Forever hiding

Scars

CRASH...
"DONT YOU EVER SPEAK BACK TO ME AGAIN LUNA" my stepfather hurtles.
I got back up slowly , my arm was tucked In my side and everything was aching
I practically limped into my room, looked into the mirror and cringed, I had a black eye, freash bruises and a cut on my head. I looked at myself for a good minute , tears rolling down my cheeks, I wanted to go , I want my real dad back.

my real dad and older brother dissapeared after my mum found my step dad, hes so discusting, he smokes inside , he drinks then gets sick, and does not pick up after himself , my mum just comes back from her work and drinks..

ive thought alot about going but this time i was for real.. i had all of my things i loved hidden , my stepdads taken everything away from me , all i have is a bed , minumum clothes, and a couple of books and other little things.

i grabbed my only duffle bag , i shoved all my clothes in it, my camera i had hidden , and a book and journal. i heard footsteps approaching, i shoved it under my bed and sat down, i started to twist my ring that my dad had left, cause i was getting real nervous , i started to shake...

"COME GET YOUR DINNER BITCH!" he shouted.

i walked out slowly, it was chicken , i hadnt eaten for months.. i couldnt bare to , i took the plate and ran to my room, i scraped the plate into a bowl for my dog , he lived in my room, my parents thought he had died and i just kept his stuff but no , he stayed in my closet.

it had all blankets on the rails and they didnt know what was behind it , it was a safe leading to a big room. i had all my personal items in their, i got all those out aswell and put them in my bag, along with all my dogs things.

it was late, i had to pretend to go to sleep , my mum and stepdad fell asleep, i opened my door and put my bag on my shoulder and picked up loomis, i slid the door open, and slipped out, my stepdad caught me in the act, he ran up the hallway in a huff and yelled out my name "LUNA COME BACK!! NOW" i ran as fast as my legs could take me , i knew he wouldnt get far, hes fat. i put down my dog and kept going, i knew he wasnt following me but i kept going.

evan though the pain was excrushiating, i had to keep my head up, i got deep into the forest, i stopped, fell back on a tree and fell to the mossy floor, my dog fell on my lap, his body warmth kept me warm all night, i was so thankful he was with me.

11am- a shadow arose behind me, tapping me on the shoulder, i freaked out and grabbed his hand in a flash, he scared me so much. he bend down "woah woah woah its okay, im not going to hurt you!" i looked at him i was stressed, "are you okay, ill help," i realised it was my bestfriend from primary.. i didnt reckongnise him at first cause he had moved. i looked around , "where am i?" he sat down next to me "i dont evan know i got lost," he ghasped "is that loomis , the dog you got when we were young?" i smiled "yeah.. i have hidden him since my step dad came along" he pointed at my bruises, " was that from him?" zeke was furious when i told him the whole story.

we were basically strangers, we had to get to know each other again, he stayed with me, i was so glad, he had definately grown up ! we talked all day and all night, and had alot to talk about ,

"uhh do you remember when you promised me that you would find me one day , youve found me.. im so happy" i gave him a quick hug.

after a while , he ended up falling asleep, he was lent up against the tree, loomis was snuggled up to him , the lead was tied to him so he wouldnt go, i had just fallen asleep slightly when, someone grabbed the back of my shirt, covered my mouth and dragged me through the forest, it was my stepfather... he had finally found me ... smacked my head , punched me and kicked me.. he chucked me in my room when he was done, locked it, "YOUR NEVER GETTING AWAY FROM ME! EVER AGAIN!" i was panicing, he had chucked my bag in without searching, i knew i had a minute to hide my stuff , i opened my safe and put it in, qucikly zipped it back up.

he barged through the door , snached my bag off of me and tipped it out, he found nothing, he kicked it in my face and slammed the door..

ZEKES P.O.V

i woke up, loomis right next to me, she was gone , i called for her several times, i got up and saw the large boot prinks in thec dirt, along with a long slide mark , i followed it , i reconised the house, same one shes always lived in, i snuck up to the window.

i whispered into her window "come on luna lets go, your dads asleep!" she looked at me, she was really bashed up , i sighed with anger, " i cant leave again he will kill me!" i jumped in her room, sat on her bed with her , " lets go ,"

she packed all her stuff in a bag and i helped her out the window, loomis was there to greet her , she was so glad to see him, she could just run, we ran past where we were before , we stopped running for a little while and changed direction.

just before it started to get dark and rain, we found this little cave, it was safe. i put a blanket over her, she was absolutely freezing, i picked her up and put her with loomis, i stayed awake most of the night because i didnt want her to get hurt again.

LUNA'S P.O.V

i woke up, zeke greeted me, he looked tired, im guessing he stayed up all night. we were planning to head deeper into the forest, the day went fast, we were searching non stop to find another spot. the forest is really really big, we will find one soon.

it was late 10:36pm we stumbled upon a small old tree house, i climbed up the ladder suspiciously, followed by zeke, it was beautiful , had furnature , white walls, clean , besides the dust. zeke had lost all his energy today, we sat on the counch, he put his head in my lap and fell asleep, i kissed his head, he was so peaceful, i stroked his hair, and stayed awake.

ZEKE'S P.O.V

i woke up before luna, i let her sleep so we were both caught upon sleep, she was so beautiful , i slid her hand of my chest and got up quietly but gently, i started to dust the house so it was clean enough to live in. for a while at least.