United-Chapter 1: The First Day

It has been a year since we met Caleb. Since then a lot has happened, we moved from Ohio, Steven started working, Caleb has blown through 10 different jobs because he doesn't like to work, he likes to me clean the entire house which is his parent's old house before they died. It has 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, a huge kitchen, and a lot of land. It's beautiful... if it didn't feel like a prison. I can't do anything that I want to, I have to do what Caleb wants me to do. My mom doesn't realize or doesn't care about us anymore. Or let me rephrase, she doesn't care about me, she treats the boys good because Caleb treats them good. Which I'm ok with, I'd rather me take the heat than them. But he likes to hit me, and I don't mean just a slap, I mean he full-on punches me and kicks me to the point that I bleed and he breaks my bones. Ever since he came I have had to get 2 casts and 5 different stitches. It doesn't help that I'm starting my sophomore year today with bruises everywhere.  

     "Say one word about this and I will make sure you never see the sun again. Do you understand me?" Caleb warns. 

     "I won't sir... I promise." I say. He makes me call him sir any time I talk to him. 

    "Hmm, your a good girl aren't you." He says as he grabs my boobs, he likes to do this when no one is around... This ain't even the worst of it. 

      "May I go eat breakfast, sir?" I ask. I have to ask to eat, otherwise, he gets pissed and the beatings are worse  

     "Hmm... You've been good lately, haven't you... Sure go eat something as long as you make eggs and bacon for everyone." He says. I've been trying to be good since school is starting 

     "Yes sir, thank you, sir." He says and I leave to make breakfast. I have to make a lot because Caleb eats a lot. I don't eat a lot because the more I eat the harder he hits. I also don't sit at the table. He told me once, " the help doesn't get to eat at the table". 

     "Hey Pumpkin!" Steven walks in as I finish the food, he only calls me pumpkin when no one is around. The first time I got beat was because Steven called me pumpkin. Steven is the only one that knows what Caleb does to me. The twins don't know because I don't want to worry them. 

     "Hey Bubs! Breakfast is almost done." I say. That's been my nickname for him ever since I was little 

     "Alrighty. Are you gonna eat?" Steven asks, I nod 

     "He said I've been good," I say. I finish cooking in silence and I set the table with the food. Just as I was about to tell everyone the food was done Caleb came down 

     "Food is done sir," I say 

     "Good, go tell everyone it's done then you can eat," Caleb says. I run to get the twins and I run into my mom. 

     "Hey, mom I was about to come to get you. The food is done." I tell her with a smile 

     "Good girl. Are you hungry today?" She asks 

     "Yes ma'am. I'm gonna go get the twins." I say. I have to call her ma'am otherwise he gets mad. 

     "Alright. I'll see you down there." She leaves but I hear her mumble "she's looking fat. She shouldn't eat" so I know to not eat a bunch today. I knock on the twin's door 

     "Hey, boys breakfast is ready! You need to come down to eat before we leave." I tell them. They open the door with smiles on their faces. 

     "Hey, sissy! We are coming just had to get our bags packed." Jo says as they run down to the kitchen. When I get down there I help the boys and make sure everyone is fed and the dishes I can do are done before I get myself a little plate of food. Caleb glares at me, which makes my mom glare at me. I get a price of bacon and a spoonful of eggs. I mean I'm thankful I get that. I go stand by the sink and eat in small bites. Steven gets up and puts his plate down to wash. 

     "Don't worry I got it, Steven," I say. He glares at me because he knows I'm gonna be doing them and I just smile at him. I see Caleb and mom glancing over at us. 

     "Alrighty... I'm gonna head off to work. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Steven says. He works double shifts at a restaurant so he doesn't get home until after everyone is asleep. 

     "Ok, boys you gotta hurry up. We have to leave in 5 minutes." I say as they bring me their dishes. I get all of the dishes and I start washing them. I hear someone come in.

    "Hello, sir," I say. He grabs my waist and kisses my neck. 

    "Hello, my good girl... my pretty girl... I need a feel." He says as he starts feeling my body 

   "Sir I need to get to school," I say trying to get him off of me. Tears rolling down my face 

   "In a minute. I need a taste." He puts his hands down there and I try to pull away. 

   "Be a good girl and let me feel." He says but I know it's a threat. I hear footsteps coming back in. It sounds like one of the twins. 

