Abuse - The Points Of Veiw

Danielle

I walk to Harrison's house. I can hardly believe that in such an ordinary house such things can go on.

But I love him, and what is pain in the face of love.
Katherine, my best friend, tells me I should leave him. That I'll end up pregnant and abandoned.
I deny that he hurts me, of course. If people find out they might take him away, somewhere where I could never see him. I don't think I could bear that.

He comes to the door. Prompt, always prompt. That's one thing I can say about Harrison. Never once have I been required to knock on his door, the moment I step up onto his porch he opens the door.

Since after I knock is usually the time I take to compose myself, I have taken to reviewing my composition before I turn into his driveway.

He offers to take my coat. I can smell alcohol on his breath. Oh gosh, I forgot. Today is a Thursday, he will have had a drink down the pub with 'the lads'

He draws me inside with his alluring gaze. That's what stopped me that night at the party. Those brilliant green eyes with flecks of amber.

He's always nice, you've just got to watch yourself. It doesn't take much to anger him, but that's all.
He's just short tempered.

He takes me up to his room, it's messy and I think the carpets need washing but I don't say so, it might set him off.

He sits me on his bed and starts kissing me franticly, I can taste the beer. I don't like it but I can't push him away, can I.

He stops to regain breath when my phone starts ringing. I take it out of my pocket, it's Kathrine. I answer it.
"Hello, Dani? It's me, Kath-".
That's all I hear before the phone is snatched from my ear and flung across the room. I've upset him.
"Your friends more important to you than me?" he sneers, grabbing and pulling my hair. He shoves me across to the wall.
"No...", I say through a mouthful of sobs.
"Look at you, you're pathetic", he shouts,"weak and pathetic, crying like a child!".
He punches my eye and slams his knee into my gut. I fall to the floor, I can taste blood.
"Fine, you can have your bloody phone", he shrieks, showering me with spittle.

He leans down to pick up my phone, and he throws it, directly at my head.

Harrison

I love her, but she doesn't love me. I can see it in her eyes as she greets my, she looks as if she is about to start a new ordeal, as if loving me is a chore.

And she makes me so angry. She tells me my floor is too dirty or my kissing too passionate. We're lovers! We can't be too passionate.

These are the thing that go through my head as I knee her in the stomach.

I grab her phone and I throw it at her. If it's the phone is more important than me then the phone deserves to be closer to her.

Katherine

What does Danielle see in him? He's a bum, he'll knock her up and do a runner. I know those type of guys.

Why does she never listen. Harrison's not good for her. I see the abuse. The slight limp or the black eye. I can't miss it. I'm her best friend. Why won't she just leave him. Any man who does that to a girl isn't worthy to be called a man. If I ever get my hands on Harrison I'll show him what for. Give him a taste of his own medicine.

I need to talk with her about this. I dial her number into my cell. I put it up to my ear.
"Hello, Dani? It's Kath-".
That's as far as I get before I hear a crash. I listen. I hear Harrison's voice shouting something, and...
Danielle's sobs. I hear Harrison shriek something about a 'bloody phone'.

Then I hear a sickening crunch. I break into a run, I've got to find Danielle.