Drew's Sister

Can I Stay?

AN: So I'm going to just keep working here for a while and see where it goes...Sound Good??

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Arielle's POV

As I walked out the door I tried to hold my tears in long enough to get away from the house. I didn't want him to see how he had hurt me and I didn't want him to know the effect he had on me.

I walked down the side walk a little bit before I realized I had nowhere to go.

I called Drew but it went straight to voicemail. "Hey guys it's Drew my phones going to be off for a while I need some time. Sorry and if this is Arielle calling to yell at me don't bother right now....." then the beep.

He really thought I would yell at him? Well now I was going to just for him leaving me stranded with nowhere to go. But not for leaving the boys.

Who next? Mom? No! Dad? No! Allison? She's in Florida. Beck? Nope he hates me. Jackson? College. Taylor? Mexico. Trent? To far away. As I scrolled through my contacts again and again, it became clear to me that I had one option.

Aubrey.

I clicked her contact and it started ringing.

"Hello?" She asked after the third ring

"Um Aubry..hey it's Arielle"

"Oh hey calling so soon?? I figured it would be awhile before I heard from you"

"Yeah well I kinda have a big favor I need to ask of you....." What am I doing she won't let me stay with her she barely knows me.

"What's that?"

"Can I maybe um....stay with you? Just for a little bit?" I whispered

"Oh my gosh yes is everything okay?"

"I'll explain later just tell me where to go it's raining" I whispered holding back tears and memories

"I'll come get you where are you?"

"The corner 3 blocks south of our house by Starbucks"

"Go in Starbucks I'll be there in 10" she said and I heard her grab the keys.

"Thanks Aubrey"

"No problem. I'm on my way hang in there" she said before hanging up.

I walked into Starbucks and sat at one of the front tables so I could see when she got here. "Can I help you" a worker asked

"No I'm just waiting" I smiled before he left me to my thoughts.

About 10 minutes later I saw her car pull in as I got up and walked out to it. She pulled me into a hug "Which one was it?" She asked, clearly knowing my problem was with one of the boys.

"Wesley" I whispered.

"Let's get you to my house and then we can talk" she said before we got in the car.

The ride was silent. I looked out the window as the lights of the city were blurred by the rain and the movement of the car.

"We're home" Aubry said rubbing my shoulder.

I followed her up the stairs to her apartment. "Do you want a shower and some dry clothes?" She asked softly

"Yes please" I said in a barely audible voice. She lead me to the bathroom after grabbing some sweatpants and a tank top. She got a towel out and explained where everything was. "Just holler if you need anything. I'll make us some tea and we can talk after okay?"

"Thanks" I smiled before shutting the door to take my shower.

As I stood under the water I let my tears slowly roll down my face picking up speed as time went on. I couldn't help but let my mind drift back to Wesley. What was he doing now? Was he okay? Is he passed out somewhere? Does he even know I'm gone? Is he still drinking?

After a good 20 minutes I got out and dried off slipping on the clothes she gave me. I walked to the living room to find her on the couch with a ton of blankets watching the news. She saw me and made space before muting the TV. "Make yourself at home. There's blankets everywhere and your tea is right there" she pointed at the table "do you want to talk?"

I nodded and took a deep breath. "Drew left the band" I sighed "they didn't tell me...well they weren't supposed to but Keaton slipped up. they didn't want to make me chose."
"Keaton took me out today as a 'distraction' while the other 2 went to a meeting to finalize this." I took a deep breath again. "When we got home Wes wanted to go out for my birthday but I could tell he had been drinking. I asked if this was because of the meeting and he started to yell at Keaton for telling me. I put my hand on his shoulder to stop him and he turned to-to-" I started tearing up "to hit me."

Aubrey gasped "he didn't"

I shook my head "no Keaton stopped him and defended me but I had to get out so I said I was leaving and I would contact Keaton later." "Wes yelled something about being just like Drew and leaving and that's all I heard before I left" I wiped the tears from my face.

"I'm sorry" she comforted pulling me into a hug.

"What should I do now?" I cried more

"Take your time but contact Keaton soon. Just to let him know you're safe don't say where though until you're ready because they might come see you. then you wait till you're ready and you can stay here as long as you would like. Also I will cover for you at dance cause that's the first place they will look."

"Thanks Aubrey I'm glad you're back in my life" I smiled.

We sat there and watched some TV before we both fell asleep on the couch.