Laugh with me

I wake up late the next morning and as soon as my eyes open I squeeze them shut again, curling up further on my side but as I curl up I feel dull throbbing pain shooting from my lower stomach so I straighten out again, rolling onto my back and biting on my lower lip in an attempt to keep my tears in. I let out a small involuntary whimper as what I remember from last night flashes through my mind and as my first tears of the day start falling the bed shifts beside me and I tense up, too terrified to even open my eyes for a few seconds before I regain control of my body and I flip myself off the side of the bed and onto the floor and I scramble backwards until my back is pressed against the wall, my knees pulled to my chest as I open my eyes to see Frank climbing off the side of the bed looking upset. "Gee" he says softly as he crawls over and kneels just infront of me, keeping a small distance between us. I try to get my breathing back under control as we stare at each other, silent tears still streaming down my cheeks and when Franks hand slowly reaches out to touch me I flinch back into the wall further and Frank frowns and drops his hand. "Gee please talk to me" he pleads again and I bite my bottom lip, never wanting to speak again. "Please tell me what happened." I continue to stare blankly, not speaking and Frank sighs softly and says "Ok, I'll give you some space but I'll be right across the hall if you need me." I nod slowly, showing I'm listening and Frank stands up, stepping towards me and slowly reaching down to gently rest his hand ontop of my head for a second, stroking my hair back as he removes it before he leaves the room, closing the door behind him.

I sit on the floor for what feels like hours after he leaves, hugging my knees to my chest as I rest my forehead against them and last night plays through my mind over and over again. Eventually the need to use the bathroom becomes too much and I drag myself off the floor and leave the safety of my room, running down the hall to the bathroom and going as quick as I can before I step back into the hallway where I come face to face with Linda. "Oh my....Gee what happened to you?" She asks, looking horrified and I wonder how she can tell. Her hand reaches out towards my face and I let out a small frightened noise and take off, running past her and into my room, vaguely registering Frank standing in the doorway of his bedroom watching me as I run into my room and slam the door shut, sliding down to sit on the floor with my back against the door. "Frank, what happened to him? I swear if you had anything to do with this...." "I didn't I swear, he came home like that" I hear Frank tell her and I decide I've heard enough, crawling across the floor and flinging myself onto my bed, burying my face in the blankets and pulling a pillow over my head as I start to scream, the noise slightly muffled by the blankets but it's still loud enough that a few seconds later the door opens and Linda comes running in, Frank on her heels and right before she reaches me he grabs her arm and says "Please mom, he doesn't want to be touched."

Notes

This chapter is kinda short but there is another one coming very soon, I thought they would work better being two separate chapters - XoSaveMeFromMyselfXo