Brave - FanFic CHIM/CHERYL COLE

Part 194

Julies POV

"Get back here! GET BACK HERE!" Mam shouted, I stopped in my tracks - my face looking intensively at the floor; hand gripping the staircase railing.

"I'm not playing games Julie! Tell us who's done this to you!" She demanded, I still didn't meet her eyes - I couldn't.

"Julie!" She snapped, my heart rate was pounding so fast that I could feel the pulse vibrating through my ears

"What's going on here?" Mum's voice echoed through the front entrance of the house. She walked over to us - Mam's breathing was raging, her lips were pierced and her eyes screamed danger

"Ju-" Mum gasped, she too was taken back by the sight of my face - I had yet to see the damage

"Who did this to you Angel" Mum spoke in a more gentle tone, making my heart ease down to a normal rate. She took me into her arms - carefully. I was fragile right now, I was a broken mess and she knew it - she always knew.

"C'mere" She held me close as she walked us into the kitchen - I was silently crying in her arms

"Do you want to tell me what happened?" She asked, sitting me down on the kitchen dinning table and going over grabbing an ice pack and the first aid kit

"N-Nothing" I hiccupped, tears skidding down my cheeks coming into contact with my opened cuts - burning into my wounds.

"You know you can tell me anything" She whispered, her voice was thick - I didn't want to look her in the eyes; I knew she was close to tears. He fingers working lightly on my face, she cleaned up my cuts carefully - she was afraid in some way. Afraid she would hurt me - just like everyone else.

"There... No cuts will turn this beautiful face ugly" She smiled, kissing every plaster on my face - I didn't want to cry; I was already weak enough. The sound of Mam's shouting broke our little moment - she wasn't going to let it go.

"TELL ME RIGHT NOW!" She shouted, the voice I heard next made my heart drop

"I-I" Libby was already terrified of Mam as it is - Mum and I quickly got up to our feet and ran straight to the front door

"Cheryl!" Mum snapped, speedily going over and taking a shook up Libby into her arms - our eyes connected. She got out of Mum's hold running straight to me - tears brimming her eyes as she gently cradled my face

"I thought they were lying" Her voice cracked, her fingers delicately running over my bruising

"Please don't tell her" I whispered through my tears - I knew Libby would cave and tell Mam. She knew about the bullying, but there was only so much Libby could do to protect me.

"I- She's" She shook her head, tears spilling down her cheeks

"Olivia" Mam said sternly, her hands tensed up - I looked at her with pleading eyes

"M-Mrs. Tweedy-Walsh.. I-I can't" Mam's eyes narrowed together - almost as if she was going to attack

"Olivia if you don't tell us who's done this I wont allow you to come over here anymore!" She said firmly

"You can't do that" I cried, Mum was stood there dumbfounded by Mam's actions - she wasn't going to quit until Libby told her

"Julie didn't even do anything! I don't understand why you're taking it out on her!" It was the first time that Libby raised her tone at Mam, the first time she didn't stutter as she spoke to her - because we all knew how terrified she was of Mam

"I want an explanation of what happened today" She told her, Mam walked over taking both mine and Libby's arm; leading us both into the front room

"Speak" She ordered, we were both sat on the sofas like we were being interrogated by the police