I never ran away from home before...

And I never seen Mama so angry at me before and never heard her cuss before...

She's always been a clean mouth and never cuss.

I must've made her very mad.

I have mixed feelings about how I feel about that.

I feel heartbroken but at the same time, I don't care.

Heartbroken because she cussed me out and gave me looks as if I was never her child and the fact that Trey didn't get in trouble.

But I do kinda agree that he shouldn't get in trouble because he's moving out before his baby comes.

The reason I don't care is that she got mad at me because I'm dating a person and claims that I'm not a virgin.

I'm not a virgin because of William, not Prince.

I didn't even want to loose my virginity.

Prince looks very attractive and sexy to me but still I don't want to have sex with him until I'm married with him because I know better.

This all wouldn't be happening if I just told a police about William.

I try to... but I get anxious about it.

I remember that time I had the phone in my hand and trying to call the police but he slammed my phone and broke it.

I hate my life.

After miles of walking in the heavy rain with my umbrella on the roof of my head, my legs completely gave up and I collapsed on the sidewalk in front of Prince's house.

It took two hours to get here and it's very dark.

There's no cars around the house and inside the house is dark.

I crawled to the door feeling pain every time I had to force my legs to move and my feet pounding from being up on my feet for a long time.

I regret walking all the way over here thinking that I will survive.

Why couldn't my dumbass go to the Jackson's house. They're next door to us.

But I miss Prince. I want to hang out with him and I kinda think he's mad at me.

I got up from the ground and folded my umbrella now that I'm under a little roof by the door.

I rang the door bell and stood in front of the door hoping that somebody is home and if not, I have to go alll the way back so that I can go to the Jackson's house.

I rang the doorbell again and heard the knob rattle softly and the door creaking open.

"Ariel?"Prince raised his eyebrows and slowly grew a worried face as he noticed the redness of my face.

"Hey. Can I spend the night?" I ask and my voice shaking.

"Why are you outside? It's pouring out here and it's a severe weather?!" He grew worried.

"I ran away from home. Just please let me in I don't think I can make it back to where I live."

"Come in." He opened the door and I quickly walked inside.

He closed the door and quickly ran upstairs to get me a towel.

The only light in the house was coming from the dining room in the far side of the house and the tv light showing Channel 2 news in the living room.

I took off my soaked socks shoes and set them by the door and took down my destroyed messy bun.

Prince rushed down the stairs with a big towel on his shoulder and wrapped it around my body.

"Baby.. tell me what happened? Did William come?" He asked as he led me to the dining room.

We sat on the dining room chairs in front of the round table and he waited for my response.

My heart start to break again as the situation popped in my mind again.

I felt myself start to well up but I took a deep breath before my eyes begin to form tears.

I've cried a million times today... I think that's enough today.

I hate crying.

I made a shaky sigh, "No. My mom came home and Trey told her everything that happened and she got angry at me so I left."

I still can't believe I left home.

I know I'm gonna be in big trouble.

"To be honest with you... I really think that you should've told somebody something then this wouldn't be happening."

"I know Prince that's what I'm saying but it's hard... it's very hard for me. I can't speak up for myself because I'm scared for my life..."

"Why are you scared for your life?" He reached for his mug on the far side of the table and sip on his drink.

"Because.. he threatens me with a gun.. he has it all the time and if I scream or threaten him that I'll tell, he loads his gun and put it towards my face all the time."

He swallowed his drink and opened his mouth in shock.

"And you don't tell anyone?!" He slammed his mug in the table.

"I don't tell anyone because if I do. He'll kill my family and I." I said for the millionth time today. "He almost pulled the trigger on me many times. Trust me. He'll do it. His brother told me that he killed somebody and nobody knew so he got away with it."

"Ariel. You have to get away from this guy. We have to help you! You can't let him do this to you! Why don't you tell somebody when he's not around?!" He yelled getting worried.

"He will found out whenever he gets taken from the police to prison ! After his time prison he'll probably try to kill me still!" I assumed.

"No he won't Ariel! We're gonna get that bitch ass to prison as soon as possible!"

"Prince no! I can do it myself. I don't want y'all to be dead!" I panicked.

"Listen! We're not gonna be dead! He won't even remember where we live after years of being in prison! Stop being ridiculous we're trying to help you!" He shouted.

I looked down trying hard not to cry for the millionth time.

He sighed, "You need help. Since you can't stand up for yourself, we will do it for you because we love you and his ass needs to be locked up... abusing my baby like that. That's against the law. You never did anything to him for him to do that to you did you?" He stared in my eyes for a few seconds. "He needs to get beaten too. It's payback for all those times he abused you." He added.

