You saved me
Chapter 1 - Let me die
“You get back her or I’m going to beat you senseless you little brat!” I heard my dad call as I hid under the staircase where my room was, I know very Harry Potter –ish. My dad was his usual drunk self which always led to the beating, the name calling and sometimes even the sex he forced on me. I let my mind wander of as I sat on my mattress, the closest think I had to a bed. As my mind was in a completely other place I was quickly dragged out by my dad who yanked me out by my hair. Like always I held the tears back as he hit me repeatedly, across the face, kicking me in the stomach several times, before leaving the room. After I was left alone I went back to my “room” and layed down crying. Now those two weeks until my 16th birthday seemed even further away. At 16 I was going to leave this place forever, never look back, luckily it was only two day away. I had already started packing, Edmund knew, but I couldn’t stay with him and his girlfriend since they had such a tiny apartment, so I had to find somewhere else to stay.
It was the day of my 16th birthday, and as I was leaving for school I brought with me everything I needed for my runaway. “Hey Elena, where are you going with all those things?” It was Niall. I sighed and turned around to face him. “I’m running away from home, I can’t stay there anymore, I can’t take the crap they are putting on me”, he looked at me with a question on his face, so I decided to tell him everything, even showing him my scars. After I was done telling him he looked at me with teary eyes, pulling me in for a hug. Then after our hug he picked up his phone and dialed a number. “Hey mum can Elena stay with us for a little while?” he had called his mum, I looked at him nervously as he told his mum bits of the story I had told him. I couldn’t hear what his mum was saying, but I saw in his face that she had agreed to let me stay there.
After school I went with him to his house, where Maura, his mother, was waiting for us, as soon as she saw me she ran over to me and hugged me, “you can stay with us for as long as you want, and tomorrow we are going to the police station to tell them everything, okay?” I nodded, smiling a bit, which was unusual to me, I wasn’t used to smile. Niall had only told his mum so when his dad Bobby and his brother Greg came home we all sat down in the living room so I could tell them too, the entire time Maura and Liam were holding my hands as I was bravely telling my story, trying not to cry. “I’m so sorry we didn’t come to get you sooner, we always had the suspicion when Niall came home telling us that you had come to school with cuts and bruises”, Bobby said looking down at his hands. I shook my head, “It’s okay, it’s not your fault, I should have told someone earlier, but I was afraid I wouldn’t have been heard. “Does Edmund know that you’re here?” Greg asked, he and Edmund were best mates, I nodded. They were all so kind to me, Maura made me food, while Greg and Bobby made the guest room ready, and Niall just hugged me close, like our lives depended on the hug.
The morning after as I walked downstairs to the kitchen I could hear Bobby and Maura talking to each other, “We should never have gone through with it, I feel terrible”, it was Maura, she sounded like she was about to cry, “We didn’t know back then that this was going to happen, how could we have known?” Bobby said with a soothing voice trying to calm her down. What were they even talking about, I shrugged and walked into the kitchen, “Morning”, I said with a smile, opening the fridge taking out cheese and ham. “Morning sweetheart, did you sleep well?” Maura asked, smiling at me, I nodded as I cut two slices of bread. “Mooooooooorning!” I giggled as Greg and Niall ran in the door with the hugest grins on their faces; those boys sure knew how to make my day better. “We need to talk to you today. All three of you”, Bobby said putting his news paper down, we looked at him before sitting down. “It’s time you knew, especially you Elena”, Maura said taking my hand. “16 years ago I gave birth to twins, Niall and Helena, we thought we couldn’t handle two babies at once so we gave one up for adoption, we now see that we did a huge mistake, we should never have given you up sweetie, and we understand if you hate us”, Maura looked at me, my jaw dropped as I pulled my hand away, raising from my chair. “I went through pain, for 16 years! All this could have been prevented!” turning around I made my way upstairs slamming the door shut, lying down on the bed. I must have been laying there for quite a long time when I heard a soft knock on the door, “Elena? Its Greg, can I come in?” I got up and opened the door, looking up at me; he pulled me in for a hug. “I understand if you don’t want to talk, I’m just going to hug you and tell you that everything is going to be okay, and that I love you because you are my baby sister”, I cried into his chest as he picked me up and carried me in to my room, sitting down on the bed letting me sit in his lap as he cuddled me. This was also new to me; I hardly ever got hugs, only when Edmund snuck into my “room” to make sure I was okay. So I was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Crazy, and my real parents were Maura and Bobby Horan, oh how I wished they had never given me up for adoption, but what was done was done, there was no changing the past, only moving on, which was what I was going to do. I was going to move on and hopefully I could be a Horan too, instead of McCoy. “Mom and Dad were wondering if you wanted to come with them to the station to file a report on your “parents””, Greg asked after a while. I had completely forgotten today was the day we were going to tell the police about the abuse. Looking up at him I nodded.
We got to the station in fifteen minutes. “May I help you?” a blond woman behind the counter asked, I nodded, “May I speak to one of your police officers?” she smiled and nodded, “What kind of report are you making?” “I need to speak to them about the abuse I’ve gotten from my adopted parents”, I said biting my lips to prevent myself from crying. The woman looked at me, nodding before calling for an officer. Shortly thereafter a tall man with jet black hair walked in, “Ms. McCoy?” I nodded and took Maura and Bobby’s hand before walking into the interrogation room. “So Ms. McCoy tell me what’s happened”, he looked at me, taking a note pad up. I told him everything, down to every last detail. When I was finished he took a look at me. “I’m going to go down to their house and interrogate them today; do you have any siblings living with them?” I nodded, “I have a brother named Chris and a sister named Mary, they haven’t gotten it as bad as me, but they have bruises to, you should also check Mary for any sexual abuse, since it probably won’t be any remaining evidence on me”, he wrote that down too.
