Only One [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 18

Vanessa's P.O.V

I sighed and stared at my sweaty palms. I felt a Michael's hand on my back I looked up at him and sighed as he gave me a sympathizing look. I heard noises near the door so I got up and opened it. I saw Maddie at the verge of tears and a very confused expression on Luke. Maddie hugged me and I hugged her back and sighed. I let go and sat back down on the couch. "Is everything okay?" Luke asked and I shook my head I took a deep breathe ready to begin "your probably all wondering why your all here except for Maddie and you" I said gesturing to Michael "I have to..tell you a story that I never thought I would have to tell or go through" I said and sighed "well..."I started off "things got hard for me..because my dad was in the army and there was an accident with testing one of the guns...he died obviously and I was already diagnosed with depression..and you know what depression does to you it sucks y-you feel trapped in your own nightmares" I said and continued "I eventually couldn't take it anymore so I....c-cut myself and it went o-on and on I ended up in the hospital" I said and covered my mouth with my hands so I wouldn't start to sob. After a minute or two I got a hold of myself and wiped some tears that we're going down my face"I suck at explaining things but that's really it I guess" i said as I tried not to cry. I looked up and saw Maddie with a tissue in her hand as she has been crying and the other just seemed..broken.

I sighed "sorry if you weren't expecting happiness and rainbows" I chuckled. Luke broke the deafening silence finally and took my hand in his and gave a small squeeze. Almost immediately i felt warmth spread through my body. "Don't worry Ness. we still love you no matter what. You just need a reason to stop. I feel like Ash has more advice because, I don't want to sound insensitive, has went through the same thing as you." Luke says and releases my hand and heads back to a crying girlfriend. I send a glace at Ashton and he gives me a reassuring smile. I can't stop the grin that slowly spread across my face. Michael pulled me into a hug and gave me a look that I understood all to well.

"There's one more thing guys. Maddie and Mike know this already so imma just go straight out. mymomcalledmeaslutandkickedmeoutofhehousesonowimstayingwithmikey." i rushed out in one go. The boys sent me confuzzled looks. calum spoke up and said ,"Babe, we're not smart, well other than Luke, but that's not the point. we dont understand the language of girls." I laugh at his sarcasm. i guess I've got nothing to worry about, these guys'll be as understanding as Mikey, right? I took a deep breath before repeating my words slowly. "My mom called me a slut and kicked me out of the house," the boys' faces contorted with anger,"and now I'm staying with Michael. But please don't go berserk raiding the town for my mom, ok? I don't want this to be between anyone but the six of us. I don't need to be bullied at school for this or sent pity looks." They nodded in understanding and consent. Though the day was bright, the gloomy faces in the room just made the clouds block the sun.

"Aww no! It's too sad in here, C'mon lets hug all dem bad feels out of our system." Maddie complains and opens her arms up wide. I was the first to run up and jump on her. she fell down because of how short she was. "Aww Maddie! You're adorable, wanting to hug me!" I teased. She groaned in response,"Yeah well would you do a favor for me and get your fat ass off me?"

"That's not very nice Madelyn. C'mon boys. Join the love." I say. The boys came over and dogpiled on top of Maddie with me. She complained even more and we all just rolled off her and cracked up. Maddie soon joined in. The sound of happiness was all you could hear from the house. I love these guys so much. But i couldn"t help but ask mysef why I felt warmth from Luke's touch. I can't possibly like him. And i won't. i will not see maddie's heart break again. especially if i was part of it.

Little did the others and I know that Karen was photographing our fun little moment. What we also didn't know and expect was the drama to come in the school year.