Hidden Secrets

Chapter 8

Bea

I woke up screaming, I looked at the clock beside me 2:27am, I felt the bed shift and realized Demi was sleeping next to me, she wrapped her arms around me

"Babygirl, it wasn't real, it was just a dream" I shook in her embrace, it was real, it wasn't a dream, it happened, here comes the panic attack, Demi sat up and pulled me onto her lap, guiding my head to her chest

"Breathe babygirl, in, out, in, out, copy me" I sat there copying her breathing whilst listening to the calming sound of her heartbeat

"That's it baby" once I had calmed down, I laid down on the bed and Demi did the same thing, I wrapped my arms around her neck and she put her arms around my waist, I snuggled in close and fell asleep with my head on her chest listening to the soothing sound of her heartbeat.

Cold, wait why am I cold

"Madison Lee I am going to kill you" I heard a half asleep Demi say as Maddie giggled, I opened my eyes to see Maddie with two empty water bottles, I look at my pyjamas which are soaked and I turn to look at Demi who was also soaked

"Maddie what was that for" I groaned and rolled out of bed to get changed, hitting the floor hard, causing Maddie to laugh harder

"Fuck you" I flipped her off and went to my bathroom, I stripped down and got into the shower, I still felt so dirty from what had happened last night so I scrubbed hard at every inch of my body, I got out of the shower and sighed at my appearance, I was way to fat, I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around my body and walking out to see Demi still sitting on my bed, instinctively I cover my arms

"It's okay, I've seen your scars before" I walked into my closet and grabbed a plain grey long sleeve top and a pair of pink sweatpants and put them on, I walked back to my bedroom and jumped onto Demi

"Demi, Bea we gotta go" Maddie called from downstairs I look up at Demi who had confusion written all over her face and got off her lap we walked down to the kitchen to see Maddie with her school bag, It's Thursday

"Mom I don't think it's a good idea for them to go to school"

"Demi, they have to go"

"Mom they cannot go, Bea gets beaten up everyday"

"Demi, I know but they have to go to school"

"Mom, I will not take them, what if one of them gets seriously hurt"

"Demetria, this is not up for discussion, they have to go to school and that's final"

"Fine then, I will stay at school with Bea all day"

"Demetria are you really that dumb, you're a celebrity, you can't get away with going to middle school for the day, they'll be fine just leave them and drop them off"

"Demi you really don't ha-" I butted in before Demi could scream at mom

"I want to babygirl, I couldn't forgive myself if you got hurt" I nodded and ran upstairs grabbing my bag and phone, when I came back down Demi and Maddie were already in the car so I walked out and got in the back seat. I was trying to keep it cool on the outside but on the inside I was completely freaking out, being back in that building meant more abuse, Demi must have sensed I was freaking out on the inside because as soon as we stopped the car she ran to the back and hugged me

"It's going to be okay babygirl, I'm going to be here all day and nobody is going to touch you" She let go of me and hugged Maddie, then came back to me and grabbed my hand we walked to the principals office.