Mated With Five Boys

"We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love."- Anne L.de Stael 

 "Mia, wake up!" Whispered a soft, hushed voice.

In fact, it was so hushed I almost had thought I was just hearing things.That was until out of nowhere a loud door slam pierced through the silent hallway from the room right next to ours, creating enough force to vibrate the old wooden floors which we were laying on.

"Mia! Please wake up! I'm scared!"Panic flooding the little girl's voice.

l automatically knew who it was that was calling for me.

"Holly, where are you?" I whispered back, trying to look through the pitch-black room.

The foster people we live with don't allow us to have the lights on after 7:30.

Trust me, I learned that lesson the hard way.

You see, if you have the lights on after the restricted time, you'll get punished.

The punishments are plainly decided on how drunk Mrs. and Mr. Rockwell were that night.

On a good night, punishments usually consist of not allowed to go to sleep until they decide they worked you lang enough or going a couple of nights without dinner, sometimes both.

But if they start drinking the punishments become more violent.

Mrs. Rockwell has never psychically abused any of the kids here but better yet she sits back and watches her husband do all the work, smiling.

I remember the first time James Rockwell hit me, I wanted to drop to my knees and cry out for my mother, but I didn't.

You see when you've been in the system as long as I have you learn how to control showing your emotions.

Because people like James and Martha thrive on seeing you break down, they get off on it.

"Come here, you stupid bitch!"

Mrs.Rockwell sneered at me.

"No, I'm sorry, whatever I did wrong I won't do it again! I promise!"

I begged her.

"Damn right you won't do it again!"

Martha laughed, the malevolent smile on her face sent horrid chills up my spine.

rolled off her thin body in waves that

ass up

hand in my long brown hair, that was dirty because we are only allowed one shower a week, and pulled as

out my chest when I

increase, and my lungs started burning

floor he had to hold the walls on either side of him to prevent him from losing

than mine, and I didn't

started to form on his face, showing his yellow

the smell of alcohol was nauseating

do

gripped my wrist in his dirty, rough

raked over my body slowly, I could basically see the devil coming

after curfew, honey.What should we do with

Martha's voice sounded entertained.

to

the hard slapped that was placed on my left

silently winced as my face

don't leave your room after 9

voice echoed in

me I wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom after

free hand, that wasn't death gripping my wrist,

disgusting feeling made

left the sides of my stomach

beg me to stop, you

got tighter and tighter around my neck, squeezing his dirty hails into

were pleading for

I wanted to fight, I wanted

mind before everything went black was when I was younger, my mother would lay out

looking up at the stars, she once told me that for every star my eye could see, that it was the

leave our bodies, and float into the universe, shining for the people they love back on earth, watching

stars are nothing more than balls of gas, I really hope you're watching over my

I've never felt more

"Over here."

filled the

sleeping kids,

care, she's been here for about a week and a

been here for two months