Love Bites G.D.

*2

This like the 5th time i've tried to write this. Dead ass serious.

2/9/16
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Under my flickering porch light I could see the bruises from my punches. They were a light pinkish all over the right side of his face.

"Is there something on my face?" He asked. I looked away.

"No." I dragged out. He touched his cheek and winced. "I'd apologize, but I am not sorry." I smiled. Which lead to both of is laughing.

"How bad is it?" He asked.

"Not that bad, just a little pink." I said. I ran my fingers against the entire pink area. "No broken skin."
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I woke up the next morning. I washed my hair that was barely passed my shoulders. I put it in a braid while it was still wet. I dressed in a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans and a pair of black converse.

"Tina!" My dad called.
"Yeah?"
"If you don't leave now you are going to be late."
I ran out of my house.

As I walked into school I felt like I was being watched. Once I turned around really quickly, no one was there. It was oddly empty. If something was to happen to me there were no witnesses, no help.

I rushed to a more populated area.
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After school I went to the pool to see if I could life guard. I could Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday after school, which is when I usually tutored Grayson. I took the job anyway.

As I was walking home I felt the same loneliness in the atmosphere. When I finally got home my dad was there.

I told him about everything. He was really involved in my life. Which was a virtue, most of the time.

I called Grayson.

"Hey whats up Tina?"

"Hey can we move our tutoring sessions?"

"Why?"

"Because they need to move."

"Geez sorry. Wednesday?"

"Nope. Sorry."

"Thursday?"

"Alright."

We hung up, he had annoyed me fairly quickly.

I was trying on the swimsuits I had from being on the swim team at my last school. I noticed a huge red spot on my shoulder close to my neck. It was swollen, the veins were a dark purple or black color. The veins were only in the surrounding area. I touched it and I felt like I was burning myself.

I iced it, which didn't seem to be doing much. I rubbed it with alcohol, a little bit of the swelling had started to go down.

When I laid down to go to sleep, I remember the dream I had last night. Grayson was cuddling with me. I was the small spoon.

"Hello Tina." "Hi Grayson." "Do you trust me?" "Yes" "I love you."

Then he licked my shoulder right where the bruise is. He sank his teeth into my skin. He covered my mouth, i suppose he though I was going to scream. I didn't, I only frowned.

"Are you okay?" "Never better."

That's all I remember. I didn't know what to make of this strange memory. I showered again. The purple was coming up from to wholes in my skin. The more I looked at it the more it looked like I was stabbed and the wounds are infected. I got out of the shower after all the purple washed down the drain.

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Nice? Nice.
A little slow I know, hopefully it will pick up soon.

-Vanessa