"Prince, you must think that fighting him is easy. He's very strong like Hercules. He could put you six feet under ground before you know it. Just saying."

"How? The guy doesn't know how to fight." He rolled his eyes.

"Yes he does-"

"He has a gun. That means that he doesn't have the strength to beat somebody up and his gun is there to help him win. He can't fight."

"He fights me all the time. He always misses a punch from me every time I try to fight back."

"Yeah but that's you. Of course he's gonna have power more than you but he won't have the power when I fight him. I'm strong."

I took a deep breath and shook my head.

"Prince, you've lost two fights this semester." I sighed.

"Yeah because people jumped me without me knowing about it. I'm strong Ariel I can do this." He assured.

"Don't do it Prince. He'll have his gun. Just don't. Please." I whined and put my hand on his arm.

He shrugged and looked away not caring.

"Second of all, Nia almost broke us up because I was so close to breaking up with you this morning after I saw the news when I woke up." He put a hand on top of mine.

My heart cracked a little.

"Well now you know that I am not cheating on you. I would never cheat on you. You're the best thing that ever happened in my life and I wouldn't trade you to be with a complete idiot."

He looked at me and smiled a little rubbing his thumb against the back of my hand.

"You're the best thing that ever happened in my life too. I'm always thinking about you no matter what.... and to hear that you're being abused breaks my heart." Staring into his eyes, I can see that he's hurt.

He grabbed my other hand and got closer to me.

"I don't want you to get hurt ever again. I will risk my life to save you. You're a blessing." His voice got softer.

His words warmed my heart following his loving adorable face. I start to crack a little smile for the first time today and he did the same a little.

Being here made me feel safe with him but the thought of him not wanting to listen to my words about not to fight William because something bad could happen.

His smile faded away as he looked around on my face.

"I forgot to ask you about that bruise right there." He pointed at my jaw. "Was it from the fight you had with Nia or did William do it?" He asked.

I then begin to remember what happened last night and realize that I've forgotten all about my bruises and my messed up makeup.

"William." I looked down.

He looked down at my arms and examined the dark and painful bruises and cuts.

He sighed, "I'm gonna run you a bath upstairs so that you can heal." He got up from his chair.

"No no. You don't have to. I'm fine. It heals in about two weeks anyways."  I shrugged.

He sighed, "No those bruises look bad... really bad and you were also outside in the cold rain and you're still wet. You need a warm bath." He grabbed my hand and helped me up out of the chair.

I followed him to the stairs and as he walked up the stairs to the bathroom, I stood on one step examining the baby pictures of Prince and Tyka and family pictures with their parents and their step siblings hanging on the walls.

There's one when he looked about five or six standing in front of a Christmas tree just looking so adorable.

"Aww Skipper. I remember when you looked like this." I cooed.

He walked back downstairs to see what picture I was talking about and smiled.

He chuckled a little, "Yeah I don't remember how old I was but that was either on Christmas or around Christmas time."

"Aww. You looked so innocent but back in kindergarten you weren't so innocent." I laughed a little.

"Ooh. I love this picture of you." I pointed at another picture of him around the age he is now.

"That was last year." He scratched the back of his head.

"I love it Skipper. You're so cute." I said admiring the picture in front of me while he walks back upstairs to the bathroom.

I looked at every single picture as I slowly walked up the stairs to the bathroom he's at.

As I walked in, his shirt is already off and his highly attractive muscles and his fainted six pack caught my eye. The bright bathroom lights shined against his soft light brown warm skin and and the mirror in front of him helped me look at all sides of his attractive body.

I stopped at the door way and stared at him leaning against the bathtub ledge.

To be honest with myself... I like the way his butt is shaped. Guys like girls with big booties... Girls can like guys with big booties too... well not too big.

He got up and handed me his shirt he took off and handed me a pair of basketball shorts.

"You can wear this for bed. I would give you my mom's clothes but I think she's a little too big for you." He chuckled a little.

I smiled and nodded.

"Enjoy your bath." He whispered in my ear and kissed my cheek.

I blushed as he left the bathroom and start to take my wet clothes off.

I took a peek at the bathtub before getting in and realized that he put bubbles in it.

I carefully sat in the warm bathtub and let a sigh of relief as the heat of the water crawled up my cold body. I sat back and relax after all the crying, yelling, abuse and rape from last night, fighting and our difficult cheer routine which all wore me down. I have no energy left. I'm very exhausted and stressed and I just want to clear my mind.

I want to forget that I'm pregnant...

I want to forget that I'm being and abused and raped...

I want to forget a about William...

I want to forget what Nia did...

But I don't think it'll ever happen..

How can I forget all about that? It's a big deal that I'm pregnant and can't get abortion cause it'll mess up everything.

I won't have family or friends...

