New Life

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Tyler's POV

Ive been at Zach's for about 10 minutes before I get a call from Tate and Ash saying that Taylor is over at their place going crazy at Callie. IM PISSED. Who does she think she is going over to lash out at someone who had comforted me when she couldn't care less. How am I suppose to forgive her for this, its embarrassing and now everyone will know that Taylor is my mum and that she is a psycho. As soon as I got off the call I ring Daniel and just repeat everything they had told me on the phone, all he could do was apologise because theres absolutely nothing else he can do. I'm so angry and she doesn't make me want to like her and she makes it so fucking difficult I don't know what she was thinking.

"Can you guys believe that?" I ask

"I don't know what she was thinking, she could lose her job" Zach says

"Why would she do that" Sam asked

"She was already out of the running for mother of the year so why is she trying so hard now. What the fuck I am so embarrassed" I say

"Everyones ganna find out that she's your Mom" Sam says

"She has just made my life so much more difficult" I sigh

"Are you ok?" Zach asked

"You know when your so frustrated and angry you want to just break down and cry, I'm past that stage and heading for the mental breakdown" I reply

"Aw Ty" Sam said as he got up and hugged me "It's ganna be ok"

"I really don't know how its going to be ok Sam, its almost like I shouldn't have moved here" I sigh

"It hasn't been all bad, you've made so many friends, you have made me so happy in the last 3 weeks you've been here you have no idea" He says

I smiled "That's good"

"I mean it Ty ok, it will get better you just gotta wait it out" He says

"Im going to go order a pizza, ill be back in 10" Zach says

"Ok" We say

"Hey Ty look at me" Sam says

"Yeah" I say

He kissed me "Im always here to talk and even if we're fighting tell me to sit my ass down and listen and I will be there"

"Thanks Sam" I say while kissing him back

"Can I ask you a question?" He asks

"Yeah go for it" I reply

"What did you get from the stoners today?" He asked

"I didn't get anything?" I reply

" I saw you, I'm not going to say anything, I just thought I should know" He says

"Why?" I ask

"I deserve to know because your my girlfriend and if your taking a drug you should fill me in" He says

"They're sleeping pills" I reply

"What for?" He asks

"Silly question doll" I say

"Ha ha but come on" He says

"Ive been having nightmares since moving" I reply

"Nightmares about what?" He asks

"Sam I don't really want to get into it" I say

"Ok, you tell me when your ready" He says

"Thanks, thats why I was so out of it today, I took sleeping pill at Tates because I felt safe there with her Mum" I reply

"Aw Ty" He says "Do you feel like sleeping now?"

"I am sleepy but Ill be ok" I say

"Hey come on, I won't leave you ok, you can fall asleep in my arms and I won't move a muscle" He says

"Are you sure?" I ask

"Of course, come on" He says holding his arms out

I leant back into his arms and fell asleep wth my head on his chest, he had his hands running through my hair and I did feel so safe. I've never had this kind of comfort before in my life, he had one hand in my hair and then the other rubbing my back. I haven't felt this safe in so long, its the first time i've fallen asleep without sleeping pills since Katie died, which has been a long time.

My dreams keep taking me back when I was 14, I had an argument with my parents that morning and I hated them, I was so angry. I went to school and had managed to have a good day, after school Katie and I had study group but I had To be home early to let some guy in to install something I can barely remember. What I do remember is etched into my brain for the rest of my life, I was always told not to walk down the alleyways on my way home from school because theres glass and needles and whatever else but I was running late to meet the guys at home so I took the shortcut. Little did I know what I had coming was going to be the worst day of my life. I walked down the alley and I was almost at the end when I noticed a guy with a large jacket and was wearing a cap was following me, I sped up but before I knew it I was dragged back, he pinned me against the tin fence and held a knife to my leg while he ripped my shorts off from underneath my dress. I kicked and screamed and i don't think he actually realised he had sliced my leg open until he was finished with me, he got all freaked out by the blood and ran off. I had hobbled back home, with tears streaming down my face, the tradies guys were already there but thankfully they weren't mad and drove me to the hospital to get stitched up. To this day I still don't know how my parents believe I cut my leg on a fence, they were more pissed of that they had to buy me a new uniform because the blood was all over it. In my dreams it just doesn't stop, I hear his voice over and over again, I feel like I could almost feel it and it makes me want to throw up, I wake up kicking and screaming, it's truly terrifying.

Im still sleeping and I can feel my body kicking and thrashing, I'm trying to scream but nothings coming out. I wake up to my screams and my eyes are wide open now, its dark aside from a lamp on beside me but the boys are nowhere to be seen. Ive got tears in my eyes and the boys have rushed in, they clearly heard my screams.

"Tyler whats happened, your sweating" Sam says

"And crying" Zach adds

"You said you weren't going to leave" I cried

"Im sorry I thought you were out for the night" He says

"I told you Sam" I cried more "Clearly what I say doesn't mean anything"

"No no I'm so sorry, please come here" He says

"No dude I'm up for the night now" I say

"What was it about?" He asked

"No dude, leave me alone" I turned around and got back into bed, I just cried.

Sam jumped in behind me and wrapped his arms around me then whispered "I'm so sorry baby, I won't leave you"