The teenage orphan [Being edited]

30. Sleepless nights

I uploaded the videos from my phone to my laptop. I went to my bathroom and took a shower. I then got out, dried my hair, and put it up. I put my glasses on, put on pajama Hollister shorts and a sweatshirt. (It was cold in the house) I opened my door and out my hood up.

I grabbed my laptop and my phone. And plopped down onto my bed. Zack came in and plopped down next to me. "Where'd you get the clothes?" "Derek."

I laid my head on his shoulder and he put his arm around me. "How's the video going?" "It should be done uploading in like three minutes."

"Well do you wanna go down stairs? Watch a movie?" I nodded and we walked downstairs. He sat down, I placed my laptop and my phone on the coffee table, I sat and swung my legs up onto the sofa and leaned up against Zack. "Ugh first of all I forgot to finished my vlog." I ran up to my room and grabbed my Nikon.

"So today has been an awesome day, and I'm exhausted. Now it's the time of day where I kick back in my pajamas, snuggle up with Zack, and watch a movie. So this is where todays vlog must end." Derek started to walk down the stairs.

I turned the camera on him. "And there is the magnificent Derek, coming down to do I don't know." Derek laughed. "The magnificent Derek is here to get water for Lily." He said. "Hold on, so Zack promised me that he'd teach me how to waltz, so I'm going to put it into this vlog."

I placed my camera on a high chair where you were able to see us. We played music and he was teaching me. "YO ZACK, WATCH WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS!" Derek yelled and laughed.

Zack and I laughed. I grabbed my Nikon in my hand. "So yeah, sorry that this vlog had nothing interesting in it, but I'll definitely see you guys soon! Byeeeee!" I covered the lens with my hand.

My phone was done uploading so then I started to upload the rest of it. "What movie shall we watch?" Zack asked.

"You choose, I'm seriously done with the day. I'm just gunna sit back and rela-" "Avalon, I need your help. Like right now." I face palmed and sighed.

Zack laughed and grabbed my hand as I stood up. "Love you." He said. "Yeah, yeah, yeah." I said.

I walked up to Derek on the stairs. "Whats happeni-" he pulled me into the bathroom, shut the door, and leaned on it.

"Dude what the fuck." "I need to talk to you." He said. "Well whatever it is, we don't need to do it in the bathroom." I went for the handle and he grabbed my wrist and squeezed it.

"Dude seriously let go." I tried to pry him off of me. He stepped off of the door and pushed me back until I got to the wall. "Derek stop, what the fuck did you need to talk to me about." "You." "Well can we talk about me in the kitchen?" "No."

Derek started to squeeze and twist my arm to the point that I wanted to cry. The tears slowly started to make their way out.

He started to squeeze my wrist harder and harder. Derek leaned in to kiss me. The door opened... Jack, Morgan, and Zack were there. Morgan saw Derek pushed against me and she ran away.

"DEREK, LET GO OF HER." Jack yelled. "No, I don't need to listen to you." "Guys it's okay, ow, ow, ow." Derek squeezed my arm even more.

I took my right arm that was free, I swung at Derek's face, and I felt the contact. "Did you just punch me?" He started to squeeze and twist my wrist to the point that I was falling to the ground from the pain. "Derek, let her go." Derek let me go and rushed out the door.

"Avalon, are you alright?" My wrist hurts but I need to talk to Morgan. I rushed to her room and Jack followed.

"Morgan?" "Leave me alone." She was sitting on the ground next to her bed, facing away from the door. "It's not what you think."

I went up and sat next to her. Jack crawled on the bed and sat down. "Then what happened, were you not just all over Derek?" "Morgan, no I wasn't."

"You may have thought that I was hooking up with him. But I really don't want to." I said holding her hand. "Morgan, Derek was the one who was pushing himself onto Avalon." "What?"

Zack came in with an ice pack. "What happened, why do you need an ice pack?" I showed her my wrist and it was all red and swollen. She poked it and it gave me excruciating pain. "Avalon, you should get it checked out." I shook my head.

"Look Morgan, you can't say anything about this. If Michelle... Well, if mom finds out, then I'm most likely going to be kicked out." I said. Morgan hugged me. "Why's this such a big deal to you?" I asked her.

"The last time Derek hooked up with a sister of mine, like three years ago. She got kicked out and we were separated, and I've never seen her since." I hugged Morgan.

"Hey, babe. I think it's safe if you came over my place tonight. Just let everyone calm down." Zack said. "Yeah." I said.

I could tell Zack was angry, he had this face, and tone that you just couldn't miss.

"Morgan, I'll call you sometime tonight and I'll explain everything that's going on, okay?" She nodded. I kisser her head and I gave Jack a hug. "If Lily, Logan, or mom ask where I am, or why I'm there. Just say that I went over to Zack's to meet his parents." "Not my parents, my brother." They nodded.

I walked to my room and shoved some things into my black book bag. In my pajamas and sweatshirt, I put on my converse and we left the house to go to Zack's. "So he does." "Does what?" "Derek likes you."

"Zack, if you're worrying about losing me to hi-" "I'm not worried about losing you to him. I'm just worried about losing you. What happens if Michelle finds out? I'm worried about your safety too, because he lives in the room next to your bedroom, and if anything happens, like if he does anything to you. You can't tell anyone or you'd be kicked out. That's what I'm worried about."

The rest of the ride to his house was silent. When we got to his house he unlocked the door. "My parents live a few minutes away, I live here with my brother, the one from the pizza parlor." "Oh yeah... Max."

When we got in, I saw Max sitting watching tv. "Hey bud." "Hey Max, Avalon's staying over today, something happened and she just needs a place to bunk for the night." "Yeah that's all good." Max said.

"Follow me up." Zack said. "Nice to see you again, Max." I said. "You too Avalon." When we got up into his room it was all filled with baseball, soccer, and football trophies. I kept trying to move my wrist and the pain was slowly starting to go away. "Are you sure you don't wanna get it checked?" "Yeah I'm sure."

My phone started to ring and it was Morgan.

Morgan// Hey Avalon, can you tell me what's been going on?
Avalon// Okay, so this all started on the night where we all camped out in the backyard...

I described exactly what happened to her.

Morgan// So it wasn't you who made the first moves?
Avalon// Jack said the same thing when I told him. But no, I never made the first move.
Morgan// I'm sorry.
Avalon// Don't be, now you should get more sleep. I'll see you tomorrow, love you.
Morgan// Love you too.

I laid down in bed next to Zack with my head on his arm. He brought me closer. "You know I'm always going to be here to protect you. Just call and I'm always going to answer, no matter what condition I'm in. I'm going to be there for you." "I know, and I'm happy that I've got you."

He kissed my forehead and he fell asleep. I personally just stayed up staring at the ceiling. I couldn't sleep. Too many things were running in my mind, eventually at 4:30 in the morning, I drifted to sleep.