I'm scared their gonna freak out and neglect me.

It's not my fault though... but it kinda is.

I never did tell them that I've been raped since twelve years old.

That's too much information.

I've also told everybody that I'm a virgin and if I would've told them that I've been raped then they'll neglect me for lying.

I have to lie for us to be safe.

☆

After I got out the bath and brushed my teeth, I dressed in the oversized shirt that goes a little above my knees and the basketball shorts that Prince gave me.

I started to go into Prince's room but he wasn't there.

The house is still dim after soaking in bathtub  for forty five minutes and I can hear the rain aggressively hitting the roofs and windows followed by soft thunder every ten seconds.

All of a sudden, I begin to hear a faint noise of a piano being played far away in the house.

I walked down the stairs and headed towards the calming piano sounds and it brings me to the dining room.

I looked to see Prince sitting on a piano bench with his fingers prancing on the pianos keys gently and Prince feeling the music with his eyes closed.

I stood in front of the piano and watched him play and admiring of how talented and adorable he is.

"Hey Ari." He said still playing the piano with his eyes closed

I chuckled softly, "How did you know that I'm here?"

He opened his eyes and slid his fingers away from the keys.

"Because I can smell my cologne on you and hear your footsteps from the stairs." He smiled.

I sniffled my hands inhaling the scent of his good smelling cologne that I used after I got out the bathtub.

I probably put too much on.

I hate the smell of cologne but the one he uses is different than all of the other similar smelling colognes.

His is kinda fruity... in a manly way.... it's hard to explain.

"Sorry. I like your cologne." I giggled shyly.

"It's okay. Just make yourself at home. Everything that's mine is yours too whenever you stay over." He got up from the bench and walked up in front of me.

"Thanks. I don't know how long I'm gonna stay here." I shrugged. "And I don't know how I'll get my clothes without getting in any kind of trouble. I probably have to wear your clothes to school after school suspension is over."

"You can wear my sister's clothes." He walked past me and headed towards the stairs and I followed him.

"But your sister is like thirteen. I'm probably ten times bigger than her."

He chuckled, "No she's a lil bigger than you now. You used to be bigger than her.. what happened?"

"I lost a little weight not a lot..."

"Then how come you're a stick compared to Tyka?" He flipped the light switch in his room.

People are being so over exaggerating of my weight. All I did was loose a little bit... ten pounds doesn't really have a huge effect.

"I'm still bigger than her. I'm still the same size, I still wear the same size, I'm just a hair thinner." I walked over to his bed and sat down.

"Your clothes are a little baggy and big for you whenever you go to school. That's why I think that you're a little smaller than Tyka."

"My clothes aren't baggy. I'm just wearing big stuff because it's winter and I get easily cold."

He nodded like he understands and sat beside me on his bed.

I looked at the clock that says, 10:34pm.

"Prince, I think it's your bedtime. Go to sleep you have school tomorrow." I chuckled.

He chuckled a little, "I don't have a bedtime and I'm not going to school tomorrow."

"Why not?" I shrugged.

"Because I wanna stay with you until your suspension is done. I'm not going to school without you."

"You have to go to school. Don't skip school because of me. I'm fine. I'll stay here with your parents."

"No. You don't want to do that. They're always arguing and fighting. I want to stay with you so that you won't feel alone." He smiled at me and grabbed my arm.

"Well... how is your parents going to react? They're gonna be so mad at you when they find out that you're skipping."

"I'll just pretend that I'm going to school. You're gonna pretend with me." He got up from his bed and flipped the light switch off.

"How?" I shrugged sitting in the dark.

"We'll just leave the house and come back once they leave for work." I felt him slam himself back on the bed and getting under the covers.

"But what if they don't leave?" I asked getting in bed next to him.

Prince sighed and laughed, "Ariel... all these questions. Chill. My plans always work. I'm the Genius King."

"But your name is Prince..." I chuckled softly.

"My name is Prince but I'm actually the King."

I laughed turning my body towards him.

The only thing i could see is the streetlights flickering on and off and the wind causing the rain to fall sideways outside.

I couldn't see Prince's face but I could feel his breathing on my skin.

I suddenly felt him put his arm on my waist and gently pull me closer.

"I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too." I blushed.

I felt his soft lips press against mine as his hand slowly traveled from my waist to my leg.

I felt his tongue on the bottom of my lips giving me an idea that he wants to French.

We were kissing and I stopped once his hand was surprisingly on my butt.

He chuckled softly, "What?"

"You touched me there. Duh."

"I'm sorry. I can't help that you turn me on. Your skin is so soft too."

Ohh. Getting a little horny now...

"I'm going to sleep. It's been a hard day." I smiled.

"Goodnight baby." He whispered.