The First Punch
Crying Through The Night
"I love you guys! Thanks for coming out!" Kellin Quinn of Sleeping With Sirens yelled to the crowd. I clapped and started cleaning up my counter and putting the tips to the bottles.
"Hey Mace! How about you go ahead and head home. I know how your boyfriend gets when you don't get home early." My boss Emily said to me.
"Thanks Emily. Ill be back bright and early tomorrow then. The next concert is going to be crazy. I looked them up and it's just going to crazy." I told her getting my purse from under the bar.
The concert tomorrow was the Spring Fever Tour with All Time Low and Pierce The Veil. Their fans are crazy from the videos I have seen of them both.
"Thanks. Ill see you tomorrow then."She said smiling an cleaning.
I walked out and went to the door and walked outside to my car.
When I got inside my car I felt my phone go off. It was James.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey bitch how about to hurry up and get home. I need food and someone to cuddle with."He said through the phone.
"I'm not going to cuddle with you If you talk to me like that."I replied pulling out of the venue parking lot.
"Why do you work at that stupid venue anyway? You have no life working there!" He yelled through the phone.
"James. Go to sleep. I promise ill be home soon."I told him hanging up the phone.
I sighed and just turned up my music all the way until I got tommy neighborhood and pulled into the driveway.
When I got out of the car the lights were off in the house and the outside light on.
I sighed and got my keys out and walked up the front steps and unlock the door.
Someone grabbed my arm and pulled me inside and pinned me to the wall.
"James what the hell is wrong with you?"I asked.
"You stupid bitch! You didn't come home fast enough! Why do you always keep me waiting?" He yelled at me and punched the wall beside my face.
"What is wrong with you?"I screamed.
"You never think about me! I bet you cheat on me every night you stupid whore!" He yelled and slapped me hard on the face.
I punched him back in the eye and ran under his arms.
"Don't touch me!" I screamed backing away from him.
He caught up to me and started punching my arms and chest and face.
I kept screaming and kicking him but he wouldn't stop.
I finally got my legs free and kicking him in the balls and ran for the back door and grabbed my emergency bag and ran around the yard to my car and back out of the drive way and drove back to the venue. I knew they had extra beds for the bands who stay the night.
All the way there I was crying. He has never been that bad before. I don't know what came over him. He was such a nice guy before he got into the drugs and alcohol.
When I got to the venue the four bands for tomorrow night were already there getting out the stretch their legs. I ran past them before they saw my face and ran right up to Emily and told her what happened.
"Oh sweetie I'm so sorry that happened. Of course you can stay here but the room with the two beds is reserved for one of the band members. You don't mind someone sleeping in their with you do you?" She asked.
I shook my head and hugged her and went to my car to get my things. When I walked back inside I bumped into someone.
"I'm so sorry. Ill just go now."I said looking down.
"Hey hold on." They said grabbing my arm.
I whimpered an snatched my arm bak and ran up the stairs to the rooms.
I wiped my eyes from the tears and got into the shower and tried my best to cover up my eyes and bruises already forming on my arms.
I got dressed and walked out of the bathroom and saw someone getting clothes for bed and bathroom stuff.
"Hey your the girl from earlier. The one that bumped into me. My name is Tony. Tony Perry." He said quietly.
"Yeah. Nice to meet you but if you don't mind I'm really really tired and drained. Emotionally and physically." I said almost to the brink of tears.
His face looked like a disappointed puppy not getting the toy from the owner.
"Oh. Okay. I hope you feel better then." He said sighing and smiling sadly at me.
I then got a really good look at him. He was tall and skinny. He had tattoos all over his body. He had half of his head shaved and ha the other side long and had a dermal piercing on the right side of his face right below his eye. He also had huge gauges in his ears.
"Thank you." I replied with a sad smile.
He smiled again and walked out of the room and down the hall to the bathrooms.
I got into the bed in the corner of the room with the curtain an closed is and immediately started crying.
I checked my phone and saw I had five missed calls and twenty texts from James. All saying how he was sorry and how stupid he was for doing that.
I texted him bak saying it was over and how I had to break up with him over a text because I was so afraid of him now. I couldn't be around him anymore.
The bad thing is I have no where to live now. At that thought I started crying again.
"Excuse me but if you need to talk about anything I'm here all night and all day tomorrow." Tony said from his bed.
"Your still up?"I asked sniffling.
"Yeah I just got back in from my shower. I can hear you crying. And I also saw the makeup over the bruises on your eyes and arms and you didn't cover one up on your throat." He said calmly.
I sighed and started sobbing again. How obvious was I?
I heard him get up from his bed and walk over to my bed and scratch the curtain.
I opened it and looked at him.
"I'm sorry I touched you like that when you bumped into me. I didn't know someone hit you. Have they hit you before?" He asked.
A whimpering sound came out of my throat and I nodded.
He sat on the edge of my bed and looked at me and smiled sweetly at me.
"Well it's his loss. You're not going to go back with him right?" He asked.
I shook my head and started crying again.
He opened his arms an let me hug him for a long time.
"You're still beautiful with those bruises on you. I wish I could stay longer to see what you look like without them." He said rubbing my back.
We stayed like that for a while until I felt to tired to talk.