*three days later*
“Ms. McCoy? This is your lawyer; I want to tell you that the trial is going to be sometime next week. I’m also pleased to tell you that I’m coming over today with the papers from the judge for you and your parents to sign, when that’s done you will officially be a Horan”, I jumped up and down, I was going to be a part of my family, my real family, legally. “MOM! The lawyer is on his way with the papers”, I said grinning from ear to ear.
It was the day of my 16th birthday, and as I was leaving for school I brought with me everything I needed for my runaway. “Hey Elena, where are you going with all those things?” It was Niall. I sighed and turned around to face him. “I’m running away from home, I can’t stay there anymore, I can’t take the crap they are putting on me”, he looked at me with a question on his face, so I decided to tell him everything, even showing him my scars. After I was done telling him he looked at me with teary eyes, pulling me in for a hug. Then after our hug he picked up his phone and dialed a number. “Hey mum can Elena stay with us for a little while?” he had called his mum, I looked at him nervously as he told his mum bits of the story I had told him. I couldn’t hear what his mum was saying, but I saw in his face that she had agreed to let me stay there.
After school I went with him to his house, where Maura, his mother, was waiting for us, as soon as she saw me she ran over to me and hugged me, “you can stay with us for as long as you want, and tomorrow we are going to the police station to tell them everything, okay?” I nodded, smiling a bit, which was unusual to me, I wasn’t used to smile. Niall had only told his mum so when his dad Bobby and his brother Greg came home we all sat down in the living room so I could tell them too, the entire time Maura and Liam were holding my hands as I was bravely telling my story, trying not to cry. “I’m so sorry we didn’t come to get you sooner, we always had the suspicion when Niall came home telling us that you had come to school with cuts and bruises”, Bobby said looking down at his hands. I shook my head, “It’s okay, it’s not your fault, I should have told someone earlier, but I was afraid I wouldn’t have been heard. “Does Edmund know that you’re here?” Greg asked, he and Edmund were best mates, I nodded. They were all so kind to me, Maura made me food, while Greg and Bobby made the guest room ready, and Niall just hugged me close, like our lives depended on the hug.
The morning after as I walked downstairs to the kitchen I could hear Bobby and Maura talking to each other, “We should never have gone through with it, I feel terrible”, it was Maura, she sounded like she was about to cry, “We didn’t know back then that this was going to happen, how could we have known?” Bobby said with a soothing voice trying to calm her down. What were they even talking about, I shrugged and walked into the kitchen, “Morning”, I said with a smile, opening the fridge taking out cheese and ham. “Morning sweetheart, did you sleep well?” Maura asked, smiling at me, I nodded as I cut two slices of bread. “Mooooooooorning!” I giggled as Greg and Niall ran in the door with the hugest grins on their faces; those boys sure knew how to make my day better. “We need to talk to you today. All three of you”, Bobby said putting his news paper down, we looked at him before sitting down. “It’s time you knew, especially you Elena”, Maura said taking my hand. “16 years ago I gave birth to twins, Niall and Helena, we thought we couldn’t handle two babies at once so we gave one up for adoption, we now see that we did a huge mistake, we should never have given you up sweetie, and we understand if you hate us”, Maura looked at me, my jaw dropped as I pulled my hand away, raising from my chair. “I went through pain, for 16 years! All this could have been prevented!” turning around I made my way upstairs slamming the door shut, lying down on the bed. I must have been laying there for quite a long time when I heard a soft knock on the door, “Elena? Its Greg, can I come in?” I got up and opened the door, looking up at me; he pulled me in for a hug. “I understand if you don’t want to talk, I’m just going to hug you and tell you that everything is going to be okay, and that I love you because you are my baby sister”, I cried into his chest as he picked me up and carried me in to my room, sitting down on the bed letting me sit in his lap as he cuddled me. This was also new to me; I hardly ever got hugs, only when Edmund snuck into my “room” to make sure I was okay. So I was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Crazy, and my real parents were Maura and Bobby Horan, oh how I wished they had never given me up for adoption, but what was done was done, there was no changing the past, only moving on, which was what I was going to do. I was going to move on and hopefully I could be a Horan too, instead of McCoy. “Mom and Dad were wondering if you wanted to come with them to the station to file a report on your “parents””, Greg asked after a while. I had completely forgotten today was the day we were going to tell the police about the abuse. Looking up at him I nodded.
We got to the station in fifteen minutes. “May I help you?” a blond woman behind the counter asked, I nodded, “May I speak to one of your police officers?” she smiled and nodded, “What kind of report are you making?” “I need to speak to them about the abuse I’ve gotten from my adopted parents”, I said biting my lips to prevent myself from crying. The woman looked at me, nodding before calling for an officer. Shortly thereafter a tall man with jet black hair walked in, “Ms. McCoy?” I nodded and took Maura and Bobby’s hand before walking into the interrogation room. “So Ms. McCoy tell me what’s happened”, he looked at me, taking a note pad up. I told him everything, down to every last detail. When I was finished he took a look at me. “I’m going to go down to their house and interrogate them today; do you have any siblings living with them?” I nodded, “I have a brother named Chris and a sister named Mary, they haven’t gotten it as bad as me, but they have bruises to, you should also check Mary for any sexual abuse, since it probably won’t be any remaining evidence on me”, he wrote that down too.
*three days later*
“Ms. McCoy? This is your lawyer; I want to tell you that the trial is going to be sometime next week. I’m also pleased to tell you that I’m coming over today with the papers from the judge for you and your parents to sign, when that’s done you will officially be a Horan”, I jumped up and down, I was going to be a part of my family, my real family, legally. “MOM! The lawyer is on his way with the papers”, I said grinning from ear to ear.
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