"give me the strength." \\ salvis //

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travis's pov
i stood there feeling stupid. this small ravenette girl was standing in front of me looking all confused. why did i even consider that my dad got me something nice. 'you're a fucking idiot, travis.' i thought to myself before my dad walked into my door frame. "soo? how's it going?" my father asked us. we both looked up at him and smiled. "great! i just told him how kind you were to expect my mother's offer." she said to him. "okay well i'm going to go back downstairs. have fun!" he smiled at us walking away. he came back and pointed at us "no premarital sex though. you know how i feel about that." he said then waking downstairs. lydia looked around the corner to make sure he's gone. she closed the door and rolled her eyes completely relaxing her face. she looked up at me and said "look, travis...this wasn't my idea. i don't want to do this either. i have a girlfriend . so i don't want to 'pReMaRiTaL sEx' with you, okay?" my eyes widened from me not expecting that. i relaxed my face and opened the door looking out in the hallway and closing the door again. "good. i have a boyfriend so i don't really want to premarital sex with you either." i replied looking down at her. her eyes lit up. "ah sweet!" she said smiling and sounding happier than she was. i smiled back at her. we walked over to my bed and sat down next to eachother. "so what does your boyf-" she started before i shushed her "shhhh not so loud please. i have no idea what the hell he'd do if he found out...again." "again? what does that mean?" she raised her eyebrow. i chuckled "he sent me to camp last time." she put her hand over her mouth and softly laughed. i laughed with her. "as i was saying. what do they look like?" she asked me. "ah...well. he has electric blue hair. it's long. and beautiful light blue eyes. they could pierce right through you if you looked into them long enough. and he is very small, about 5'1. and when he was younger he got attacked by a dog so now he has to wear a prosthetic face. but i don't mind i think it's what made him the person he is." i whispered to lydia. "wow...they sound amazing. actually what school do you go to i think i might be going there soon since i just moved here?" she asked me. "i go to nockfell high school." i replied. "cool! i'm starting there tomorrow." she smiled. "okay anyways tell me about them." i said. she blushed a little "well...she is tall with short fire truck red hair and brown eyes. around 5'8. she's really slender and skinny. she has lots of piercings. she also has these really nice light brown freckles. with dimples." she whispered smiling. "you must really like them don't you?" i asked her earning a even bigger smile from her. "yes. i really do." she said laying back on my bed. i laid down beside her and took a deep breath. my dad came into the room "travis. i'm going on that business trip i told you about. i'll be back wednesday." he said and walked out leaving. i watched his car pull off through my window. it was only around 2:30pm so i still had a whole day left. i remembered i told sal to be here at around 2:40. soon enough i heard a tap on my window. it startled lydia. "it's okay don't worry it's just sal." i told her smiling. "sal?" she questioned before i opened the window and let him in. he was wearing black ripped jeans with white high top converse and one of my hoodies from when i played sports. the back had my first and last name on it reading the number '12'. that used to be my jersey number.

sal's pov
i climbed up the ladder he had set up in his backyard that i would use to get into his room late at night. he opened the and i crawled in. i stood on my toes lifting my mask up just past my lips to kiss him. he hugged my waist and kissed me back. he lifted me up hugging me tighter then putting me back down. i was about to go over to sit on his bed when i saw this girl. i stopped right in my tracks and looked back over at travis behind me. "who's this?" i asked looking back at her. "i'm lydia. his dad and my mom are making us date or something i don't know." she said to me kinda making my chest ache. "what? travis?" i turned around and looked at travis. "listen...she doesn't want to either. she has her own girlfriend to worry about. it's nothing special. we are just merely lying to our parents to get them off our backs. right?" he said to me then looking up at lydia. "correct. this wasn't even my idea or his." she said to me looking down at her lap. i stand there speechless not really knowing how to respond in this situation. i decide that i want to be nice to her since she is doing a good thing helping him. i walk over and sit beside her. i put my hand out to greet her "in sal fisher." she looks up straight into my eyes and shakes my hand. "i-i'm lydia huxley." she smiles. "your eyes are really pretty. i also really like your mask." she tells me making me chuckle. "it's a prosthetic but thank you." i say smiling with my eyes. she corrects herself "right i'm sorry. i like your prosthetic." travis sits down beside me and chuckles. she stands up "well i think i'm going to go and see my significant other now. soo see you guys around." she smiles and walks out of the room. i look up at travis sitting next to me. he slowly pulls my mask off and sits it on the bed next to us. i moved over to his lap and straddled him. i wrapped my arms around his neck hugging him. he hugs me back and places little kisses on my neck and shoulder. he squeezes my waist with his hands and i laughed. "does that tickle?" he asks me chuckling. he keeps doing it and i start laughing "yes! yes! stop, travis!" he laughs at me and keeps doing it. i try to push him away from me but failed cause of being weak from laughing so hard. he flips me back over onto my back pinning my hands above my head. he kept tickling me making me laugh harder. i started kicking my legs making him stop. he lets go of my hands. "are you okay?" he asks me wiping my laughing tears off my face. "yeah. dickhead!" i laugh pushing him. he laughs and pulls me up back into his lap. "are we gonna cuddle now? like you came over here to do in the first place?" he says with his face nuzzled in my neck. "yes. that would be nice." i say kicking off my shoes. we moved to the head of the bed and got under the blankets. we stayed in the same position with him on top of me hugging my waist with his face in my neck. we stayed like that for awhile talking about whatever we could think of. "so what's your favorite colors?" he asks me jokingly. i giggle "stop you know what they are." "well tell me anyways. i wanna hear you say it." he smiles. "it's purple and blue." i blush a little. he sits up a little bit looking at me "yeahhh i know it is." he says smiling. he kisses me still smiling. after i kiss him back i pull away "i hate to ruin the mood right now but i want to talk to you about something." "yeah? what is it?" he asks me.

travis's pov
"there really isn't an easy way to ask you but....d-does your dad...hit you?" he questions as i freeze up. my eyes start filling up with tears. i don't respond. i hear him sigh "he does...doesn't he?" i burst out in tears. i started recalling all the times he's hit me for simple mistakes that he makes constantly. sally sits up and hugs me. i quickly hug him back crying into his shoulder. "i love you travis...you know that?" sal whispered into my ear. "yeah..." i sobbed. he rubbed circles on my back until i calmed down. he ruffled my hair and i layed my head back down on his chest and closed my eyes. i fell asleep and started to dream a dream that stuck out to me. it was a flash back but it wasn't from my point of view. it was like a movie.

(end of chapter)
i didn't rlly know how to end this. it's been in my drafts for 1-2 weeks now so i apologize if things don't make sense or are choppy. there is only so much i can do in this mental state lol.