The Strings Attached

Part 11

It's pretty easy to hide some of the stuff. The worst I got was when he yanked my wrist that one time and popped it out of place. I just told my mum it was from Volley Ball.

I was sitting in the living room with Sam, watching The First Avenger with him, when my phone rang.

I looked down to see it was Mike calling. "Don't pause it I'll be right back." I say and stand up. Sam nods and keeps his eyes glued to the TV. "Hello?" I answer.

"Hey babe, what you doing?" He says calm and casual.

"I'm just watching a movie with Sam. He's not feeling to well. What do you need anyways?" I say, leaning against the wall getting anxious.

"Well I want to see you baby." He says, and it's starting to make me uncomfortable.

"I can't Mike. Sam's not feeling well and I told him I would stay home with him today." I Answer back getting annoyed.

"Your going to regret this Alexa Holland." Mike says, getting angry. "You better be free tomorrow or your in big trouble." And with that he hangs up the phone.

With that I sigh and go back to the couch where Sam is lying there, still glued to the TV. To make matters worse, Bucky just fell of the train.

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Sam was still not feeling well on Sunday so I stayed home with him again and watched Iron Man with him, since he just wanted to watch the Marvel movies. I never got a call from Mike, which made me relieved and scared.

I woke up this morning feeling quite nervous and scared to face Mike. For some reason half of me is pushing to tell Tom about Mike, but the other half of me is scared half to death.

I walked to school in agony, really really worried. I went to my locker and there was still no sign of Mike. I let out a tiny sigh of relief knowing that he may not be here.

I went to my morning classes and he wasn't in class, so that made me feel a lot better. That meant that the quiz we took today I did good because I wasn't overwhelmed.

At lunch I was walking outside, listening to music to meet up with some friends. While I was walking, I felt someone pull my arms and drag be behind the school where no one was.

It was Mike.

"Well hello princess. What happened to our deal?" He asked, getting all up in my face.

I kept my back pressed against the wall, getting scared. "I'm sorry Mike, I had to take care of Sam." I say.

"Your brother doesn't out rank me Alexa." Mike shouts in my face.

"Look I'm sorry." I say. "But I can be with you today after school."

I feel the back of his hand go across my face. "That's not good enough." He says. Mike places his hands on my stomach and starts to push really really hard. "I need something....more." He slowly says.

The pain in  stomach starts to grow and now he's really hurting me. Then I realize what he wants, and that totally not happening.

"No Mike. That's not happening." I say, very stern.

"And why not." He says, his hands starting to go under my shirt now.

I try to wiggle free but I can't. "Because I don't want to. Okay?" I say and look him right in the eye.

Mike takes a step back. He looks me right back in the eye, and smirks. "You bitch." He says.

He punches me in the stomach. Hard. And more then one time. When he takes a step back I'm able to run away. I keep the tears in and I run to the girls washroom and lock myself in a stall.

"Hey mum, I'm not feeling good. Do you think I could come home?" I call my mum and say.

"Yeah of corse, what's wrong?" She asks sweetly and concerned.

"I have a really bad stomach ache and I'm super dizzy." I say quietly, holding my bruising stomach.

"Okay. I can pick you up if you like?"
My mum suggests.

"Okay. I'll be sitting in the office."
I say and hang up the phone. The bell rings, cueing I'm safe to leave.

I dash out of the bathroom and go to my locker and grab my stuff. I make my way to the office where I tell the secretary my mums getting me and I sit down. A few minutes later my mum comes and picks me up. We drive home in silence and I make my way up to my room and close the door. I lean against the door and quietly sob.

This has gone too far.

When Tom gets home I'm sitting on the end of my bed and I explain everything with a bunch of tears.

The next day I stay home from school and explain to my mum and dad what happened, and they feel so bad for me. Tom and Harrison went to go deal with Mike, and when I got to school, I never saw him again.

A/N: This was all when Alexa was between 14 and 16. This was actually really sad but it means something later.