Note from the author;
As always all characters are 18 or over.
Okay first off let me say thank you as the first four chapters of Lex have done far better than I expected; with great votes and dozens of e-mails. I really put this up as I said as a bit of a guilty indulgence and didn't expect a lot as Lex is more like a novel with some hardcore sex than an erotic story however as I said the response has been overwhelmingly positive! Now the one qualm I had with putting Lex on the site was the violence in chapter 2 and of course the anticipated violence when Mark faces Max. This is a sex site so I figured I was kind of taking a gamble. However let me just say form the unbelievable amount of e-mails I have received calling for Max's head and how they hope Mark really unloads, I have to say you are a blood thirsty bunch out there! So without further adieu here is Chapter Five, Part Nine the calm before the storm and the much anticipated part Ten where Mark faces off with Max entitled "Every Dog has its day" Enjoy! Lovecraft68
Part 9. Sunday Morning. Calm before the storm
I was lying in my new bed, in my own room, in the first place I was told I could call home in years. Even better than that, was that on the other side of the adjoining bathroom was my big sister Megan. Not only had I not seen my sister since I was five years old, but because of Max had thought she had passed away years ago. Despite all these things I was still nervous, part of me thinking that maybe this was too good to be true. Maybe Doug and Denise would somehow find out how messed up I really was and decide they didn't want me, or maybe they weren't as nice as they seemed and would hurt me the way Max had.
I was also nervous because it was dark. I had only been here a few days and was embarrassed to ask them for a nightlight or some candles. I sighed and, rolling over to face the window where I could see the faint glow of a street lamp, closed my eyes and tried to go to sleep. I awoke to the sound of the door opening and footsteps running across the room. I sat up and tried to get out of bed but I was too late. Before I could react they were on top of me; two of them pinning my arms and a third boy jumping on top of the bed and straddling my chest.
I tried to yell, but before I could get anything out the boy on top of me punched me hard in the mouth.
"Yeah, not so bad now are you Mark?"
I tried to throw him off me but couldn't, I recognized the boy who had hit me, his name was Royce and he had made fun of me at lunch. That hadn't bothered me, but when he tried to take my lunch I had pushed him, and when he swung at me, I had grabbed him and smashed his face into the cafeteria table.
"What, got nothing to say freak?" Royce asked and hit me hard in my eye.
"He's never got nothing to say." One of the other boys said.
"Yeah, he doesn't even make noise when you hit him!" The third said and proved his point by slamming his fist into the side of my face.
"That's cause he's fucking crazy, aren't you Mark?" Royce asked slapping me in the face.
"Fuck it, he don't make noise, no one knows were in here!"
With that Royce swung and hit me, then again and again, the next punch hit me in the nose and I felt it break.
"Let's see how pretty you are tomorrow you little freak!" Royce laughed.
I woke up screaming and swinging, but there was no one there of course. I sat up gasping for breath and my heart was pounding so hard it my chest hurt. I tried to take some deep breaths but couldn't calm down. I jumped at the sound of a knock on my bathroom door.
"Mark?" It was Megan. "Are you okay?"
I didn't answer and a second later the bathroom door opened and my sister came in the room.
"Hey little brother you okay in here?"
I looked at her and shrugged.
Megan came over to the bed and, as she did, I found myself staring at her. Until a couple of months ago I hadn't seen my sister since she was seven and a little girl. Now Megan was eighteen and she was absolutely beautiful, with long black hair, and those unreal crystal blue eyes that I had always remembered. Megan reached the bed and, sitting on the edge of it, asked me again;
"Mark you alright?"
I pulled my knees up to my chest and shook my head.
"Bad dream little brother?" She asked softly.
I nodded and, reaching out slowly, Megan ran her hand down the side of my cheek. I normally didn't like to be touched, but found myself leaning my head into her hand.
"It's okay Mark, it was only a dream."
I shrugged.
"They can be bad though," Megan began. "Trust me, I have them too and they can be pretty rough sometimes."
As she spoke Megan had slid further up onto the bed. She was wearing a pink night shirt with Scooby Doo on it, and her hair was pulled into a ponytail. I looked at her and with an effort whispered;
"I'm scared Megan."
At the sound of my voice Megan smiled at me. Despite the fact I was scared I found myself wanting to smile back. My sister had the biggest smile I had ever seen and the left side seemed to curl up more than the other, making it look lopsided.
"Don't be Mark, no one will hurt you here, trust me."
I nodded. Megan then said;
"Do you want to talk?"