A Brand New Hope, chapter 9
Shit what did I just do? If he finds me I'm dead, maybe I should go back. No I cant go back I made a promise to Karen and my parents would want me to go. All of these thoughts flew into my head as I made my way to Karen's house. When I finally got there Karen was sitting on the front porch.
"Holy Shit." she said
"Huh?"
"Your face what did he do to you?"
"Nothing I don't wanna talk about it."
"Hope, I just wanna help."
"I know karen, but I don't wanna talk about it right now I will tell you soon enough ok."
"OK."
"Now we need to get ready for the show."
"You don't need to go to that show you need to go to the hospital."
She walked over to me and graped my arm, and tried to lead me into the house.
"Karen let me g- oww ouch."
"Whats wrong."
"Nothing, my arm just hurts." I said as I held my arm.
"Hope."
"What?"
"Show me your arm."
"What no." I said as I grabed my arm and headed for the house.
She grabed me by the hand lighty, and pulled me infront of her.
"Please show me."
"I don't know why you wanna see it anyway I don't have anything to hide."
"Well then you wouldn't mind showing me then, thats if you had nothing to hide."
I looked down at my arm and I slowly pulled up my sleeve to reveal the long gash I had down my arm from where Jhon cut me.
"H.. Ho.. Hope."
"Karen you don't need to say anything lets just get ready for the show."
"Are you sure wanna go looking like that?"
"Yes pretty sure."
"Okay, but I have just one question."
"Whats that?"
"How the hell are we gonna get there?"
"The bus."
"Well thats great there is only one problem with that, there are no bus stops down here."
"Sure there is, theres one in Ashford."
"Thats 20 miles away, and I'm not walking 20 miles."
"We will get someone to take us."
"Who?"
"Your mom?"
"Yea right, my mom is not gonna take us to Ashford, not unless it's ok with your uncle and that will never happen, so face it we are not going."
I walked up the porch and opened the screen door, when Karen stopped me.
"Wait, where are you going?" which was kinda of a stupid quesion sence she could clearly see I was going into the house DUH!
"In the house I'm telling her everything, I have to go to the concert and I'm telling her why."
"Okay, but you cant do it alone, I'm right behind you."
I smiled at Karen and we both walked into the house. Karen's mom Andrea was sitting on the couch watching T. V.
"Hey mom, Hope is here."
"Hey hope." she said still looking at the T. V.
"Andrea, can I talk to you?"
"Sure honey." said said as she turned off the T. V and looked into my face.
"Oh my god, what happened?"
Karen and I sat down on the floor infornt of Andrea and told her the whole story about John and how he abused me phically and sexually.
"Hope, what happened today?"
I sat there asking myself if I should tell her, but soon enough I made up my mind I was gonna tell her and Karen what happened today.
"W-well h-he raped me, a-and when i-i didnt do what he said he would h-hit me and he also." I lefted my sleeve " c-cut me."
"Thats it, I'm calling the cops."
"No Andrea please don't."
"Why cant she, he is an asshole?" Karen said as he stood up.
I stood up and walked over to the phone and took it from Andrea's hands.
"Cause if you call the cops and ge goes to jail then lord knows what he will do to me if he gets out."
"Andrea, can you just please take us to Ashford so we can catch the bus, I have to go to that concert."
"I dunno, your not in any shape to go to a concert, you can barely walk."
"But I'm still walking, I have to go my mom and dad worked so hard to get me these passes and they would have wanted me to go and have fun, I'm not going just for me I wanna go for my parents."
"So, ya'll wanna go to bus stop?"
"Yes." said me and Karen
"I will do you one better I take you there myself, but I have to give you something first." she said as he point to karen.
She then went into her room and go a lil white box, just like the one my mom and dad gave me.
"Karen, I know your brithday is not for another 2 weeks, but I have to give this to you, it's kinda like a part 2 to Hope, and a part 1 to you, me and Hope's parents had this all planed out, and I suppose to give this to you today. Karen took the box and opened it, there we two concert tickets for the show, front row right in the
Mosh pit.
"Mom, this is great." she said as she gave her mom a hug.
"You two need to get ready."
"Mom, are you sure you wanna take us?"
"Yes it's only like a 2 hour drive I think I can handle it, now go."
We got into Karens room and luckly Karen is the same size as me so I could wear some of her clothes. She handed me a T- shirt that said " I'm not goth I'm punk, SO SHUT UP." and a pair of black jeans with zippers all down the sides. Karen had on a black south park shirt with towely on it that read "Aww man, I am so high right now." and a pair of normal black jeans. I took Karen's eyeliner and masscra and went into the bathroom. I looked at my black eye and busted lip. I touched my eye trying to get the eyeliner on, and it stung. I decided not to worry about it and came back into the room. Karen had her eyeliner and massacre on already. We graped our tickets and passes and went down stairs.
"Don't you girls look nice."
