Between

Chapter 1

Reece's POV:

Today is the day of my dad's funeral. I've been barely hanging on since I found his body crumpled on Harry's apartment floor. It took Tessa two days to get me out of the fetal position on the floor of our head as I pathetically bawled like a baby; I didn't even know I could bawl.

I know it had to scare Liam, a body without the operator. That's what we looked like, Tessa's not strong enough to control our body now unless I disappear to my room inside our head. So, until she could get me up, we were stuck.

I understand Karen calling Carol, honestly I do, but I wish Liam wouldn't have let her bring us to her house. I never liked nor cared for the woman that has done nothing but try to conform me to her since the day Tessa was born. Pathetically Tessa fell for it completely wanting to be the perfect little girl for Carol.

I remember Noah, aka Noel, as I like to call her, picking me up and never in my life being so glad for him to be there. For once his touch didn't make me want to vomit all over the place like it did when him and Tessa dated.

I had a nightmare last night different from the ones I've become accustomed to. It's so odd to have nightmares when attached to the body. They seem worse now that I control it. I've always had nightmares, just no one knew they always stayed in my head. I always claimed that and the abuse that I spent eight years protecting Tessa from, plus two other things, are what made me nocturnal.

I used to be the perfect little guard dog always protecting Tessa, but now I'm in the lead and she can barely leave her room. I worry about her, but she doesn't want my help. I can't really blame her. I'm not really the nicest person.

We all get to the church. I disappear to my room telling Tessa I can't do it. I can't sit in a room full of fucking people talking about a man they don't even fucking know. I won't sit and watch Carol pretend that she's not happy he's dead. I don't tell Tessa that, as always I protect her from the truth. I stayed gone until it was over.

"Hey, Zayn do you wanna walk back?" I ask, after the funeral is over and Tessa tells me I can return. I need to get away from Carol before I do something Tessa will regret.

I still can't believe Harry called him here. I had finally escaped Zayn and Harry calls him to be here for one of the shitiest days of my life. I needed someone to talk to, and once Zayn did a good job of listening, so I guess I'll give it a go.

I tell him how mad I am at my dad and he has the nerve to tell me I'm wrong. Well that was fun, thanks Harry!

We get back and Carol's being especially annoying. Karen's here and Carol has put the others to work so I escape out to Tessa's greenhouse leaving Zayn behind.

I see Harry once I walk in. I know Tessa is on the fence about Harry being here. She's worried I'll fall into old habits. She has no worries on my behalf...

"I didn't know you were here." I say. I wish he wasn't, but I can't stop thinking about the last time we were in here, just him and I. "I'll go." I say backing out of the small space.

"No, it's fine, it was your hiding space to begin with, remember?" Harry says softly. Classic Harry I think to myself. Never could keep up with which one of us he's talking to. Oh yea it's not that he can't tell the difference between Tessa and I, it's just that he doesn't care.

He gives me a small smile which I can't help but think was more real than all the others I had seen today.

"True." I lie, being because I hated this spot that Tessa would run us to when our parents would start arguing.

She never understood that she pushed me to watch more domestic violence by bringing us out here, because I would have to walk back in alone through the abuse as she set in her room inside our head always shielded from the violence, because like I said I was her perfect guard dog. "But I need to go inside anyway." I lie to him again. I don't need to and I sure as fuck don't want to.