Joey's POV
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I know i should drive Kitty home but i don't want to be with her. She used me...she hurt me so bad but i have to forgive her. She's my best friend. I walk to my car and drive up to the front of the hospital where Kitty is standing alone. "Hop in bestie." Kitty was mad at first because she hates it when i call her bestie but she gets in my car anyway. "How 'bout we pretend nothing happened? You can chase after Meg and i'll like other people." I suggest. "I'm sorry..." I don't know how to respond. "I don't know who I love. I don't know who i want. I don't know if i you or Meg would take me back. Shit is getting serious and it's a lot. I'm not used to relationships, you should know that. The last relationship i was in was not only in middle school but i was abused. Now that i'm finally ready to date again, it's overwhelming." Kitty never told me about her being abused. "Kitty...when were you abused and by who?" "Oh you must not remember. I trust you so i'll tell you the story again." "Again? You never told me you were abused." She turns pale. "Oh. I thought i told you a long time ago." "Tell me what happened Kitty." She turns away from me. "Do you remember my last 'significant other'?" "Uh...i think so." "Well he was abusive, which is what i just said." "That's not what i meant when i said tell me what happen." "Fine...When we first started dating, Daniel was very sweet. He treated me like a queen. I was his queen. Then he started being distant. Every time i tried to talk to him about it, he would hit me. Right after he hit me, he wold hold me in his lap and caress me. Daniel would wipe my tears and apologize until i caved. One night, i planned to surprise him at his house. I bought him flowers and an apology card. In the card, i wrote 'Sorry for acting so weirdly lately'. I walked to his house. I remembered him telling me there's a key under his doormat so i used that to get in. I walked up to his room. Once i walked in, i saw him in bed with another girl. I dropped the flowers and card and yelled. 'How could you?' he was surprised, sad....and mad. He was pissed. 'You could've texted me that you were coming!' I can still hear the pure anger in his voice. I started to cry but i didn't want him to see that he actually hurt me. I let a tear drop. 'Oh, you're crying now. Why are you crying? Is it cuz you're stupid? Or cuz you're not a good girlfriend?' he got out of his bed and luckily had boxers on. Daniel cornered me and hit me. 'Cry. Keep crying. Crybaby.' he kept repeating as he hit me. He punched me, kneed me, kicked me. He did everything he could to hurt me. I started to bleed from my nose and a little from my mouth. I couldn't hit back though. I was too weak. The girl that was in his bed left. She called Daniel a psychopath. After she left, he hit me harder and harder. 'You made her leave.' he would say as punching me. I fell to the ground and he kept hitting. He stopped when he actually saw me. He saw me curled up in the corner of his room, bleeding. Daniel called 911 and turned himself in. I was driven to the hospital to get an X-ray...just in case anything was broken. Nothing was broken so i was sent home. Daniel ended up in jail and i ended up single, thank God." Kitty didn't look at me the entire time she was telling her story. "I'm so...so sorry Kitty." "No, no don't be. That was a long time ago." We got to her house. "Kitty, please don't do something insane." I hug her and she gets out. I drive home with so many thoughts and questions, i choose to ignore them. I hope Kitty is okay.
