said I would move in with you if you wanted." "What?!" Alex asked. I got a smile. "Really?! You would do that?!" "Of course." He said.

I ran over and gave him a hug wrapping my arms around his neck. "This is gonna be awesome! I'm so excited! Thank you, thank you, thank you Zack!" I said and kissed his cheek. "You're welcome." He said hugging my waist back. "Oh my gosh! Now I have someone to play music with again. I used to play with my sister but I put all my stuff away when she passed. Gosh this is amazing!" I let go of him. "Do you like the color of the big guest room? We could change it. We could rearrange the whole house if you wanted to. OOOOHHH! We could even use the back yard now!"

I started to jump around. "Calm down Paige." Rian said. "I can't I get excited and it's like you gave a two year old a Rockstar, you can't control it." I said. "God you are a female version of Jack." Rian said back. I laughed and Jack stood up and danced with me. "I got a room mate!" "You got a room mate!" Jack sang along with me. He twirled me and I twirled him. "Alright, I'm gonna go home. I'll see y'all later." Is aid and grabbed my jacket and ran to Alex's front door.

I pulled it open and headed out towards my car. Ran over and jumped in. I drove to my house and got out. I went inside and danced around, I cleaned up a little and went to be but not asleep I was too excited about finally having another person to live with. And Zack was cool.

Notes

Comment please! This ended up being more of a filler chapter but non the less I updated and I hope y'all enjoyed it. I'm introducing more Zack to the mix because that's what it's supposed to be like!!! YAY! LOVES :P

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