   Brain: oh god please don't come in 

   Me: go away boys, you shouldn't see this 

  Brain: go 

   Me: please stop Caleb before they see 

   "Hmm, good girl," He says and stops. I finish the dishes and me and the twins get in the car. We wait a few minutes to see mom running out the door 

   "Come on let's go, guys! Hurry!" Mom screams as she rushes into the car 

   "Trinity!!! Get your ass back here! I wasn't done yet!" Caleb screams as he tries to pull up his pants. He looks furious 

   Brain: Well that explains a lot 

   Me: I wonder how often they do that 

  Brain: Who knows... 

  Me: I wonder if she has a choice in it 

  Brain: Who knows... 

  Me: Can you say something other than that, please 

  Brain: You don't want me to 

 Me: Fine 

 "Mama are you ok?" I ask 

  "I'm fine. Just sore. " She says. We drive to the new school. The middle school and the high school share the same parking lot so we just get out at the same time. 

  "Bye guys! See you after school!" Mom screams as we go to the doors I walk up to the office so I can get my schedule. Since this is an entire new school I didn't get to go to orientation. I open the door and see a big U-shape desk. There is a woman going through papers and muttering to herself. I don't think she saw me come in so I cleared my throat. 

   "Oh hello dear! I didn't see you come in, I was trying to sort out the start of the year paperwork. Anyhow, what can I do for you?" She asked 

   "I'm Elexis Sullivan. I'm new here." I say 

   "Oh well hello there! I'm Ms. Watcher, the secretary here. I'll get your stuff then" She says as she goes back to looking through papers. It didn't take her long to find it. 

   "Here you go, dear. There's a schedule and some paperwork that your parents need to fill out. Do you want me to show you around or would you like a student?" She asks 

   "Oh, it's fine. I'll figure it out but thanks." I say 

   "Ok, this building isn't that confusing anyway, it's pretty much a big box. Ask around if you need any help ok." She says 

   "Ok, thanks, Ms. Watcher," I say and walk out. There's still time before the bell rings so I'm exploring, it really is just a big box. I look at my schedule and I see AP core classes and a couple of electives, yay. I mean I know I'm smart but why did they put me in all the smart classes. The bell rings and I go to English. The teacher has long red hair with black tips and beautiful blue eyes. I sat in the very back, then the bell rang to start class 

   "Hello, class. I'm Ms. Guard. I know you guys just love syllabus day but guess what, I'm giving you one. But I won't read it. Instead, we will just talk and start to get to know each other, how does that sound." She says and we all shake our heads. I just realized that including me there are only 5 kids in this class, thank god. We spend the entire time getting to know each other. I don't talk unless I have to. We've played different games, asked each other questions and that took up the entire hour we are in here. This school isn't too bad. Next is history, with Mr.Keeper 

   "Hello... as you should know I'm Mr. Keeper. I'm gonna be straight with you. This may be an AP class but it isn't hard if you pay attention and do the work. If you don't then that's your problem but don't be douche and ruin it for everyone. I'm chill, you stay off your phones we will be good as long as you don't abuse them." He seems like a pretty easy-going guy, but he's definitely intimidating. Same as the last teacher he handed out the syllabus but we just talked. Mr.Keeper is wearing khakis and a button-up. This class is going by really slow, like unnaturally slow. Then the bell finally rings. I didn't think to look at my schedule so I rush to my advanced science, it was anatomy. This means there will probably be a dissection in this class. I walk in and I don't see any bodies which I'm grateful for. I sit at the back yet again I look around and I see a student about my height walking around so I'm guessing she was a teacher assistant. Then the bell rings and that student starts talking, the student wasn't a student, she was the teacher. 

 "Hello all, I'm Ms.Noble you may have chosen this class because you want to pursue a medical career or.. you just want to help people," She said the last part by looking at me. I got a shiver down my spine then class went on like the rest. The syllabus and talking. I've noticed a few people in my classes are the same. The bell rang and it was lunchtime. My stomach was growling so bad it hurt but I don't have any money. I got to the cafeteria and noticed a few empty tables and booths. I went to one of the booths in the far corner of this sort of 2 level room. I started looking at my first 3 syllabus's and it was a lot of coursework. 

   Me: How are we supposed to get all of this done and do everything Caleb wants us to do 

  Brain: I don't know but we'll have to figure it out. If we get bad grades you know what he'll do to us. 

