Between The Lines.

Chapter 1

"Happy birthday sweetie" My mum said when I entered the kitchen handing me a plate of pancakes. "Eat it quickly before dad comes home" She said looking worried. I can't believed I have turned 18. I'm an adult now. I can vote, drink... My daydream were disturbed when I heard the door opening. I quickly threw the pancakes on the deep side of the bin and started to wash the dishes. "Is mum around" Dad asked. "She just went to take a bath" I said quickly. "Come over here" He said. I walked over to him slowly. I was nervous. I still have the marks on what he did to me last night. Heck I have the marks from 10 years ago. His hand was getting closer to my face. BAM . Blood was pouring from my mouth. It tasted sweet and somehow also bitter. This was the first time he had slapped me on my mouth. "Go clean up the mess before mum comes" He shouted. I grabbed the cloth, not making eye contact with my dad. If I do... I will be in big trouble. I mop the blood of the floor. I hear my dad shouting at me, clean up faster, calling me fat and ugly all the normal stuff . After I was done, I went to my room. I plonked on my bed and stared one of my walls, seeing pictures of joe (youtuber) on my wall. My fave youtuber. He made me happy during the bad times. I turned on my phone and locked my door. Dad doesn't know that I even have a phone. Not charged, great... It put it on charging covering it with my pillow. I heard mum's hair dryer turn on. I am so glad that mum took the day off work today. Dad hardly does anything when mums around. What he did to me this morning was heaven than what he usually does to me. Why does he do all these things to me. What did I do wrong. If I asked him well... I be dead in one second. I decided to take a shower. I slowly took off my clothes. If I did it fast the marks on my body will hurt and even bleed. I look at myself in the mirror. I still had dried blood on my face from earlier. Both my hands and leg had scars or blood or thin skin. I hop in the shower. I remembering all the bad things he did to me this week. I remembered school. I still don't have any friends and it's the last week of school. I guess it kinda my fault. In school it's the only time I feel safe to be myself, I can't be myself with dad around. All of a sudden I heard the song runaway in my head.

"I wanna run away

I wanna run away

Anywhere out this place

I wanna run away"

Maybe that my answer. I can out of this hellhole but where to. I got out of the shower and wore the present my mum got me. A pastel blue scarf, a white sweater and some skinny jeans. I loved it. I packed my bag and heard my phone buzz, It a new Joe video. titled "exciting news". I stuff my school stuff in my bag and ran outside and straight in the school bus. I grabbed my usual seat. The seat right at the back of the bus. I sat down and grabbed my headphones from my bag. I put them in a listened to Joe's new video.

Video plays*

Joe: Hey guys!! I got some awesome news! It took me ages to organise but 1 lucky fan gets the chance to spend on the 10th of december the week in my house in LA. I  will pay for the tickets and everything and it will be super cool! So how you can meet me! Well comment down below one of the inside jokes in my video and I will select the best one! So do it NOW!!!!!

Video ends*

I quickly type all the in jokes in his videos on separate comments. The more likely the chance he will look at it RIGHT?! I wrote exactly 182 comments and prayed. This competition made my birthday. 

Author's Note

I hope you liked it. It is my first proper long story I writing so yeah...! Sorry for the short chapter.