Chapter 3.

I came home from school. I walked home because people on the bus where mean and my so called 'parents' didn't drive me to school. Not that I want them to, I hated them. I still can't believe miss Wendler ever send me to that family. I approached our garden and took a deep breath. Mr. Mortenson, Peter but I had to call him sir or I would be in big problems, would get drunk. Sometimes I was lucky and he would be passed out on the couch or somewhere else in the house. Then I could sneak upstairs into my room without him noticing. But sometimes I would be less lucky, like this time.

I slowly opened the front door, hoping he would be out drinking somewhere else or sleeping on the couch. But I was wrong. I heard him screaming "BELLA IS THAT YOU?" I was honestly to afraid to answer, so I just stood stiffened in the door opening. Already starting to freak out and looking for ways to run or escape. I heard loud footsteps coming from the living room, so i darted up the stairs and hid into the closet in my room. I heard footsteps coming closer and closer. I tried to keep my breathing under control, he couldn't know where I was. I heard the door of my room opening, "Bella, I know you're hiding in here" I heard him whispering. There was a small opening in the closet I could look through, but I was too afraid to look.

Before I knew it the closet doors were slammed open and he grabbed me by my hair. "YOU LITTLE BRAT THINK YOU CAN HIDE FROM ME" he somehow slurred out. I didn't dare even open my mouth. What followed was a lot of screaming "huh? Can't even talk? Such a useless, ugly, little brat!" He screamed "worthless!" he kept hitting me too "a waste of time!" he threw me to the ground "such a disgrace to this family" another kick in my stomach. I started couching up blood "stop, stop, please" I tried, but I shouldn't have done that. "WHAT DID YOU SAY" he screamed and started hitting me again. "THE RULE IS DON'T TALK UNLESS I SAY YOU CAN" he kept hitting and hitting me and everything was turning black...

And then I woke up. It was one of those nights. I woke up screaming and breathing heavily. Nightmares, I had them ever since I got out of my last foster family. They were cruel and I wouldn't ever forget about that. Still breathing heavily, mrs. Wendler ran into my small room and sat down beside me trying to calm me down. "Hey Bella, breathe sssh, it's going to be okay. It was just a dream". Mrs. Wendler took a deep breath in and out and I imitated her, slowly my breathing got normal again. I looked around the room, the clock read 3.20am, I wouldn't be able to fall asleep again and mrs. Wendler knew that all to well. I gave her a hug "Thank you mrs. Wendler. I'm going to miss you" "I'm going to miss you too".

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(A/N)

Hey guys,

This was a little intro about Bella's nightmares, Max and Nev will come into the story either the next chapter or the chapter after that. So stay tuned for that! Please let me know if there are any huge spelling mistakes.

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Love, Babette