He said goodnight and closed my curtain and went to his bed and fell fast asleep. It took me a while to fall asleep because all I could think about is him and James, but mostly Tony.
"Hey Mace! How about you go ahead and head home. I know how your boyfriend gets when you don't get home early." My boss Emily said to me.
"Thanks Emily. Ill be back bright and early tomorrow then. The next concert is going to be crazy. I looked them up and it's just going to crazy." I told her getting my purse from under the bar.
The concert tomorrow was the Spring Fever Tour with All Time Low and Pierce The Veil. Their fans are crazy from the videos I have seen of them both.
"Thanks. Ill see you tomorrow then."She said smiling an cleaning.
I walked out and went to the door and walked outside to my car.
When I got inside my car I felt my phone go off. It was James.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey bitch how about to hurry up and get home. I need food and someone to cuddle with."He said through the phone.
"I'm not going to cuddle with you If you talk to me like that."I replied pulling out of the venue parking lot.
"Why do you work at that stupid venue anyway? You have no life working there!" He yelled through the phone.
"James. Go to sleep. I promise ill be home soon."I told him hanging up the phone.
I sighed and just turned up my music all the way until I got tommy neighborhood and pulled into the driveway.
When I got out of the car the lights were off in the house and the outside light on.
I sighed and got my keys out and walked up the front steps and unlock the door.
Someone grabbed my arm and pulled me inside and pinned me to the wall.
"James what the hell is wrong with you?"I asked.
"You stupid bitch! You didn't come home fast enough! Why do you always keep me waiting?" He yelled at me and punched the wall beside my face.
"What is wrong with you?"I screamed.
"You never think about me! I bet you cheat on me every night you stupid whore!" He yelled and slapped me hard on the face.
I punched him back in the eye and ran under his arms.
"Don't touch me!" I screamed backing away from him.
He caught up to me and started punching my arms and chest and face.
I kept screaming and kicking him but he wouldn't stop.
I finally got my legs free and kicking him in the balls and ran for the back door and grabbed my emergency bag and ran around the yard to my car and back out of the drive way and drove back to the venue. I knew they had extra beds for the bands who stay the night.
All the way there I was crying. He has never been that bad before. I don't know what came over him. He was such a nice guy before he got into the drugs and alcohol.
When I got to the venue the four bands for tomorrow night were already there getting out the stretch their legs. I ran past them before they saw my face and ran right up to Emily and told her what happened.
"Oh sweetie I'm so sorry that happened. Of course you can stay here but the room with the two beds is reserved for one of the band members. You don't mind someone sleeping in their with you do you?" She asked.
I shook my head and hugged her and went to my car to get my things. When I walked back inside I bumped into someone.
"I'm so sorry. Ill just go now."I said looking down.
"Hey hold on." They said grabbing my arm.
I whimpered an snatched my arm bak and ran up the stairs to the rooms.
I wiped my eyes from the tears and got into the shower and tried my best to cover up my eyes and bruises already forming on my arms.
I got dressed and walked out of the bathroom and saw someone getting clothes for bed and bathroom stuff.
"Hey your the girl from earlier. The one that bumped into me. My name is Tony. Tony Perry." He said quietly.
"Yeah. Nice to meet you but if you don't mind I'm really really tired and drained. Emotionally and physically." I said almost to the brink of tears.
His face looked like a disappointed puppy not getting the toy from the owner.
"Oh. Okay. I hope you feel better then." He said sighing and smiling sadly at me.
I then got a really good look at him. He was tall and skinny. He had tattoos all over his body. He had half of his head shaved and ha the other side long and had a dermal piercing on the right side of his face right below his eye. He also had huge gauges in his ears.
"Thank you." I replied with a sad smile.
He smiled again and walked out of the room and down the hall to the bathrooms.
I got into the bed in the corner of the room with the curtain an closed is and immediately started crying.
I checked my phone and saw I had five missed calls and twenty texts from James. All saying how he was sorry and how stupid he was for doing that.
I texted him bak saying it was over and how I had to break up with him over a text because I was so afraid of him now. I couldn't be around him anymore.
The bad thing is I have no where to live now. At that thought I started crying again.
"Excuse me but if you need to talk about anything I'm here all night and all day tomorrow." Tony said from his bed.
"Your still up?"I asked sniffling.
"Yeah I just got back in from my shower. I can hear you crying. And I also saw the makeup over the bruises on your eyes and arms and you didn't cover one up on your throat." He said calmly.
I sighed and started sobbing again. How obvious was I?
I heard him get up from his bed and walk over to my bed and scratch the curtain.
I opened it and looked at him.
"I'm sorry I touched you like that when you bumped into me. I didn't know someone hit you. Have they hit you before?" He asked.
A whimpering sound came out of my throat and I nodded.
He sat on the edge of my bed and looked at me and smiled sweetly at me.
"Well it's his loss. You're not going to go back with him right?" He asked.
I shook my head and started crying again.
He opened his arms an let me hug him for a long time.
"You're still beautiful with those bruises on you. I wish I could stay longer to see what you look like without them." He said rubbing my back.
We stayed like that for a while until I felt to tired to talk.
He said goodnight and closed my curtain and went to his bed and fell fast asleep. It took me a while to fall asleep because all I could think about is him and James, but mostly Tony.
Why is the girl called spencer? o.O
2/26/14