I'm Not Who You're Looking For (Another Cinderella Story) Editing!

Chapter 9

Once Katie was gone I sat down on the counter top while Gina stood, studying me, watching my every movement which made me uncomfortable.Gina sighed and opened her mouth ready to talk but then closed it again when she didn't form any words, wow that was a first, Gina lost for words. 

Gina then put her bag on the counter top and started looking through it on the search for something,"What are you looking for?" I asked hoarsely wiping my tears from my eye's that had leaked again, she didn't answer me though, she just just kept searching.

 Around a minute later Gina pulls out a packet of Make up wipes and smiled,"I knew i'd need these one day," She then gave me the packet and nudged me to wipe my make up off, I turned around on the counter so i was looking in the mirror, and started to wipe off my makeup from my fore head down, Three minutes later i had no makeup on but my eye's where still blood shot.

 Gina looked at me and smiled,"Much better, I'm going to put you some of my makeup on okay, but you gotta tell me what happened." I nodded and Gina got out her concealer and started to apply it under my eye's and over my eye's, When she was finished, My eye's looked a bit brighter and my  where less blood shot. She then got her foundation out and started applying and that when i started talking."You got to promise to not say anything to anyone, okay?" I asked as i closed my eye's she could put the foundation on my eyelids,

"Of course i won't" Gina say's taking her blush brush out and stroking my cheeks with blusher. "I didn't have an allergic reaction to sleeping pills, i'm not even taking sleeping pills." I mumbled quietly in a whisper so she could hardly hear me,

"I knew it!" Gina exclaimed, She actually looked happy, I raised my eye brow's at her, She calmed her self down and then asked me a question i didn't really want to answer. "Then why did you faint.?"She asked her voice filled with concern.

"I er, i don't know where to start," I mumbled, I closed my eye's again so she could put some liquid eyeliner on my top eye lids.

"My step dad lost his job and we wasn't getting any money in, so we couldn't buy groceries," I mumbled and paused and looked over at Gina who had stopped putting my liquid eye liner on my lids and was looking at me with a symaphtic look."Yeah so i there was four of us and 5 tins of soup isn't going to last us very long is it," Gina screamed in frustration and looked back at me, "I could have helped, you could have ate at my house, why didn't you tell me?"Gina asked looking sad. "I didn't want to tell anyone, and i've got to tell you something." I said putting my head down. Gina lifted my head up and started putting mascara on my bottom eye lids,

"Okay?" She'd just finished putting my mascara on and started putting pink lipstick on my lips, "I can't go to the dance."I said putting my head down and adverting my eye's so i couldn't see her facial expression.

"What!" She all but screamed making me hit my head on the mirror, making me groan."You have to go, your my date and iv'e made your dress, Yes you are going!" "I can't i'm grounded." I shouted back at her, getting my confidence back. "How the hell are you grounded?" She was still shouting but a little bit quieter because she must have noticed that she was loud.

"Because!" I couldn't tell her why, could i? she was my best friend. She raised her eyebrow's and that's when i decided to tell her the truth.

Twenty minutes later  i had told Gina about my dad abusing me, She looked shocked with sympathy,"Show me your stomach," I had told her about my Dad stabbing me. I lifted up my top and she gasped."Oh my god Ella, You've got to tell somebody about this." She exclaimed.

"No way, and you promised you wouldn't either." I said pulling my tshirt back down and standing up to look at my reflection in the mirror, Gina had done a good job with my make up, you couldn't  even tell i had been crying.

"We will sort it out, and you will go to the ball," she said in mocking voice. brightening me up ,  i laughed and nudged her and then we walked to the dining room. When i stood outside the dining room and stilled, i was nervous about seeing my friends who would ask question and my brother's who could have possibly talked to my Dad.

"what if my brother's had talked to my Dad?" I asked nervously looking abit scared, "You'll be fine, they can't do anything to you, you're in school," She said trying to comfort me. "yeah" I mumbled and we walked into the dining room,

As soon as i walked in i could feel a few gazes looking at me, A few people where still mumbling about my fainting incident this morning, i knew my brothers table where staring at me, and my friends table, I could just feel there gazes trying to get my gaze. We just walked up to my table and sat down in our normal seats. Our table was quiet for a minute, A full on awkward silence. Then Gina said to Katie "So what did you buy Ella for lunch?" Gina asked cheerfully. Katie handed me  a packet of pasta and chocolate chip cookie and a can of sprite. "Thanks, and sorry for earlier" i said putting a small smile on my face. she smile back cheerfully, "Nah it's fine" she replied 

I started to munch on my  indulgent chocolate chip cookie and i felt like someone was staring at me so i looked up which was a mistake because James and John were staring at me, I couldn't tell what there eye's held because there eye's were hardened. It made me shivered, Did they tak to there Dad? Do they know that child care had called there dad? I didn't know i was shaking until Gina tapped me on the shoulder looking at me with worried eye's, I smiled but it didn't reach my eyes. 

I really didn't want to go home, I didn't know what will be waiting for me, but i know it will be brutal.

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