Another Milkovich- C.G.

Hurt

Nina sat on V's couch, shaking as she waited for V to come back with the supplies. She couldn't focus on anything and her vision was blurred by tears she didn't realize were there. She heard the door open and hid her face looking down almost as if ashamed

"Hey kid, what are you doing here" she heard kev as he put down his things and walked over, not gettin a response he came closer to the curled up girl, "Nina?" He looked down at the girl on his couch, he noticed her shaking and bent down

"Hey" he lifted her head with his finger and saw her face, bruises were forming and blood dripped from her nose as the cut on her lip bled, he was filled with a burning rage as he had considered this girl to be like a daughter him, keeping calm he rubbed her shoulder

"Who did this?" She just stared at him and tears began to form in her eyes as her face scrunched up and she sobbed quietly making kev pull her close in an embrace

He heard V's footsteps coming and he rubbed Nina's back before standing walking to V, "V what the fuck happened?" He said in a hushed tone

V looked to the girl who sat cradled in a ball crying quietly on the couch holding her hands, "It was her dad, she said he got drunk and when she tried to leave he started hitting her" she sighed

Kev rubbed his forehead, "Fuck V" V sighed and made her way over to Nina grabbing the supplies needed to clean her up

Kev walked out of the house, to the Gallagher's. Opening the door he walks in seeing all the Gallagher's around the kitchen and in the living room look to him

"Nina's hurt" all the Gallagher's seemed to tense and get up, in matter of seconds they were asking a million questions about her safety, where she was, and how bad she was. Kev looked at all of them as they were all yelling over each other for answers and cut them off

"Jesus! She's at me and V's, she's not good but she's safe"

"How bad is it?" Lip asked stepping up rubbing his chin crossing his arms with a scowl on his face

"She's a little shaken up, cut on her cheek and lip and bruises here and there"

"Anywhere else?" Fiona asked wide eyed

"She was wearing a jacket we couldn't see-"

"Who was it?" Debbie cut off

Kev looked down scratching his head, "It was her dad wasn't it" Ian spoke up on the staircase as everyone looked to him, Kevin just nodded as everyone stayed quiet and Carl came down the stairs from behind Ian

Everyone looked up to him with a sad look he furrowed his eyebrows, "What?" 

Back at the house V cleaned the tear stained girl, "Where's Mickey or Mandy? Were either of them there when-"

"No, they would have helped me, got him off or done something" she spoke out shakily

V rubbed the girls arm, "Honey I need you to tell me exactly what happened"

Nina tensed, she looked at the floor, wiping away the tears evident on her cheeks, "He was drunk. He didn't know what he was doing, he got home from the alibi and we started fighting"

Nina set down her jacket on her chair, from outside her room she heard the door slam, Mandy and Mickey were both out, she assumed it was one of them coming back. Possibly have forgotten something

Walking out of her room quietly she stepped out in her black shirt and black jeans, looking into the shitty lit living room, she saw a figure on the couch, but she knew it wasn't Mandy based on the physical build

"Mick?"

The figure looked up, she saw her dads features twisted into an angry expression that she got confused by, "What the fuck are you doing here you little shit"  he spat

"Dad you're drunk, get some rest"  she sighed before turning on her heels

"You aren't a Milkovich. I don't even know what the fuck you're still here for, no one loves you and you're no help"  she stopped in her tracks

"Dad come on just go to your room, you're not thinking straight" she said walking towards him to help him to his room as she's done many nights before but she jumped back slightly at the raise of his voice

"Don't you dare speak to me like that you little bitch!" with the last phrase of his sentence she tumbled to the ground from the forceful slap she received from her father

From then on he yelled profanities at her as he continued to beat her. She laid there, almost as if accepting it, she didn't move she just let out small grunts of pain.

Yes this had happened before but this time was more severe. She knew as she laid there she wouldn't be able to walk it off and just rest for the remainder of the night

Soon enough it stopped and she coughed laying on her back, she looked up to the couch where he sat leaning back. Her throat burning from the lack of air as she gasped profusely. As he looking down to her he scoffed, "Go clean yourself off. You look like shit"

Letting out a groan she held onto the wall for support as she made her way to the bathroom.

Gripping the sink as her knuckles turned white she looked into the mirror as her breath started shaking. She held onto the sink tighter as she felt dizzy.

Opening the door of the bathroom she looked out to see her dad asleep on the couch, pulling her jacket closer she walked to the door walking out not bothering to shut the door all the way

She began walking faster and faster until she was running as fast as she could in the state she was in, almost falling every so often

V looked to the girl as she looked almost emotionless. No more tears, shaking, or heavy breathing. Just a blank expressionless look

"Sweety you don't have to take this" looking up Nina smiled a broken smile

"It's not like my family's perfect, we're all fucked up, every family is" V frowned at the girl, hearing a knock at the door she patted Nina's knee before standing up

Opening the door, she was almost ran over by a crowd of Gallagher's, "What the hell are you all doing?" She asked in a hushed tone looking to kev who came up behind them

"They insisted to all come at once" Kev sighed, "Where is she?" Carl said trying to push through but was held back by Lip, V shut the door behind her facing all of them

"That girl has been through hell tonight, she's too strong to show it but she is not okay, but having a bunch of people around her asking how she is, especially a Milkovich, will send her off the rails" The Gallagher's looked at each other

V sighed before looking at all of them, "Ian lip go find Mickey, And then we'll deal with there dad, everyone else go back to your house until we get Mick"

"I'm not leaving" Carl said stepping forward once again, "Carl-"

"V I'm not leaving" he said a little louder his eyes pleading, V sighed before opening the door for him making him rush inside leaving the rest of them

He went into the living room, stopping in the entrance seeing Nina curled up in a ball, he walked towards her slowly, once getting in front of her he kneeled down, she didn't look at him she just stared at the ground

"Nina, please look at me" he pleaded, both hands on hers, she looked up slightly and Carl put a hand on her face while moving her hair with the other hand

He looked at her face, showing no expression even through it hurt him to every extent to see the strongest person he knew look so hurt and weak

With no words shared, he lifted her up as her legs went around his waist and arms wrapped around his neck tightly as he turned and sat them back on the couch as he caressed her hair and back as she held onto him tightly, hearing the door open he looked to see V and Kev looking to them with slight smiles making Carl smile back slightly as Nina put her head in further in her neck

He gave her a kiss on the forehead and comforted her as she laid silently