𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖉𝖎𝖉𝖓'𝖙 𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖆𝖞 𝕴 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚

5

Warning: Abuse, suicidal talk, toxic family/parents, relationship issues, rape

After that awkward moment with billie, I felt like our whole relationship was ruined, and not only that, but my parents got super angry at me when I tried to stand up for myself about the way they were treating me. They said that if I didn't want to be in the grave, then they would do it themselves.

They tied my feet up to where I could only get to my room and the bathroom. They beat me all the time, and starved me. I wanted to call Billie so bad, or maybe Lia, but I just didn't have the courage. I was afraid that my parents would catch me talking to them, and end my life right then and there.

I tried many times to escape on my own but the ropes were just too tight. I've texted them but I was too traumatized to tell them what was going on. Until, they came for me instead...

"Hey, Zio!" My dad screamed form downstairs. "Y- y.. es?"  "There's an girl at the door. She said her name is Billie. Wipe your fucking tears and come to the stairs." I did as I was told, my whole body shaking. My dad opened the door and I saw Billie standing there with an smile on her face, but it immediately disappeared as soon as she saw the condition I was in. "You motherfuckers!!" She screamed, kicking my dad in the nuts. I laughed.. I couldn't believed I laughed. I hadn't laughed in weeks every since my parents did this to me.

My mom started cursing billie out, but she just rolled her eyes and went up the stairs to help me. "Fuck! These ropes are tight!" She started to use her teeth, and an little bit teared off, but then my mom came out of nowhere, pulling billie off of me by her hair. They started to fight, and a familiar surge went off inside of me, but instead it wasn't for my family, it was for the love of Billie. I pushed my mom off the steps, making sure to pull Billie aside so she didn't fall down with her, and she plummeted to the floor. Billie continued to pull the ropes off and then finally got them loose enough for me to get out of them. "Yes!" She cheered. "Okay, get your stuff together!" She said before making sure my parents had really passed out.

I got all my stuff and then we got out the house as quick as we could hoping into her doge. Finneas was in the car too, and so was Lia. "Oh, hey guys." I said, shocked. Lia hugged me, tears rolling down their face. "You'll never have to be with those horrible people ever again." They reassured me, and I started to tear up myself. "Uh, Billie, why do you have blood on your outfit?" Finneas asked. "I'll explain later, right now we just need to get the fuck out of here." Billie put the car in gear and we drove off. I looked out the window seeing my house fade away. I was feeling so many emotions, but the one that stood out to me the most was anger. But I was safe now; I had Billie, finneas, and Lia all to help me recover. My parents wouldn't be able to touch me ever again with these amazing people around.

| some time later, at Billie's childhood home |

Maggie and Patrick were getting my clothes, and the other stuff I brought, together while billie and finneas were talking, and me and Lia were just hugging, and sobbing all over each other. After my stuff was all sorted out, we had to have a 'talk'.

"So um this is Zio," Billie said. "And the other person is Lia; they're friends."  Maggie smiled at us. "it's nice to meet you two." Said Maggie. Billie continued, "I met them at my concert, and we kinda like bonded I guess. Btw zio uses she/her pronouns and Lia uses they/them" - everyone else nodded - "Zio told me about the way her parents were treating her like they were toxic. They were encouraging sucide and depression and stuff, manipulating her into thinking it was okay. I just want to protect her ya know? And me an Lia get along very well. I feel like she's my best friend and we have this connection, so can they stay here for an while, mom and dad, and Finneas?"

They all looked back an forth at each other, whispering, and I swear I heart skipped an beat! They looked up and Billie, and the Finneas spoke for all of them. "They can stay-"  "AHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH!" Me and Lia screamed jumping up and down and going to hug everyone. Everyone laughed. "Woah, hold on there. Yes you can stay but Lia can't stay over every single day."  "Aw wha not?" I asked, in a cute little baby voice. I caught Billie giggle at it. "Well cuz we don't have much room here. We don't want an guest to sleep on the couch every night."  "Yea, i get it." I replied. "But where am I gonna sleep?" Billie suddenly cleared her throat, avoiding eye contact with me. I blushed at the thought, and I felt myself get wet.

"Well uh, have fun I guess." Finneas said, awkwardly. Billie took my hand and brought me to her room. She had an massive bed and there was a red led that changed to blue sometimes, but now it looked like a whole murder scene. "This is dope! I wish I had an room like this." I said. "Well if you stay long enough, maybe you will.." She replied, winking at me. She patted the bed with her hand whispering for me to close the door, and I did. I sat down on the bed and billie came back with some cards and an little robot thing. It was an lie detector.

"We're gonna play an little game I call 'love or lust', okay?" I nodded. "So we pick an card and before we answer it, we have to put are finger on the lie detector. If it turns green then we've told the truth, but if it turns red then we've lied. You only have one skip so u have to make it last, and when you lie, the other person has the right to question you."  "Alright, let's play." I said.

Billie picked up an card. "Are you happy right now in this moment?" I said yes and it turned green. Now it was my turn. "Do you think I'm beautiful?"  "Of course I do" it turned green and it made me smile. We went on with simple questions about are favorite things and stuff, but then it started to get personal. "Do you like me, or do you love me?" Asked Billie. "I- i just like you, nothing else.." it turned red. "So you love me, huh?" She blushed, moving he hair behind her ear like every gay person. "Why did you lie?" She asked. I felt my body shake. I didn't want to answer. I felt billie place her hand on my arm. "Look at me" she demanded. I looked up into her eyes immediately. "It's okay, I won't judge you." I took an deep breath, that making me feel an lot better.

"See, I.. it's hard for me to love  bc not only did my parents do other horrible things to me, but my dad,... he... did something to me in the past. He had r-r-r" - I just couldn't say it. It brought back too many bad memories. "rape." Billie said. I nodded, tears forming. "That's why i said I didn't wanna love you, it's too hard for me right now. I care about you, and my body wants to do stuff with you, but I'm traumatized." Billie wrapped her arms around me. "Take your time. I'll be here for when you're ready." We hugged for an little bit and then played the game some more. Eventually we got tried. We took our showers, and then went to sleep, me cuddling into her warm and soft embrace like no other.