"Thanks." we said
We ran out the door and into the car, and waited for Andrea as she locked the house door. She got into the car and started it up, and then we were off the the best show ever.
"Holy Shit." she said
"Huh?"
"Your face what did he do to you?"
"Nothing I don't wanna talk about it."
"Hope, I just wanna help."
"I know karen, but I don't wanna talk about it right now I will tell you soon enough ok."
"OK."
"Now we need to get ready for the show."
"You don't need to go to that show you need to go to the hospital."
She walked over to me and graped my arm, and tried to lead me into the house.
"Karen let me g- oww ouch."
"Whats wrong."
"Nothing, my arm just hurts." I said as I held my arm.
"Hope."
"What?"
"Show me your arm."
"What no." I said as I grabed my arm and headed for the house.
She grabed me by the hand lighty, and pulled me infront of her.
"Please show me."
"I don't know why you wanna see it anyway I don't have anything to hide."
"Well then you wouldn't mind showing me then, thats if you had nothing to hide."
I looked down at my arm and I slowly pulled up my sleeve to reveal the long gash I had down my arm from where Jhon cut me.
"H.. Ho.. Hope."
"Karen you don't need to say anything lets just get ready for the show."
"Are you sure wanna go looking like that?"
"Yes pretty sure."
"Okay, but I have just one question."
"Whats that?"
"How the hell are we gonna get there?"
"The bus."
"Well thats great there is only one problem with that, there are no bus stops down here."
"Sure there is, theres one in Ashford."
"Thats 20 miles away, and I'm not walking 20 miles."
"We will get someone to take us."
"Who?"
"Your mom?"
"Yea right, my mom is not gonna take us to Ashford, not unless it's ok with your uncle and that will never happen, so face it we are not going."
I walked up the porch and opened the screen door, when Karen stopped me.
"Wait, where are you going?" which was kinda of a stupid quesion sence she could clearly see I was going into the house DUH!
"In the house I'm telling her everything, I have to go to the concert and I'm telling her why."
"Okay, but you cant do it alone, I'm right behind you."
I smiled at Karen and we both walked into the house. Karen's mom Andrea was sitting on the couch watching T. V.
"Hey mom, Hope is here."
"Hey hope." she said still looking at the T. V.
"Andrea, can I talk to you?"
"Sure honey." said said as she turned off the T. V and looked into my face.
"Oh my god, what happened?"
Karen and I sat down on the floor infornt of Andrea and told her the whole story about John and how he abused me phically and sexually.
"Hope, what happened today?"
I sat there asking myself if I should tell her, but soon enough I made up my mind I was gonna tell her and Karen what happened today.
"W-well h-he raped me, a-and when i-i didnt do what he said he would h-hit me and he also." I lefted my sleeve " c-cut me."
"Thats it, I'm calling the cops."
"No Andrea please don't."
"Why cant she, he is an asshole?" Karen said as he stood up.
I stood up and walked over to the phone and took it from Andrea's hands.
"Cause if you call the cops and ge goes to jail then lord knows what he will do to me if he gets out."
"Andrea, can you just please take us to Ashford so we can catch the bus, I have to go to that concert."
"I dunno, your not in any shape to go to a concert, you can barely walk."
"But I'm still walking, I have to go my mom and dad worked so hard to get me these passes and they would have wanted me to go and have fun, I'm not going just for me I wanna go for my parents."
"So, ya'll wanna go to bus stop?"
"Yes." said me and Karen
"I will do you one better I take you there myself, but I have to give you something first." she said as he point to karen.
She then went into her room and go a lil white box, just like the one my mom and dad gave me.
"Karen, I know your brithday is not for another 2 weeks, but I have to give this to you, it's kinda like a part 2 to Hope, and a part 1 to you, me and Hope's parents had this all planed out, and I suppose to give this to you today. Karen took the box and opened it, there we two concert tickets for the show, front row right in the
Mosh pit.
"Mom, this is great." she said as she gave her mom a hug.
"You two need to get ready."
"Mom, are you sure you wanna take us?"
"Yes it's only like a 2 hour drive I think I can handle it, now go."
We got into Karens room and luckly Karen is the same size as me so I could wear some of her clothes. She handed me a T- shirt that said " I'm not goth I'm punk, SO SHUT UP." and a pair of black jeans with zippers all down the sides. Karen had on a black south park shirt with towely on it that read "Aww man, I am so high right now." and a pair of normal black jeans. I took Karen's eyeliner and masscra and went into the bathroom. I looked at my black eye and busted lip. I touched my eye trying to get the eyeliner on, and it stung. I decided not to worry about it and came back into the room. Karen had her eyeliner and massacre on already. We graped our tickets and passes and went down stairs.
"Don't you girls look nice."
"Thanks." we said
We ran out the door and into the car, and waited for Andrea as she locked the house door. She got into the car and started it up, and then we were off the the best show ever.
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