Dream Of Demons While You Sleep

We walked into William’s house, is mom in the lounge room with Sam watching TV, some random soap opera. William closed the door which made them turn to us.
“Mom we need to talk to you” she gave us a questioning look. I started panicking, what was she going to come out with?
“Oh Annabelle where have you been!” she let out a sigh of relief; Sam got up and tackled me o the floor.
“ANNABELLE YOU’RE BACK, YAY!”
“Calm down she’ll here you” I said pointing out the window.
“What did you need to talk to me about William?” she frowned
“I said we not me” he turned to Sam “Get off her your going to squish her, I don’t want her squished!”
“Why because you loooovvveee her?” She laughed and rolled off me.
“NO” he blushed madly.
“What is it dear?” she asked as William walked over and helped me off the ground,
“Let us sit down” he complained as he sat next to her.
“Oh lord, you didn’t get her pregnant did now you William?” she asked as I motherly reaction.
“MOM, no I didn’t get her pregnant” by now Sam was rolling around the floor in hysterics.
“Well then.” I looked at him, then at her.
“It’s my mom” I said moving onto William’s lap. Just to make him blush, I found it cute. I let William say the rest because I couldn’t do it myself. To upsetting to do it myself,
“Mom, she hits her for no reason, see the bruises on her leg?” he asked pointing to one of them. “She did that”
“She has to have a reason William. She wouldn’t just do it because she felt like it.” I shook my head,
“She doesn’t need a reason; her latest reason was because I painted one big flower. Or the first day I moved here, she hit me because she was drunk and because I ate here.” His mother gasped at what I was trying to tell her. I rolled my eyes at the usual reaction.

“No wonder you left. You poor thing”
“We were wondering if you’d let me stay here?” I asked praying she’d say yes. I buried my face in William’s chest waiting for her reaction.
“I don’t know dear” I looked at her with pleading eyes. Anything to make her say yes.
“Are you serious? Mom you can’t let her go back there. You say you are against child abuse but you’re going to let it happen?” William raged,
“Ok you can live here, but how are you going to get your clothes?” she asked,
“Jenna goes out every day for a few hours I’ll go then I have a key”
“Is she working?”
“Not that I know of probably looking for a job.”
“Do you know if she’ll go out later?” she asked me. I shook me head,
“She probably won’t until tomorrow. She’ll realize I’m not coming home and start going out again.”
“You can’t wear that all day” she said pointing to my pajama’s “Sam you’d have clothes that would fit her?” she nodded and got up taking me upstairs. I went threw her wardrobe and grabbed a white laced singlet top, a hoodie and a pair of black skinny jeans. Then went to change, I walked back into her room; she was lying down on the bed her eyes closed and hands on her stomach.
“Can I use your eyeliner?” she nodded,
“In the bathroom second draw”
“Thank you” I walked in and did my make up, I used less eyeliner then I usually would because it wasn’t my own and I thought the change would be nice. I grabbed a ribbon off the bench top and tied I neat bow in my hair, I looked at my self in the mirror, staring back at me was a girl, her eyes brighter then they’d ever been because the amount of black eyeliner she used to use dimmed the color but now there wasn’t as much of that eyeliner, her black hair was neatly done with a neat purple bow cutely place on the left side. She was actually pretty. Something I thought I could never be.

I walked back down stairs; William’s mouth fell open when he saw me.
“What, what is it? Is my hair stuffed up? Do I have something on my face?” I asked looking around worried.
“You” I cocked an eyebrow, “You look hot.” He drooled; I blushed at the sudden compliment. “And I can actually see the color of your eyes they are pretty you should wear less black make up, make them stand out” he smiled. I nodded and walked into the kitchen where his mom was.

“What do you eat dear?” she asked, going threw the freezer.
“I eat anything and everything” I laughed,
“That’s good,” she said pulling out a packet of party pies; there was a knock at the door, a very loud knock.
“Go upstairs into William’s room but don’t go anywhere near the window.” He said pointing to the stairs. I quickly ran up and slid down the wall.
“Oh hello Jenna” I heard his mom say from down stairs.
“Have you heard from her?” she asked her voice angry. I wanted to see what she looked like but I didn’t want them to get in trouble so I stayed where I was.
“No sorry, she can’t contact any of us anyway, she hasn’t got our numbers. And we don’t have hers.” I looked at my phone and made sure it was on silent just incase she tried ringing me.
“I thought that guy would have it, she’s been spending an awful lot of time with him, anyway tell me when you do” she said angrily, I heard the door close; William came up the stairs and sat in front of me. I smiled weakly at him. Trying my hardest not to cry,
“Will am I getting you guys in trouble?” I asked I didn’t want them to be.
“No silly.” he pulled me into his lap and I leaned my head on his chest once more. He kissed the top of my head, “Annabelle, will you…” he stopped mid sentence I looked up at him, wanting him to continue. “Well will you go out with me?” he asked, that there was a question I was not ready for or even expecting.
“Yes” I replied, not noticing that Sam was standing at the door listening to all of that conversation.