I was fast sleep when I heard doors slamming downstairs, waking me up instantly.

"MATILDA GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW", Stone screamed up to me. I rolled my eyes at him as I groaned and pulled myself out of bed. Well it was a good run I guess, I did manage to survive 16 years of torture, but noo, my stupid mouth had to go ruin it all for me. I grabbed some pain killers and went downstairs, preparing myself for the longest lecture of my life.

My ribs were healing now but my breathing was becoming worst and worst, but maybe it will be better by school time. I walked slowly downstairs and into the living room, with a calm look on my face to show that I wasn't afraid. It wasn't just Stone and my brothers though, my male cousins were there, as well as my grandpa and uncles.

Well, I guess the women are 'shopping', I mimicked in my head. Jesus these men are so controlling that they won't even let a woman in the room with me to make me feel safer.

"Yes", I asked them all with an innocent look on my face, blinking my eyes alot with my long blonde lashes. Ash and Elijah rolled their eyes are me, as the twins and Lucian sat with a straight face. Millian was no where to be found.

"You are not getting Emancipation young lady", My grandpa said sternly. I just stared at him as he looked back at me , starting to squirm.

"Do I bother you?", I asked all of them. The room suddenly shifted, to one in which I was in control of the conversation. Imagine getting thrown from your high horse by a little girl, and I could tell they were thinking the same thing.

"What?", They asked.

"Does the sight of me bother you?", I said with a smile. I knew what if I rilled them up enough, I could get them to hit me maybe and it would be a good source of proof to the courts.

"Yes, you look just like my daughter", Grandpa said warmly, which took me by surprise with the tone but still I kept a straight face.

"Okay, well genetics are a thing you know?", I said, making them all deadpan me. It was pretty intimadating having 16 men all staring at you, it un-nerved me quite alot but I knew that if I acted confident then everything will be alright.

"What's your point?", Stone asked, obviously fustrated. I just looked him up and down and went to sit on the sofa. This was a power point for me, as they will all have to look in the direction I ask them too.

"My point Stone, is that even though I look like her, doesn't mean I have to act like her", I said calmly. This intrigued them as they all went over to the opposite sofa to mine, some stood behind and other leaning against the wall behind it.

"But you had a childhood like hers, you had your brothers, your father", Grandpa said confused.

"Why did you never visit?", I asked them instantly. I knew the answer but it was also to help make a point of something.

"What?", They stuttered. I just raised my eyebrows at them. It took a few minutes until one of my uncles spoke up.

"Your dad sent us a photo when you were born, and we just couldn't handle it", He said slowly, stuttering when he spoke. I nodded at him.

"So what your saying is that you couldn't handle the fact of even visiting me, whereas my brothers and father had to live with me. How do you think they dealt with it?", I asked once again. Stone was starting to get impatient and slammed his hand onto the table.

"WHAT IS THE POINT MATILDA?", He shouted at me, some of the boys holding him back whilst I sat on the sofa with one leg over the other with my hands wresting on my lap. This time it was me who was ignoring them.

"The point is, you and my brothers ignored me for my entire existence, I learnt how to cook at 6 years old, I would clean my own room at 4, I didn't know how to read or write until I was 11 as no one helped to teach me, not talk till I was 3 as no one bothered to talk to me but aunt Cecilia, and I wonder why she isn't here right now huh?", I said to them all, as they sat there thinking. I knew that Cecilia wasn't that close with anyone but my mother so there was no surprise that she hadn't shown up.

My brothers on the other hand looked bewildered, like this hadn't even gone through their mind.

"You were never there for any awards I got, you all left, one by one to this life over here, where you wasn't constantly reminded of me, but dad was.", I said more angrily this time. They were all just sat in silence.

"You guys left me with a raging alcoholic and you dare say I had a happy childhood. Lucian, you say I stole dad from you, I would of gladly given him over, at least he wouldn't of beaten you", I said coldly. This got all of them to look at me at once.

"Beat?", Grandpa whispered. I just looked at them all with a straight face. This is the final blow, I knew I could probably get some sympathy here and they might let their guards down low enough for me to contact a lawyer and granny.

"You left me with an abusive drunk what did you think was gonna happen? That me looking like mum would stop him? He probably beat her as well", I exclaimed, throwing my hands up into the air. This set something off in them as they were all glaring at me now.

"What? Could I be wrong? He drank back then didn't he? What's to say he didn't beat her too?", I said once more, knowing that I was really starting to piss them off.

They all starting yelling at me at once as I sat there calmly just staring at them void of emotion.

"ENOUGH!", I heard Myles shout from the corner. He stalked towards me but I stayed calm in my seat. He sat next to me and went to reach out for my hand but I moved it away staring at him as I did.

"Can we see?", He said. I didn't think this far ahead into the future.

"No you can't, you have no right to see after they caused it to happen. Everythig you all did after I was born was hurtful, it was never something out of kindness, or because you loved me, it was out of nothing but hate and to be honest, I'm happy I'm not like her. She sounds boring anyway", I said, pushed Myles away from me and ran up to my room.

As soon as I left I heard lots of yelling, mostly at Stone for being such an idiot. I smiled when I heard that from West. I was sat on my bed breathing heavily when I got a huge headache.

Ughh I need a smoke. I need to sneak out right now to be honest, otherwise I will be pulling my own hair out. I snuck out of my room and into Millians as I knew he had a balcony much closer to the floor. I went over, and climbed down to the gazebo top and spiraled down the poles connecting to the floor.

Okay now I just need to sneak to the town which is a long as walk. Hmm. Or maybe I could go a quicker way, it was all down hill anyway. I sneaked around to the back where I saw exactly what I wanted.

Bikes.

I grabbed the smallest one there which I'm guessing is Lucians, and headed at the back with it. I hopped on, it was a little too big for me but it would work, I was about to leave when William popped in front of me with his hands over his chest, making me jump out of my skin.

Didn't this guy have a life or something?

"And where do you think you are going at this time?", He asked smugly. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Come on Willie, let me have some time to myself, they are driving me crazy!", I whisper yelled to make sure not to cause too much noise to alert them all.

"I know I heard the yelling", He said with an accusing smile aimed at me.

"Hey! It's not my fault they are so bossy", I said firmly and with me hands out again. He just shook his head at me in fake surprise. I rolled my eyes at him again and got onto the bike. He just stared at me whilst I did, thinking whether or not to tell my brothers.

"Just go and be back in a few hours, and please, stay safe", He said, with concern laced into his voice. But I was going to go whether he liked it or not and I knew that knew he wouldn't be able to stop me.

I nodded at him and headed down into town. I biked all the way down the hill, with the wind flowing through my hair and my body felt like it weighed nothing. I put my hands and arms out in the air, with my head of hair flying everywhere. I didn't feel like anything mattered in this very moment.

I got right to the end of the path when I was cut off my a group of boys. I fell onto the floor and covered my ribs so they wouldn't hit the floor but it didn't work and my breathing stopped altogether. I curled up in fetal position for a second clutching my ribs and dealing with the pain whilst I felt an arm pulling me upwards and into their arms.

They smelled so familiar. I looked up but my vision was becoming blurry, but I could tell they were smiling at me.

"Hmm fancy seeing you here angel", He said. I knew that voice from anyway.

"Michael?", I asked, not before passing out and everything turning black.

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Update! Finally! I have been working on this all day but school has been driving me nuts today and I'm finally home and able to write.

There should be another update shortly!

Anyway, hopefully Matilda will be okay!

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