   Me: I know I'm just trying to figure out how we are going to do this. 

   Brain: Hopefully the teachers are a little understanding 

   "Hem" someone cleared their throat in front of me. I was so engrossed in my conversation that I didn't see a beautiful young woman in front of me. 

   "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't see you come up here," I said and looked around the cafeteria became crowded except for the tables around me. 

   "Oh no worries I just got up here and I wanted to introduce myself... Hi, I'm Rebecca from your anatomy class." She explained 

   "Oh hi I didn't realize we were in a class I'm sorry. Do you want to sit?" I ask as she had a big plate of food 

   "Sure if you don't mind," She asked 

    "Nope go ahead if you want," I said and she did. We were quiet for a minute 

   "So, what brings you here to our very small town?" She asks 

   "Well my step loser had a house here and he moved me my mom and my 3 brothers here," I say and she looks shocked 

   "Oh ok..." Then she got quiet 

   "So what grade are you in exactly?" I ask  

   "Oh, I'm a senior... How about yourself?" 

  "I'm a sophomore," I respond     

  "Oh wow, you looked like a senior to me. You look tired as hell... and really skinny." She said, yet she doesn't know why I look tired and skinny 

  "Yeah, I work out a lot and eat pretty well. So, is there anything I should know about this school?" 

   "Oh just that I'm the top bitch and no one will get in my way..." She said and she got really serious all of the sudden, it kinda scared me 

   "Oh, I'm just kidding! Relax! But anyway the teachers are really nice and will be flexible when you need them. And you should make friends easily. Especially, if you stick with me. She said and then the bell rang signaling the end of lunch. 

   "Well, thanks for sitting with me," I say as I get up and am about to leave 

   "Hey, we weren't done talking!" She screamed after me 

   "Oh I'm sorry did you wanna say something else. I wanted to get to class?" I say even though I don't know my next class I just want to get out of here. 

   "You class can wait 2 minutes. These 2 minutes can make or break your high school life!" She screamed at me. If this is what it meant to be in her good graces, getting yelled at for everything I do I don't want it. 

   "Look! I'm new here I don't know my way around I need to leave as soon as possible if I'm going to get to class on time. So excuse me but I'm leaving!" I say and turn around to see people staring at me. I guess they weren't used to people yelling at her. I walked off with her screaming after me but I just wanted to hide. 

   Brain: Don't hide that will show weakness 

   Me: But I can't handle this I need away from prying eyes 

   Brain: Just go to class 

  And I did, I went to the rest of my classes in a daze I didn't pay attention. Miss Champion was very petite I did notice. She seemed to be the friendliest of my afternoon classes. Before I knew the bell saying the school was over rang. I was walking by the lockers getting ready to go home to deal with Caleb and help the twins with anything. But I'm met with Rebecca and the entire football team blocking my way. I look around and there's no one else around... I'm screwed

   "Well well well look at the new girl who thinks she can yell at me." She said and the football team surrounded me. 

  " What do you want Rebecca?" I ask not looking at any of the guys 

   "I want you to learn your place here. If you're not wanting to be a part of my group then you are at the lowest of the totem pole. You're lower than the freshman." She stopped speaking and they all laughed. I didn't dare speak "You're lower than the ground... You're lower than me... So I'm going teach you a lesson." She says and the boys get closer, if they're gonna beat me up they need to do better than that. 

  " Boys have fun." She says and walks away. Then the boys grab me and throw me to the ground. I just lay there and let them kick me and punch me and whatever else they did. I've learned you don't fight back and you don't cower away so I just lay there. When they decided they have hit me enough they laughed at me and left. I was laying there for a few minutes scared to move. 

   Brain: Get up 

 Me: No I'm just gonna lay here for a minute 

   Brain: No get up before someone sees. Get to a bathroom 

    I finally got myself up and went to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror and saw a bruise by my left eye but otherwise good. I then looked at my stomach and back and that was another story. It was already turning purple everywhere. I looked at the time and it has been 10 minutes since school ended so mom should be out there by now since she was going to pick the boys up first. I wobble outside and into the car. 

    No one notices my eye as I thought. I got a bad beating that night because I didn't get everything done today. And that's only because I was helping the boys with their work and I was slow today from the football team. This school is going to be hell.